China

New Cold War is Built on Interventionist Humanitarian Lies and Dismissal of War Crimes

March 18, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, China, Hybrid Warfare

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, March 17, 2021 To manufacture consent for its own constant aggressions the US claims its competitors are guilty of even greater crimes – sheer inventions that never happened. “Humanitarian interventionist lies represent the most dangerous form of misinformation currently fueling the U.S.’s New Cold War.” A revolutionary’s first commitment is to the[…]

U.S. calls Europe to Arms Against China, Russia

March 16, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Trade

by Manlio Dinucci, published on Workers World, March 12, 2021 The EU-China Agreement on investments, signed Dec. 30 by the European Commission, may be rejected by members of the European Parliament on the grounds that Beijing violates human rights. This is the pretext behind which the real reason is hidden: the growing pressure exerted by the United States on Europe[…]

Vaccine Imperialism

March 5, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, China, Healthcare, Public Health, Socialism

by Lee Siu Hin, published on Action LA, February 22, 2021 China and Russia are among the first countries in the world to vaccinate people, according to the website Our World in Data. By December 15th, 2020, at least 1.5 million Chinese had taken a jab, compared to the U.S. and U.K. who also began their vaccination campaigns in early[…]

Democracy Now! Amplifies State Department Propaganda Behind Progressive Cover

March 5, 2021 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Censorship and Propaganda, China, Weaponized Information

by Danny Haiphong, published on The Grayzone, February 22, 2021 This is important because there are still many people who are, or should be active in our organizations who continue to rely on Democracy Now! for progressive news. During the Iraq war, Democracy Now! gained an audience through coverage of facts that supported opposition to the war while they also[…]

It’s Now Biden’s Cold War

January 30, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Democrats and Republicans, US Foreign Policy, US Politics

by Greg Godels, published on ZZ’s Blog, January 28, 2021 Biden’s first week or so in office proved eventful. He began to aggressively undo much of what Trump undid of the Obama Presidency. In essence, he is returning US politics to 2016. For those who longed only for the exit of Trump and a return to what they saw as[…]

Class struggle in China – How to deal with multibillionaires?

December 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Capitalism, China, Socialism

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, November 23, 2020 The obvious, not always immediately obvious, can jump out at you and change your perspective. Of course the same predatory globalist entity that preys on the wealthy western states is doing its best to make a nest in China. Like a virus or a cancer, it converts local cells into[…]

Capitalism on a Ventilator

December 19, 2020 UNAC Editor Book Review, Capitalism, China, Featured, Public Health

by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, published on Counterpunch, December 18, 2020 Asian countries have been far more successful than the US in responding to the COVID pandemic, but you’d never know that from the US media. Even most alternative media has been largely US- & Euro-centric. While our domestic issues here are important, we have been missing out on important lessons[…]

U.S. Chernobl, Why the US Failed and China Succeeded against COVID-19

November 28, 2020 UNAC Editor Capitalism, China, Healthcare, Immigrants, Imperialism, Public Health

By Lee Siu Hin, Published on IACenter.org, August 1, 2020 This is the second part of the introduction to Capitalism on a Ventilator, an anthology of articles on the US handling of the COVID-19 crisis and the Chinese response to the same, edited by IAC’s Sara Flounders and Lee Siu-Hin. Capitalism on a Ventilator, which includes articles by UNAC AC[…]

The Chinese Uyghur Dark Legend and Washington’s Campaign to Counter Chinese Economic Rivalry

November 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, China

by Stephen Gowans, published on What’s Left, October 25, 2020 Dig below the surface of the allegations that Beijing is abusing its Muslim population, and you won’t find concentration camps and genocide, but a US-led effort to create a Chinese dark legend. The roots of the demonization campaign are to be found in Washington’s desire to counter China’s challenge to[…]

US Doing its Best to Lock China Out of Latin America

November 6, 2020 UNAC Editor China, El Salvador, Imperialism

by Vijay Prashad, published on Asia Times, November 4, 2020 On August 20, 2018, El Salvador’s leftist president Salvador Sánchez Cerén announced on national television that his country would break its ties with Taiwan and recognize the People’s Republic of China. This was in accord with international law, said Sánchez Cerén, and it would bring “great benefits for our country.”[…]