UNAC Editor

Double Standard in Israel-Palestine Reporting

February 17, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Israel-Palestine

Associated Press is one of those news sources we expect to be objective and reliable. But when it comes to the subject of Israel-Palestine, things are not always as they seem. by Kathryn Shihadah and Alison Weir, originally published on If Americans Knew Blog More than half the world’s population reads Associated Press content every day. But a study of news reports[…]

Regime Change Fails: Is A Military Coup Or Invasion Of Venezuela Next?

February 17, 2018 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Venezuela

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, originally published on Popular Resistance, February 13, 2018 Speaking at his alma mater, the University of Texas, on February 1, Secretary of State Tillerson suggested a potential military coup in Venezuela. Tillerson then visited allied Latin American countries urging regime change and more economic sanctions on Venezuela. Tillerson is considering banning the processing or sale of[…]

Defend Prisoners’ Right to Read Critical Ideas

February 13, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Prisoners

by Steve Xavier, originally published on Socialist Action, Feb 10, 2018 The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is attempting to ban the Workers World (WW) newspaper for its coverage of the Florida prison strike. According to WW, “The immediate reason given in the DOC’s Jan. 29 letter is that ‘information contained on pages 1 and 6 calls for action that may[…]

New Evidence of the Systematic Looting of Africa

February 13, 2018 UNAC Editor Africa, Poverty and Sanctions

Zambia denied loan by IMF New Evidence of the Systematic Looting of Africa by an Increasingly Schizophrenic World Bank by Patrick Bond, originally published on Black Agenda Report, Feb 7, 2018 “’Sub-Saharan Africa loses roughly $100 billion of ANS annually because it is “the only region with periods of negative levels’ of gross national income.” A brand new World Bank[…]

Deirdre Griswold Defends Korea Against Tucker Carlson (Updated With Analysis)

February 13, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Korea, Resistance

U.S. Anti-War Leader Deirdre Griswold Defends Korea Against Right-Wing Racist Tucker Carlson The opening of relations between North and South Korea at this year’s Olympics provides have provided a hopeful contrast to Vice President Pence’s cold snub towards North Korean officials at the opening ceremonies for the event and raised the issue of ‘Who are the Koreans after all?‘ Deirdre[…]

Russiagate and the Surveillance Duopoly

February 11, 2018 UNAC Editor The War at Home

“FISA set up a rubber stamp kangaroo court with only a handful of warrants being rejected in the forty year history of this law.” by Margaret Kimberley, originally published on Black Agenda Report Republican and Democratic Party dueling over Russiagate provides us with a teachable moment. It should teach us to disrespect and discredit the law enforcement system as it[…]

On the Occasion of the 39th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution

February 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Revolution

by Phil Wilayto This essay was first published on the official website of Imam Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The first colony to free itself from European dominance was Haiti, in 1791-1804. The defeat of the mighty army of Napoleon at the hands of self-emancipated Black people sent waves of terror throughout the United[…]

The war and the media — Double standards for Mosul, Iraq, and Aleppo, Syria

February 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars

The Pentagon made its largest bombing attack inside Syria since last April on Feb. 6, striking pro-Syrian government forces at the same time as an attack from Israel on Syria. Thus, once again imperialist powers threaten to reignite their campaign to overthrow the legitimate Syrian government. All the more timely is it that Workers World publish this article by anti-war[…]

A Treacherous Crossing

February 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Refugees

Paul Ryan’s recent trip to the Gulf reflects the US Government’s complete lack of compassion for the refugees and migrants created by its proxy wars in the Middle East. By Kathy Kelly On January 23rd an overcrowded smuggling boat capsized off the coast of Aden in Southern Yemen. Smugglers packed 152 passengers from Somalia and Ethiopia in the boat and[…]

International Peace Conference in South Korea

February 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Conferences, Korea

Image by Photo by Mimi Han) Permission Details DMCA by Ann Wright, originally published on Cindy Sheehan’s Soap Box The International Peace Conference for a Peaceful Korean Peninsula and Olympic Peace was an important statement of civil society in South Korea and around the world for dialogue — not war — to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula. Peace[…]