UNAC Editor

Assad in Jeddah: Tangibly, what does this mean for Syria?

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Regional Solutions, Resistance, Saudi Arabia, Syria

by Giorgio Cafiero, published on The Cradle, May 30, 2023 Twelve days after Syria regained its membership in the Arab League, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed the pan-Arab body at its 19 May summit in Jeddah. This was Assad’s first Arab League meeting in 12 years. It was also his first visit to Saudi Arabia since October 2010, making the[…]

U.S. Imperialism and Gangsterism in Cuba

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Poverty, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, U.S. Aggression

The United States has declared war against the Cuban people for more than 60 years. Terrorist designations, sanctions and military threats create great suffering in that nation. BAR contributing editor Ajamu Baraka presented these remarks at a recent International People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism on Cuba . […]

I saw Israel’s ‘Final Solution to the Palestinian Problem’ in Lebanon 41 Years ago, and I See it Again Today

June 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Genocide

by Rev. Dr. Don Wagner, published on Mondoweiss, June 13, 2023 Forty-one years ago, I was in Lebanon leading a group of ten U.S. relief and development directors hoping to introduce them to the extensive needs of impoverished Lebanese and Palestinian refugees. On June 4, 1982, around 3:00 p.m., we were on our way to the crowded Fakhani district of[…]

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[…]