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Thank you Robert for your letter to WBT.
Since the illegal coup in 2014, WBT has published nearly 180 articles about Ukraine. A small number of those articles have called for unconditional support for Ukraine.
We have published these calls out of respect for the position of an invaded people, most of these few posts have come from the Ukrainian community here in Brisbane.
The position of this website is for an immediate cessation of hostilities with a United Nations moderated peace.
I refer you to an editorial WBT posted nearly a year ago on 22 October 2022, not long after the ‘special military operation’ by the Russian Federation:
So why can’t the west see how important it is to sue for peace. Can’t people see that the conflict is more than the deranged actions of one man (Putin). Why are people so blind? See https://workersbushtelegraph.com.au/2022/10/05/more-calls-for-ceasefire-in-ukraine/
I remain pessimistic about the prospects for peace in Ukraine while the United States remains involved in this conflict.
Ian Curr
17 August 2022
17-08-2023
Dear Ian
I notice Workers Bush Telegraph supports peace protests outside the ALP conference in Brisbane.
If I may ask, why, if your publication supports peace not war, why is it that the current war in Ukraine, to which Australia is sending weapons and other support, is not once mentioned?
It is as though it is not happening. If your side is holding a peace rally and believes in peace not war, then why not call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and peace talks?
You do mention –
climate change (at the top of your list)
war with China
nuclear submarine purchase under the AUKUS agreement, and
Palestine.
But your side, your publication, has nothing to say about the war Ukraine that is raging now and which your government supports.
Might that be because your side approves of some war, such as, against Russia?
Sincerely
Robert Garvey