Join our Tuesday CODEPINK CONGRESS Calling Party to talk with special guests about Crimea\, as well as the urgent nee d for debate on the US-Russia proxy war.
\nChat with peacemakers and experts Tuesday\, June 6th at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET:
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Ru ssia’s Foreign Ministry recently summoned US diplomats from the US embassy in Moscow to object to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s< /strong> comments suggesting the US supports Ukrainian strikes on Crimea\, a Black Sea peninsula reunified or annexed by Russia (de pending on one’s perspective) after the 2014 US-backed coup in Ukraine. Fr om Moscow’s vantage point\, US-assisted attacks on Crimea are as provocati ve as direct attacks inside Russia.
\nJoin us as we speak with journ alist Rick Sterling\, who recently returned from Crimea\, to update us on the political climate\, as well as Tamara Lorincz\, an activist with the N O to NATO Network focused on State Department censorship of dissenting vie ws on Crimea\, as well as the war in Ukraine.
\nRick Sterling is a Canadian American journalis t who recently returned from Crimea\, a peninsula located between the Blac k Sea and the Sea of Azov. Rick will discuss what he saw and heard there\, as well as his analysis of the political situation in Crimea\, home to et hnic Russians who\, in 2014\, voted to join the Russian Federation. Having previously worked in publishing\, electronics and aerospace\, Rick is act ive in the Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center\, Syria Support Movement\, and Task Force on the Americas. His writing is published at AntiWar.com\ , LA Progressive and other progressive sites.
\nTamara Lorin cz serves on the advisory committee of the No to NATO Network\, G lobal Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space\, and World Beyon d War. She is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School for International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University and holds a Maste rs in International Politics & Security Studies from the University of Bra dford\, as well as a law degree and MBA from Dalhousie University. Her res earch focuses on the climate and environmental impacts of the military. As a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Canada \, she serves as the International’s convenor of the Environment Working G roup.
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