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Hamas Statement on the October 7 “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” Attack

January 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Human Rights, Israel, Occupation, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Political Prisoners, Resistance

Statement from the Hamas Press office on Al Aqsa Flood (a differently formatted version of this document was posted on Socialist Action, January 25, 2024)

Argentina: Milei’s War on Workers Met with General Strike

January 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Argentina, Austerity, Economic Collapse, Labor, Labor Struggles

By Adam Wetzstein, posted on Workers World, January 26, 2024 I see this as a warning to us. [jb] After decades of rapid inflation and economic crisis, Argentine voters last November elected economics professor Javier Milei as president. However, many consider Milei an Argentine variant of his pro-fascist Brazilian neighbor, former President João Bolsonaro, or even of Donald Trump. His[…]

Genocide, Sex Extortion, and a Peoples Movement

January 30, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Genocide, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, New World Visions, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, South Africa, United Nations, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, Zionism

by Mazin Qusiyeh, writing in Bethlehem, Occupied Palestine, published on Popular Resistance, January 26, 2024 What is the story with UNRWA? If Israel succeeds in liquidating the Palestinian cause, will the whole globe be at risk of a global war that ends humanity? And what does sex extortion and people movement have to do with it? Read on for this serious[…]

Rejecting the Bantustan ‘Two-state Solution’, Mandla Mandela Calls for a Single Democratic State in Palestine

January 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Rights of Opressed Peoples, South Africa, South Africa, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Tim Anderson, published on One Democratic State of Palestine , January 29, 2024 Washington and the Israelis understand that the fig leaf of ‘two states’ hides apartheid and prevents the construction of a broad anti-apartheid movement. The popular but fallacious touchstone of a political resolution in Palestine has been a ‘two-state solution’. Washington constantly reverts to this and, more[…]

Yemeni Missiles Force US Navy to Turn Back From Bab al-Mandab Strait

January 28, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Middle East Wars, U.S. Aggression, Yemen

from the News Desk at The Cradle, published on January 25, 2024 This and the 2 accompanying posts give a brief picture of the current situation between the US and Ansarallah in the Red Sea. [jb] The Yemeni armed forces announced late on 24 January that intense clashes took place with several US warships escorting two commercial vessels attempting to[…]

Saudi, Chinese Vessels Undeterred by Yemen Red Sea Ops

January 28, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Saudi Arabia, Trade, Yemen

from the News Desk at The Cradle, published on January 26, 2024 Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, is continuing to send oil and fuel tankers through the Red Sea, despite US and UK bombing of Yemen and attacks by Yemen’s armed forces on Israeli, US, and UK-linked ships passing through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. “We’re moving in the[…]

Houthi Red Sea Crisis Rages On as US Admits Its Impotence and Asks China to Help

January 28, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, China, Global Economics, Middle East Wars, Trade Wars, US Foreign Policy, Yemen

by Uriel Araujo, published on InfoBRICS, January 26, 2024 The Financial Times reported that, over the last three months, Washington has repeatedly asked Beijing to pressure Iran into curbing the Houthi rebels. Both the White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly talked about the matter with their Chinese counterparts. Sullivan is even flying[…]

World Court Orders Israel to Abide by Genocide Convention and Stop Killing

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, South Africa

by Sam Husseini, published on Sam’s Substack, January 26, 2024 I put together this news release for accuracy.org this morning: World Court Orders Israel to Abide by Genocide Convention and Stop Killing The International Court of Justice on Friday morning ordered: “The State of Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of[…]

Israel: the Genocidal Thrust of Imperialism Today

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Portugal, Resistance

by Manuel Raposo, published on Workers World, January 22, 2024 What we have seen since October in Gaza and the West Bank is the execution of the long-standing plan nurtured by Zionist ideology to liquidate or expel the entire Arab population and take over all of Palestine as Israel’s territory. These aims have been exposed to the light of day[…]

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”[…]