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On 20 July 1969, 650 million people throughout the world watched with bated breath as Neil Armstrong successfully fulfilled President Kennedy’s vision. The United States achieved what had seemed impossible just a few decades before. We had sent a man to the moon.

On that historic day, the entire world came together to celebrate the enormous accomplishment as Armstrong’s voice boomed from our television sets: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.

In just eight short years the US, led by our extraordinary scientists, engineers and astronauts at Nasa, had opened up a new world for humanity.…  Seguir leyendo »

Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument and St Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine Tuesday. Photograph: Vladimir Sindeyeve/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

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Wars have unintended consequences. They rarely turn out the way the experts tell us they will. Just ask the officials who provided rosy scenarios for the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, only to be proven horribly wrong. Just ask the mothers of the soldiers who were killed or wounded in action during those wars. Just ask the millions of civilians who became “collateral damage”.

That is why we must do everything possible to try and find a diplomatic solution to what could be an enormously destructive war in Ukraine.

No one knows exactly what the human costs of such a war would be.…  Seguir leyendo »

The U.S. Must Stop Being an Apologist for the Netanyahu Government

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“Israel has the right to defend itself.”

These are the words we hear from both Democratic and Republican administrations whenever the government of Israel, with its enormous military power, responds to rocket attacks from Gaza.

Let’s be clear. No one is arguing that Israel, or any government, does not have the right to self-defense or to protect its people. So why are these words repeated year after year, war after war? And why is the question almost never asked: “What are the rights of the Palestinian people?”

And why do we seem to take notice of the violence in Israel and Palestine only when rockets are falling on Israel?…  Seguir leyendo »

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As the count currently stands, nearly 80 million Americans voted for Joe Biden. With this vote against the authoritarian bigotry of Donald Trump, the world can breathe a collective sigh of relief.

But the election results did also reveal something that should be a cause for concern. Trump received 11 million more votes than he did in 2016, increasing his support in many distressed communities – where unemployment and poverty are high, healthcare and childcare are inadequate, and people are hurting the most.

For a president who lies all the time, perhaps Donald Trump’s most outlandish lie is that he and his administration are friends of the working class in our country.…  Seguir leyendo »

Bernie Sanders: We Must Stop Helping Saudi Arabia in Yemen

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The likely assassination of the Saudi critic and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi underscores how urgent it has become for the United States to redefine our relationship with Saudi Arabia, and to show that the Saudis do not have a blank check to continue violating human rights.

One place we can start is by ending United States support for the war in Yemen. Not only has this war created a humanitarian disaster in one of the world’s poorest countries, but also American involvement in this war has not been authorized by Congress and is therefore unconstitutional.

In March 2015, a coalition of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates started a war against Yemen’s Houthi rebels.…  Seguir leyendo »

El modelo económico global está fracasando

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¡Qué sorpresa! Los trabajadores en el Reino Unido, muchos de los cuales han visto cómo ha disminuido su estándar de vida mientras los más ricos de su país se vuelven más ricos, le han dado la espalda a la Unión Europea y a una economía globalizada que les está fallando a ellos y a sus hijos.

No solo los británicos están sufriendo. Esa economía cada vez más globalizada, establecida y mantenida por la élite económica del mundo, le está fallando a la gente en todas partes. Por más increíble que parezca, las 62 personas más ricas del planeta tienen tanta riqueza como la mitad más pobre de la población mundial, cerca de 3 mil millones de personas.…  Seguir leyendo »