February 2023

Nothing but bad news

The question this article raises is why the US ever got dependent on Russia for enriched uranium. The answer probably lies in environmental opposition to uranium mining and processing that pollutes groundwater, streams and rivers including the Colorado River, which serves 40 million residents of the Western United States. The text of the  Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 has not yet been released. -- blj

 

Perhaps, now it begins

2-21-23

Consortium News
German Lawmaker Calls for Nord Stream Probe
 
Sevim Dagdelen takes the Scholz government to task for its lack of “strength and will” in responding to Seymour Hersh’s reporting on the U.S. sabotage of the Russian pipeline. Video and text of her Feb. 10 speech to the Bundestag.

By Sevim Dagdelen
 

Madam President! Ladies and gentlemen! At the time of war, journalism in our country is often carried out under the motto of “The American president declared, the federal government announced, the police inform.”