U.S. Aggression

RAND Corporation Study Calls for Regime Change in Moscow

February 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, U.S. Aggression

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Organizing Notes, February 13, 2022 Imagine how Moscow felt when they first read this RAND Corporation study. When we look at current events can we notice the direct connection to the points from this study listed below? Whether it is US-NATO military expansion right up to Russian borders or efforts by Washington to kill the[…]

While Eyes Were Watching Ukraine… Africa Was Ablaze

February 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Africa, Human Rights, Imperial Wars, U.S. Aggression

by Maj. Danny Sjursen, published on Antiwar.com, February 3, 2022 Let’s be honest: Americans don’t care about Africa – by and large, at least. Despite the lies we tell ourselves – and the raging debates we have – about PC-culture, critical race theory, and so on, this remains a salient fact. Sure, the delusion is soothing. It tends to bring[…]

Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. – The Background They’re Not Telling You

February 8, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Phil Wilayto, published in the Virginia Defender, February 3, 2021 In the winter of 2022, the news is dominated by growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Reports that Russia has amassed some 100,000 troops on its border with neighboring Ukraine have brought charges from the United States and NATO that Russia is planning to invade its neighbor, with whom[…]

Blackwater Is In The Donbas With The Azov Battalion

February 4, 2022 UNAC Editor Military Contractors, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, White Supremacy

by Manlio Dinucci, published on Popular Resistance, February 2, 2022 The phone call between President Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky “did not go well“, CNN headlines: while “Biden warned that the Russian invasion in February is practically certain when the frozen ground makes it possible for tanks to pass through”, Zelensky “ asked Biden to tone down, arguing that the[…]

Crisis or Confusion? A Brief Guide for Black Folks (And Other AntiRacist People) On the Situation in Ukraine

February 2, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Racism, Right Wing Extremism, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, February 2, 2022 African people are already battling against U.S. rightist forces – from the Trump/Republican supporters to the warmongering neoliberal democrats. It would be an affront to our history and people to enter this struggle on the side of empire and NATO. Within large sectors of the U.S. left, including many[…]

China Gives Oomph to Russia’s ‘Nyet’ on NATO

February 2, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Diplomacy, Russia, U.S. Aggression

by Ray McGovern, published on Antiwar.com, February 1, 2022 Fourteen years ago today, when then-ambassador to Russia William Burns, in an IMMEDIATE cable titled “Nyet Means Nyet: Russia’s NATO Enlargement Redlines,” reported Moscow’s warning that NATO membership for Ukraine would cross a red line, the Russians could do little more than grouse. Enter from left stage Chinese President Xi Jinping[…]

America Is Reaping What It Sowed in Ukraine

January 31, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, New Cold War, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 31, 2022 So what are Americans to believe about the rising tensions over Ukraine? The United States and Russia both claim their escalations are defensive, responding to threats and escalations by the other side, but the resulting spiral of escalation can only make war more likely. Ukrainian President Zelensky is warning[…]

Capitalist Russia: a Target, Not a Superpower

January 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Corporatism, Imperial Wars, Russia, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, January 30, 2022 This article, originally published July 12, 2017, by Workers World, remains timely in January 2022 as the U.S. threatens war at the Russian border with Ukraine and ramps up China-baiting in an attempt to break up agreements being forged between nations seeking to remain independent of U.S. imperialism. See also[…]

Stop the War with Russia over Ukraine!

January 30, 2022 UNAC Editor Featured, Petition, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

Call from U.S. Peace Council, January 30, 2022 We must act now to stop the war with Russia over Ukraine, a war that would risk becoming a dangerous conflict between nuclear states. As people residing in the United States, we have a special responsibility to call upon the U.S. government to: Stop the war with Russia Stop the NATO expansion[…]

The Escalating Crisis in Ukraine Poses an Imminent Threat to World Peace!

January 30, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, Statement, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

Statement by U.S. Peace Council, January 2, 2022 For weeks, the U.S. corporate media have been shrill in declaring that Russia, having positioned tens of thousands of Russian troops on the border, may be about to invade Ukraine. U.S. State Department spokesmen have been threatening Russia with punishing economic sanctions if there were an invasion. Daily, if not hourly, TV[…]