Abuses of Empire

Greenland Belongs to the Greenlanders

January 20, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism, Arctic Access, Greenland

by By Múte Egede and Lotte Rørtoft-Madsen, published on Workers World, January 17, 2025 Workers World publishes the comments of the prime minister of Greenland, reported Jan. 13 on Democracy Now!, and a statement by the chairperson of the Danish Communist Party supporting the self-determination of Greenlanders. These comments are reactions to the threats from President-elect Donald Trump on Jan.[…]

U.S. Loses Fight Against World Anti Doping Agency

January 18, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, China, International Institutions

by Bernard, published on Moon of Alabama, January 9, 2025 In April last year the U.S. government, with the prominent help from the New York Times, opened a campaign against the World Anti Doping Agency WADA and against Chinese sports competition. Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive for Banned Drug, Then Won Olympic Gold – New York Times The positive testing,[…]

Judgement Day for the Merchants of Death

January 11, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, US Foreign Bases, War and Weapons, Weapons Sales

by Nick Mottern, published on World Beyond War, January 8, 2025 Zoom Press Conference: Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal Final Verdicts On January 15, 2025, five days before the inauguration of a U.S. president who threatens to rain down hell on the Palestinian people, and more war to the world, the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal will release[…]

Here’s Why Trump’s Talk of Annexing Canada and Greenland Should Not be Dismissed

January 9, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Canada, Europe, Hybrid Warfare, Neocolonialism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Tarak Cyril Amar, published January 7, 2025 I put a fascinating in-depth discussion of this subject with the author on Kevork Almassian’s Syrianna Analysis at the end of this article. The US president-elect’s “shopping cart” of other countries’ properties should worry all American vassals. Trump and his team of America’s bluntest and briskest can look funny. Their demands are[…]

How USAID Paved The Way For Syria’s Jihadist Takeover

January 2, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Color Revolutions, Humanitarian Aid, Hybrid Warfare, International Charities, Political Corruption, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, Syria, US Hypocrisy, US Intervention

by Alexander Rubenstein, published on PopularResistance, December 26 2024 (Originally published on MintPress News) Black Money, Black Flags. As the designated terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) establishes its proto-government in Idlib, notoriously corrupt NGOs are stepping in to fill the gaps in public services, with some even defecting to work alongside the group. The United States, which spent two[…]

How the U.S. and Its Allies Destroyed a Sovereign State

December 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, coup, Featured, Imperial Lies and Liars, Imperial Wars, Israel, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, Syria, Turkey, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

by Bronx Antiwar Coalition, published on Workers World, December 30, 2024 The Bronx Anti-War Coalition posted the following article on its website on Dec. 27, 2024. A version of this article was presented on a webinar on Syria organized by the United National Antiwar Coalition. The fall of Syria as a sovereign state and the chaos engulfing the country are[…]

A Voice From Syria on Christmas Day: “All of Us Are Lost.”

December 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Counter Revolution, coup, Democracy and Consent, Occupation, Syria, Syria

by Rick Sterling, published on Syria Support Movement, December 27, 2024 Following are some key points from a discussion with my friend Qusay (not his real name) in Damascus. He is a translator and university professor. The situation in Syria continues to evolve. See the X account of Tim Anderson @TimAnd2037 for videos showing ongoing atrocities which contradict the western[…]

Washington Deploys Proxies to Xinjiang to Scuttle China’s Giant Infrastructure Project

December 25, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Asia Pivot, Belt and Road, China, Hybrid Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Xinjiang, Zionism

by Mike Whitney, pubished on The Unz Review, December 21, 2024 As the U.S. is preparing to send it’s proxy army of ‘jihadi’ mercenaries back into China, it will be interesting to see how China will respond. Everywhere else, from Serbia and Kosovo, to Chechnya, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria, and of course Palestine, the result has been war and chaos. […]

University of Rochester Students Face 7 Years in Jail for Displaying ‘Wanted’ Posters on Campus

December 19, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Protest, Student Activists, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy

by Michael Arria, published on Mondoweiss, November 14, 2024 Four students at the University of Rochester are facing up to seven years in jail for putting up posters around campus accusing a small number of faculty members of enabling the genocide in Gaza. Last month four students at the University of Rochester were charged with second-degree criminal mischief for their connection[…]

Sanctions, Syria and the Need for Solidarity

December 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Hybrid Warfare, Latin America, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, December 16, 2024 The following article is based on a talk given at the “Americas Without Sanctions” hybrid meeting. This program was held in-person at the historic Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2024 — Human Rights Day. In addition, more than 400 people registered for the Zoom. The program[…]