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What’s Happening in Niger Is Far From a Typical Coup

August 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, coup, Democracy and Consent, France, Niger, Resistance, Resource Wars, US Foreign Policy

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, August 14, 2023 On July 26, 2023, Niger’s presidential guard moved against the sitting president—Mohamed Bazoum—and conducted a coup d’état. A brief contest among the various armed forces in the country ended with all the branches agreeing to the removal of Bazoum and the creation of a military junta led by Presidential Guard Commander[…]

New York Federal Judge Orders “Compassionate Release” of 3 of the Newburgh Four Convicted in FBI Entrapment Scheme

August 15, 2023 UNAC Editor False Flags, Propaganda, Racism, Terrorism, The War at Home, War on the Poor

by Philip Guelpa and Sandy English, published on WSWS, August 3, 2023 Three victims of a notorious Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)-orchestrated entrapment scheme targeting Muslims have been given compassionate release from prison on the orders of Judge Colleen McMahon of the United States District Court in Manhattan after more than a decade in prison. The three—Onta Williams, Laguerre Payen[…]

The Silence on Imran Khan

August 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, coup, Pakistan

by Craig Murray, published on Consortium News, August 9, 2023 Pakistan has imposed a media blackout over the deposed prime minister and thousands of new political prisoners incarcerated in appalling conditions. Condemnation in the U.K. and U.S. has been non-existent. Given the large population in the U.K. of Pakistani origin, the lack of serious media coverage of the overthrow and[…]

“Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention and Resistance”

August 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Book Review, Nicaragua

by Rick Sterling, published on Global Research, August 10, 2023 Many nations in the Americas have suffered from US promoted coups, dictatorships, sanctions and outright invasions. Nicaragua may take the cake for being the most victimized. Dan Kovalik has written a book which reviews the history of intervention and resistance up to the present day. Kovalik includes his own experiences[…]

Latin America and West Africa – Patterns of Neocolonialism

August 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Neocolonialism, Nicaragua, Niger, Venezuela

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla con Sal, August 6, 2023 The patterns of neocolonial intervention in the majority world by the United States and its allies since their victories over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in 1945 are very clear. Almost immediately the Western countries started a cycle of bloody aggression against peoples resisting colonialism, followed later by the[…]

‘The Leading Class in the Philippine Revolution is the Proletariat’

August 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Philippines

By Phoebe De Padua, published on Workers World, August 9, 2023 This slightly edited talk was presented July 31 on the Workers World Party webinar titled “Lenin and the working class.” Go to youtube.com/watch?v=bNLB1b3tFKY to view the entire webinar. Warm and militant greetings, comrades! I am very glad to be part of this important and relevant webinar presented by Workers[…]

McCarthyism Is Back: Together We Can Stop It

August 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Featured, Free Speech, Journalism, Pro-war Left, Socialism, The War at Home

Organizational and individual members of UNAC have been targeted, slandered and harassed over the last year, in the press, and by the government. There are a number of individuals who consider themselves advocates of peace and justice, even leftists, though they measure righteousness by it’s alignment with United States government policy. They use antiquated terminology and name calling to undermine[…]

Eritrea, a Bright Spot on a Planet Near the Edge of Armageddon

August 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Censorship and Propaganda, Economic Blockade, Eritrea

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, August 9, 2023 Last week I attended the Eritrean American Festival in the Seattle/Tacoma area, at the Tacoma Convention Center, as did Black Agenda Report Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley and Breakthrough News Host and Producer Eugene Puryear. I arrived after they had spoken, on the day I was scheduled to speak at[…]

In Haiti, Kenya Chooses Imperialist Servitude Over Pan African Solidarity

August 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Haiti, Kenya, US Hypocrisy, White Supremacy

by Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team, published on The Black Alliance for Peace, August 09, 2023 AUGUST 3, 2023—The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) condemns in the strongest possible terms Kenya’s proposal to lead what amounts to a foreign armed intervention in Haiti. Kenya has offered to deploy a contingent of 1,000 police officers to help train and assist[…]

Niger: A Coup against French Control and Dominance

August 11, 2023 UNAC Editor coup, Democracy and Consent, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Niger, Resistance, Resource Wars, US Foreign Bases

by Chandra Muzzafar, published on International Action Center, August 10, 2023 Not mentioned here is the fact that the US/AFRICOM largest drone base is located in Niger, a convenient location for managing drones over most The situation in Niger is still in flux. On 26 July 2023 a military coup took place in that West African state that led to[…]