Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
Finian Cunningham interviews Bruce Gagnon, published on Strategic Culture, April 14, 2022 The corporate-dominated media (that lied us into the 2003 “shock and awe” attack on Iraq over non-existent WMD) is trotting out the same strategy again to sell war and deceive the public American peace activist, documentary filmmaker and author Bruce Gagnon analyses the current war in Ukraine with[…]
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by Yang Sheng and Xu Yelu, published on Global Times, April 13, 2022 The Chinese draw attention to an inherent schism in the understanding of the two forces in Ukraine, a dangerous misunderstanding that prevents successful negotiation. [jb] Russian President Vladimir Putin called the situation in Ukraine “a tragedy” and peace talks had reached a “dead end” in his meeting[…]
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by Steven Starr, published on Consortium News, March 3, 2022 This is an older article, and yes, more on Ukraine. But, before I read it I didn’t really understand the basis for concern about nuclear weapons in Ukraine. This article makes it very clear. You may also note the secondary theme where the US, which is so glib about violating[…]
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by Jacques Baud, published on Scheerpost, April 9, 2022 (Initially published on the French Intelligence Research Center in French) PART ONE: ON THE ROAD TO WAR For years, from Mali to Afghanistan, I worked for peace and risked my life for it. It is therefore not a question of justifying the war, but of understanding what led us to it. I[…]
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by Shane Quinn, published on Global Research, March 19, 2022 Eleven years ago, on 19 March 2011, the United States and its military arm NATO unleashed a sustained bombardment against Libya, where Colonel Muammar Gaddafi had been in charge for over four decades. Gaddafi would be killed in brutal fashion seven months later, while Libya descended into chaos as warring[…]
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by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, March 29, 2022 Not a focus of media at the moment but important to understand that this is the pattern and has been for decades. [jb] Doha Bank of Qatar was accused in the UK High Court on March 2 of funneling money to an ISIS judge who had ordered executions, including that[…]
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by Rick Sterling, published on Dissident Voices, March 26, 2022 According to a 2019 Rand report titled “Overextending and Unbalancing Russia,” the US goal is to undermine Russia just as it did the Soviet Union in the cold war. Rather than “trying to stay ahead” or trying to improve the US domestically or in international relations, the emphasis is on efforts[…]
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Ukraine: U.S. Out Now! Remains Our Anti-Imperialist Antiwar Credo Statement by the UNAC Administrative Committee – With Context [Editor’s note: The statement below was drafted by UNAC Administrative Committee member, Jeff Mackler and approved following discussion and amendment by the March 17, 2022 meeting of UNAC Administrative Committee.] U.S. Out Now! Hands Off! Self-determination for the World’s Poor and Oppressed![…]
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Statement by Pisa Union of Airport Workers, published in Labor Today Newsletter, March 17, 2022 Labor Today Editorial Comment: USB (Union Sundacale Di Base) reports that airport workers in Pisa, Italy have refused to load planes headed for Poland disguised as “humanitarian aid” when the workers discovered that what was actually being shipped was weapons and ammunition, final destination, Ukraine! […]
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by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, March 16, 2022 A seismic shift is sending shock waves through the global economy. The well-established capitalist disorder, dominated by U.S. imperialism and in place since World War II, is on shaky ground. Extreme economic sanctions imposed on Russia are dragging the whole world into a war that started long before the Russian[…]
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