Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by John Kiriaku, published in Consortium News, December 24, 2021 The New York Times reported this week that Russia is preparing its public for potential war with the United States. Moscow is “promoting patriotism” by training high school students in history and military history, according to the Times, and that Russian media outlets are saying that the country considers itself[…]
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by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, December 8, 2021 Protesting Indian farmers were called “terrorists,” Sikh faith separatists, Maoists, and agents of Pakistan but their massive year-long mobilizations forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to cancel its three pro-agribusiness laws first enacted in September 2020. The largest mobilization in world history stunned India’s rulers and its parliamentary[…]
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by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, October 20, 2021 The Biden administration continues the Trump prosecution of Julian Assange. The case ought to be dismissed out of hand but the U.S. and its ally the UK are determined to punish Assange for revealing war crimes committed by the US/NATO Axis. The U.S. effort to extradite Julian Assange from[…]
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by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, September 21, 2021 The shipments, which began arriving Sept. 16, were announced weeks in advance and brought thousands of tons of desperately needed fuel. The Iranian ships openly moved from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal and into the Mediterranean Sea to Syria’s port of Baniyas. From the Syrian port, just north[…]
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by Lindsay Koshgarian, published on National Priorities Project, April 16, 2021 This was earlier this year, but I just found this website with lots of info on U.S. budget priorities. Maybe we should look at the pentagon budget as the priority of the deep state and not tied to any particular president. Why personalize it? Either way it’s a big[…]
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Published on TeleSUR, January 2, 2021 The Red Nation condemns the brutalization of Darrell House by National Park Service rangers on Tiwa Territory (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Native groups have taken to Petroglyphs National Monument in Tiwa Territory, commonly known as Albuquerque, New Mexico, to demand justice for Darrell House, a native man who was brutally tasered by rangers of the[…]
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By Alex Kogan, published on Fightback News, December 2020 Chicago, IL – On December 28, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declined to participate in a public forum organized by Anjanette Young and her attorney, Keenan Saulter, to discuss transparency, accountability and justice for Young in the wake of the botched police raid and coverup perpetrated against her. Previously, Mayor Lightfoot told[…]
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by Christy Hoffman, published on Consortium News, December 15, 2020 The world is entering an era of undeniable change that will be defined by our collective response to the human and economic devastation left by the pandemic. As Covid-19 continues to spread across the globe, Amazon´s rise to the top of the winner-take-all economy is a call to action to progressive forces who still believe in the politics of the common good and are willing to fight for the affirmation[…]
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by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, December 1, 2020 For the second time this year, a class-wide mobilization in an “All-India strike” brought out 250 million workers. With one in four working-age people in India participating, this 24-hour work stoppage can again claim the status of “world’s biggest strike.” The first record-breaking general strike had taken place on Jan.[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, June 17, 2020 Millions of white people glorify mass murderers because their sense of identity and place in society is deeply tied to white supremacy. “It is important to name and shame the mass murderers.” The perpetrators of crimes against humanity are often elevated to positions of respect and admiration. It all depends[…]
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