The New York based organization Brooklyn For Peace invited Prof. Jeffrey Sachs to help devise a strategy to prevent nuclear war by negotiating a peace agreement. In their introduction to this talk on October 6, 2022, they praised him as a world-renowned economics professor and bestselling author. Sachs serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor.
Jeffrey Sachs is very familiar with Russia and the former Soviet Union. Soviet President Gorbachev, and then Russian President Yeltsin, invited him to advise them on the transition from central planning to a market economy. He also observed directly the history and expansion of NATO.
Brooklyn For Peace has begun a campaign to ask the New York State congressional delegation to sign on to a letter drafted by Representative Pramila Jayapal from Washington State. The letter is addressed to President Biden calling on him to take crucial steps to help bring an end to this war.
Rather than simply sending more weapons, these steps include: Making “vigorous diplomatic efforts in support of a negotiated settlement and ceasefire; engaging in direct talks with Russia; exploring prospects for a new European security arrangement acceptable to all parties that will allow for a sovereign and independent Ukraine.” These are excerpts from the sign on letter to President Biden drafted by Representative Pramila Jayapal.
This is from the website of brooklynpeace.org
DATE: 2022/10/06
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