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Demand that the U.S. and NATO Pull Back Their Forces from Russia’s Borders

January 30, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, Ukraine

Statement by the Chicago Anti-War Coalition (CAWC), January 27, 2022 The U.S. and Britain have in recent days sent at least 90 tons of military equipment to the government of Ukraine. This is in addition to placing thousands of troops currently stationed in the U.S. on high alert. Whether those measures are serious harbingers of a U.S./NATO war with Russia[…]

U.S. Puts Europe in the Trenches Against the Invented Enemy

January 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, NATO, U.S. Aggression

by Manlio Dinucci, published on Workers World, January 25, 2022 I have to say that these actions may be a way to start a war, but this kind of grandstanding and showing off is not the way to win a war. Hopefully the former will fail and the context for the latter will never arise. [jb] “As a precautionary measure[…]

Nicaragua Once Again Inaugurates the “People as President”

January 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Nicaragua

by Nan McCurdy, published on Covert Action Magazine, January 23, 2022 On January 10, Daniel Ortega was inaugurated President and Rosario Murillo was inaugurated as Vice President. The central event in the Plaza of the Revolution was accompanied by Sandinistas celebrating in almost every town with big-screen displays of the inauguration. Once he had been sworn in, with the presidential[…]

The Biden Harris Administration is a Political Expression of the Empire’s Crisis of Legitimacy

January 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Capitalism, The War at Home, U.S. Aggression, US Politics

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, January 19, 2022 COVID-19 continues to spread with rapid ferocity across the United States. On January 14th, the U.S. surpassed 850,000 COVID-19 deaths. More deaths from the pandemic have accumulated under President Joe Biden than his predecessor, Donald Trump. Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s lack of competence in addressing the[…]

Assange Hearing: Your Man in the Courtroom — Is There an Exit?

January 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Whistleblowers

by Craig Murray, published on Consortium News, January 25, 2022 The technical point certified for appeal by the High Court to the Supreme Court may be the screen behind which the British Establishment is sidling slowly towards an exit in the Assange case. If you haven’t signed our statement supporting Julian Assange, please shine and share. You can send to[…]

Exonerations Reveal FBI’s Leading Role in Malcolm X Assassination

January 23, 2022 UNAC Editor FBI and CIA Murders, Racism, White Supremacy

by Malik Miah, published on Socialist Action, November 29, 2021 “I do not need this court, these prosecutors, or a piece of paper to tell me I am innocent,” said Muhammad Aziz, who spent two decades in prison for the 1965 murder of revolutionary Black rights leader Malcolm X. Incredibly, a federal judge in Manhattan, New York, on November 18 exonerated[…]

Thousands Sign Petition Supporting Assange Release

January 23, 2022 UNAC Editor Featured

United National Antiwar Coalition and Assange Defense Committee Press Release, January 19, 2022 Friends, we have more than 3,000 signatures as of today. Please sign and share if you haven’t already done so. Julian’s life is at stake. [jb] WASHINGTON, D.C. — Led by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), more than 26 antiwar groups and 2,500 individual peace and[…]

The struggle for reproductive justice is a struggle against capitalism: A 10-point fightback program

January 23, 2022 UNAC Editor Reproductive Sovereignty, Women

Workers World Party Statement, January 20, 2021 The Women and Oppressed Gender Caucus of Workers World Party issued the following statement and program on the 49th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Email the caucus at As a result of a hard-fought mass movement, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade on Jan.[…]

Swedish Society Polarized Over Joining NATO

January 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, NATO, Russia

by Lucas Leiroz, published on BRICS Information Portal, January 21, 2022 This is a kind of scary follow on to Bruce’s piece below. Apparently Western (U.S.) propaganda is succeeding in Sweden. [jb] Western anti-Russian propaganda is having effects. In Swedish society, fear is spreading about the “risks” of a Russian invasion. As a result, the possibility of the Scandinavian country[…]

Washington Pumping Up War Fever

January 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, NATO, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Keep Space for Peace, January 20, 2022 It’s nonstop in the western media. The message – war with Russia is coming. An American friend of mine, now living in Russia, has two sons in the US Army. One of them said to him today, “your two sons are going to be fighting your beloved Russia.”[…]