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“Economic coercive measures are crimes against humanity”

Reports from the “International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism” (Part 2)

(11 April 2023) (Edit.) The opening of the “International People’s Tri-bunal on U.S. Imperialism – Sanctions, Blockades and Economic Coercive Measures” took place in New York on 28 January 2023,1 (see Box on the right). The Tribunal will last about six months and end in July 2023 with a closing ceremony at the Simón Bolívar Institute in Caracas, Venezuela.

In a first article, "Swiss Standpoint" has already published the presentation of Alfred de Zayas, former independent UN expert on international order, in which he, among other things, clarified the term “sanctions”.2 (see Box on page 2)

Putin’s Nuclear Red Line

by Manlio Dinucci,* Italy

(11 April 2023) Russia has announced the transfer of nuclear weapons to Belarus. Contrary to what one might think, this is not a particularly aggressive attitude on the part of Russia, but rather a defensive countermeasure to the deployment of nuclear weapons by the United States on Russia’s borders. If Moscow had wanted to respond equally, it would have installed its nuclear warheads in Cuba.
Pedagogy

Teacher shortage: the real reasons

by Prof. Dr. Mario Andreotti*

(11 April 2023) Up and down the country, school presidents and principals are looking for teachers for the new school year. In eastern Switzerland, the situation is somewhat less dramatic than in other parts of the country. In the Lake Constance region, all vacant teaching positions were once again filled. Nevertheless, the situation remains tense here as well, as guest author Professor Dr Mario Andreotti writes.

France Blocked For 4 Years

President Emmanuel Macron has just deliberately destroyed his constitutional authority

by Thierry Meyssan,* France

(6 April 2023) The crisis that France is going through today is not just another episode in an eternally agitated country. It is about a deep crisis of mode which will be solved only with the beginning of a new society. The country will go through several years of blockage, before embarking on a complete transformation, a revolution that will last at least a generation.

Moscow calls out US’ rules-based order in Europe

by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India

(6 April 2023) (Ed. CH-S) Britain's elites are currently escalating the conflict with Russia to the nuclear level by deciding to supply DU munitions to Ukraine. The renowned Indian analyst M. K. Bhadrakumar describes the perfidious process of the US-British alliance.

How integration of migrant children can succeed

by Marita Brune-Koch

(4 April 2023) Almost every day you can read or hear in all the media about major problems in schools, about a decline in pupils’ performance (especially in Germany), about violence against fellow pupils and teachers, and about serious teacher shortages.