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Following on from our COP27 Official Side Event in Egypt entitled Dealing with military and conflict related emissions under the UNFCCC. TPNS were co-organisers of a 4-speaker side event at the Bonn Climate Conference in June. The event would also address military emissions. SIDE EVENT Our session was entitled ‘Closing the Global Stocktake’s military … Continue reading ATTENDANCE at BONN CLIMATE CONFERENCE (JUNE 2023)
A fascinating insight by Anatole Lieven at Responsible Statecraft on the Prigozhin Wagner/Putin relationship. Maybe the west should be careful what they wish for if regime change is indeed their hope. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/05/31/has-a-succession-struggle-begun-in-russia/ And if the choice of successor to Putin really becomes that between President Prigozhin and President Patrushev, would either of these be any … Continue reading Lieven and Beebe at Responsible Statecraft on the Prigozhin / Putin relationship
Also speaking at the XR peace picket of the MOD was David Collins, a former Royal Marine who then worked for years on renewable energy, is a delegate to Veterans for Peace USA and on the executive of MAW. Transcript for his talk is available here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFDlxUGt4Fc&ab_channel=MAW%3AMovementfortheAbolitionofWar
This account of the build-up to the Iraq war by Robert Kelley is a superb succinct summary. Still, to this day, no one has been held accountable for this devastating illegal invasion. Instead, as Kelley says, it’s passed off as ‘a story of faulty and inadequate intelligence, rather than robust and reliable intelligence information ignored.’ … Continue reading Iraq: Ignoring the Expert Weapons Inspectors Proved to Be a Fatal Mistake
Friday 21st April was an amazing day of XR organised activity. Day one of four days was dedicated to pickets of every major government department. Under the banner Unite to Survive more than 200 organisations came together to form a ‘movement of movements’. The demand was for elected representatives do all and everything necessary to … Continue reading TPNS at XR’S THE BIG ONE
