International Law

Putin, South Africa and the International Criminal Court

June 8, 2023 UNAC Editor International Law, Lawfare, Russia

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, May 31, 2023 The West has deployed the International Criminal Court in the US/NATO proxy war with Russia in Ukraine. On March 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted and issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova. They are the first and[…]

Scott Ritter Uncanceled: Rage Against the War Machine Speech (Updated with Video)

February 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, International Law, Nuclear Agendas, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Aggression, War and Peace

by Scott Ritter, published on Scott’s Substack, February 9, 2023 [Note: I was going to speak at the Rage against the War Machine rally, scheduled for February 19 at the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C. For personal reasons, I will no longer be speaking. In short, I have decided to take one for the team. I wish all participants and[…]

Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy

January 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Book Review, International Law, Lawfare, Nicaragua, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Ukraine, Venezuela

by John Perry of Masaya, Nicaragua, published on the website of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, COHA, January 10, 2023 A review of the report Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy, edited by Sara Flounders for the Sanctions Kill campaign and published by World View Forum.(1) Sanctions imposed without United Nations endorsement are illegal. That is why they[…]

Attempt to Try Russian Leaders for War Crimes is Part of the West’s Weaponization of the International Criminal Cour

November 21, 2022 UNAC Editor International Law, Lawfare, Russia, United Nations, US Foreign Policy

by Robin Philpot, published on Covert Action Magazine, November 14, 2022 International Criminal Court (ICC) continues to serve as a “battering ram for U.S. and NATO policy,” as the former U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes in the Clinton administration defined it. The quote above does not come from President Putin of Russia or from President Xi of China. It comes[…]

Why Peace and Disarmament Are at the Heart of Nonalignment

June 17, 2022 UNAC Editor International Law, New World Visions, Nuclear Weapons, War on the Poor

by Kate Hudson, Produced by Globetrotter, June 13, 2022 As our world spirals toward the catastrophe of nuclear war, there has never been a greater need for a new global balancing, a rejection of great power war, exploitation, and aggression. Now more than ever, we need to reject the brutal unipolar agenda of the United States, the dividing up of[…]

On Russia’s Military Intervention in Ukraine

March 25, 2022 UNAC Editor International Institutions, International Law, Lawfare, Right Wing Extremism, Russia, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, US Meddling in Europe, War and Weapons, Weaponized Information, White Supremacy

Statement from U.S. Peace Council, March 24, 2022 What we all hoped would not happen has happened. The Russian Federation sent troops into Ukraine on February 24 in response to decades of relentless US-led NATO provocation. The present situation puts many serious, fundamental questions before the global peace movement. A fierce propaganda campaign, long simmering with Russiagate and the onset[…]

The Illegality of NATO

February 9, 2022 UNAC Editor International Institutions, International Law, NATO

by John Scales Avery, published on Popular Resistance, February 5, 2022 Recent threats of war over Ukraine. Russia understandably fears the eastward expansion of NATO. Recently NATO countries, led by the United States, have supplied arms to Ukraine. There is a threat that the tensions building up in the region will lead to war. Such a development would be catastrophic[…]

The U.S. Makes a Mockery of Treaties and International Law

January 12, 2022 UNAC Editor International Institutions, International Law, Lawfare, US Hypocrisy

by K. J. Noh, published on Pressenza, January 8, 2022 The U.S. seeks to position itself as a global imperial government through the so called Rules Based Order. How long do they expect the world to put up with this behavior? Although it controls some forces underlying the global order some potential for coercion, these aren’t going to be enough[…]

International Tribunal finds U.S. Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

November 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Human Rights, International Law, Racism

published on Workers World, November 1, 2021 The International Tribunal on Human Rights Abuses Against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples was held Oct. 23-25 at The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in Washington Heights, New York City, aka Turtle Island, Lenape land. The main theme of the Tribunal was “We Still Charge Genocide” in recognition[…]

Reason to Celebrate: Meng Wanzhou Released

September 30, 2021 UNAC Editor China, International Law, Lawfare, Trade Wars, US Government Action

Statement by Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, September 29, 2021 The Cross-Canada Campaign to FREE MENG WANZHOU is very pleased that Madame Meng has been released after nearly three years of unjust detention in Canada and has returned home safely to China, to her family, and to her duties as CFO of Huawei, which employs 1300 workers in Canada.[…]