Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, January 7, 2019 Jan 7–Enormous demonstrations in Iran, Iraq and region-wide are expressing anti-imperialist rage, and signaling a new day, a rebirth of mass movements that will drive the U.S. out of the region. A criminal U.S. act has kindled this firestorm. On Jan. 2, U.S. imperialism pushed its aggressive war against Iran[…]
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The Plowshares 7 are a group of peace activists have been jailed since April 4, 2018 for civil resistance to the US Nuclear Weapons program. They entered the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia to protest U.S. nuclear weapons on April 4, 2018, the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination. Armed with hammers, crime scene tape and baby[…]
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We are pleased to announce that the 2019 US Peace Prize has been awarded to the Honorable Ajamu Baraka, “whose bold antiwar actions, writings, speeches, and leadership provide an inspiring voice against militarism.” Michael Knox, Chair of the Foundation, presented the award during a forum on September 23 in New York City. In his remarks Knox said, “Thank you, Ajamu, for your outstanding domestic and international activism to end wars and militarism. We applaud your long and distinguished record[…]
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by Pepe Escobar, published on Consortium News, July 25, 2019 All bets are off in the geopolitical insanity stakes when we have the President of the United States (POTUS) glibly announcing he could launch a nuclear first strike to end the war in Afghanistan and wipe it “off the face of the earth” in one week. But he’d rather not,[…]
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by Bill Van Auken, Published on WSWS.org, June 14, 2019 The Trump administration’s thuggish secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, made a presentation to the media Thursday afternoon in which he asserted that Iran was responsible for suspected attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. These charges carry with them the threat[…]
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by Rich Whitney, Published on Medium, May 13, 219 In allowing coup supporters to lay siege to the Venezuelan embassy, D.C. Police are violating the First Amendment and District of Columbia law At this writing, a rightwing mob of supporters of Juan Guaido, (the self-described, U.S.-named “interim president” of Venezuela, who has no legitimate, lawful claim to that office) has[…]
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Photos from videos by Alex Rubenstein: opposition supporters partying outside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC in the middle of the night with music and drumming, noisemakers and sirens, and spotlights flashing. Editor’s note: The hoped for Venezuelan coup fell flat. The military refused to leave the Maduro government. The people of Venezuela are not ready for a civil war. […]
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Note: A brief update on the failed/faux Coup attempt in Venezuela earlier in the day of April 30, 2019. Meanwhile, UNAC Member Joe Iosbaker of Freedom Road Socialist Organization reported: Tracy Molm from FRSO is in Caracas with our 3 other comrades, and she said that the turkeys in the trees outside the room she slept in were making more[…]
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Photo: Self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaido speaking to press during an attempted coup on April 30. (Reuters) This is the report from Venezuelanalysis at about 12:20 PM on Tuesday, April 30. You can find updates at the link posted for Venezuelanalysis. I will try to post Updates through the day, but they are my source. A military uprising is[…]
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