Diana Johnstone comments on Charlie Hebdo, Ukraine, Russia and ISIS and the Middle East

Diana Johnstone to speak in Minneapolis via Skype on April 25, 2015. See details below.     

Takes on the World Radio Show  Interviewed by Jeff Blankfort  February 2, 2015

Click the link below to listen to the interview:

http://www.radio4all.net/files/jblankfort@earthlink.net/1752-1-totw021115johnstoneinterview.mp3

She notes 60s C. Hebdo, once Left, like Left, now backs government, NATO actions against targeted rulers;’ “free expression” limited post attack; notes West allied with religious states against secular ME rulers; says Abu Ghraib radicalizes Muslim youth more than poor economy or colonial history; compares ISIS appeal to that in ’48 for Israel; re Ukraine, media’s anti-Russian propaganda, distortion of Ukranian history, worse than ever as is danger of nuclear war; cites rush to accuse Putin of shooting down airliner, recent blackout of Sarkozy’s defense of Russian position, as examples.

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Using Smart Power to Drum Up War in Ukraine & the Middle East

Diana Johnstone via Skype
Saturday, April 25th @ 10 am
Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis

Diana Johnstone was the European editor of the U.S. weekly, In These Times; the press officer of the Green Group in the European Parliament; and is the author of The Politics of Euromissiles: Europe in America’s Next War and Fools’ Crusade: Yugoslavia, NATO and Western Delusions. Her new book, Queen of Chaos: the Misadventures of Hillary Clinton, will be published by CounterPunch in 2015.

Diana Johnstone’s many articles, including the recent, “France Under the Influence: The ambiguity of Charlie Hebdo,” have been featured in numerous international magazines and on news sites. A distinguished researcher and commentator on global politics, Diana holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota and was active in the movement against the Vietnam War, organizing the first international contacts between American citizens and Vietnamese representatives. She is a member of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM).

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