UNAC Editor

Western media continue to distort Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Israel-Palestine

by Robert Inlakesh, published on The Struggle / La Lucha, April 8, 2023 The popular outrage and response from the Resistance factions to the Israeli assaults on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque have again been distorted by Western media, in an attempt to try and pin the blame on the response. The framing of what occurred at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound[…]

Secrecy, Science, and the National Security State

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Book Review, Censorship and Propaganda

by Cliff Connor, published on Socialist Action, April 8, 2023 Secrecy, Science, and the National Security State Book Review of Alex Wellerstein, Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States. By Cliff Conner The phrase “national security state” has become increasingly familiar as a way to characterize the political reality of the United States today. It implies[…]

Can You Fight for Climate Justice Without Being Antiwar?

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Climate Change, Cost of War, Environment, War on the Earth

by Teddy Ogborn, produced by CodePink, April 13, 2023 Can organizations sincerely say they are leading the climate justice fight without also being unapologetically antiwar? Short answer – no. Here’s why. We cannot end climate change without ending war. The United States military is the planet’s largest single emitter of greenhouse gasses and consumer of oil. The US military and[…]

Tennessee Goddam

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, Democracy and Consent, Racism, White Supremacy

Editorial, published on Workers World, April 10, 2023 Bulletin: The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted to have Rep. Justin Jones reinstated to the Tennessee House of Representatives. The Shelby County Commissioners will vote on whether to reinstate Rep. Justin Pearson. Alabama’s gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam (Mississippi Goddam, Nina Simone,1964)[…]

Black People to Attack Revolutionary Governments

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Censorship and Propaganda, Counter Revolution, coup, Cuba, Latin America, Nicaragua

Nicaragua’s Troubles: A View From the Caribbean Coast Mike Phipps reviews: To Defend the Sunrise: Black Women’s Activism and the Authoritarian Turn in Nicaragua, by Courtney Desiree Morris, Published by Rutgers University Press by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 12, 2023 The question of how Black people fare in a particular country can be a legitimate issue[…]

Finland’s NATO Move Leaves Others to Carry On the “Helsinki Spirit”

April 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Finland, NATO, Nuclear Agendas

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, April 12, 2023 On April 4, 2023, Finland officially became the 31st member of the NATO military alliance. The 830-mile border between Finland and Russia is now by far the longest border between any NATO country and Russia, which otherwise borders only Norway, Latvia, Estonia, and short stretches of the Polish and[…]

Blinken Can’t Reschedule His Trip to China After Canceling

April 13, 2023 UNAC Editor China, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Dave DeCamp, published on Antiwar.com, April 5, 2023 Secretary of State Antony Blinken is looking to reschedule his trip to China that he canceled over the Chinese balloon that wound up floating over the US, but Beijing is rebuffing the effort, POLITICO reported Wednesday. The POLITICO report said China has effectively frozen high-level contacts with US officials. An unnamed[…]

The World Bank and the BRICS Bank Have New Leaders and Different Outlooks

April 9, 2023 UNAC Editor BRICS, Capitalism, Economics, International Aid and Debt, Socialism, Socio-Economic Struggles

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, April 7, 2023 In late February 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the United States had placed the nomination of Ajay Banga to be the next head of the World Bank, established in 1944. There will be no other official candidates for this job since—by convention—the U.S. nominee is automatically selected for the[…]

Denial of Mumia’s Appeal: An Affront to Basic Justice and the Law

April 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, The War at Home

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, April 3, 2023 Philadelphia Mumia Abu-Jamal, his family and his supporters around the world had every reason and right to hope that all their hard work would pay off in persuading Judge Lucretia Clemons from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas to follow and apply the law, as has been done in[…]

U.S. Uses Taiwan As a Pawn in War For China

April 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Asia Pivot, Censorship and Propaganda, China, Global Economics, Japan, Taiwan, The Philippines

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, April 4, 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[…]