Cold War

Your Mind Is A Battlefield: Decolonize It To Prevent Global Catastrophe!

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism, Anti-Imperialism, Asia Pivot, Capitalism, Censorship and Propaganda, China, Cold War, Economic Blockade, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Taiwan, Trade Wars, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Visions of a Future

by K.J. Noh, published on Popular Resistance, October 2, 2024 The rise of China is one of the greatest success stories in the history of human civilization. Talk delivered for the event “Changes Not Seen in a Century: 75th Anniversary of Founding of PRC”. Friends, Colleagues, Comrades, It’s a great honor for me to join you in this extraordinary, historical moment of[…]

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[…]

For 75 Years, NATO Has Been Terrorizing the Globe

July 15, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, CIA, Cold War, Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Imperial Wars, Imperialism, NATO, Political Analysis, U.S. Aggression, US Meddling in Europe, War and Peace

by Jeremy Kuzmerov, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 13, 2024 Will a formidable peace movement ever emerge that can succeed in stopping it? This past week, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrated its 75th anniversary by hosting a summit in Washington, D.C., where its founding treaty was signed. A declaration issued at the summit made clear NATO’s intent to[…]

Rebuttals to NYTimes and Tom Friedman’s Racism and Ignorance

February 4, 2024 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Censorship and Propaganda, Cold War, Imperial Lies and Liars, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Propaganda

Rebuttal #1 (Racism): Tweet from Ahmed Eldin, a response to “Understanding the Middle East Through the Animal Kingdom” by Thomas L. Friedman, February 2, 2024, New York Times pic.twitter.com/iPi5IwaETP — AHMED | أحمد (@ASE) February 4, 2024 Rebuttal #2 (Ignorance): by Richard Rubenstein, published on Counterpunch, February 2, 2024, in Response to “A Titanic Geopolitical Struggle Is Underway” by Thomas[…]

Kissinger And the Class He Served

December 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Cold War, Diplomacy, History, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by John Catalinoto, published on Workers World, December 5, 2023 When a leading political figure of U.S. imperialism, someone hated by hundreds of millions of people, if not billions, dies — as Henry Kissinger did last week — writing an analysis of their role presents a challenge. This challenge does not regard repeating the details of this individual’s life. It’s[…]

BRICS and Camp David: Two Very Different Meetings

September 15, 2023 UNAC Editor BRICS, China, Cold War, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, September 2, 2023 Note: The following article first appeared in the Global Times on Aug. 28. (tinyurl.com/2trh7mf2) Within days of each other, two very different meetings of world significance were held. The meetings sharply frame the choices. What kind of future these two meetings represent deserves to be analyzed and compared. At[…]

Aggressive U.S. Push for Military Supremacy in the Arctic Could Trigger Nuclear War

August 8, 2023 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, China, Cold War, NATO, Resource Wars, Russia, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 14, 2023 From 1959 to 1966, the U.S. illegally stored nuclear weapons in Greenland in preparation for a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union and built an underground scientific research center right out of a James Bond movie. It resulted in the displacement of natives and has left a residue of environmental[…]

Biden’s Nord Stream Pipeline Obliteration

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Austerity, Censorship and Propaganda, Cold War, Germany, Global Trade, Hybrid Warfare, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, June 14, 2023 “U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline” was the Washington Post’s June 6, 2023 headline. A blatant lie if there ever was one – a corporate media-manufactured lie, in concert with the US government, aimed at covering up US imperialism’s multi billion and trillion dollar[…]

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[…]

Peace Talks Essential as War Rages on in Ukraine

September 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Cold War, Diplomacy, Russia, Ukraine, US Meddling in Europe

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, September 5, 2022 Six months ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. The United States, NATO and the European Union (EU) wrapped themselves in the Ukrainian flag, shelled out billions for arms shipments, and imposed draconian sanctions intended to severely punish Russia for its aggression. Since then, the people of Ukraine have been paying a[…]