Social Impact

Trump Isn’t Planning to Invade Venezuela. He’s Planning Something Worse

December 30, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, International Law, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Social Impact, Venezuela

by Michelle Ellner, published on Common Dreams, December 25 2025 The loudest question in Washington right now is whether Donald Trump is going to invade Venezuela. The quieter, and far more dangerous, reality is this: he probably won’t. Not because he cares about Venezuelan lives, but because he has found a strategy that is cheaper, less politically risky at home,[…]

U.S. Post 9/11 Wars Caused 4.5 Million Deaths, Displaced 38-60 Million People, Study Shows

June 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Anti-War, Iraq, Libya, Social Impact, Somalia, Sudan, U.S. Aggression, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Ben Norton, published on Black Agenda Report, May 24, 2023 Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya and Somalia following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University. Originally published in Geopolitical Economy . The[…]

US Wars Come Home to Roost

July 10, 2021 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Social Impact, The Drug War, The War at Home, US Military

by Colleen Rowley, published on Consortium News, July 8, 2021 It’s been six months since the Jan. 6 insurrection. But long before the public saw that mob scene in the Capitol, it was easy to predict that the upcoming inauguration would, unfortunately, take place amid extreme electoral polarization and civil unrest. Ordinary Americans had been turned against each other, radicalizing[…]