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Ukraine conflict: Henry Kissinger warns against a new world war
In the midst of war fever in the US, the former secretary of state and infamously ruthless cold warrior has warned against attempts to split up Russia and allow the situation to slip into all-out global conflict, reports MARC VANDEPITTE
Directly involved in the 1973 coup in Chile, Vietnam, and many of the cold war's darkest moments, Henry Kissinger's warning is particularly significant, coming from inside the US war machine.
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
WHEN it comes to foreign policy, Henry Kissinger is one of the most important voices in the US.
For many years he was the national security adviser. He also served as secretary of state under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
In the early 1970s, he masterminded the rapprochement between the US and China to isolate and weaken the then-USSR.
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