Per Olsson is a member of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden). “We are drifting into one of the most dangerous periods in human history,” said the Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), when the Institute published its annual report (SIPRI Yearbook) on world military expenditure, international arms transfers, arms production and armed […]
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Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, arms spending around the world has soared. Germany and Japan have announced a doubling of spending on weapons of death. At the same time governments say there is not enough money to increase wages in line with inflation or to invest in the public health systems at risk of collapse. […]
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Rob Rooke is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. As it is nearly one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the devastation to families and individuals is hard to comprehend. More than eight million people who have been forced to leave their homes in Ukraine are now refugees. Close to 50,000 soldiers, […]
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