Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad! – All articles represent the opinions of the authors

A Manifesto of the New Global Feminism

May 25, 2019 UNAC Editor The War at Home, Women

Photo: May 2019, Women march in Manilla by Christine Marie, published on Socialist Action, May 19, 2019 Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser, “Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto” (London and New York: Verso, 2019), 85 pp. Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser have a mission. They are collaborating to bring the lessons of a new global feminist[…]

Distorting ‘Democracy’ in Venezuela Coverage

May 25, 2019 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Hybrid Warfare, Venezuela

Featured image: Depiction of Juan Guaidó in The Atlantic (5/1/19). (photo: Fernando Llano/AP) by Gregory Shupak, published on Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, May 20, 2019 – Writing of the failed US-sponsored coup attempt in Venezuela on April 30, Uri Friedman of The Atlantic (5/1/19) referred to the Venezuelan branch of the coup as Juan “Guaidó’s pro-democracy movement.” The logical[…]

Koreans Reject U.S. Efforts ‘To Overthrow Our System’

May 23, 2019 UNAC Editor Korea

Photo: Pyeongchang Funfair boys, ~Roman Harak, Flikr By Deirdre Griswold posted on Workers World, May 14, 019 Once again, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has refused to be intimidated by the U.S. imperialist government an d its threats to the DPRK’s sovereignty and socialist system. After the U.S. State Department, headed by notorious right-winger Mike Pompeo, issued a statement[…]

Washington Threatens New Attack on Syria Amid US War Buildup in Persian Gulf

May 23, 2019 UNAC Editor False Flags, Iran, Middle East Wars, Syria

Photo: From a video from one of the original propaganda reports by militants in the region. ~Al Bab By Bill Van Auken, published on World Socialist Website, 22 May 2019 Just days after President Donald Trump threatened to put an “official end” to Iran, Washington has threatened renewed military aggression against Syria based on unsubstantiated charges of the use of[…]

Gangster Politics: U.S. War Threats Intensify on Iran

May 23, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Featured, Iran, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Image from US Embassy Correspondence, Tiblisi, Georgia by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World and IAC blogs, May 21, 2019 May 20 — Another U.S. initiated crisis reached an ominous level this past week with President Trump’s announcement that Iran suddenly presented a new, unspecified threat, serious enough to send a U.S. Naval aircraft carrier battle group churning toward the[…]

May Day address: Build a workers’ opposition!

May 22, 2019 UNAC Editor Environment, Labor, Labor Struggles

Mayday speech by By BARRY WEISLEDER, published on Socialist Action, May 7, 2019 Federal Secretary, Socialist Action (Canada) May Day is OUR day. “Labour Day” treats Labour like a commodity. May 1 honours workers as a class, as a conscious, fighting movement. We are a living, creative force with the power to change the world. On May Day, even in[…]

Venezuela – A Risk to Dollar Hegemony – Key Purpose Behind “Regime Change”

May 21, 2019 UNAC Editor Socio-Economic Struggles, Soft Power Imperialism, Venezuela

by Peter Koenig, Published on Countercurrents, May 9, 2019 After the new coup attempt – or propaganda coup – Venezuela lives in a state of foreign imposed insecurity. The failed coup was executed on 30 April by Juan Guaidó, the self-proclaimed and Washington-trained and endorsed “interim President”, and the opposition leader, Leopoldo López, who was hurriedly freed from house arrest[…]

Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Have No Idea How Women’s Bodies Work

May 16, 2019 UNAC Editor Abortion, Legislation, Women

Photo: Science Photo Library/Getty Images by Jessica Valenti, posted to Medium, May 15, 2019 Last night, the Alabama Senate voted to make abortion illegal from the moment of conception, punishable by 99 years in prison, with no exceptions for rape or incest. It will be the most extreme anti-abortion law in the nation, voted into effect by men who had[…]

Showdown at the Venezuelan Embassy

May 16, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Protest, Resistance, Venezuela

Photo by Alex Rubenstein by Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, from Popular Resistance, May 15, 2019 This article describes a tense showdown and small victory that took place Monday evening between the embassy protectors and federal authorities, and concludes with URGENT ACTIONS people can take to resolve this dispute and stop a US-orchestrated coup. (Writing on Day 36 of the[…]

The Laughter of Their Children

May 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Resistance, Zionism

by Miko Peled, Published on Just World Educational, February 2019 Note: A new twist on the old adage “The best revenge is living well.” I don’t usually carry stories about religious sects but this one illustrates an important perspective on Zionism. During a visit to Belfast a few years ago, I was taken to see a large, outdoor mural[…]