UNAC Editor

U.S. Sanctions are Drowning Syrians

June 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Greece, Migrants and Refugees, Occupation, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, US Foreign Policy

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 16, 2023 Hundreds of Syrian men, women and children have drowned early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece after the sinking of an Egyptian trawler headed for Italy. It is being called one of the deadliest migrant ship disasters in the Mediterranean Sea. As many as 750 persons[…]

A Visit to Xinjiang, China Accomplishments Belie U.S. Propaganda

June 16, 2023 UNAC Editor China, UNAC on the Road

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, June 9, 2023 Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. One focus of the trip was a visit to Xinjiang (pronounced[…]

Media Organizations From Global South Discuss Solidarity and Standing Up to Sanctions

June 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Censorship and Propaganda, China, Democracy and Consent, Free Speech, Imperialism, Journalism, Multipolar World, Regional Solutions

by Mauro Ramos, published on People’s Dispatch, May 8, 2023 The latest development in the multipolar world is coordination and cooperation between the Global South, East and West. [jb] At an event in Shanghai, representatives of media organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America highlighted the need for learning from and working with each other and building infrastructure to resist[…]

State Repression Targets the Stop Cop City Movement

June 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Police Brutality, Police Corruption, Racism, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, June 7, 2023 Cop City is an effort to ensure that state violence will bring the most draconian methods to bear against Black people. State violence is also being used proactively, in an effort to end opposition to this creation of Atlanta’s white ruling class and their errand boys and girls who[…]

New Strategy Launched to Fight Cop City

June 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Corporatism, Police Brutality, Police Corruption

by Dianne Mathiowetz, published on Workers World, June 12, 2023 Atlanta Within a day of the massive community turnout at the June 5 Atlanta City Council meeting — where, despite 16 1/2 hours of public comment opposing the over $67 million of taxpayer money to build the militarized police training center in the Weelaunee Forest, the Council approved the expenditure[…]

Dangerous Neoliberalism

June 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Interview, Resource Wars, Socio-Economic Struggles, U.S. Budget, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

Katie Halper interviews Ajamu Baraka on her Youtube Channel, June 7, 2023 Ajamu Baraka is the first guest and his interview lasts through most of this video.

U.S. Post 9/11 Wars Caused 4.5 Million Deaths, Displaced 38-60 Million People, Study Shows

June 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Anti-War, Iraq, Libya, Social Impact, Somalia, Sudan, U.S. Aggression, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Ben Norton, published on Black Agenda Report, May 24, 2023 Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya and Somalia following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University. Originally published in Geopolitical Economy . The[…]

What We Saw and Heard in Crimea

June 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Russia, Ukraine, UNAC on the Road

by Daniel Kovalik and Rick Sterling, published on Antiwar.com, May 30, 2023 This is the second part of a three-part series on our recent trip to Russia. Read part one. In May of this year, we took the long, 27-hour train ride from Moscow to Crimea to see how life is there and what the sentiment of the people are[…]

G7 in Hiroshima: a War Summit

June 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Asia, Asia Pivot

by Jorge Cadima, published on Workers World, May 29, 2023 Living in the illusion of past domination, the seven countries known as the G7 insist on trying to convey the idea that they are the seven largest economies in the world. But the reality is not what it used to be. According to the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook[…]

Biden Calls Cuba “Terrorist” While The People Demand An End to U.S. Terrorism Against Cuba

June 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Global Trade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

By Calla Mairead Walsh, published on Socialist Action, May 29, 2023 When the Devil rules, no good work goes unpunished. [jb] Thousands of Cubans gather to celebrate the country’s National Rebellion Day, a yearly commemoration of the Cuban revolution. While Biden doubles down on Cuba’s designation as a so-called “State Sponsor of Terrorism,” the US people are increasingly calling for[…]