Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, March 24, 2021 The US bid for sanctions against Eritrea was rebuked by the UN Security Council, so the imperial bloc had to settle for European sanctions against the fiercely independent African government. “The peace between Eritrea and Ethiopia, moving forward, is now unbreakable.” The European Union (EU) came out “screaming on[…]
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by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on Covert Action Magazine, March 19, 2021 On this day ten years ago, the Obama administration launched air strikes over Libya under the banner of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which culminated in the killing of Libya’s long-time ruler Muammar Qaddafi on October 21, 2011. The bombing was presented to the public as a moral[…]
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by Phoebe Holmes, published on Consortium News, March 15, 2021 Mozambique has been labeled by pro-capitalist actors as one of the most “promising” African countries for an economically successful biofuels sector. The country’s apparent underutilization of its agricultural landscape, and combined abundance of low-cost labor, aligns perfectly with the biofuels investment profile devised by international institutions such as the World Bank.[…]
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by Manlio Dinucci, published on Workers World, March 19, 2021 Ten years ago, on March 19, 2011, U.S.-NATO forces began the air and sea bombardment of Libya. The war was directed by the United States, first through its Africa Command, then through NATO under U.S. command. In seven months, the U.S.-NATO air force carried out 30,000 sorties, 10,000 of which[…]
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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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by Garikai Chengu, published on CounterPunch, September 10, 2019 Originally, I had published an older article by the same author in this location as part of a pre-New-Years retrospective. However, I did not have an accurate date for the original publication. This is a more current article, and even more instructive. Sorry about the switch but I think you will[…]
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by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, December 16, 2020 As head of USAID, Power will be in perfect position to wield foreign aid as a cudgel for beating foreign heads of state till they bow to US empire, writes Ann Garrison. “Having successfully advocated for US-led NATO wars in Libya and Syria, Power set her sights on the[…]
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by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on Covert Action Magazine, December 2, 2020 A new book reveals how U.S. Presidents of both parties unleashed the CIA in the Congo to do the dirty work of greedy corporations, causing misery, mutilations and massacres of such magnitude they dwarfed even the wildest accounts depicted in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. ~Covert Action Magazine On[…]
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by Glen Ford, published on Black Agenda Report, November 19, 2020 Friends, I want to say that Glen’s incessant criticism of what he calls the ‘Black Misleadership Class’ is not (in my opinion) misplaced, but those of us who are not Black need to see it in perspective. Glen’s issues with the Black Misleadership Class are are not isolated to[…]
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Statement from Pan-African Community Action (PACA) & the U.S. Out of Africa Network We are clear that at the root of escalating brutal and lethal repression in Nigeria is the economic and political alienation born from decades of Western neo-colonialism and an unsustainable global economy. The government forces shielding a comprador class in Nigeria are intensifying police repression against valiant[…]
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