Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
Published on Socialist Action, December 18, 2025 Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com) In an escalation of the US empire’s ongoing illegal sanctions on Venezuela, US President Donald Trump has announced a “full blockade” of the sovereign nation and its oil tanker fleet. He claimed the measure would remain in place until Venezuela “returns all the oil, land, and other assets” he alleged were[…]
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by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, December 29, 2025 On 19 January 2025, a ceasefire took effect to halt the Israeli bombing of Palestinians in Gaza. This ceasefire emerged from a mediation process by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States, which had been sealed in June 2024 with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2735. However, the Israelis rejected the agreement[…]
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by Michelle Ellner, published on Common Dreams, December 25 2025 The loudest question in Washington right now is whether Donald Trump is going to invade Venezuela. The quieter, and far more dangerous, reality is this: he probably won’t. Not because he cares about Venezuelan lives, but because he has found a strategy that is cheaper, less politically risky at home,[…]
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The World Federation of Trade Unions, December 26, 2025 As we welcome the year 2026, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) addresses its militant and class-oriented greetings to workers, trade unionists, and progressive peoples across the globe. The new year finds the international working class confronted with old and new challenges, but also armed with experience, organization, and the[…]
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by Steve Lalla, published on the Orinoco Tribune, December 22, 2025 A new book edited by Kyle Ferrana, China Changes Everything, bills itself as an anthology by “social justice activists, journalists, and commentators” and brings together chapters about the People’s Republic of China written by prominent left-wing analysts, including Arnold August, Roger Harris, Radhika Desai, Carlos Martinez, Gerald Horne, Lee[…]
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by Abiyome Azikiwe, published on Global Research, December 2, 2025 Donald Trump continues to punish South Africa for bringing the case against the Israeli genocide to the International Court of Justice. [JB] After boycotting the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, the United States administration is saying that President Cyril Ramaphosa is not welcome in Miami for next gathering of the economic[…]
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by Chris Hedges, published on Socialist Action, December 15, 2025 The Genocide in Gaza has not stopped. It has been rebranded. And that is enough of a linguistic subterfuge to get the world to ignore it. See No Evil Hear No Evil Speak No Evil First, it was Israel’s right to defend itself. Then it was a war, even though,[…]
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by Gloria Gullo, published on Popular Resistance, November 5, 2025 The U.S. war on drugs remains what it has long been. Not a public health strategy, not even a serious global interdiction campaign, but a political weapon aimed at adversaries. In October 2025, the United States cut a deal with China to reduce tariffs on imports tied to fentanyl —[…]
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by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, December 22, 2025 The United States has now intercepted multiple Venezuelan oil tankers as part of its escalating aggression against Venezuela, while also destroying dozens of small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific under the banner of “drug enforcement,” killing over 100 people whose identities the U.S. has obscured. At the same time, the Trump administration has threatened a naval[…]
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by Mark Keenan, published on Global Research, December 9, 2025 Artificial intelligence (AI) is sold as neutral, objective, and inevitable. We are told it will manage economies, optimize medicine, guide education, and even help govern society. But beneath the marketing lies a question of power and control: AI itself is only a technological instrument. What matters is how it is[…]
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