{"id":493984,"date":"2022-02-01T16:06:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=fefc91ad54162479f38a5ce8ac6f5a95"},"modified":"2022-02-01T16:06:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:06:57","slug":"amid-us-russia-escalation-activists-emphasize-nato-is-not-about-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/02\/01\/amid-us-russia-escalation-activists-emphasize-nato-is-not-about-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid US-Russia Escalation, Activists Emphasize NATO Is \u201cNot About Security\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/video\/amid-us-russia-escalation-activists-emphasize-nato-is-not-about-security\/\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SEG3-Ludo-split-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Belgian Peace Activist Says NATO Has Outlived Its Purpose\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SEG3-Ludo-split-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SEG3-Ludo-split-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SEG3-Ludo-split-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SEG3-Ludo-split-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SEG3-Ludo-split-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SEG3-Ludo-split.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><aside class=\"introtext\">Image Credit: Vrede vzw<\/aside>\n<p>To speak about the key role <span class=\"caps\">NATO<\/span> is playing in the Ukraine crisis, we speak with Ludo De Brabander, spokesperson of the peace organization Vrede vzw in Belgium, where <span class=\"caps\">NATO<\/span> is headquartered. De Brabander says <span class=\"caps\">NATO<\/span> has outlived its purpose, and touches on how activists in <span class=\"caps\">NATO<\/span> countries like Belgium are pushing against narratives in the media that war with Russia is necessary.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please check back later for full transcript.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/video\/amid-us-russia-escalation-activists-emphasize-nato-is-not-about-security\/\">Latest \u2013 Truthout<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/video\/amid-us-russia-escalation-activists-emphasize-nato-is-not-about-security\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SEG3-Ludo-split-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Belgian Peace Activist Says NATO Has Outlived Its Purpose\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">Activists in NATO countries like Belgium are pushing back against narratives that war with Russia is necessary.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1462,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3551,463,712,41656,24,376,204],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1462"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493984"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495607,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493984\/revisions\/495607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}