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In These Days of Great Tension
Prashad, Vijay
http://consortiumnews.com/2022/03/08/in-these-days-of-great-tension/Date Written: 2022-03-08 Year Published: 2022 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24517 Rather than allow this war to escalate and for positions to harden, it is important for the guns to go silent and the discussions to recommence. writes Vijay Prashad. Abstract: - It is impossible not to be moved by the outrageousness of warfare, the ugliness of aerial bombardment, the gruesome fears of civilians who are trapped between choices that are not their own. If you read this line and assume I am talking about Ukraine, then you are right, but of course, this is not just about Ukraine. In the same week that Russian forces entered Ukraine, the United States launched airstrikes in Somalia, Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen and Israel struck Syria and Palestinians in Gaza. Subject Headings |