Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Betsey Piette, published on Workers World, September 20, 2023 The resistance aroused by a Zionist assault on the Palestine Writes Festival this Sept. 22-24 weekend at the University of Pennsylvania turned the event from what would have already been a marked success into a defiant triumph over Zionism and repression. Had the Zionists and their allies among the Trustees[…]
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by Joe Lombardo and Sara Flounders, published on UNACPeace.org, August 25, 2023 Recently, articles have appeared on the front page of the New York Times that smear Code Pink, The People’s Forum and TriContinental for allegedly taking money from an alleged Chinese agent. After the Times article was published, Senator Marco Rubio issued a statement calling for an investigation of[…]
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by Roger McKenzie, published in Morning Star, August 4, 2023 The years under neoliberalism in Nicaragua saw trade union rights stripped away, collective bargaining agreements junked and, as trade union strength waned, living standards plummeted. The 1980s saw massive investment in essential services after the 1979 revolution by the Sandinistas. This brought about major advances in education and healthcare as[…]
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by Vijay Prashad and Kambali Musavuli, produced by Globetrotter, August 1, 2023 At 3 a.m. on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country’s borders and declared a curfew. The coup d’état was immediately condemned by the Economic Community of West African[…]
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by Arnold August, published on The Canada Files, July 26, 2023 In 1953, when virtually all the progressive and revolutionary forces in Cuba offered no viable solution to oppose the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship, Fidel Castro and his comrades did indeed work out a path. It was a route characterized by game-changing statements coupled with exceptionally courageous deeds, out of which[…]
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by Ramzy Baroud, published on Countercurrents, July 24, 2023 [Along with other intellectuals, I was asked by a New Zealand solidarity group to share a few ideas on what meaningful solidarity with Palestine entails. This talk inspired the article below.] It is a new era in Palestine. This new era is taking shape before our very eyes, through the blood,[…]
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Under Stewardship of Original Revolutionary Leader Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua Remains a Beacon for Social Progress Despite Crushing U.S. Sanctions by Lauren Smith, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 19, 2023 In the United States, the word “socialism” has come to have a negative meaning. In that meaning, the word implies the loss of individual sovereignty, rejection of religion and the institution[…]
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by Ben Norton, published on Black Agenda Report, July 5, 2023 (originally published on Geopolitical Economy Report, June 28, 2023) The International Court of Justice in the Hague ruled in 1986 that the US government had violated international law in its attacks on Nicaragua and that it owed the Central American nation reparations. June 27, 2023 was the 37th anniversary[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, June 21, 2023 A delegation of African leaders travelled to Ukraine and Russia to help broker peace. But the collective west insists on prolonging the conflict. The war in Ukraine grinds on and the Ukrainian army is being destroyed by Russia with great loss of life. One would think that Ukraine would[…]
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by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 18, 2023 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on June 16. One of the items on their agenda was Lebanon, which has close historical and language ties to France. The tiny Mediterranean country has been in financial collapse for several years, and[…]
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