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Spanish government maintains hypocritical stance on nuclear weapons, says Daniel Högsta

ICAN Executive Director Daniel Högsta, leaving the Spanish Congress of Deputies, said it is essential that parliamentarians press the Spanish government to abandon its hypocritical position and sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). He expressed optimism…

Neither Putin nor NATO. Demonstration against the war in Madrid

Numerous mobilisations have taken place in recent days in Spain to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling for an end to the war and “military spending on schools and hospitals”. With the slogan “No to war.…

NATO’s growing military presence in Latin America and the Caribbean (I)

In recent times, it has become customary to speak of NATO’s expansion “towards Eastern Europe”, which, while effective, is a reductionist concept. The truth is that since the end of the bipolar world, the United States, feeling that it owns…

Time and energy control

In order to understand what historical moment we find ourselves in, it is not only about the geopolitics of the great powers, it is about seeing history in its present dynamic, trying to observe the interaction of various factors. Transhumanism…

Avoid the extension of the war, open negotiations now!

On February 24, 2022, the army of the Russian Federation began the “military operation” in Ukraine, triggering war between states in the heart of Europe. A year of destruction of buildings, factories, power plants, bridges and strategic facilities. A year…

We have also been lied to about Ukraine

Published with permission of the author. Fernando del Pino Calvo-Sotelo 2 February 2023 Covid, climate change and the war in Ukraine have two things in common. First, that our politicians defend foreign or supranational interests to the detriment of the…

Diplomatic Cables Prove Top U.S. Officials Knew They Were Crossing Russia’s Red Lines on NATO Expansion

Nearly a year in, the war in Ukraine has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and brought the world to the brink of, in President Joe Biden’s own words, “Armageddon.” Alongside the literal battlefield, there has been a similarly bitter…

What Can the United States Bring to the Peace Table for Ukraine?

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has just issued its 2023 Doomsday Clock statement, calling this “a time of unprecedented danger.” It has advanced the hands of the clock to 90 seconds to midnight, meaning that the world is closer…

Lament Of A Lifelong Liberal Democrat

1976 When I was in the third grade my class was given an assignment. We were each asked to write a letter of support to the presidential candidate of our choice. The two main candidates that were running for president…

Civil disobedience to nuclear weapons, a long road ahead

22 January marks the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), ratified by 59 countries, including Spain, which, as is well known, does not have nuclear weapons. By Ovidio Bustillo…

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