Militarism

Increasing Pressure On China: The Pacific is Crowded with Military Ships and War Planes

July 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Asia, China, Militarism, Russia, US Foreign Policy

by Ann Wright, published on Popular Resistance, June 28, 2021 This is quite terrifying. The United States wants a “free and open” Indo-Pacific sea where they call the shots and make the rules. What would they think if China wanted a “free and open” Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean sea or Gulf of Mexico where they call the shots. Meanwhile these War[…]

U.S.-led ‘African Lion 21’ hunts for new prey

June 13, 2021 UNAC Editor Africa, Europe, Militarism, US Foreign Policy

by Manlio Dinucci, published on International Action Center, June 11, 2021 Published June 8 in Il Manifesto; translation by John Catalinotto. The African Lion, the largest military exercise on the African Continent planned and led by the U.S. Army, began June 7. The exercise includes land, air and naval maneuvers in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal and adjacent seas — from North[…]

Slaughter Central

April 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Mass Shootings, Militarism, U.S. Aggression

by Tom Engelhardt, published on TomDispatch, April 13, 2021 By the time you read this piece, it will already be out of date. The reason’s simple enough. No matter what mayhem I describe, with so much all-American weaponry in this world of ours, there’s no way to keep up. Often, despite the headlines that go with mass killings here, there’s[…]

Gun Violence Starts at the Top

April 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Militarism, U.S. Aggression

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 21, 2021 If the state reserves the right to commit mass murder no one should be surprised that the people follow suit. “No one should be surprised when a well-armed population makes use of their personal arsenals.” Mass shootings happen with appalling regularity in the United States. It is bad enough[…]

Killer Reaper Drones Coming to the Pacific “To Counter Threats from China.”

March 30, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Drones, Militarism

by Ann Wright, published on Popular Resistance, March 27 2021 A Chinese military takeover of Taiwan is the top U.S. concern in Asia and the Pacific, according to the admiral nominated to lead the U.S. military’s Indo-Pacific combatant command. During his confirmation hearing to head the command that covers 51 percent of the globe, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Admiral John[…]

The Necessity of Dismantling the U.S.—A conversation with Ajamu Baraka

March 16, 2021 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Capitalism, Colonialism, Militarism, Neocolonialism

by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, published on Counterpunch, March 12, 2021 On February 26th, I interviewed Ajamu Baraka for my podcast. Baraka is a veteran grassroots organizer whose roots are in the Black Liberation Movement and anti-apartheid and Central American solidarity struggles. He is an internationally recognized leader of the emerging human rights movement in the U.S. and has been at[…]

Biden’s Magic Tricks: Watch Both of His Hands

February 6, 2021 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Militarism, U.S. Aggression, US Military

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Organizing Notes, February 5, 2021 During the Obama administration the Modus operandi (MO) was to play magic tricks. Obama would announce a good thing and then at the same time do a really bad thing. I started urging people to watch both of the magicians hands. Following Obama’s slight of hand tricks, Biden is off[…]

On U.S. “Adversaries”

January 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Militarism, US Foreign Policy

by Gary Leupp, published on CounterPunch, January 20, 2021 The United States more or less officially regards a handful of countries as “adversaries”: Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela. There is not an official list approved by Congress, but the term is applied by politicians and journalists routinely to these countries. The reasons for their enmity are rarely[…]

Losers Suckers and War

September 10, 2020 UNAC Editor Militarism, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 9, 2020 Democrats are up in arms over Trump’s latest mouth-burst, but the truth is that both corporate parties have made the people suckers for endless, “bipartisan” wars. “The suckers were always those who could not get out of military service when there was still a draft.’ Americans certainly love war.[…]

U.S. Militarism Towards China is Part and Parcel of American Hegemony Syndrome

August 29, 2020 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, China, Imperial Wars, Militarism

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, August 26, 2020 American hegemony syndrome has shifted public attention away from the critical problems facing humanity by demonizing China. “Military expansionism compensates for the fact that the U.S. has lost to China in the realm of economic competition.” The COVID-19 pandemic has not made the planet any safer from the threat[…]