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Operation Condor 2.0: After Bolivia Coup, Trump Dubs Nicaragua ‘National Security Threat’ & Targets Mexico

December 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Featured, Mexico, Nicaragua

by Ben Norton, published on the Grayzone, November 27, 2019 One successful coup against a democratically elected socialist president is not enough, it seems. Immediately after overseeing a far-right military coup in Bolivia on Nov. 10, the Trump administration set its sights once again on Nicaragua, whose democratically elected Sandinista government defeated a violent right-wing coup attempt in 2018. Washington dubbed Nicaragua[…]

American Thanksgivings, What Are We Celebrating?

November 28, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Indigenous peoples, Racism, White Supremacy

Note: This might be the biggest lie in our grammar school textbooks, but it is merely the pinnacle of a story that is false in every aspect. And, no matter how much research is done, how many facts emerge to deny the structure, it continues to be the foundation of ‘Social Studies’ education in this country. Many of you, my[…]

Racist Coup in Bolivia Sparks Resistance

November 21, 2019 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Featured, Indigenous peoples, Latin America, Racism

By Sam Ordóñez posted on Workers World, November 17, 2019 Nov. 15 – On Nov. 10, Evo Morales, president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, resigned, along with the vice president and the majority of his cabinet. This happened after the national police abandoned their defense of the elected government and joined right-wing protests, and the Armed Forces announced on[…]

URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Support the UN Resolution Against Unilateral Coercive Measures

November 9, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Posted by People’s Mob Dear Friends of Peace and Justice, As you are well aware, for decades the U.S. government and its European allies have been illegally using unilateral economic sanctions (“Unilateral Coercive Measures”) as a weapon of war and mass destruction to topple governments that do not submit to the U.S. and European states’ domination of their country. The[…]

Understanding the Chicago School Strike … and Why it’s Different

October 31, 2019 UNAC Editor Education, Featured, Labor Struggles, Political Analysis, The War at Home

by Paul Elitzik, published on Considered Sources, October 25, 2019 You have to go beyond the news media coverage of the school strike to understand its significance. The reporting reduces the strike to a conflict over particular demands, a power struggle between an “interest group” and the city. But this gets it very wrong. Teachers are not just another interest[…]

U.S. Anti-war Movement Should Stay Focused on Getting U.S. Out Of Syria

October 27, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Middle East Wars, Syria

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, October 23, 2019 Oct. 20 – The author visited Syria in 2014 and 2015 in small International Action Center solidarity delegations. At that time, no road in the country was safe and one-third of the population was displaced — taking refuge inside Syria or in surrounding countries. The schools, mosques, churches and community[…]

On Eve of Trial Judge Limits Plowshares’ Seven Defense

October 22, 2019 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Featured, Nonviolence, Nuclear Agendas, Protest, Resistance

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[…]

U.S. Peace Council Statement on Turkish Incursion into Syria

October 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Statement, Syria

from the Executive Committee of the U.S. Peace Council, October 14, 2019 The U.S. Peace Council strongly condemns the illegal incursion of the Turkish forces into Syria with the approval of the Trump Administration and in direct violation of the United Nation’s Charter and international law. Immediately after Turkish incursion, the US war establishment, Republican and Democrat alike, went on[…]

Three Brigades of the Third-Biggest Arms Spender in the World Annihilated by the Offensive of the Poorest Arab Country in the World

October 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Middle East Wars, Saudi Arabia, Uncategorized, Yemen

by Federico Pieraccini, published on the American Herald Tribune, September 30, 2019 Many may have hitherto been led to believe that the Houthis were a ragtag armed force lacking in sophistication. Many, seeing the drone and missile attacks on Saudi oil plants, may have declared it to be a false-flag attack carried out by Riyadh to boost Aramco’s market value;[…]

“Operation Brown Nose” U.S. Aids French Dirty Work in Africa

October 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Africa, Drones, Featured, Niger, War and Weapons

by Mark P. Fancher, Published on Black Agenda Report, September 18, 2019 The U.S. has gone extra miles to support French military efforts to protect uranium mining in Niger. “When U.S. economic or geo-political interests are in jeopardy in Africa, France is often regarded as the “go-to” country for a military solution.” Two years ago, four U.S. soldiers deployed in[…]