Anti-War

The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine

March 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Diplomacy, Imperialism, Iraq, Militarism, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, March 15, 2023 March 19th marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this day, but it also looms large over the current crisis in Ukraine, making it impossible[…]

‘Feed the People, Not the U.S. War Machine!’

March 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Protest

by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, March 22, 2022 Just days after the Biden administration proposed an egregious $900 billion military budget, the Federal Reserve printed $300 billion to bail out two banks that were “too big to fail.” Let me be clear: this is a bailout for the rich, a bailout for Silicon Valley tech companies, venture capital[…]

Which Way Forward For The Antiwar Movement

March 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Ending War, Organizing, Political Corruption, Protest, The War at Home, US Meddling in Europe, US Military

by John Catalinotto and Sara Flounders, March 13, 2023 Workers World Managing Editor John Catalinotto held an interview March 13 with Sara Flounders, co-director of the International Action Center (IAC), a member of the Administrative Committee of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) and contributing editor to Workers World, to discuss the developments of the past year of the war[…]

Dr. Strangelove is No Longer Satire

March 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Imperialism, Nuclear Weapons, Political Analysis, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, War and Weapons

by Dee Knight, published on CovertAction Magazine, March 1, 2023 Expansion of U.S. weapons supplies to Ukraine makes nuclear war more conceivable “We are fighting a war against Russia,” German Foreign Minister Putin at Stalingrad Memorial on 80th anniversary. [Source: pbs.org] told the Council of Europe on January 24. The next day German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe[…]

There Has Never In History Been A Greater Need For A Large Anti-War Movement

March 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, U.S. Aggression, War and Peace, War and Weapons

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on CaitlinJohnstone.com, February 27, 2023 Things are escalating more and more rapidly between the US-centralized power structure and the few remaining nations with the will and the means to stand against its demands for total obedience, namely China, Russia, and Iran. The world is becoming increasingly split between two groups of governments who are becoming increasingly[…]

Anti-NATO, Anti-EU, Anti-War, Protest Rallies Hit Germany, France, Italy

March 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Resistance

by the Countercurrents Collective, Countercurrents.org, February 27, 2023 Rallies against the U.S.-led NATO bloc, the EU, supply of weapons to Ukraine and anti-war have been held across France, and in Italy and Germany. At protest sites, demonstrators defaced and tore down NATO and EU flags. Berlin Tens of thousands of Germans braved the elements to attend the Uprising for Peace,[…]

Reflections on a Left-Right Experience

March 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-War, Resistance

by Tarak Kauff, published on Peace Planet News, Featured-Winter Edition A few years ago there was a shining moment in that struggle. It seemed as if there was a real promise of hope for the poor — both black and white — through the poverty program. There were experiments, hopes, new beginnings. Then came the buildup in Vietnam, and I[…]

Massive Demonstration in Berlin Against Sending Weapons to Ukraine

February 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-War, Germany, Protest, Resistance

Short video from Hindustan Times: Longer video from Syrianna Analysis:

Why Rage Against the War Machine is So #AntiwarSoWhite

February 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Protest, Resistance, The War at Home, Trumpism, US Politics

by Jacqueline Luqman, published on Black Agenda Report, February 8, 2023 I’m looking at this Rage Against The War Machine rally that is being organized by the Libertarian Party and I am genuinely confused about how folks on the left are involved in this at all. Oh, I understand the need to revive and mobilize a strong not just anti-war[…]

Italian Dockers Say Genoa is Centre of Arms Trafficking Operation

February 2, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Italy, Labor, NATO

News from Labor Today,, January 28, 2023 DOCKERS in the Italian city of Genoa have warned of an arms trafficking operation being run through its port after the discovery of tanks and weapons in the hold of a Saudi Arabian ship. The Autonomous Port Workers Collective (Calp) published photographs of the deadly cargo on its website earlier this week. The[…]