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Israel launches largest occupied West Bank offensive since Second Intifada

September 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Drones, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, War Crimes

By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied Palestine and Huthifa Fayyad, published on Middle East Eye, August 28, 2024 Israel launched its largest offensive on the occupied West Bank since the Second Intifada, attacking three cities – Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas – from land and air. Drone strikes were reported in the three cities as troops opened fire at Palestinians on the[…]

Protests for Palestine at the DNC

September 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Ending War, Free Speech, Hybrid Warfare, Palestine, Resistance, US Politics

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, August 28, 2024 The struggle to struggle in today’s hyper restrictive environment played out in Chicago where protesters fought legal and popular battles to be allowed to express their rejection of politics as usual and support for the people of Palestine. [jb] DNC protest organizers kept Democrats’ responsibility for the Gaza genocide[…]

Three Amigos No More?

September 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Economics, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Mexico, US Borders, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, US Incited Protests, Wall Street

By Nick Corbishly, Naked Capitalism, August 28, 2024 Mexico’s President AMLO responds by refusing to discuss the matter with US Ambassador Ken Salazar while giving the Mexican people a brief history lesson on US interference in Latin America. Well, that was quick. Just a week ago, we wagered that the US and Canadian embassies would soon begin piling pressure on[…]

U.S. Peace Council Supports the Right of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela to Defend Itself Against Violent External and Extra-Parliamentary Attempts at Regime Change

August 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, Monroe Doctrine, Statement, Venezuela

Statement by the U.S. Peace Council, August 23, 2024 On July 29, 2024, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the presidential election with close to 52 percent of votes cast. As expected, the US-backed opposition called the July 28 election in Venezuela fraudulent when they lost. They had announced that intention even before the[…]

News Conference Protests Media Silence on Illegal Charges Against Uhuru 3

August 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Citizen Diplomacy, Free Speech, Lawfare, Press Freedom, Resistance, The War at Home

by Brenda Ryan, published on Workers World, August 19, 2024 New York~ Representatives from several organizations held a rousing news conference in front of the New York Times building in this city on Aug. 14 to demand that the U.S. government drop the bogus charges against Omali Yeshitela, chairperson of the and leaders of the Uhuru solidarity movement and that[…]

Geopolitics of Natural Resources and the Ukrainian Conflict

August 28, 2024 UNAC Editor Eurasia, Hybrid Warfare, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović, August 28, 2024 An Eastern European perspective on the issues in the Ukraine war. [jb] Geopolitics is an approach to politics that stresses the features imposed on foreign policy by geographical location, environment, and natural resources. Geopolitics as a discipline contributes to the emphasis on continuity in contemporary political realism. The focal idea of geopolitics[…]

Democratic Party Convention: Lesser Evilism Strikes With a Vengeance and a Cacophony of Corporate Media Hype

August 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Peoples' Movements, Pro-war Left, Socialism, The War at Home

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 25, 2024 24,500 full size posters reading “We ♥ Joe” [See photo above] were held high by virtually every Democratic Party Convention delegate and attendee jammed into Chicago’s United Center to cheer for yesterday’s disgraced and withdrawn presidential candidate, Genocide Joe Biden. That the Biden-Harris administration presided over a new congressionally approved[…]

Ceasefire Negotiations as a Weapon of War

August 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Shortages of Supplies, US Hypocrisy, US Incited Protests

by Malik Hijazi, published on Mondoweiss, August 25, 2024 I have lost count of how many times I have clung to the hope of a ceasefire, only to watch it crumble into dust. As the war in Gaza stretches into the summer of 2024, the promise of ending this suffering has become nothing more than a cruel illusion. Every time[…]

The Role of U.S. Weapons for Israel

August 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Air Wars, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Technology, Terrorism, War Crimes, Weapons Sales

by Sue Harris, posted on Workers World, August 23, 2024 Prior to October 7, 2023, Israel and the U.S. had a sweet deal. The U.S. sent Israel $3.8 billion each year to be provided through 2028 to maintain its Qualitative Military Edge (QME). According to the military experts quoted in the June 29 Reuters article, the U.S. must provide better[…]

Venezuela: Not Counting Votes, But Smashing Imperialism’s Hybrid War is Essential

August 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Indigenous peoples, Multipolar World, Paths to Emancipation, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

By Narciso Isa Conde, published on Workers World, August 14, 2024 ‘Concede to imperialism not an iota’ In the infinite global war that U.S. imperialism, with its Pentagon, its CIA and its NATO, is waging to stop its inevitable decline, the Venezuelan chapter has a singular importance. This is extremely relevant in Our America for the destiny of its struggle[…]