Ukraine

The War in Ukraine Is Really About U.S. Pursuing Regime Change in Russia

April 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, False Flags, Hybrid Warfare, Interview, NATO, Propaganda, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

Finian Cunningham interviews Bruce Gagnon, published on Strategic Culture, April 14, 2022 The corporate-dominated media (that lied us into the 2003 “shock and awe” attack on Iraq over non-existent WMD) is trotting out the same strategy again to sell war and deceive the public American peace activist, documentary filmmaker and author Bruce Gagnon analyses the current war in Ukraine with[…]

On the Streets in Mariupol with Civilian Interviews

April 17, 2022 UNAC Editor Interview, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine, War on the Poor, Weaponized Information

by Patrick Lancaster, published on his Youtube Channel I really have been debating whether to feature Patrick Lancaster’s videos for some time. It is disturbing to see the images from the war zone in Mariupol, but you won’t find first hand information like this in many places. I am posting his video where he interviews people living in a Soviet[…]

What’s The Truth Behind the Bucha and Kramatorsk Events?

April 17, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, False Flags, Russia, Ukraine, Weaponized Information

by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, April 15, 2022 April 10 – Last weekend, Ukraine’s President Vlodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of committing war crimes in the city of Bucha, near Kiev. Moscow immediately denied the allegations, calling them “baseless” and implying that Ukrainian right-wing nationalists, with support from the Kiev regime, staged the event, placing deceased bodies in[…]

Where We Stand

April 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Lies and Liars, Nuclear War, Russia, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, War and Peace

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, April 11, 2022 Ukraine: No to the U.S.-orchestrated fascist coup! Editor: The statement below was approved by the April 9, 2022 meeting of Socialist Action’s National Committee. Serious political analysis on the left always begins with the facts. Substituting abstract theory not based on facts is always a dead end for the socialist[…]

Ukraine Crisis Risks Escalating Amid Stalled Talks, Rising Hostility

April 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Cold War, Diplomacy, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Weapons Sales

by Yang Sheng and Xu Yelu, published on Global Times, April 13, 2022 The Chinese draw attention to an inherent schism in the understanding of the two forces in Ukraine, a dangerous misunderstanding that prevents successful negotiation. [jb] Russian President Vladimir Putin called the situation in Ukraine “a tragedy” and peace talks had reached a “dead end” in his meeting[…]

Ukraine & Nukes

April 14, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Steven Starr, published on Consortium News, March 3, 2022 This is an older article, and yes, more on Ukraine. But, before I read it I didn’t really understand the basis for concern about nuclear weapons in Ukraine. This article makes it very clear. You may also note the secondary theme where the US, which is so glib about violating[…]

Will the U.S. Send Reaper Drones Into the Ukraine Whirlwind?

April 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Drones, New Cold War, Ukraine, US Meddling in Europe

by Nick Mottern, published on Common Dreams, April 7, 2022 This article by Nick Mottern, who has spent over a decade studying and opposing drone warfare, presents a very worrisome direction that the US is taking with regard to Ukraine. I don’t think that they will act on it immediately because drones need to be based somewhere, and wherever they[…]

From Mosul to Raqqa to Mariupol, Killing Civilians is a Crime

April 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Iraq, Syria, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, War and Peace

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, April 13, 2022 Americans have been shocked by the death and destruction of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, filling our screens with bombed buildings and dead bodies lying in the street. But the United States and its allies have waged war in country after country for decades, carving swathes of destruction through cities,[…]

Former NATO Military Analyst Blows the Whistle on West’s Ukraine Invasion Narrative

April 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Jacques Baud, published on Scheerpost, April 9, 2022 (Initially published on the French Intelligence Research Center in French) PART ONE: ON THE ROAD TO WAR For years, from Mali to Afghanistan, I worked for peace and risked my life for it. It is therefore not a question of justifying the war, but of understanding what led us to it. I[…]

U.S. Leaders Claim to Care About Ukrainians, But Will They Step Up and Make the Compromises Necessary to End the War?

April 10, 2022 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Europe, History, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Jack Gilroy, published on Covert Action Magazine, April 8, 2022 The U.S. media have been saturated by reports of Ukrainian suffering since the Russian invasion of February 24, 2022, and of heroic Ukrainian resistance. Even progressive media outlets and politicians have favored more arms supplies to Ukraine in this climate. When Congress passed a massive $13.6 billion aid package[…]