Russia

U.S./NATO threats heighten tension with Russia

December 31, 2021 UNAC Editor Fascism, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression

by John Catalinotto, published on Workers World, December 22, 2021 Washington has threatened economic and diplomatic sanctions against Russia over the conflict with Ukraine and has raised the possibility of military action. In an interview with Fox News Dec. 7, Mississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker even discussed U.S. troop intervention and a nuclear first strike! Moscow countered with a series[…]

U.S. and Their Nazi Puppets in Ukraine Threaten War with Russia

November 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Fascism, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by NOWG, published on Workers Voice, November 25, 2021 Fascist U.S. War Profiteers Are the Real Danger, Not Russia According to Avril Haines, the former head of the CIA and current director of national intelligence, Russia is on the verge of invading Ukraine. This is yet another lie brought to you by the same people who falsely claimed that Iraq had weapons of mass[…]

The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine

November 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Cold War, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, November 22, 2021 A report in Covert Action Magazine from the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine describes grave fears of a new offensive by Ukrainian government forces, after increased shelling, a drone strike by a Turkish-built drone and an attack on Staromaryevka, a village inside the buffer zone established by the[…]

U.S. Wargames in Nordic Region Aimed at Moscow

July 9, 2021 UNAC Editor Russia

by Agneta Norberg, published on Organizing Notes, July 3, 2021 Suddenly the Arctic Sea is a critical area of dispute. U.S. forces are there to put in their marker because the arctic waters are no longer frozen for most of the year. It used to be that only Russia, with a long arctic coastline, built ships to navigate the frozen[…]

U.S., Britain, NATO threaten Russia in Black Sea

July 5, 2021 UNAC Editor Militarism, Russia

by John Catalinotto, published on Workers World, June 29, 2021 The Biden administration took extra steps to prove that President Joe Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin included no concessions. In both words and deeds, last week’s events indicated a resumption of the Cold War — this time not against the Soviet Union but against capitalist Russia. First, the[…]

Increasing Pressure On China: The Pacific is Crowded with Military Ships and War Planes

July 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Asia, China, Militarism, Russia, US Foreign Policy

by Ann Wright, published on Popular Resistance, June 28, 2021 This is quite terrifying. The United States wants a “free and open” Indo-Pacific sea where they call the shots and make the rules. What would they think if China wanted a “free and open” Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean sea or Gulf of Mexico where they call the shots. Meanwhile these War[…]

The Russia Question

June 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Propaganda, Russia

by James W. Carden, Marshall Auerback & Patrick Lawrence, published on The Scrum, May 14, 2021 (republished with permission) U.S. President Biden will soon be meeting with Russian President Putin. This article, now a month old, provides a timeline of the deterioration of U.S. – Russian relations, but also of U.S. internationalism, completely overcome now by the self-centered vision of[…]

The Russia-China Alliance, More than a Bulwark Against Imperialism

May 3, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Russia, US Foreign Policy

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, April 29, 2021 China’s communist party-led government and enormous non-white population strikes fear in the heart of the hegemon in ways that Russia alone simply cannot. “Growing ties between Russia and China present a new vision for global development which is not bound to the violent limitations of U.S. empire.” Whatever mass[…]

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[…]

The U.S. Did Not Defeat Fascism in WWII, It Discretely Internationalized It

October 31, 2020 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Fascism, Imperial Wars, Russia

By Gabriel Rockhill, published on Information Clearing House, October 19, 2020 “The U.S. has established itself as the mortal enemy of all people’s government, all scientific-socialist mobilization of consciousness everywhere on the globe, all anti-imperialist activity on earth.” – George Jackson One of the founding myths of the contemporary Western European and American world is thatfascism was defeated in WWII[…]