Propaganda

“Worse than a Crime”: Pentagon Inspector finds Kabul Drone Strike Killing 10 not a Violation of Law (!)

November 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Drones, Propaganda

by Juan Cole, published on Informed Comment, November 4, 2021 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Paul Handley of AFP reports that the US Air Force Inspector General, Lieutenant General Sami Said, found that a drone strike that mistakenly killed 10 civilian non-combatants, including 7 children, in Afghanistan on August 29 violated no laws, including the law of war. When Napoleon[…]

Are Nicaraguan Migrants Escaping ‘Repression’—or Economic Sanctions?

November 5, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Nicaragua, Propaganda, Weaponized Information

by John Perry, published on Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, November 3, 2021 “Record numbers” of migrants are coming into the United States from Nicaragua, according to Newsweek (7/29/21), which blames the increase on “arbitrary arrests and human rights abuses” by the Nicaraguan government. Former Sandinista leader Sergio Ramírez, writing for El Salvador’s El Faro (8/20/21), claims that “repression” by[…]

Miami Defenders of Twice US Kidnapped Venezuelan Ambassador, Alex Saab, Rally for his Release

October 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Legal Struggles, Political Prisoners, Propaganda, Venezuela

by Lauren Smith, published on Orinoco Tribune, October 25, 2021 The U.S. has twice kidnapped Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. His next court appearance is scheduled for Monday, November 1, and supporters are demanding his freedom. Washington’s actions against Saab contradict both international and humanitarian laws. [Black Agenda Report] On Sunday, October 24th, representatives from more than six independent activist groups[…]

Propaganda War Against China Aims to Expand U.S. Hegemony and Eradicate Socialism

October 15, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Propaganda, Socialism

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, October 13, 2021 Anti-China propaganda is intended to indoctrinate Americans with fear and hatred and gain support for war against that country and against socialism itself. This is an edited version of remarks given by the author at the Friends of Socialist China’s webinar entitled, Propaganda War Against China, held on October[…]

Imperialism and the Horn of Africa

October 7, 2021 UNAC Editor Africa, Horn of Africa, Propaganda, U.S. Aggression

by Salome Ayuak, published on Black Agenda Report, October 6, 2021 This is a condensed speech by Salome Ayuak given at the International Month of Action Against AFRICOM launch event – “AFRICOM at 13: Building the popular movement towards demilitarization and anti-imperialism in Africa.” Horn of Africa Pan Africans for Liberation and Solidary (HOA PALS) understands the Horn as Ethiopia, Sudan,[…]

Isikoff’s Cops and Robbers Camouflage the Big Lie

September 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Propaganda

by Ray McGovern, published on Antiwar.com, September 27, 2021 Michael Isikoff is at it again – this time with co-authors Zack Dorfan, and Sean Naylor – in a long, pot-holed piece posted Sunday on Yahoo where Isikoff is “chief investigative correspondent.” Seeing the title, wouldn’t you dip in? “Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA’s secret war plans[…]

9/11 – A Pretext for Aggression

September 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Propaganda

Workers World Party Statement, published on Workers World, September 16, 2021 The 9/11 commemorations should be seen for what they are: an opportunity for the U.S. ruling class to use a collective trauma — the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City — to whip up jingoist and superpatriotic sentiment. The goal of this whipping up is[…]

Fighting an End to Endless Wars

September 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Propaganda

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, August 30, 2021 In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan influential promoters of Western militarism have been absolutely fuming about the popular idea of ending the forever wars, and their tantrums are not even trying to disguise it as something else. They’re literally using that phrase, “ending the forever wars,” and[…]

The Western Imperial Left’s Collaboration with the Western Bourgeoisie

September 2, 2021 UNAC Editor Identity Politics, Imperialism, Organizing, Propaganda, Racism, US Hypocrisy, Women

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, September 1, 2021 As the Western left has become more aligned with their imperialist bourgeoisie in the destabilization of the Global South, the radical Black tradition provides a clear approach to “turn imperialist wars into wars against imperialism.” Changes in historical conditions can elevate a secondary contradiction to a primary, and antagonistic[…]

The Great Immigration Invasion Hoax

August 19, 2021 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Deportation, Immigration, Propaganda

by James Goodman, published in The Progressive Magazine, August 17, 2021 Rightwing propaganda and Biden’s continuation of Trump era barriers to migrants and refugees attempting to cross the southern border collude to create an atmosphere of xenophobia and ignorance in the United States. What was big news under the Trump Administration continues in the shadows under President Biden. Someone ought[…]