UNAC Editor

Musk, Twitter, Google: Censorship and the National Security State

May 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Imperialism

by Barry Shepard, published on Socialist Action, May 8, 2022 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is buying the social media company Twitter for $44 billion. If he was in Russia, Western propaganda would call him an “oligarch” but since he in in the United States he is referred to as a very successful businessman, a euphemism for a capitalist[…]

Call for ‘Workers Summit of the Americas’

May 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Latin America, Mexico, Multipolar World

The following is posted on the website Workers Summit of the Americas, June 10-12, Tiajuana The Workers Summit of the Americas meeting, in Tijuana, Mexico, offers a space to join with all the peoples of “Our Americas.” We will counteract the OAS Summit of the Americas organized by the U.S. Department of State in Los Angeles. The countries of the[…]

Why ‘Bolivia Is the Center of the World’ for People’s Movements

May 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Visions of a Future

by Rogelio Mayta, produced by Globetrotter, May 14, 2022 Humanity finds itself at a crucial moment. It’s not only war and climate change that threaten life on our planet. Ideologies and some people do too. We know that money and the production of wealth and well-being have created an ever greater and more profound gap between people, neighborhoods, cities and[…]

In Palestine, to Stand With the Truth Makes You a Target

May 12, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Ahmed Abu Artima, published on Mondoweiss, May 12, 2022 On Wednesday May 11th, 2022, Israeli occupation forces killed veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin Camp while she was reporting on an Israeli aggression there. Journalist Shatha Hanaysha who was with Abu Akleh when she was shot shared what she saw: “We were a group of journalists all[…]

A Manufactured Crisis in Ukraine is Victimizing the World’s Peoples

May 12, 2022 UNAC Editor Ending War, Fascism, NATO, Russia, Statement, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

US Peace Council Statement, May 10, 2022 With the conflict in Ukraine entering its third month, the likelihood of a successfully negotiated peace — an immediate necessity — is becoming ever more remote. This proxy war by the United States is designed to use the Ukrainian people to mortally disable Russia. Those who profit from war benefit, while those most[…]

A Case for Unfreezing Afghanistan’s Assets

May 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Kate Alexander, published on Inkstick Media, April 30, 2022 It seems unlikely that the US government is going to amend it’s policies on behalf of Afghan women or Afghan people. If the awareness that Afghan children are starving has not moved them then concerns about a woman’s ability manage her assets to free herself from oppression seems unlikely to[…]

If the US Wanted Peace in Ukraine

May 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Neo-Nazis, Neocolonialism, Political Analysis, Right Wing Extremism, U.S. Aggression

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on CaitlinJohnstone.com, May 10, 2022 As we hydroplane toward the brink of nuclear armageddon while Bono and the Edge play U2 songs in Kiev, it’s probably worth taking a moment to highlight how this war could have been avoided. The U.S. could have simply pledged military protection for Volodymyr Zelensky against the far-right extremists who were threatening to lynch[…]

Intel Vets: Nuclear Weapons Cannot Be Un-Invented

May 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Cost of War, Hybrid Warfare, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Ukraine

Statement from Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Peace, published on Antiwar.com, May 1, 2022 MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Nuclear Weapons Cannot Be Un-invented, Thus … PRECEDENCE: IMMEDIATE REF: Our Memo of 12/20/20, “Don’t Be Suckered on Russia” May 1, 2022 Mr. President: Mainstream media have marinated the minds of most Americans in a[…]

Marginalized Students Pay the Price of Military Recruitment Efforts

May 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Recruitment, War on the Poor

by Roberto Camacho, published on Prism, April 18, 2022 With pandemic restrictions easing, military recruiters are returning to high school campuses while anti-recruitment efforts struggle This is a good reminder that recruitment among young people is becoming increasingly aggressive. counter-recruitment is not only increasingly necessary but increasingly challenging. Here in upstate NY we used to be able to get into[…]

Brazil’s Lula Proposes Creating Latin American Currency to ‘Be Freed of US Dollar’ Dependency

May 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Brazil, Latin America, Lawfare

by Benjamin Norton, published on Multipolarista, May 6, 2022 Brazil’s left-wing leader Lula da Silva has proposed creating a pan-Latin American currency, in order to “be freed of the dollar.” A founder of Brazil’s Workers’ Party, Lula served as president for two terms, from 2003 to 2011. He is now the leading candidate as Brazil’s October 2022 presidential elections approach.[…]