Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
Published at sputnikglobe.com The Russians claim that severe damage was done to one of the cooling towers of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe by a Ukrainian kamikaze drone. The Russians have controlled this area since a month into the war, and have numerous men stationed there along with the Ukrainian civilians who run the plant and a number[…]
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Speech given by Holly Adams at Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace 45th Hiroshima Day Commemoration, August 7, 2024 Nuclear weapons do not make us safe. In January this year, the Union of Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, for the second year in a row, the closest to global catastrophe it’s ever been. It may[…]
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by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, July 31, 2024 Rwanda weaponizes the Rwandan Genocide to justify its violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), just as Israel weaponizes the Holocaust to justify its violence in Gaza and the West Bank. Rwanda is the Israel of Africa. The two nations reinforce one another in a longstanding victims’[…]
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by Nylah Iqbal Muhammad, published on Mondoweiss, August 3, 2024 Friends of the Congo Executive Director Maurice Carney and Professor Eman Abdelhadi discuss the intersections between the genocides in the Congo and Palestine. Maurice Carney of Friends of the Congo is an old friend of UNAC, helping to keep us in touch with an African perspective. To understand this is[…]
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by Ben Norton, published on Geopolitical Economy, August 11, 2024 The World Anti-Doping Agency says the US has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to cheat by using prohibited drugs, while it hypocritically criticizes Russia and China. The United States has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to use prohibited[…]
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by Rick Sterling, published on Dissident Voice, May 10, 2024 I chose this article because it was full of details about the original incident and following attacks in the New York Times. Following the Paris Olympics, Rick discussed this issue on the most recent China Report, a podcast from Breakthrough News: Western accusations of doping by Chinese swimmers threaten to[…]
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by Gabriela Fernandez, published on Resumen English, August 5, 2024 The Paris Olympics have been particularly marked by gender issues. This could be the logical response of a society haunted by the rancid conservatism of a neoliberal right that is gaining strength and for which the state should not have a say or regulate on sexual and reproductive freedoms. It[…]
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by Caitlin Johnstone, published on CaitlinJohnstone.com.au, August 10, 2024 One of the biggest lies we are sold in western politics is that election results paint an accurate picture of what the public truly wants. We are told that candidates who promote peace and economic justice lose elections because their platforms are unpopular with the wider public, as though the people[…]
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by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 1, 2024 [July 24 Chicago Federal Plaza rally statement by representative of Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine protesting bi-partisan Netanyahu invitation to address US Congress, 600 attended.] This Sunday, after nearly 10 months of mass outrage and action against the genocide genocidair-in-chief, Joe Biden has stepped down from the 2024 election race.[…]
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by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, August 7, 2024 It cannot be said that the U.S. has free and fair elections. Yet, the country regularly uses the false virtue of democracy to enact regime change when its interests are threatened by a nation seeking sovereignty. In Venezuela, this effort has reached a particular level of absurdity on multiple occasions – this[…]
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