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US Congressional Resolution Calls for Annulling the Monroe Doctrine and Ending Sanctions

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Corporatism, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, US Foreign Policy

by Roger D. Harris, published on Popular Resistance, January 18, 2024 Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional resolution calls for annulling the Monroe Doctrine and replacing it with a “new good neighbor” policy. The intent is to “foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation”[…]

Venezuela Condemns US Supreme Court Ruling on CITGO

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

from the Orinoco Tribune, published January 10, 2024 Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Freddy Ñáñez stated that the Venezuelan government condemns the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to ratify the dispossession of CITGO Petroleum Corporation. Through a social media post published Tuesday, December 9, Minister Ñáñez wrote that the action violates the agreements signed in Barbados[…]

The Gathering in Support of the Choice of Resistance Met in Tehran to Honor the Achievements of the Martyr Qasem Soleimani

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Imperial Wars, Iran, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Syria, Yemen

by Judith Bello, published on Syria Support Movement, January 22, 2024 I traveled to Tehran to meet with the Gathering in Support of the Choice of Resistance the first week in January this year. The Gathering is an international organization based in Lebanon, but our meeting in Tehran at this time was an opportunity to attend memorial events for Qasem[…]

Reviving ISIS: A US weapon against the Resistance Axis

January 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Wars, Iran, Iran, Iraq, Middle East Wars, Neocolonialism, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Bases

by The Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent, published on The Cradle, January 17, 2024 Iraqi security sources are warning of an ISIS revival in the country, which coincides all too neatly with the spike in Iraqi resistance operations against US bases in Iraq and Syria, and with widening regional instability caused by Israel’s military assault on Gaza. More than six years after[…]

Red Sea Politics: Ethiopia, Somalia & US/EU/NATO

January 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Imperial Wars, Imperialism, Neocolonialism, Somalia

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 17, 2024 An MOU pairing Ethiopia’s Red Sea ambitions with Somaliland’s secessionist aspirations heightens tensions in the Horn of Africa. The world’s eyes are now on the geostrategic Red Sea waterways where Yemen’s Ansar Allah fighters have stopped Israeli and Israel-bound ships from passing. Other regional tensions have come into play[…]

Iran Accuses Israel Of Using ‘Blind Terrorism’ To Cover Up Its Failures

January 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Global Alliances, Iran, Israel, Middle East Wars, Regional Solutions, U.S. Aggression

by People’s Dispatch, published on Popular Resistance, January 22, 2024 Israel Has Been Carrying Out Air Strikes in Lebanon and Syria. Allegedly targeting Hezbollah and Iranian targets in clear attempts to provoke a regional war. Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian accused Israel of using “mindless terrorism” to cover up its losses in its war on Gaza. Abdollahian’s statement on[…]

Civil Resistance and Mass Protests to Free Palestine

January 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Civil Resistance, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Protest, Resistance

Just a few photos of a few protests. There are so many, but this is what I have time for today. On January 8, in New York City, more than 300 protesters were arrested following civil resistance actions that shut down traffic entering and leaving New York during the morning rush hour. Police arrest hundreds after Pro-Palestinian protesters shut down[…]

Veterans for Peace Condemns U.S. Bombing of Yemen

January 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Imperial Wars, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Peoples' Movements, U.S. Aggression, Yemen

Statement by Veterans for Peace, January 10, 2023 Calls for an Immediate, Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza Veterans For Peace unequivocally condemns the US/UK bombing in Yemen, which constitutes a dangerous widening of the war. Instead of pressing for a Ceasefire in Gaza, the Biden Administration is using its military forces to facilitate Israel’s genocide. The Houthis have clearly stated that[…]

Palestine and the Harlot Left Wing

January 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Right Wing Extremism, Zionism

by Susana Khalil, published on Socialist Action, January 3, 2024 Hamas is part of the political diversity of the native Palestinian people. Hamas is a Palestinian political party with an armed struggle stance against colonialism. To say at this point (in the face of the extermination of the native Palestinian Semitic people) that Hamas is a “terrorist group” may be[…]

The Last Flurry: The US Congress and Australian Parliamentarians Seek Assange’s Release

January 19, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Free Speech, Journalism, Lawfare, Legal Struggles, Political Prisoners, US Hypocrisy

by Dr. Binoy Kampmark, published on Countercurrents, January 19, 2024 On February 20, Julian Assange, the daredevil publisher of WikiLeaks, will be going into battle, yet again, with the British justice system – or what counts for it. The UK High Court will hear arguments from his team that his extradition to the United States from Britain to face 18[…]