Anti-Imperialism

The Struggle for Palestine is the Struggle of Working People World Wide

October 17, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Global South, Imperial Wars, Indigenous peoples, Native American Genocide, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, U.S. Aggression, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Shiraz Durrani, published on Countercurrents, October 14, 2023 The attacks by ‘Israel’ on the people and the country of Palestine have increased in intensity in the last month. Palestinian resistance has once again forced the attention of the world on the plight of a people facing another massacre and a country being destroyed. At the same time, the Zionist[…]

Netanyahu is an Albatross Around India’s Neck

October 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Colonialism, India, Iran, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Palestine, Racism, U.S. Aggression

. . . . and maybe some other countries neck’s as well! Operation Al Aqsa Flood in an international context. by M. K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, October 14, 2023 One week has passed since an explosive situation erupted in West Asia around Israel. India’s famously loquacious External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is maintaining deafening silence. That is not[…]

The Left’s Reaction To The BRICS

September 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, BRICS, Economics, Global Alliances, Organizing

by Manuel Raposo, published on Workers World, September 8, 2023 (translation: John Catalinotto) Unable to stop the expansion of the BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa; Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are scheduled to become members on Jan. 1, 2024] and the growing prestige that the organization has gained in the dependent[…]

The Neocons’ Frankenstein Syndrome in Niger

September 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Anti-Imperialism, Capitalism, Colonialism, France, Imperialism, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Niger

by Julia Wright, published on Workers World, September 14, 2023 Mary Shelley, who wrote “Frankenstein,” published in 1819, was an English abolitionist born to radical feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and anarchist political philosopher William Godwin. Not only did she advocate the end of slavery, but in her father’s drawing room she overheard discussions about the beginning and the ending of biological[…]

The Global Monroe Doctrine

September 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Democracy and Consent, Resistance, US Foreign Bases

by David Swanson, published in World Beyond War, September 9, 2023 Remarks for second session of Kateri Peace Conference, September 9, 2023 Two hundred years ago this coming December, a local boy from my town gave a speech. In the years that followed pundits and politicians took an excerpt of that speech, carved it in marble, lit it with eternal[…]

Citizens Rally Outside Artillery Factory in President Biden’s Hometown that Produces Parts of Cluster Bombs Destined To Kill Eastern Ukrainians and Russians

August 31, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Protest, Resistance, War and Weapons

by Jack Gilroy, published on CovertAction Magazine, August 26, 2023 Yes, this is a drop in the bucket. We need hundreds and thousands and millions of drops to reach our goal of ending war….. so please join the UNAC call for activities between September 30 and October 7. [jb] Cluster Bombs Have Killed at Least 67,000 Vietnamese Since the Vietnam[…]

Response to “Spinning Illusions: The Anti-American Left and the Ukraine war” – a New McCarthyism

August 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Featured, Imperial Wars, Paths to Emancipation, Statement, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Budget

by Joe Lombardo and Sara Flounders, published on UNACPeace.org, August 25, 2023 Recently, articles have appeared on the front page of the New York Times that smear Code Pink, The People’s Forum and TriContinental for allegedly taking money from an alleged Chinese agent. After the Times article was published, Senator Marco Rubio issued a statement calling for an investigation of[…]

Eritrea Celebrates Freedom

August 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Eritrea

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 9, 2023 Eritrea is an example of an independent and self-determining African state. Its people are rightly proud of their history. I was honored to speak at the 49th annual National Council of Eritrean Americans conference and festival recently held in Tacoma, Washington. Black Agenda Report has always been a staunch defender[…]

Breaking News! Some on the Left Have Benefactors…

August 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Censorship and Propaganda, China, NATO, Political Analysis, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Greg Godel, published on ZZ’s Blog, August 14, 2023 In June, I commented on a scurrilous article originally appearing in The Daily Beast and inexplicably reposted on the Portside website. Entitled, U.S Tech Mogul Bankrolls Pro-Russia, Pro-China News Network, the article accused several left groups of having not only received money from a benefactor sympathetic to the People’s Republic[…]

What’s Happening in Niger Is Far From a Typical Coup

August 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, coup, Democracy and Consent, France, Niger, Resistance, Resource Wars, US Foreign Policy

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, August 14, 2023 On July 26, 2023, Niger’s presidential guard moved against the sitting president—Mohamed Bazoum—and conducted a coup d’état. A brief contest among the various armed forces in the country ended with all the branches agreeing to the removal of Bazoum and the creation of a military junta led by Presidential Guard Commander[…]