Color Revolutions

NED Boasts of “Laying the Groundwork for Insurrection” in Nicaragua

June 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Nicaragua

As Nicaraguan student protest leaders meet with neoconservatives in Washington, DC, a publication funded by the US government’s regime change arm, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), boasts of spending millions of dollars “laying the groundwork for insurrection” against Daniel Ortega By Max Blumenthal, originally published on the Grayzone Project, June 19, 2018 While some corporate media outlets have portrayed[…]

International Solidarity With the People of Odessa!

May 16, 2018 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Ukraine

by Phil Wilayto, Odessa Solidarity Campaign On May 2, 2014, the people of Odessa, Ukraine, experienced the worst civil atrocity in Europe since World War II. Scores of people died when a fascist-led mob chased a group of progressive activists into the five-story House of Trade Unions in Kulikovo Pole (square) – and then set it on fire. Some died[…]

Nicaragua: Next in Line for Regime Change?

May 7, 2018 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions

The pattern is similar to events in Libya, Syria and Venezuela, where extreme right-wing political minorities conspired with foreign elites to overthrow the national status quo. Events in Nicaragua over the past week are clearly modeled on the kind of U.S.-led, NATO-driven regime change that succeeded in Libya, Ivory Coast and Ukraine, but has so far failed in Thailand, Syria[…]

Ukraine and Donbass: Four years of Solidarity and Struggle

March 7, 2018 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Imperial Wars, Ukraine

New York protest against right-wing coup in Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2014. by Greg Butterfield, originally published on Workers World, 2/22/18 Based on a presentation given at a Workers World Party class in New York City on Feb. 20, 2018. Four years ago this week, a coup overthrew the elected government of Ukraine. Both the Democratic and Republican wings of the[…]