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Then prime minister Tony Blair welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) at Lancaster House in London, on October 4, 2005
IN 2022’S New Year editorial the Morning Star warned of the dangers of war in Europe.
We noted the military build-up on both sides of the Russian border and the United States’ contemptuous rejection of a number of de-escalation proposals from Moscow, such as an agreement by both countries not to station nuclear weapons abroad.
We are now 10 months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with no end in sight — and no sign that politicians recognise how acute is the risk of escalation.
PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES
