The White House claimed on Friday, Feb. 11 that attacks on Ukraine by Russian troops may be imminent, though Russian officials have denied these claims and denounced them as “dangerous lies.” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, has beseeched the US and NATO powers to not cause panic and further inflame tensions with Russia. With every passing hour, the world watches with trepidation as preparations for military conflict in Ukraine are made and Western media outlets loudly beat the drums of war. But it is not too late to avoid needless bloodshed—there is still time to avoid a catastrophic war with Russia in Ukraine.
More than 100 national and regional US organizations released a joint statement on Feb. 1 urging President Biden “to end the US role in escalating the extremely dangerous tensions with Russia over Ukraine.” Following the release of that statement, RootsAction.org and Code Pink cosponsored a news conference on Feb. 2, during which speakers examined the crisis in Ukraine and forcefully articulated the need for the US to commit to diplomatic means for de-escalating the threat of war. With permission from the event organizers, The Real News Network is publishing the video of this news conference for our audience.
Speakers include: Norman Solomon, national director of RootsAction.org; Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink; Jack F. Matlock Jr., former US Ambassador to Moscow; Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director for The Nation and president of the American Committee for US-Russia Accord; Martin Fleck, program director for the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program, speaking as a representative for Physicians for Social Responsibility.
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Multiple important perspectives, including from former US Ambassador to USSR Jack Matlock (beginning @13:30). Very much worth a close listen and serious consideration.
Thank you very much for this.
LOL. Aged like a fine bottle of milk
Who pays for arms to Ukraine.. Ukraine has no money… Having no choice in the matter, the struggling American tax payer…
The Peace Meditation Die Friedensmeditation. Old Lyran written as: Salome gam nan ben Urda – gan njber asala Hesporona! pronounced as: Saalome gam naan ben uurda gan njjber asaala hesporoona! English: Peace be on the Earth, and among all created creations! Deutsch: Friede sei auf der Erde, und unter allen Geschöpfen!
Speak for yourself! I want to wage pointless wars to kill poor people! Muahahaha!
February 18 , 2022 .The American media is blatantly lying! Donbass is being shelled by the armed forces of Ukraine. Civilians are being evacuated along the entire front line, because shelling has been going on for the second day, there are many wounded, children and the elderly are suffering. The media does not cover these events anywhere. False information is being pumped up everywhere. Russian troops are on their territory, they have not invaded Ukraine. Zelensky was at military positions yesterday, gave the order to shell Donetsk, Gorlovka and other settlements. Tanks are firing at vital objects: schools, hospitals, kindergartens, residential buildings. In Ukraine, all television channels that cover the events truthfully were closed, journalists were arrested. In Ukraine, fascist battalions threaten to kill residents of Donbass. Since 2014, civilians of Donbass, about 400 children, have been killed. The corpses are dumped in unmarked mass graves. The People's Militia of Donbass recorded on video and documented all the facts. The OSCE is not allowed t, they are shown territories only from the side of Ukraine.All the media accuse Putin and Russia, but there is a civil war going on, residents who disagree with the coup are being destroyed, calling them separatists.
I have NEVER imagined myself, here! Please, help me help our cause any way I can.
I have only one question: why are the US collaborating with white extremists and neo-nazis in Ukraine? And don't tell me they don't because they do.
When I look at the map of Russian troop buildup, I see an imminent invasion of Belarus wherein any exit paths for pro-democracy dissidents to flee the region have been blocked. The real false flag operation is by deflecting attention to Ukraine which justifies hyper- inflated gas prices and the US's bloated military budget. The only losers in this scenario are the people, as usual. Commercial fascism is ugly in all of its forms. Thank you for giving these very enlightened panelists an opportunity to share their wisdom with the viewers.
You need to bring non-Western based people if you want to be taken seriously by the rest of the World. The Nation has been playing the Cold War game, either against the Russian Federation or People's Republic of China for years now, and such barely disguised orientalist intervention as an anti-war intervention is not believable.
All right, you yellow bellied Yankees! Little Britain will stand alone, as we did before when Hitler and Stalin between them lorded it over Europe.
Little Britain will never recognize Russian claims to the Rostov and Voronezh Oblasts. We insist Russian troops withdraw from the Russian border, where they are close to and threatening NATO forces, to Poland and Lithuania. Long live the Azov Battalion: don't you just love their symbolism, drawn from ancient Aryan-Vedic tradition.
Ukraine’s borders are sacred: hey we’re created by Stalin!
The US is attempting to present Russia with a choice between having NATO on it's border, or invading Ukraine. To what end exactly, be it to goad Russia into a costly Vietnam style war and fiscally breaking them, or isolating them further internationally, or some other reason such as weapons sales, I cannot say.
But in each case, the lives of Ukrainians that would be killed in such a conflict are completely unimportant to NATO and the US government. It's an awful thing DC is doing here.
Excellent presentation, lots of important information presented in a clear, concise manner. The Real News increasingly is realizing its promise with its networking with other groups.
Excellent conversation, very impressed with Ambassador Matlock, not many like him around in Congress anymore I fear! I believe it's about the oil, greed, economic power. The US is angry about Nordstream 2 and thinks it can bully Germany/EU into buying US LNG instead and to make the case for the exorbitant amounts paid to MIC/Defense Industry we must have conflicts, we have, after all, a War Economy with a war industry! Also, US will be losing it's #1 place as economic power to China in just a few years so they will probably be the next victim of conflict (as already started with Taiwan and all the military in South China Sea and joint efforts with Australia) None of this will change until we make it illegal to bribe, sorry Donate to, Congressional leaders and undo Citizens United! Greed people, it's the greed and power that comes with it!
We want De-escalation, No sanctions, Communication, “ We The People’s” voice’s to be heard by our representatives, senators and president Biden!
The Military Industrial Complex, the Billions of wasted Taxpayer‘a money needs to go back into our education system, Cummunity programs, lower prescription drug’s , RETRAINING AND DE-MILITARIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AROUND america!
GUNS NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS, COVID CONTINUES TO BE IN OUR LIVES, RACIAL JUSTICE REFORM, DECARCERATE,
Just to name a few areas that need attention!
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Read the book by Major General SMEDLEY D BUTLER . ( War is a RACKET.)it always has been. War is the rich old men protecting their property by sending middle class & the lower class men off to die. by George Carlin
sadly, when one party goes back on it s word – deal…
there is no more trust, and that s where we are.
the solution then, is to use force.
you don t give the opponent any choice to cheat anymore.
you take control!
Russia, China, and others, are strong enough to make it happen.
if not now, than surely later.
That shows White house is about to bite more than they can chew and they dont care the people of United State …so,therefore let the gates be the bell…