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The Terrible Origins of July 4th

July 5, 2021 UNAC Editor Native Americans, White Supremacy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on FreedomRider:BlackAgendaReport, July 1, 2021 The British crown and the colonists were both determined to seize lands from native peoples and to continue enslavement.” “White settlers were in a constant state of fear of slave revolts.” “He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless[…]

Increasing Pressure On China: The Pacific is Crowded with Military Ships and War Planes

July 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Asia, China, Militarism, Russia, US Foreign Policy

by Ann Wright, published on Popular Resistance, June 28, 2021 This is quite terrifying. The United States wants a “free and open” Indo-Pacific sea where they call the shots and make the rules. What would they think if China wanted a “free and open” Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean sea or Gulf of Mexico where they call the shots. Meanwhile these War[…]

Yemen Update from an International Peace Project in Berlin

July 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Yemen

by Mathias Tretschog, from Krieg im Yemen (War in Yemen), An international peace project from Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany) This is an interesting experiment. The original is in German, but the Google translation is pretty good. Its a great overview of whats up with the war in Yemen with ongoing coverage. Seems like we are always in the dark here in the[…]

Donald Rumsfeld, Rot in Hell

July 3, 2021 UNAC Editor U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Ben Burgis, published on Jacobin, June 30, 2021 Here’s a retrospective on the career of Donald Rumsfeld. The beaming smile in the image below from Wiki-Commons kind of makes you cringe. Rumsfeld didn’t create the system but he was an enthusiastic participant in and driver of the most egregious excesses of cruelty and violence in his lifetime. Goodbye and[…]

Greece: Austerity measures threaten the 8-hour day

July 2, 2021 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, June 18, 2021 The Greek Parliament approved the new Labor Laws on June 16: Greece Approves New Labor Law as Unions Strike This is Greece, which has been devastated by EU and the IMF austerity programs for some time now, but it still seems like an increase of the 8 hr workday is[…]

U.S. Militarism Kills at Home and Abroad

June 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Africa, Nigeria, Visions of a Future, War and Peace, Women

by Black Alliance for Peace, published on Black Agenda Report, June 23, 2021 We regard militarism as the antithesis of revolutionary pan-African visions of Africa as a region freed from the destructive legacies of its patriarchal and colonial history. “African women must take a stand in the transnational movement to dismantle militarism.” Militarism is not just about men with guns,[…]

Why Do The Media Hate Daniel Ortega?

June 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Nicaragua

by Gerry Condon, published on Popular Resistance, June 29, 2021 Is the U.S. meddling in the Nicaraguan election? When Kamala Harris finally traveled to the U.S./Mexico border last week, she met several young women asylum seekers. The vice president likely saw Hondurans, Salvadorans and Guatemalans who were fleeing from violence and extreme poverty. But she probably did not see any[…]

US’ Pathway to Iran Has Thorny Shrubs

June 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Iran, US Foreign Policy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, June 22, 2021 It is painful to read the US reports commenting on the result of Iran’s presidential election. The New York Times carried a blurb on Monday, “Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s ultraconservative president-elect, said that he would not meet with President Biden, and that Tehran’s position on its ballistic missile program was “nonnegotiable.”[…]

Key Witness in US Case Against Assange Changes His Story

June 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Political Prisoners, Whistleblowers

by Joe Lauria, published on Consortium News, June 27, 2021 An FBI informant upon whose information the United States based aspects of an indictment against imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has now admitted that he fabricated the evidence. Sigudur “Sigi” Ingi Thordarson has told an Icelandic publication in an article that appeared on Saturday that he made up the allegation[…]

Geneva Call To Free Assange

June 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Civil Resistance, Free Speech, Lawfare, Petition

A primary witness has come forward and revoked his original incriminating statements regarding Assange assisting him with hacking. Below is a petition with over 5,000 signatures already. You can sign it HERE. Please sign and circulate this petition to. [jb] Geneva – June 4th 2021 ~We, the citizens of Geneva and beyond, launch the “Geneva Call” to request the immediate[…]