Abuses of Empire

Biden Redeploys Troops To Somalia While Humanitarian Crisis Looms

May 28, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Africa, Somalia

by Abyome Azikiwe, published on Popular Resistance, May 20, 2022 Military options by Washington are primary in the Horn of Africa and Eastern Europe. President Joe Biden of the United States has announced through the Department of Defense the redeployment of Pentagon troops to the Horn of Africa state of Somalia. This is not the first time that U.S. troops[…]

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[…]

NY Times Shifts Pro-War Narrative, Documents Failure of US in Ukraine

May 15, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cost of War, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Government Action, US Meddling in Europe

by John V. Walsh, published on Antiwar.com, May 13, 2022 Seeing the most prolific liar acknowledge the truth gives me a headache. Cognitive dissonance, has my ears ringing. I don’t know what to make of it. But, if they will never acknowledge the cause, at least it is good to see them note the increasingly apparent and deadly consequences. […]

Leaking Massive Red Hill Jet Fuel Tanks Will Not Be Closed Anytime Soon

April 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Militarism, Poisoning the Environment, Toxic Chemicals

by Ann Wright, published on Popular Resistance, April 15, 2022 Don’t Get Your Hopes Up! On March 7, 2022 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the defueling and closure of the 80-year-old leaking 250 million gallon jet fuel tanks at Red Hill on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i. The order came 95 days after a catastrophic 19,000-gallon leak of jet fuel into[…]

The War in Ukraine Is Really About U.S. Pursuing Regime Change in Russia

April 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, False Flags, Hybrid Warfare, Interview, NATO, Propaganda, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

Finian Cunningham interviews Bruce Gagnon, published on Strategic Culture, April 14, 2022 The corporate-dominated media (that lied us into the 2003 “shock and awe” attack on Iraq over non-existent WMD) is trotting out the same strategy again to sell war and deceive the public American peace activist, documentary filmmaker and author Bruce Gagnon analyses the current war in Ukraine with[…]

Where We Stand

April 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Lies and Liars, Nuclear War, Russia, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, War and Peace

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, April 11, 2022 Ukraine: No to the U.S.-orchestrated fascist coup! Editor: The statement below was approved by the April 9, 2022 meeting of Socialist Action’s National Committee. Serious political analysis on the left always begins with the facts. Substituting abstract theory not based on facts is always a dead end for the socialist[…]

Ukraine: U.S. Out Now! Remains Our Anti-Imperialist Antiwar Credo

March 23, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, NATO, Neo-Nazis, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine: U.S. Out Now! Remains Our Anti-Imperialist Antiwar Credo Statement by the UNAC Administrative Committee – With Context [Editor’s note: The statement below was drafted by UNAC Administrative Committee member, Jeff Mackler and approved following discussion and amendment by the March 17, 2022 meeting of UNAC Administrative Committee.] U.S. Out Now! Hands Off! Self-determination for the World’s Poor and Oppressed![…]

Russia-Ukraine War Began in 2014, not 2022

March 15, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Resistance, Russia, Ukraine

by Vijay Prashad, OpEd to Big News Network, published March 9, 2022 The war between Russia and Ukraine began much before February 24, 2022-the date provided by the Ukrainian government, NATO, and the United States for the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Dmitry Kovalevich, a journalist and a member of a now-banned communist organization in Ukraine,[…]

Western Anti-Russian Agenda Threatens UN’s Existence

March 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

by Lucas Leiroz, published on InfoBrics, March 4, 2022 Amid the abusive wave of sanctions against Russia due to the special operation in Ukraine, some specific rumors have caught the attention of experts, suggesting that there are plans on the part of the Western states to simply pressure to remove Russia’s permanent seat on the UN Security Council (UNSC). This[…]