Linguist, intellectual and activist Noam Chomsky equalized Russian invasion of Ukraine With this Hitler in Poland or the USA in Iraq At the closing gala of the Barcelona Film and Human Rights Festival.
In a video conference, Chomsky said: Russia’s war in Ukraine “is a war crime of the same level” more than the other two historical events cited.
The senior American intellectual traces the origins of the current war to Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and American President George Bush Sr., during the dissolution of the former Soviet Union in 1990. based on the agreement signed between He reunited Germany in NATO on the condition that NATO not expand further east, a decision that Bill Clinton did not respect.
Chomsky, what He described Ukraine as a “de facto” partner. NATO“He stated that “it is necessary to seek all kinds of agreements to prevent the conflict from escalating”.
Regarding the fight to free Julian Assange, he noted that there was little awareness of his case and a lot of activism was needed to get more publicity.
Regarding the climate crisis, the linguist warned: we have several decades to avoid collapse and not reach the “point of no return” and activism to “expose the nature of climate threats” and focus on working with the great powers to find a solution.
At the close of the event, the Barcelona Human Rights Awards were presented to Ukrainian writer Andrei Kurkov (Literature and Human Rights Award), Afghan politician Malalai Joya (Voice and Human Rights Award), lawyer and journalist Colombian Daniel. Mendoza Leal (Mirada and Human Rights Award), journalist and former director of FundiPau Jordi Armadans (Arcadi Oliveres Award), lawyer Patricia Fernández Vicens (Human Rights Award) and Pare Manel Foundation (Honor Award).