Glimpse of hope - Scary: EU sanctions against dissenting voices

Interview with Alex Gordon on the growing resistance of British trade unions to the current arms build-up and the threat of war.

LONDON german-foreign-policy.com spoke with Alex Gordon about the growing resistance of British trade unions to the current arms build-up and the threat of war. Gordon was president of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), the largest rail and transport union in the United Kingdom, from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2022 to 2024. He is also a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), which has been campaigning against nuclear armament since its foundation in 1957. At the end of May, RMT and CND published the Alternative Defence Review, a counter-model to the Strategic Defence Review, the British government’s central foreign and military policy strategy paper. The Alternative Defence Review has contributed to a change of course among British trade unions, which shortly after the start of the war in Ukraine supported the arms build-up enforced by the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Today, they have taken a clear stand against the diversion of huge amounts of public money away from the workers and towards the arms industry. …

https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/news/detail/10243

YouTube/Dialogue Works – December 17, 2025 – Patrick Henningsen: Russia Just Said “NO” to Trump — Caribbean on High Alert

Patrick Henningsen, independent voice and outspoken media critic, has consistently challenged the mainstream line on western military interventions, and geopolitics, is an vocal advocate for freedom of speech and freedom of the press. As journalist and filmmaker, he has done extensive on-the-ground reporting and research in the US, Europe and the Middle East including work in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Iran. He is founder and managing editor of the successful independent news and media analysis website 21st Century Wire.com and host of popular weekly SUNDAY WIRE radio show which broadcasts live weekly on the Alternate Current Radio Network (ACR), and host of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio International, and a long-time co-host of the UK Column News.

Discussion on EU sanctions against dissenting voices like Jacques Baud, Ukraine’s internal resistance to the Zelensky regime, Trump’s failed diplomacy, and the role of U.S.-Israeli influence in perpetuating conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, and Venezuela. Highlights Western media manipulation, false flag suspicions (e.g., Bondi Beach), and the collapse of U.S. credibility amid imperial overreach.