Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
Statement by Pisa Union of Airport Workers, published in Labor Today Newsletter, March 17, 2022 Labor Today Editorial Comment: USB (Union Sundacale Di Base) reports that airport workers in Pisa, Italy have refused to load planes headed for Poland disguised as “humanitarian aid” when the workers discovered that what was actually being shipped was weapons and ammunition, final destination, Ukraine! […]
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by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, March 16, 2022 A seismic shift is sending shock waves through the global economy. The well-established capitalist disorder, dominated by U.S. imperialism and in place since World War II, is on shaky ground. Extreme economic sanctions imposed on Russia are dragging the whole world into a war that started long before the Russian[…]
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Press Release by Veterans for Peace, March 17, 2022 Veterans of several U.S. wars are urging President Biden to hold fast against growing political pressure to implement a “no-fly zone.” A No Fly Zone is an area established by a military power over which opposing aircraft are not permitted. No Fly Zones are enforced by military interception of aircraft and[…]
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Statement from The Communist Party of the Russian Federation, March 14, 2022 This is interesting, among other reasons, because it shows that there is a measure of unanimity in Russia around the current action in Ukraine. It is not a Putin project, but rather something supported by diverse parties and factions of the Russian government. As you may be aware,[…]
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Statement from Sanctions Kill Coalition, March 17, 2022 The SanctionsKill Campaign is a broad coalition of social justice, solidarity, and peace forces focused on exposing the devastating impact of US sanctions on civilian populations globally. Sign the Statement: HERE Sanctions are not a substitute for war The current regime of sanctions against Russia is not a substitute for war, but[…]
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by Gustavo A. Maranges, published on Resumen English, March 10, 2022 On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced to the world a meeting held over the weekend with a small negotiating team sent by the White House According to official sources from both countries, the main topics of the mini-summit were energy and prisoners. It is the first high-level exchange[…]
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by Dan Kovalik, published on MLToday, March 14, 2022 How Sandino fought for Nicaragua’s independence, lost and remained a hero for its people. Before Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, before Ho Chi Minh and before Mao began his Long March, there was Augusto Cesar Sandino. While Sandino is not a household name in much of the world, as these others[…]
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by Vijay Prashad, OpEd to Big News Network, published March 9, 2022 The war between Russia and Ukraine began much before February 24, 2022-the date provided by the Ukrainian government, NATO, and the United States for the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Dmitry Kovalevich, a journalist and a member of a now-banned communist organization in Ukraine,[…]
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by Ilan Pappé, Palestine Chronicle, March 4, 2022 The USA Today reported that a photo that went viral about a high-rise in the Ukraine being hit by Russian bombing turned out to be a high-rise from the Gaza Strip, demolished by the Israeli Air Force in May 2021. A few days before that, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister complained to the[…]
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by Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, published on Dilyana.bg, January 24, 2022 I just noticed what was going on when I saw this tweet from Dilyana: The whole https://t.co/3Fu01l3f4o is currently missing from DNS, not only these files. All documents published by the US government here are not available anymore https://t.co/Gyl7cRs9iJ — Dilyana Gaytandzhieva (@dgaytandzhieva) February 26, 2022 A couple of notable points,[…]
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