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Syria and Iraq: Unsung Heroes in Defending Lebanon and Palestine

September 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Hybrid Warfare, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Occupation, Palestine, Refugees, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Syria

by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, September 28, 2024 Syria and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq are demonstrating exceptional solidarity with Lebanon, providing critical aid and defense against Israeli terrorist attacks and indiscriminate bombings, yet their contributions remain largely unrecognized. They are the unseen forces behind Lebanon’s defense and resilience, backing Hezbollah, the country’s militant resistance organization. Syria has[…]

Why Anti-Imperialists Must Defend Syria and the Axis of Resistance

September 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Hybrid Warfare, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Syria, Uncategorized, Yemen

by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, September 11, 2024 The anti-colonial struggle against U.S./Western imperialism and the Zionist settler state has long shaped the geopolitical dynamics of West Asia. Syria stands at the epicenter of this struggle as a vital member of the Axis of Resistance, a united front of states and organizations dedicated to confronting Zionist and imperialist[…]

Boiling the Israeli Frog

September 9, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Syria, Yemen

A lecture by Sharmine Narwani at the American University in Beirut, posted by The Cradle, September 4, 2024 This talk really helps with a understanding a lot of issues occurring in the “Middle East” at this time, so that many people who oppose the wars, oppose the occupation of Palestine and suppression of the indigenous people there, can better understand[…]

The Gathering in Support of the Choice of Resistance Met in Tehran to Honor the Achievements of the Martyr Qasem Soleimani

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Imperial Wars, Iran, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Syria, Yemen

by Judith Bello, published on Syria Support Movement, January 22, 2024 I traveled to Tehran to meet with the Gathering in Support of the Choice of Resistance the first week in January this year. The Gathering is an international organization based in Lebanon, but our meeting in Tehran at this time was an opportunity to attend memorial events for Qasem[…]

Reviving ISIS: A US weapon against the Resistance Axis

January 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Wars, Iran, Iran, Iraq, Middle East Wars, Neocolonialism, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Bases

by The Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent, published on The Cradle, January 17, 2024 Iraqi security sources are warning of an ISIS revival in the country, which coincides all too neatly with the spike in Iraqi resistance operations against US bases in Iraq and Syria, and with widening regional instability caused by Israel’s military assault on Gaza. More than six years after[…]

Resistance Regionalizes as Yemeni Navy Seizes Israeli-Linked Vessel

November 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Imperial Wars, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Resistance, Syria, Yemen

by Abayome Azikiwe, published on Black Agenda Report, November 29, 2023 Israel’s continued escalation of its genocidal campaign in Gaza, the operations by the resistance fighters against the IDF, and the growing involvement of the regional resistance movements make a regional war seem possible. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken among other high level White House officials have repeatedly[…]

U.S. Post 9/11 Wars Caused 4.5 Million Deaths, Displaced 38-60 Million People, Study Shows

June 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Anti-War, Iraq, Libya, Social Impact, Somalia, Sudan, U.S. Aggression, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Ben Norton, published on Black Agenda Report, May 24, 2023 Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya and Somalia following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University. Originally published in Geopolitical Economy . The[…]

The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine

March 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Diplomacy, Imperialism, Iraq, Militarism, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, March 15, 2023 March 19th marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this day, but it also looms large over the current crisis in Ukraine, making it impossible[…]

On the 20th Anniversary of Invasion of Iraq It Must be Clear

March 21, 2023 UNAC Editor Black Liberation Movement, Iraq, NATO, The War at Home, U.S. Aggression

The U.S. Is the Greatest Threat to World Peace and Collective Humanity by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, March 15, 2023 History teaches that the greatest threat to peace today is the United States. No other nation creates dangers as great as those emanating from the U.S. commitment to the doctrine of Full Spectrum Dominance. As anti-imperialist and Anti-war activists[…]

From Mosul to Raqqa to Mariupol, Killing Civilians is a Crime

April 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Iraq, Syria, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, War and Peace

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, April 13, 2022 Americans have been shocked by the death and destruction of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, filling our screens with bombed buildings and dead bodies lying in the street. But the United States and its allies have waged war in country after country for decades, carving swathes of destruction through cities,[…]