UNAC Editor

Sudan: Alignment of Forces, Players

May 3, 2023 UNAC Editor Civil War, Horn of Africa, Sudan

by M. K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, April 23, 2023 The worst-case scenario is coming to pass, apparently, in Sudan. That is, at any rate, the apocalyptic message streaming out of Khartoum in the western media. President Biden lent credence to the alarmist perception by confirming that on his orders, the US military conducted an operation “to extract government[…]

Taiwan—A Pawn for U.S. War on China

April 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Asia Pivot, China, Taiwan

by Sara Flounders, published in CovertAction Magazine, April 27, 2023 While the U.S.-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine continues unabated, the U.S. is preparing at breakneck speed for war with China, using Taiwan as the excuse. Taiwan, like Ukraine, is a pawn. The military and economic threats on both China and Russia are a desperate bid to quash the emergence[…]

On the 7th Anniversary of the Odessa Massacre

April 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Uncategorized

Statement by The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, April 30, 2023 Each year, the Odessa Solidarity Campaign has promoted actions on May 2 to mark the date in 2014 when a right-wing mob led by openly fascist organizations murdered at least 42 anti-fascists at the House of Trade Unions in Odessa, Ukraine. The Odessa Massacre took place just a few months after[…]

The Case Against the Case Against Julian Assange

April 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Journalism, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Press Freedom

by Stephen Rohde, published on Socialist Action*, April 8, 2023 Like the Trump administration that preceded it, the Biden administration is seeking the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to stand trial on an indictment under the infamous Espionage Act of 1917. As the unprecedented U.S. prosecution of Assange reaches a critical stage, a growing number of elite media outlets,[…]

Why Americans Are Shot At The “Wrong House”

April 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Police Brutality, Racism, U.S. Aggression, White Supremacy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 26, 2023 People in the U.S. venerate its violent history, support violence committed by the state, and remain very racist, yet express shock when individuals kill and maim. In recent days there have been widely reported stories about individuals in the United States who were shot because they were in the “wrong” location. The most[…]

Oxfam Report Highlights Deep Harms of IMF ‘Austerity Drive’ in Poor Nations

April 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Austerity, Economics, Human Rights, International Aid and Debt, Poverty

by Jake Johnson, published on CommonDreams, April 13, 2023 Austerity is the flip side of sanctions. For the global south, economic interactions with western financial institutions are “austerity” vs “sanctions” which amounts to “Damned if you do; Damned if you don’t” The entire western economic structure is geared to extraction, and its prescriptions permeate the global south like poison. [jb][…]

Food Cuts Show Women Bear Brunt of Deepening Economic Crisis

April 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Human Rights, Oppression of Women, Poverty, Socialism, US Government Action

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, March 16, 2023 No matter how large or small, no class struggle can be put into its social context without understanding the current global capitalist economic crisis. Neoliberal policies flow from long-term and short-term fluctuations within the capitalist system, which no ruling class can ultimately control. There used to be periods of ebbs[…]

Antiwar Message Is Raised At Norfolk’s Annual NATO Parade

April 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Militarism, NATO, Protest, War and Peace

by Phil Wilayto, published on Popular Resistance, April 23, 2023 The North American Treaty Organization, or NATO, has two Strategic Commands – one in Belgium, the other in Norfolk, Virginia. And every year Norfolk holds a NATO Festival, complete with a parade, to honor the U.S-led military alliance that supported Portugal in its wars against African anti-colonial liberation movements; led[…]

McCarthyism Resurges!

April 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Black Liberation Movement, Censorship and Propaganda, Lawfare, Racism

Radical U.S.-Based Organizations Condemn U.S. Indictments of African People’s Socialist Party Members by Julie Varughese, published on Towards Freedom, April 20, 2023 Activists on the left, as well as radical U.S.-based organizations, came out yesterday against the indictments of three members of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), one former party member, and three Russian nationals for allegedly attempting to[…]

The Sanctions Boomerang: Why Trade Bans Backfire

April 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade

by Karin Kneissl, published on The Cradle, April 24, 2023 In 1806, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte implemented one of the most significant trade blockades in European history, known as the “Continental Blockade.” The underlying cause was a trade conflict between France and Britain. In 1793, Britain, which was at war with France, imposed a naval blockade on French port[…]