Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Megan Russell, May 31, 2024 On August 4th, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood in front of the American public and stated, “We Americans know, as do others though some may forget, the risk of spreading conflict. […] I shall immediately request Congress to pass a resolution to make it clear that our government is united in its determination[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, May 22, 2024 Margaret Kimberley, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, was invited to brief the United Nations Security Council on May 20, 2024, as a civil society representative. The subject of the meeting was weapons supplies to Ukraine as a threat to peace and security. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you[…]
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How the Right Has Weaponized Antisemitism to Distract from Israel’s War by Helen Benedict, published on Tom Dispatch, May 2, 2024 Helicopters have been throbbing overhead for days now. Nights, too. Police are swarming the streets of Broadway, many in riot gear. Police vans, some as big as a city bus, are lined up along side streets and Broadway. Outside[…]
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by Paul Larudee, published on Substack, May 4, 2024 In a June, 2023 article, The Fall of the West, I named 2023 as the end date of a half millennium of Western domination of world power. Although neither the start nor the end of the era can be entirely discrete, the key indicator for that year was the failure of[…]
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by Joe Lombardo, April 12, 2024 Over 400 antiwar, anti-imperialist and Palestine solidarity activists convened in St. Paul, Minnesota, on April 5, 6 and 7, in the first major conference of the U.S. antiwar movement since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Geographical representation ranged from Maine and New York to California and the Pacific Northwest, and from Minnesota to New Orleans[…]
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from the News Desk at The Cradle, published on January 25, 2024 This and the 2 accompanying posts give a brief picture of the current situation between the US and Ansarallah in the Red Sea. [jb] The Yemeni armed forces announced late on 24 January that intense clashes took place with several US warships escorting two commercial vessels attempting to[…]
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by Uriel Araujo, published on InfoBRICS, January 26, 2024 The Financial Times reported that, over the last three months, Washington has repeatedly asked Beijing to pressure Iran into curbing the Houthi rebels. Both the White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly talked about the matter with their Chinese counterparts. Sullivan is even flying[…]
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Just a few photos of a few protests. There are so many, but this is what I have time for today. On January 8, in New York City, more than 300 protesters were arrested following civil resistance actions that shut down traffic entering and leaving New York during the morning rush hour. Police arrest hundreds after Pro-Palestinian protesters shut down[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 10, 2024 Most Martin Luther King birthday celebrations are tawdry displays of political cynicism and cooptation. The people must recapture the day from war criminals and their Black misleadership puppets The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. His birthday became an official federal holiday in 1983[…]
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by the Bronx Antiwar Coalition PETITION FOR THE RESTORATION OF HISTORIC PALESTINE For over a month, the world has witnessed a humanitarian horror: Israel’s assault on the captive, civilian population of Gaza. Wielding one of the most sophisticated militaries on Earth, Israel has bombed hospitals, churches, mosques, and residential homes, displacing a population of 2.3 million, and killing over 25,000[…]
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