International Institutions

Without Including Blinken and Biden and the Issue of Genocide, International Criminal Court Arrests are a Sham

December 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, International Institutions, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Racism, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 27, 2024 The International Criminal Court finally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, but this action is merely performative. If arrest warrants do not include war criminals like Joe Biden and other U.S. officials, they are ultimately empty attempts to maintain a semblance of legitimacy. After months of procedural stalling, allegations of sexual harassment[…]

The Beginning of the End of Israel

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, International Institutions, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Racism, United Nations, US Hypocrisy, US Intervention, War Crimes, War on the Poor

by Craig Mokhiber, published on Mondoweiss, October 8, 2024 One year later the flames of genocide still burn, but after decades of persecution and bloodshed we may well be seeing the beginning of the end of the settler-colonial project in Palestine. We have reached a grim milestone. A full year of gruesome Israeli mass murder. A year of epic Palestinian[…]

Petition: Demand Urgent International Protection Force For Palestine

September 30, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-War, Genocide, International Institutions, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Petition

by Ousman Noor, published by Popular Resistance, September 22, 2024 It is now clear that Israel will not comply with international demands and legal requirements to cease its massacre of the Palestinian people. In addition to its relentless bombing in Gaza, violence towards Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is rapidly escalating. Today, the IOF conducted a raid[…]

USA Lets Athletes Cheat with Steroids, as it Accuses Russia & China of Violating Anti-doping Rules

August 11, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Hybrid Warfare, International Institutions, Lawfare, Uncategorized, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Ben Norton, published on Geopolitical Economy, August 11, 2024 The World Anti-Doping Agency says the US has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to cheat by using prohibited drugs, while it hypocritically criticizes Russia and China. The United States has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to use prohibited[…]

NYTimes Ignites China Doping Controversy Leading Into the Olympics

August 11, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Lies and Liars, International Institutions, Political Analysis, Propaganda, US Hypocrisy

by Rick Sterling, published on Dissident Voice, May 10, 2024 I chose this article because it was full of details about the original incident and following attacks in the New York Times. Following the Paris Olympics, Rick discussed this issue on the most recent China Report, a podcast from Breakthrough News: Western accusations of doping by Chinese swimmers threaten to[…]

Nicaragua Acts To Stop Genocide And Strengthen International Law

May 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Genocide, International Institutions, International Law, Interview, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Legal Struggles, Nicaragua, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, South Africa

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, April 27, 2024 NOTE: This is an edited transcript of an interview with Nicaraguan Ambassador Carlos Arguello Gomez about Nicaragua’s efforts to stop the genocide in Palestine. You can listen to the full interview on Clearing the FOG here. – Margaret Flowers 🚨Tell Congress to say NO to more sanctions on Nicaragua One[…]

The World Court: A Glimmer of Hope and a Cloud of Doubt

January 9, 2024 UNAC Editor Fascism, Genocide, Human Rights, International Institutions, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine

by Paul Larudee, published on Dissident Voice, January 7, 2024 If the International Court of Justice rules that Israel has committed, and is committing, genocide, will it save Gaza? On January 11-12 the ICJ (AKA the World Court) will hear the petition brought to it by South Africa. Specialists in International law Francis Boyle and (independently) Daniel Machover firmly believe[…]

Stopping Genocide

December 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, International Institutions, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Racism

by Craig Murray, published on CraigMurray.com, December 7, 2023 Every single state in the world has a positive duty to intervene to prevent the Genocide in Gaza now, not after a court has reached a determination of genocide. This is made crystal clear in para 431 of the International Court of Justice judgment in Bosnia vs Serbia: This obviously does[…]

Reflections Upon the 1986 Case of Nicaragua v. US

June 28, 2023 UNAC Editor International Institutions, International Law, Nicaragua, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, US Foreign Policy

by Dan Kovalik, published on Tortilla Con Sal, June 26, 2023 It has now been 37 years since the landmark decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case of Nicaragua v. United States. Seven different US Presidents, some Republican and some Democrat, have sat in the White House since then. Yet sadly, the debt owing on that[…]

For the People’s of Our Region, the Failure of Biden’s Summit of the Americas is Good News

June 17, 2022 UNAC Editor International Institutions, Latin America, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, June 8, 2022 The Summit of the Americas is not the property of the host nation. The U.S. has no right to exclude, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, but has done so in disregard of their sovereignty. The U.S. is not fit to judge others or to be responsible for bringing nations together. Every[…]