U.S. Aggression

Trump Shifts from Ending “Forever Wars” to Sending Tanks into Syria’s Oil Fields

October 27, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Russia, Syria, Turkey, U.S. Aggression

By Bill Van Auken , published on World Socialist Website, 26 October 2019 US Defense Secretary Mark Esper Friday confirmed that Washington would leave military forces in Syria to maintain control of the country’s principal oil and gas fields. The Pentagon is “considering how we might reposition forces in the area in order to make sure that we secure the[…]

A Howl for Blood in Iran as Americans Cheer US Bombers on July 4

July 12, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Militarism, U.S. Aggression

By Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright, published on Consortium News, July 8, 2019 President Donald Trump’s order to the Pentagon to have an aerial parade of military aircraft over Washington, D.C., on July 4 provided a history lesson of America’s war mongering in the past two decades, and a terrifying view of what might appear in the skies of Iran[…]

Odessa Solidarity in Washington, DC on May 2nd

May 3, 2019 UNAC Editor Resistance, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

Vigil at the Ukrainian Embass in D.C. To Mark 5 Years Since the Odessa Massacre Will Call on President Elect Zelensky to Allow an International Investigation by Phil Wilayto of the Odessa Solidarity Campaign This May 2 will mark five years since a fascist-led mob attacked and set fire to the House of Trade Unions in Odessa, Ukraine, causing the[…]

SYRIA: U.S Clings to “Regime Change” Fantasy

April 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Poverty and Sanctions, Syria, U.S. Aggression

by Peter Ford, from 21st Century Wire, April 2, 2019 With the military situation largely frozen, the last two months have been marked mainly by developments involving the US – the ending of the ISIS caliphate in the US-controlled part of Syria, Trump’s U-turn over keeping US forces in Syria, and US recognition of Israel’s annexation of the Golan. US[…]

The Racist Imperial War on Venezuela

February 12, 2019 UNAC Editor Racism, U.S. Aggression

by Glen Ford, Published on Black Agenda Report, January 31, 2019 Donald Trump is simply exercising an imperial mandate handed down to him by Obama, who put “humanitarian” lipstick on the white supremacist pig of American exceptionalism. “The darker peoples of the world understand clearly that what is at stake is the sovereignty of nations and people’s right to self-determination.”[…]

Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony

February 10, 2019 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

Drawing by Nathaniel St. Claire for Counterpunch by Michael Hudson, published on CounterPunch Blog, February 8, 2019 The end of America’s unchallenged global economic dominance has arrived sooner than expected, thanks to the very same Neocons who gave the world the Iraq, Syria and the dirty wars in Latin America. Just as the Vietnam War drove the United States off[…]

Corporate Titans Target Venezuela

February 10, 2019 UNAC Editor Latin America, Socialism, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

Venezuelans took to the streets in August 2017 in response to Trump’s comment that he would consider the “military option” against Venezuela. (Photo: PSUV) by John Lesnick, from Counterpunch, February 6, 2019 Ruling elites have united behind the Trump administration in its illegal, unjust and brutal attempt to meddle in the internal affairs of Venezuela. Democrats and Republicans alike have[…]

Veterans Call to Resist U.S. Coup in Venezuela

February 3, 2019 UNAC Editor Latin America, Protest, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

Veterans for Peace Respond to the US backed Coup in Venezuela, February, 2019 Veterans For Peace is outraged at the unfolding coup d’etat in Venezuela, which is clearly being orchestrated by the U.S. government. Two hundred years of blatant U.S. intervention in Latin America must come to an end. Veterans For Peace was founded in 1985, in part prompted by[…]

Venezuela: What Activists Need To Know About The US-Led Coup

February 3, 2019 UNAC Editor U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

Above photo: John Zangas, DC Media Group. by Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance, January 27, 2019 Two things stand out about the US coup in Venezuela. First, it is unusually open. Typically, the US tries to hide its coups. Second, the coup is built on a series of obvious falsehoods, yet the bi-partisans in Washington, with a few[…]

Not So Happy New Years: Tears Flow from the War Hawks Over the Political Crisis of US imperialism

January 9, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Militarism, Refugees, U.S. Aggression

by Danny Haiphong, from Black Agenda Report, January 9, 2019 The US war machine can no longer provide its corporate masters the neo-colonial stability they need to reap long-term gain from the imperial order. “The political crisis of U.S. imperialism is becoming more difficult to manage.” The year of 2018 ended with a flurry of conflicts between factions of the[…]