And even more concerning is that there is an oversimplification of very complex issues. One can, for instance, at a human level b of b against violence and against the invasion of ukraine by russia. But if you look at it at a geopolitical level, one can see that both russia and china being surrounded by american or nato military bases. And the assertion is that the nato is a defense of alliance, but i think a brown people like libyans or syrians or iraqis, we say that this is certainly not the case. And at least for the r harness. So, you know, the perspective from africa is that we want to be neutral, is of this war. It doesnt mean we dont have compassion with the ukrainians or the russians. Or, you know, both people are dying on both sides at the geopolitical level. One can see that the, the russians were backed into a corner and almost had no option. On the other hand, at the national level, one must respect the rights of the ukrainians. Like many africans struggling for self determ
Manufacturing of consent and even more concerning is that there is an over simplification of a very complex issues. One can for instance, at a human level b of b against violence and against the invasion of ukraine by russia. But if you look at it at a geopolitical level, one can see that both russia and china being surrounded by american or nato military bases. And the assertion is that the nato is a defense of alliance. But i think a brown people like libyans or syrians or iraqis, we say that this is certainly not the case. And at least for the harness. So, you know, the perspective from africa is that we want to be neutral. Is of this war doesnt mean we dont have compassion with the ukrainians or the russians, or, you know, both people are dying on both sides. Geopolitical level, one can see that the russians were backed into a corner and almost had no option. On the other hand, at the national level, one must respect the rights of the ukrainians. Like many africans struggling for s
So we have the domination of the Information Space by the us with twitter, putting people like scott ritter off and so on. So theres the traditional manufacturing of consent. And even more concerning is that there is an over simplification of very complex issues. One can for instance, at a human level b of b against violence and against the invasion of ukraine by russia. But if you look at it at a geopolitical level, one can see that both russia and china being surrounded by american or nato military bases. And the assertion is that the nato is a defense of alliance. But i think the brown people like libyans or syrians or iraqis, we say that this is certainly not the case. And at least for the harness. So, you know, the perspective from africa is that we want to be neutral. Is of this war doesnt mean we dont have compassion with the ukrainians or the russians. Boat. People are dying on both sides. At the g o political level, one can see that the russians were backed into a corner and a
You know, everything in the media is sound bites and is more psychology than fact. So we have the domination of the Information Space by the us was putting people like scott ritter off and so on. So this the traditional manufacturing of consent and even more concern is that there is an over simplification of very complex issues. One can, for instance, at a human level b of b against violence and against the invasion of ukraine by russia. But if you look at it at a geopolitical level, one can see that both russia and china being surrounded by american or nato military bases. And the assertion is that the nato is a defensive alliance, but i think a brown people like libyans or syrians or iraqis, we say that certainly not the case. And at least for the colonies. So, you know, the perspective from africa is that we want to be neutral, is of this war doesnt mean we dont have compassion with the ukrainians or the russians. Boat. People are dying on both sides. At the job political level, one
The final analysis is not only work history as but also where it begins in trying to understand the war in the ukraine and what it means for the rest of the world. How far down memory lane should we go . Well, to just come to them now join, ply, we ask peo, researcher for the South African chapter of the southern and east african trade institute. This is a evans agreed to talk to you. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you for having me as well do just fine. Yes, great pleasure. Talking to you and i think from reading some of your recent articles, we share a similar space for neo con politics. You know, the intention of launching wars and the name of all the good against all the bad and sometimes, or most of the times living scorching land in the aftermath. But for some reason the scenario seems to be happening over and over again. I covered the wars and libya or in syria just a couple of years ago. And nowadays everybody forgot about it. It seems that the only one that exists in