Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Giorgio Cafiero, published on The Cradle, May 30, 2023 Twelve days after Syria regained its membership in the Arab League, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed the pan-Arab body at its 19 May summit in Jeddah. This was Assad’s first Arab League meeting in 12 years. It was also his first visit to Saudi Arabia since October 2010, making the[…]
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by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 16, 2023 Hundreds of Syrian men, women and children have drowned early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece after the sinking of an Egyptian trawler headed for Italy. It is being called one of the deadliest migrant ship disasters in the Mediterranean Sea. As many as 750 persons[…]
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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[…]
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by Alice Speri, published on Israel-Palestine News, April 1, 2023 *Featured Image: A mural reads, “This is a home just like yours” in Khalet a-Daba’, a Palestinian village inside the Masafer Yatta firing zone, in the occupied West Bank on Jan. 17, 2023. (photo) For the Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta’s firing zone, the court’s decision sanctioning their forcible transfer[…]
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by Azza Rojbi, published on Fire This Time, March 26, 2023 March 26, 2023, marks 8 years since the start of the Saudi-led coalition war on Yemen. The coalition airstrikes have destroyed houses, schools, roads, markets, hospitals, water tanks, sanitation facilities, mosques, and other vital infrastructure in the country. Almost 400,000 people have been killed because of the war. Those[…]
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by Bernhard, published on Moon of Alabama, March 13, 2023 What I like about this article is that it’s thesis is that a will to peace can create peace. The mediator need not be an enforcer if the achieved agreement is based on the legitimate interests of the negotiating parties. The role of the mediator is primarily to reveal these[…]
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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[…]
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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[…]
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by Rick Sterling, published on Antiwar.com, February 25, 2023 The following is an adapted version of the presentation made at the webinar “Connecting Dots” on 2.25.2023. Other speakers were Dr. Marwa Osman and Dr. Atif Kubursi. Introduction Syria has been at war since 2011. The conflict is in a stalemate. US troops control nearly a third of the country. The[…]
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Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek interview UN Special Rapporteur on Secondary Sanctions, Alena Douhan, February 21, 2023 U.N. Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan discusses the devastating impact of illegal US sanctions on Syria and how they are continuing to block aid in earthquake recovery efforts. Professor Douhan explains how despite the US Treasury issuing a 180-day waiver on certain sanctions imposed[…]
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