Imperialism

The Demise of Davos

February 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Economics, Environment, Imperialism

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, January 24, 2023 The World Economic Forum held its 53rd Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 16-20. This gathering of the world’s superrich oligarchs was followed by a Jan. 20 meeting of the NATO protectors and enforcers at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The NATO meeting ended without the gathered officials even agreeing[…]

Top Marine General In Japan Bluntly Describes US Is “Setting The Theatre” For Future War With China

January 31, 2023 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, China, Global Alliances, Imperialism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, War and Weapons

by Tyler Durden, published on Zero Hedge, January 10, 2023 U.S. facilitating militarization of Japan. Reckless talk by high level U.S. General. What choice do they leave the Chinese? [jb] The top Marine Corps General for Japan this week issued some very revealing statements in an interview focused on countering China in the Financial Times. Despite Chinese leadership insisting that[…]

Mass Slaughter, Britain’s Invasion of Tibet

January 19, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, China, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Tibet

by Emily Zhou and Nury Vittachi, published on New Cold War, December 12, 2022 This topic may touch a nerve with some, and I don’t usually publish pieces about wars that happened 100+ years ago. But, this is so interesting because I have never heard it before, and it places the story we normally hear about the Chinese incorporation of[…]

Daniel Ortega: “What We Are Faced With Is a Gang of Assassins”

December 5, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Imperialism, Nicaragua, Resistance, Revolution, Statement

by Daniel Ortega, published by Chicago Alba Solidarity, November 18, 2022 It’s great when the global south has a well informed, articulate and passionate spokesperson. We need to listen to them in their own words on occasion. Of course looking in this dark mirror can be diquieting, but it is necessary all the same. [jb] I want to conclude by[…]

Washington’s New Iron Curtain in Europe

December 3, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, Global Alliances, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Diana Johnstone, published on Peace and Planet News, Fall 2022 (originally published, June 2014) This is interesting. Notice that everything that is happening now was foreseen at it’s inception. There was actually a meeting where the gauntlet was thrown down. [jb] NATO leaders are currently acting out a deliberate charade in Europe, designed to reconstruct an Iron[…]

The Burden Western Liberals Impose Only on Palestinians

November 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, Imperialism, Occupation, Palestine, US Hypocrisy

by Joseph Massad, published on Electronic Intifada, November 9, 2022 Since the beginning of Zionist Jewish colonization of their country in the 1880s, Palestinians have faced demands that they carry a double burden: to fight off the Jewish racist colonists while having to defend their colonizers against anti-Jewish European Christian racism. No other colonized people has been forced to carry[…]

The Other Side of the Berlin Wall

November 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cold War, Germany, Imperialism

by William Blum, published on Consortium News, November 9, 2022 Original publication date July 28, 2011 Why was the Berlin Wall built? The Berlin Wall became the iconic symbol of the Cold War, supposedly proving the superiority of capitalism over communism. However, there is another, little understood side to the story regarding why the wall was erected a half century[…]

No to Foreign Military Intervention in Haiti! Yes to Haitian Self Determination!

October 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Economic Blockade, Haiti, Imperialism, Occupation, Statement, United Nations

by the Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team, published on Black Agenda Report, October 19, 2022 The vote in the UN Security Council did not take place. It appears that behind the scenes, Russia and China made it clear they would not support these measures. I published the Black Alliance for Peace Response to this a little further down if[…]

Nord Stream Sabotage − ‘Cui Bono’? /Who Benefits?

October 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, Germany, Imperialism, US Foreign Policy, US Meddling in Europe

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, October 4, 2022 Underwater explosions Sept. 26 severely damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Germany. World leaders, technical experts and engineers are nearly unanimous that the pipelines were attacked by a planned powerful underwater explosion of a highly complex nature. Such industrial sabotage will impact millions of[…]

On the International Day of Peace, The US/EU/NATO Axis of Domination Reaffirmed its Commitment to the Weapon of War

October 3, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperialism, New World Visions, Political Analysis, Racism, United Nations, White Supremacy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, September 28, 2022 “End Racism: Build Peace” was the theme of the 2022 International Day of Peace. That noble sentiment can’t be realized when powerful white supremacist structures are committed to practicing hegemony. It is not a cruel irony but imperial consistency that on September 21, 2022 the United Nations International Day[…]