Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by the Countercurrents Collective, Countercurrents.org, February 27, 2023 Rallies against the U.S.-led NATO bloc, the EU, supply of weapons to Ukraine and anti-war have been held across France, and in Italy and Germany. At protest sites, demonstrators defaced and tore down NATO and EU flags. Berlin Tens of thousands of Germans braved the elements to attend the Uprising for Peace,[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, March 1, 2023 A freight train derailment brought environmental catastrophe to a small Ohio town. While the circumstances are somewhat unique, events followed a predictable pattern in a country run by and for the ruling class. The U.S. is an oligarchy. Stating this fact explains events that may seem mysterious if this[…]
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by Tarak Kauff, published on Peace Planet News, Featured-Winter Edition A few years ago there was a shining moment in that struggle. It seemed as if there was a real promise of hope for the poor — both black and white — through the poverty program. There were experiments, hopes, new beginnings. Then came the buildup in Vietnam, and I[…]
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Short video from Hindustan Times: Longer video from Syrianna Analysis:
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AFGJ is UNAC’s fiscal sponsor! [jb] This is an emergency! Alliance for Global Justice and our fiscally-sponsored projects are under attack by right-wing media. They’re doing their best to intimidate and silence us in order to neutralize our effectiveness in growing and supporting movements for liberation and justice worldwide. They have convinced the company that handles our credit card donations[…]
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UNAC Statement, February 20, 2023 Coinciding with the 20th anniversary weekend of the criminal U.S.-invasion of Iraq, a major set of actions, including a demonstration at the White House in Washington, D.C., will take place Saturday, March 18, demanding “Peace in Ukraine — Say NO to Endless U.S. Wars” and “Fund People’s Needs, Not the War Machine.” Since 2003, the[…]
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by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, February 21, 2023 With the Ukraine war now reaching its one-year mark on February 24, the Russians have not achieved a military victory but neither has the West achieved its goals on the economic front. When Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States and its European allies vowed to impose crippling sanctions that would[…]
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by People’s Dispatch, published on Popular Resistance, February 20, 2023 Israeli attacks on Syria continue even as Syria struggles with the aftermath of the February 6 earthquake, in which over 5,800 were killed. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets on Monday, February 20, to protest against repeated Israeli aggression directed at the country. Protesters also chanted slogans against the[…]
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by Ben Norton, published on Geopolitical Economy, February 13, 2023 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Mexico will lead an international movement to end the US government’s “inhumane” blockade against Cuba. Praising Fidel Castro as a “visionary”, AMLO denounced neoliberalism and pledged support for universal public healthcare and education. Mexico’s progressive President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that his country[…]
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by Phil Wilayto, circulated by the Virginia Defenders of Freedom, Justice and Equality, February 22, 2023 A few of us from the Virginia Defenders and the Odessa Solidarity Campaign attended the Rage Against the War Machine rally held Feb. 19 in Washington, D.C. Our purpose was to observe and evaluate the event, and also reach out to any well-meaning people[…]
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