Connecting the Dots

‘Minsk II Was Agreed On To Arm Ukraine’ – Did Merkel Really Say That?

December 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Europe, Germany, NATO, Russia

by Moon of Alabama, published Popular Resistance, December 10, 2022 Helmholtz Smith, Andrew Korybko and Andrei Martyanov have some thoughts about a recent interview the former German chancellor Angela Merkel gave to the German weekly broadsheet Die Zeit. Smith says it shows that the ‘West’ is not trustworthy. Korybko thinks the interview will prolong the conflict in Ukraine. Martyanov says that Merkel is stupid. She isn’t. In[…]

How Russia Thwarted US Imperial Plans In Ukraine And Beyond

August 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Global Alliances, Global Economics, Imperial Wars, NATO, Russia, Ukraine

by Antonio Camacho Negron, published on Multipolarista, August 15, 2022 History testifies, time and time again, that the United States and Europe have always viewed Russia as coveted prey, and more so as a powerful opponent to their expansionist pretensions. Without a doubt, for various reasons that we will detail later, Russia has today become the top geopolitical-military threat to[…]

BAP-Chicago Statement in Solidarity with Haiti

March 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Haiti, Racism

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, published on, March 18, 2021 “We stand with the Haitian people because it is our responsibility as believers in self-determination and people-centered human rights, to do so.” “We will never retreat, even when they attempt to confuse us with intersectional imperialism and identity reductionism.” The following remarks were delivered at a Black Alliance for[…]

Texas and Syria Suffer Freezing Temperatures and Electricity Outages

February 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Syria Solidarity Movement, February 26, 2021 Yes, one more on Syria, a look at the Texas/Damascus freeze from the other side. Indeed, Sanctions Kill. [jb] Americans in Texas and several other states have been badly hit by a severe snowstorm and accompanying electricity outages, with water shortages due to frozen and burst water pipes. As the global[…]

Stop Biden’s Bombing in Syria, Emergency Aid to Arctic Storm Victims

February 27, 2021 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Statement, Syria, The War at Home, US Government Action

Statement by the Workers Voice Socialist Movement in New Orleans, La I saw this statement on the UNAC Discussion list. Great statement by workers in New Orleans. [jb] Millions go cold in Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Damascus, Syria What does the working class in these places have in common? Through military force, the U.S. government has seized oil and[…]

Why We Focus on Africa

October 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Africa, American Exceptionalism, Connecting the Dots, Neocolonialism

Black Alliance for Peace, published on Black Agenda Report, September 30, 2020 Africa can’t demonstrate independence and power because the entire continent has a giant U.S. military boot on its neck. “The presence of U.S. forces exacerbates violence and instability throughout the continent.” With reports each week of yet another Black victim of police violence, there is for many an[…]

Community Control of Police – and a Whole Lot More

June 21, 2020 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Peoples' Movements, Police Brutality, Political Corruption

by Glen Ford, published on Black Agenda Report, June 18, 2020 Abolition of the police begins with community control, in which community representatives not only hire, fire and oversee the cops, but decide the nature of the policing that is necessary and acceptable. “Movements are about amassing power to the people, not collecting promises from corporate flunkies.” The wave of[…]

Defund the Police, Defund the Military

June 12, 2020 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Political Analysis, Resistance

by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, published on Common Dreams, June 9, 2020 On June 1, President Trump threatened to deploy active-duty U.S. military forces against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters in cities across America. Trump and state governors eventually deployed at least 17,000 National Guard troops across the country. In the nation’s capital, Trump deployed nine Blackhawk assault helicopters,[…]

Climate Change and COVID-19 on Earth Day 2020

April 21, 2020 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Connecting the Dots, Environment, Toxic Chemicals

By Betsey Piette posted on Workers World, April 16, 2020 If there is a silver lining to be found in the horrific coronavirus pandemic, it may be that major industrial countries are reporting unprecedented drops in air pollution levels. This is due to measures taken to stem the spread of COVID-19, including widespread factory shutdowns and radically reduced vehicular and[…]

The Myths, the Silence, and the Propaganda That Keep Nuclear Weapons in Existence

August 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Imperialism, Nuclear Agendas

Remarks by David Swanson, August 4, 2019, Poulsboro, WA This week, 74 years ago, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were each hit with a single nuclear bomb that had the power of a third to a half of what NPR calls a low-yield or “usable” weapon. By NPR I mean both the Nuclear Posture Review and National Public Radio,[…]