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World Peace Council Condemns the Growing Imperialist Aggressiveness and Escalation of Tensions Around Ukraine

February 26, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, Ukraine

Statement published by US Peace Council The World Peace Council (WPC) expresses its deepest concerns about the escalating tensions in Eastern Europe and particularly around the Ukraine, caused primarily by the growing aggressive expansion of NATO towards Eastern Europe, its massive deployment of troops from the Baltic Sea to Bulgaria, and creating a belt aiming at the encirclement of the Russian[…]

The Western Allied Nations Bully the World While Warning of Threats From China and Russia

February 20, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, Ukraine

by Vijay Prashad, published by Globetrotter, February 17, 2022 On January 21, 2022, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach attended a talk in New Delhi, India, organized by the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses. Schönbach was speaking as the chief of Germany’s navy during his visit to the institute. “What he really wants is respect,” Schönbach said, referring to[…]

The Illegality of NATO

February 9, 2022 UNAC Editor International Institutions, International Law, NATO

by John Scales Avery, published on Popular Resistance, February 5, 2022 Recent threats of war over Ukraine. Russia understandably fears the eastward expansion of NATO. Recently NATO countries, led by the United States, have supplied arms to Ukraine. There is a threat that the tensions building up in the region will lead to war. Such a development would be catastrophic[…]

Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. – The Background They’re Not Telling You

February 8, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Phil Wilayto, published in the Virginia Defender, February 3, 2021 In the winter of 2022, the news is dominated by growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Reports that Russia has amassed some 100,000 troops on its border with neighboring Ukraine have brought charges from the United States and NATO that Russia is planning to invade its neighbor, with whom[…]

Crisis or Confusion? A Brief Guide for Black Folks (And Other AntiRacist People) On the Situation in Ukraine

February 2, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Racism, Right Wing Extremism, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, February 2, 2022 African people are already battling against U.S. rightist forces – from the Trump/Republican supporters to the warmongering neoliberal democrats. It would be an affront to our history and people to enter this struggle on the side of empire and NATO. Within large sectors of the U.S. left, including many[…]

America Is Reaping What It Sowed in Ukraine

January 31, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, New Cold War, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 31, 2022 So what are Americans to believe about the rising tensions over Ukraine? The United States and Russia both claim their escalations are defensive, responding to threats and escalations by the other side, but the resulting spiral of escalation can only make war more likely. Ukrainian President Zelensky is warning[…]

Demand that the U.S. and NATO Pull Back Their Forces from Russia’s Borders

January 30, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, Ukraine

Statement by the Chicago Anti-War Coalition (CAWC), January 27, 2022 The U.S. and Britain have in recent days sent at least 90 tons of military equipment to the government of Ukraine. This is in addition to placing thousands of troops currently stationed in the U.S. on high alert. Whether those measures are serious harbingers of a U.S./NATO war with Russia[…]

U.S. Puts Europe in the Trenches Against the Invented Enemy

January 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, NATO, U.S. Aggression

by Manlio Dinucci, published on Workers World, January 25, 2022 I have to say that these actions may be a way to start a war, but this kind of grandstanding and showing off is not the way to win a war. Hopefully the former will fail and the context for the latter will never arise. [jb] “As a precautionary measure[…]

Swedish Society Polarized Over Joining NATO

January 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, NATO, Russia

by Lucas Leiroz, published on BRICS Information Portal, January 21, 2022 This is a kind of scary follow on to Bruce’s piece below. Apparently Western (U.S.) propaganda is succeeding in Sweden. [jb] Western anti-Russian propaganda is having effects. In Swedish society, fear is spreading about the “risks” of a Russian invasion. As a result, the possibility of the Scandinavian country[…]

Washington Pumping Up War Fever

January 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, NATO, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Keep Space for Peace, January 20, 2022 It’s nonstop in the western media. The message – war with Russia is coming. An American friend of mine, now living in Russia, has two sons in the US Army. One of them said to him today, “your two sons are going to be fighting your beloved Russia.”[…]