UNAC Editor

After Trump Blocked UN Inquiry of Racist Violence, NGOs Are Conducting Their Own

January 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Racism, Rights of Opressed Peoples, United Nations

by Marjorie Cohen, published on Truthout, December 28, 2020 Shortly after the public lynching of George Floyd, the U.S. Human Rights Network and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) organized an international coalition of more than 600 organizations and individuals to urge the United Nations Human Rights Council to convene a commission of inquiry to investigate systemic racism and police[…]

Yemen, a Quagmire for Saudi Coalition and Imperialists

January 7, 2021 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Yemen

by Azza Rojbi, published in the Fire This Time Newspaper, December, 2020 “I was still awake. I was sitting in a chair because I was afraid of the planes flying overhead and making a very loud noise. Then they dropped a bomb near us and afterwards they hit our neighbourhood with three bombs. After that, I lost consciousness.” These are[…]

The Syria Charity Scam

January 6, 2021 UNAC Editor NGOs, Poverty and Sanctions, Syria

by Paul Larudee, from Syria Solidarity Movement, January 5, 2020 Doctors Without Borders, the International Rescue Committee, the Syrian American Medical Society, the White Helmets, Islamic Relief USA, CARE and other major tax-deductible charities all advertise that they are providing humanitarian aid to Syrians. Their ads can be found in Facebook, Twitter and other social media on a regular basis.[…]

Grading Trump on Foreign Policy

January 6, 2021 UNAC Editor U.S. Aggression, U.S. Budget, US Borders

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on Covert Action, December 30, 2020 Huge Military Budgets, Covert Operations, Drones and Assassinations—but hey, at least he didn’t start another major war By any objective measure, Donald Trump has been one of the worst presidents in American history. His administration exacerbated inequalities, fomented social divisions, encouraged nativist and white supremacist groups, gutted environmental protections, mishandled[…]

Why is NATO going global?

January 5, 2021 UNAC Editor NATO

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Organizing Notes, December 29, 2020 One of the pre-conditions for Soviet support for the reunification of East & West Germany was the promise from the US that NATO would not expand ‘one centimeter’ toward the Russian borders. The Soviet Union’s Warsaw Pact alliance folded after its collapse thus making no need for NATO. Instead since[…]

Assange Extradition Ruling Is a Relief, But it Isn’t Justice

January 4, 2021 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Censorship and Propaganda, Featured, Free Speech, Political Prisoners

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, January 4, 2021 British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has ruled against U.S. extradition for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but not for the reasons she should have. Baraitser’s frightening ruling supported virtually every U.S. prosecutorial argument that was made during the extradition trial, no matter how absurd and Orwellian. This includes quoting from a long-discredited CNN report alleging without evidence that Assange made[…]

Deconstructing The Settler Colonial State Of Israel

January 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Israel-Palestine

by Yanis Iqbal, published on EurasiaReview, January 1, 2021 Merry Christmas from the Zionist Occupier On 25 December, 2020, Israel bombed Gaza for six continuous hours as much of the world celebrated Christmas. A children’s hospital, a rehabilitation center for people with disabilities, a mosque, as well as private residences, were damaged. A six-year-old girl and a young man were injured, and much[…]

Imperialist U.S. blames Russia — and China for Cyberattack

January 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Propaganda

by Ben Carroll, published on Workers World, December 28, 2020 Personally, I question the hyperbole in the initial statement below. There is no damage that has affected the people of this country. The timing of the claim is a very convenient bridge for Russiagate and Chinagate to be carried over from one administration to the next. However, this should not[…]

Prayer Walk Demands Justice for Native Man Assaulted by U.S. Feds

January 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Uncategorized

Published on TeleSUR, January 2, 2021 The Red Nation condemns the brutalization of Darrell House by National Park Service rangers on Tiwa Territory (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Native groups have taken to Petroglyphs National Monument in Tiwa Territory, commonly known as Albuquerque, New Mexico, to demand justice for Darrell House, a native man who was brutally tasered by rangers of the[…]

Drone Murder Has Been Normalized

January 1, 2021 UNAC Editor Drone Warfare, Drones

by David Swanson, published on Lets Try Democracy, December 29, 2020 If I search on Google for the words “drones” and “morality” most of the results are from 2012 through 2016. If I search for “drones” and “ethics” I get a bunch of articles from 2017 to 2020. Reading the various websites confirms the obvious hypothesis that (as a rule,[…]