Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Dave DeCamp, published on Antiwar.com, March 16, 2025 Trump officials are threatening more airstrikes as the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, are vowing a response Updated on March 16, 2025, at 6:15 pm EST A major round of US airstrikes that hit Yemen on Saturday killed at least 53 people, including women and children, Yemen’s Health Ministry said[…]
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Statement from Black Alliance for Peace, March 12, 2025 The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) unequivocally condemns the recent announcement by Colonel Hassan Abdul Ghani, spokesman for the HTS-led Syrian Ministry of Defense, regarding the “second phase“ of military operations against so-called “remnants” of the former Assad government. This escalation of violence is not merely a local or regional conflict[…]
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from the News Desk at The Cradle, March 5, 2025 On 5 March, US Representative Greg Steube reintroduced to Congress the Preventing Armed Groups from Engaging in Radicalism (PAGER) Act, which seeks to condition US financial aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) until Beirut ends “any official recognition of Hezbollah and its allies.” According to the text of the[…]
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by Daniel Kovalik, published on Defend Democracy, February 15, 2025 During her confirmation hearing for Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard was grilled about having been a purveyor of “Putin’s talking points” about the U.S. supporting al-Qaeda in Syria. Of course, Gabbard responded, there can be no doubt about the veracity of such claims. Thus, Gabbard cited the fact that[…]
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From the News Desk at The Cradle, January 25, 2025 Despite the agreement that the Israeli army would leave and civilians would be allowed to return, the IOF continues to target returning civilians in the south of Lebanon after the 60 day ceasefire expired. [jb] Residents of south Lebanon who were displaced during the war returned to their towns and[…]
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by Craig Murray, published on Socialist Action, January 21, 2025 This is an early piece but Craig’s analysis is prophetic, and his focus is significant. [jb] 12/26/24: A truly seismic change in the Middle East appears to be happening very fast. At its heart is a devil’s bargain – Turkey and the Gulf States accept the annihilation of the Palestinian nation[…]
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by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan, published on The Cradle, December 24, 2024 This article is an important counter to some of the horrific propaganda spewed by the Western press (and Al Jazeera) since the overthrow of the legitimate Syrian government in a coup perpetrated by the same entities that waged war on Syria for nearly a decade from 2011 to 2019,[…]
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by Bahman Azad, published on Workers World, January 10, 2025 The message below, from U.S. Peace Council President Bahman Azad, was read by Saher Al Khamash of the Bronx Anti-War Coalition at a webinar on the U.S. role in Syria, organized by the United National Antiwar Coalition, on Dec. 28, 2024. Please forgive me for not being personally present at[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 8, 2025 Hagiography is inevitable when presidents and other prominent people die. The unwillingness to ‘speak ill of the dead’ and the propaganda that would have us believe in American exceptionalism must be rejected. Jimmy Carter was always devoted to protecting the interests of the U.S. state. “All US Presidents, Living[…]
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by Alexander Rubenstein, published on PopularResistance, December 26 2024 (Originally published on MintPress News) Black Money, Black Flags. As the designated terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) establishes its proto-government in Idlib, notoriously corrupt NGOs are stepping in to fill the gaps in public services, with some even defecting to work alongside the group. The United States, which spent two[…]
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