Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Radwan Mortada, published on The Cradle, August 23, 2021 With the war in Afghanistan winding down, US abuses of power and the incompetence of their puppets are bared for all to see. Lebanon’s economy is collapsing from similarly incompetent Saudi controlled and western manipulated politicians and financial officers, the Caesar sanctions on Syria, its primary trading partner, and a[…]
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by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas S. J. Davies, August 22, 2021 America’s corporate media are ringing with recriminations over the humiliating U.S. military defeat in Afghanistan. But very little of the criticism goes to the root of the problem, which was the original decision to militarily invade and occupy Afghanistan in the first place. That decision set in motion a[…]
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by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, July 18, 2021 Today the New York Times announced that the modified (gutted) bill had passed the Senate. The Biden administration is claiming success in bipartisan collaboration. [jb] If we are to believe the almost daily front-page major media headlines, President Joseph Biden has embarked on an historic congressional battle to massively fund[…]
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by Kevin Karp, published by Global Research, June 17, 2021 With July 10 approaching, we can look at this as a pivotal event in the Syrian War. Either the UN Security Council will allow the crossing/s and militants occupying parts of Syria will be reinforced or the crossings will not be allowed and Syrian Sovereignty over Syrian territories will be[…]
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by Ann Wright, published on Popular Resistance, June 28, 2021 This is quite terrifying. The United States wants a “free and open” Indo-Pacific sea where they call the shots and make the rules. What would they think if China wanted a “free and open” Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean sea or Gulf of Mexico where they call the shots. Meanwhile these War[…]
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by Mathias Tretschog, from Krieg im Yemen (War in Yemen), An international peace project from Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany) This is an interesting experiment. The original is in German, but the Google translation is pretty good. Its a great overview of whats up with the war in Yemen with ongoing coverage. Seems like we are always in the dark here in the[…]
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By the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) Recently, there have been increased attacks on the peace movement from “progressives” for our consistent opposition to U.S. intervention in other countries. A recent sign-on letter was produced with hundreds of signatures attacking our opposition to outside intervention in Syria. UNAC answered that letter with our own sign-on letter explaining our position on[…]
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by Roger D. Harris, published on Black Agenda Report, June 9, 2021 The phony Left dabbles in R2P interventions and claims the world is plagued by a plethora of imperialisms, thus letting the superpower and its allies off the hook. “The true anti-imperialist stance is no intervention – humanitarian or otherwise.” Academic Gilbert Achcar, in an article originally in New Politics[…]
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by Roger. D. Harris, published on Resumen English, May 21, 2021 The case of Alex Saab raises dangerous precedents in terms of extraterritorial judicial abuse, violation of diplomatic status, and even the use of torture to extract false confessions. This is according to Montréal-based international human rights lawyer John Philpot. He spoke on May 19 at a webinar sponsored by[…]
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by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, February 24, 2021 Ann Garrison reports that a hero of the Rawandan Conflict, lauded in the west for his open mindedness and generosity during the war in the 90s, is now under arrest by the US backed Rawandan military dictator. She asks “Is there any limit to how far the West will[…]
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