UNAC Editor

No, The Ukraine War Has Not Stoked A Global Food Crisis.

May 26, 2022 UNAC Editor Economics, Global Economics, Russia, Trade, Ukraine

by Bernhard, published on Moon of Alabama, May 21, 2022 Russia is falsely accused of blocking Ukraine’s sea ports and thereby increasing a global food shortage: The United Nations has warned that the war in Ukraine has helped to stoke a global food crisis that could last years if it goes unchecked, as the World Bank announced an additional $12bn[…]

‘God Will Sort Them Out’: Ukrainians of Donbass Beg NATO to End War

May 26, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Fergie Chambers, published on Towards Freedom, May 25, 2022 DONETSK, DONETSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC—The Russian “special military operation” in Ukraine reached its 90th day and the Western press continues to be inundated with unverified claims of war crimes Russian forces allegedly have committed. Accusations have been lodged against the Russian military for mass graves in Bucha, a narrative which has[…]

Capitalism and Baby Formula

May 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Public Health, The War at Home, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, May 25, 2022 The baby formula shortage is not a glitch in the system. It actually exemplifies everything that goes wrong when the profit motive rules. Capitalism can’t ensure a food supply or anything else that humans need. “Socialism doesn’t work” is repeated like a mantra. We’re told endlessly that capitalism provides[…]

The Working Class and the Global Capitalist Crisis

May 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Economics, Labor, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism

by Larry Holmes, published on Workers World, May 23, 2022 The following excerpts are from remarks by Larry Holmes, Workers World Party First Secretary, at a May 19 New York City branch meeting. Most bourgeois economists are now predicting a recession, which is a sharp downturn in the economy. A recession used to be considered cyclical, but this has changed,[…]

Peter Scott Interviews Michael Hudson on the Devastating Affects of U.S. Economic Warfare on U.S. Hegemony

May 23, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Economics, Europe, Russia, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Peter Scott and Michael Hudson, published on The Saker of the Vinyard, May 21, 2022 Peter Scott, RT anchor: Joining us now is Michael Hudson, economist and author of “Super-Imperialism” and the recently-published “Destiny of Civilization”. Welcome to the programme, Michael. Michael Hudson: It’s good to be back. PS: Let’s say all these European programmes like the REPOWER Programme[…]

Sanctions – Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy

May 23, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Featured, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, May 23, 2022 U.S. government strategists are using sanctions as a wrecking ball to demolish the globalized economy. It is a desperate struggle to preserve their global hegemony and a unipolar world. The policy of consciously demolishing supply chains of essential products amounts to a reckless war on defenseless civilian populations. Sanctions disrupt[…]

Nordic NATO Expansion – Or NATO Implosion?

May 22, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, Turkey

by Peter Koenig, published on Global Research, May 19, 2022 This may amount to wishful thinking but it would be nice if NATO’s destructive force were eroded by the unacknowledged instabilities in the U.S. global system of dominance. Few countries really want to be 100% on the U.S. or opposing teams. Turkey and India are both dancing on the edge. […]

Israel Refuses to Probe Soldiers Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh

May 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Maureen Clare Murphy, published on Electronic Intifada, May 20, 2022 Israel announced that it was not going to launch a criminal investigation into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, despite all but admitting that a soldier shot and killed her. On Thursday, the Israeli military said it had “identified a soldier’s rifle that may have killed” the iconic[…]

Washington Moves to Annex Northeast Syria by Proxy

May 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Neocolonialism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Vanessa Beeley, published on Organizing Notes, May 17, 2022 Under cover of media focus on the NATO proxy war in Ukraine and the Zionist assassination of Al Jazeera senior correspondent Shireen AbuAkleh, Washington is making moves to annex Syrian territory. On May 11th during the meeting of the “global coalition against Islamic State” in Marrakech, Morocco the U.S acting[…]

Argentines on the Debt: “It Should Be Paid By Those Who Wasted It”

May 19, 2022 UNAC Editor International Aid and Debt, Lawfare

by Gustavo Maranges, published on Resumen Latinoamericano, May 15, 2022 The history between Argentine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is more than troublesome. Last week, the Argentine Senate passed a bill aimed to settle the last chapter, which was opened after former President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) borrowed US$44 billion (90% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product). Both the bill[…]