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US Ambassador Pulls Out of Nagasaki Peace Event Because Israel Was Excluded

August 20, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Genocide, History, Israel, Japan, Nuclear Weapons, US Politics

by Sharon Zhang, published on Truthout, August 7, 2024 Editor’s Note: Thank you Mayor Suzuki. Your integrity is U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel is reportedly skipping an annual memorial ceremony for the U.S.’s atomic bombing of Nagasaki after organizers of the event decided to exclude the Israeli ambassador from the event due to pressure from activist groups. The U.S.[…]

Philippine Ambassador Raises Spectre of Nuclear War with China

July 30, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Cold War, Nuclear War, The Philippines, US Foreign Policy

by Peter Symonds, published on the World Socialist Web Site, Jun 27, 2024 The Philippine ambassador to Washington has warned of the danger of a US-led nuclear war against China as tensions intensify over the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Clashes between Chinese coast guard ships and Philippine vessels seeking to take supplies and materials to[…]

Reuters Exposes Washington’s Global Disinformation Campaign: The Rest of the Story

June 30, 2024 UNAC Editor Press Freedom, Propaganda, Soft Power Imperialism, Thailand, The Philippines

by Brian Berletic, published on The Struggle/La Lucha, June 18, 2024 In a recent article, Reuters confirms what many knew for years, that the United States government and its various departments and agencies have been conducting global disinformation campaigns targeting nations it seeks to undermine, and whose governments it seeks to overthrow. Washington was Deliberately Harming American “Allies” The article titled, “Pentagon[…]

Myanmar’s Civil War: A Golden Opportunity for U.S. Sabotage of China’s Interests

June 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Civil War, Myanmar, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Finian Cunningham, published on Countercurrents, June 7, 2024 Myanmar’s civil war is in a critical phase where the ruling military government is losing significant territory to a broad coalition of insurgent armies. It is estimated that insurgents now control over half the area in the Southeast Asian country after nearly three years of conflict. Washington views the conflict as an “unmissable opportunity” to[…]

Mapping the Parallels of US Conflict: From Vietnam to the War on China

June 3, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Asia Pivot, China, Militarism, Vietnam

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[…]

U.S. rejects China’s Proposal to Ban First Use of Nuclear Weapons

May 21, 2024 Judith Bello Asia, China, Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons

by John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg and Ben Chacko, published on People’s World, May 16, 2024, The U.S. has dismissed Chinese calls for a no-first-use treaty between nuclear weapons states, saying it has questions about China’s “sincerity.” The outright dismissal of China’s proposal followed a major speech in which Biden announced radical tariffs of up to 100 percent, on steel imports[…]

‘The Rule of Law Says That the Islands are Chinese’

April 25, 2024 Judith Bello China, International Law, The Philippines

Global Times interviews Anthony Carty, published April 6, 2024 GT Editor’s Note: The recent tensions between China and the Philippines have been flared up by the Philippines to make illegal claims over South China Sea islands and maritime rights. Nonetheless, a book written by Anthony Carty (Carty), an Irish professor of international law and now a visiting professor at the[…]

War Looks Just as War Looks: Dismal and Ugly

November 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Asia, Asia Pivot, Imperialism, Korea, Middle East Wars, Neocolonialism, Palestine, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Vijay Prashad, published on The Tricontinental Institute, November 2, 2023 It is impossible to look away from what the Israeli government is doing to Palestinians not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank. Waves of Israeli aircraft pummel Gaza, destroying communications networks and thereby preventing families from reaching each other, journalists from reporting on the destruction, and[…]

U.S. Attacks China for Opposing Japan’s Radioactive Water Release

September 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Japan, Nuclear Power

by Barry Shephard, published on Socialist Action, September 11, 2023 China isn’t the only country worried about the release of radioactive water from Fukushima’s cooling pools into the Pacific. [jb] Reflecting Washington’s charges, a lurid article in the September 1 New York Times is headlined “Bending Truth, China Stokes Ire Against Japan.” The gist of the article is that the[…]

Camp David Summit Outlines Military Alliance Against China

September 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Asia, Asia Pivot, Japan, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, August 22, 2023 U.S. war threats against China heightened this week. On Aug. 18, President Joe Biden framed an aggressive military alliance, with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dutifully attending, at an ominous summit at Camp David. This trilateral military pact of the United States, South[…]