Nuclear War

Nuclear War Threat From U.S./NATO, Not Russia

October 28, 2022 UNAC Editor Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

By Betsey Piette posted on Workers World, October 27, 2022 This October marked the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis — when the U.S. and the Soviet Union were on the brink of a global nuclear war. The current conflict between the U.S. and Russia, brought on by U.S./NATO use of the war in Ukraine to promote a broader[…]

NATO Set To Kick Off Nuclear War Games on Monday

October 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Europe, NATO, Nuclear War, Russia, U.S. Aggression

by Kyle Anzalone posted on Antiwar.com, October 14, 2022 The ‘Monday’ in the title was October 17, and these ‘games’ are ongoing. [jb] Alliance head Jens Stoltenberg says canceling the games would send the “wrong signal“. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is set to begin its annual military drills in preparation for nuclear war. American B-52 bombers will be joined[…]

What Would Happen if an 800-kiloton Nuclear Warhead Detonated Above Midtown Manhattan?

July 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Nuclear Agendas, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Propaganda

By Steven Starr, Lynn Eden, Theodore A. Postol , published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, February 25, 2015 This article was published more than 7 years ago. The video was published a few weeks ago. Read a while, watch the video, and then let me know. What is going on here? Any ideas? [jb] Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles[…]

A Nuclear State of Denial

July 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Censorship and Propaganda, New Cold War, Nuclear War, Propaganda

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, June 24, 2022 A John Mearsheimer video clip from 2016 is going viral on Twitter right now, as old John Mearsheimer clips tend to do in the year 2022 when his predictions that Western actions would lead to the destruction of Ukraine are coming horrifyingly true. In response to a question about what the worst U.S. foreign policy[…]

Where We Stand

April 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Lies and Liars, Nuclear War, Russia, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, War and Peace

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, April 11, 2022 Ukraine: No to the U.S.-orchestrated fascist coup! Editor: The statement below was approved by the April 9, 2022 meeting of Socialist Action’s National Committee. Serious political analysis on the left always begins with the facts. Substituting abstract theory not based on facts is always a dead end for the socialist[…]

The Rising Threat Of Nuclear War

April 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Nuclear Agendas, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, War on the Earth

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Popular Resistance, April 19, 2021 US Strategic Command, the branch of the US military responsible for America’s nuclear arsenal, tweeted the following on Tuesday: “The spectrum of conflict today is neither linear nor predictable. We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as[…]

Ukrainian President Zelensky calls on NATO as Russian Press Warns of War

April 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Nuclear War, Russia, Ukraine

by Clara Weiss, published on World Socialist Website, April 6, 2021 Seems like there is a dangerous situation brewing here. NATO -under U.S. leadership- is encouraging, and maybe even planning to openly participate in a new war on Russia’s border, possibly on Russia (Crimea is now Russian Territory). Talk about playing brinkmanship:This is insanity. [JB] On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr[…]