US Foreign Policy

Lessons From Vietnam For Ukraine

July 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, War and Peace

by Rick Sterling, published on Popular Resistance, July 28, 2022 In April 1965, U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) explained why he was escalating US involvement in Vietnam. With an Orwellian touch, LBJ titled the speech “Peace without Conquest” as he announced the beginning of US air attacks on Vietnam. He explained that “We must fight if we are to[…]

Ukraine: No to U.S. Orchestrated War and Fascist Coup

July 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, July 24, 2022 We begin with some hard facts and context that are today tragically absent from the assessments of large sectors of the left and antiwar movements in the U.S. and worldwide. 2014 Maidan Square fascist rooftop snipers The Ukraine tragedy began in February 2014 when rooftop fascist snipers opened fire on[…]

Indirect Colonialism: US Role in Pakistan’s Political Crisis

July 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Hybrid Warfare, Pakistan, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Abdul Jabbar, published on Multipolarista, April 25, 2022 In 2012 I joined a peace delegation to Pakistan to meet with Drone victims. The delegation was sponsored by Imran Khan and his PTI party. We were warmly welcomed at a party event, where we met some of the people. I remember there were elections within the party for various positions[…]

Biden Visits Apartheid Israel and Saudi Monarch

July 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Israel, Israel-Palestine, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Barry Shephard, published on Socialist Action, July 24, 2022 President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, with a short three-hour stop off with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas sandwiched in between, began in Israel. An article in the New York Times from Jerusalem said, “A year and a half after Donald J. Trump left the White House,[…]

Summit of the Americas Flops While Workers Summit Exposes Cracks in the Imperial Façade

July 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Organizing, Peoples' Movements, US Foreign Policy

by Roger Harris, published on Popular Resistance, June 16, 2022 Valentín, the man next to us in line as we made our way across the international border, asked what we had been doing in Tijuana. We had been at the Workers Summit of the Americas, organized as an alternative to Biden’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Our summit was[…]

For the People’s of Our Region, the Failure of Biden’s Summit of the Americas is Good News

June 17, 2022 UNAC Editor International Institutions, Latin America, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, June 8, 2022 The Summit of the Americas is not the property of the host nation. The U.S. has no right to exclude, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, but has done so in disregard of their sovereignty. The U.S. is not fit to judge others or to be responsible for bringing nations together. Every[…]

Pandora’s Box: US Military Led Insect Project Risks Global Food Security

June 1, 2022 UNAC Editor Biological Weapons, Russia, Technology, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Shan Jie and Fan Wei, published in Global Times, May 24, 2022 The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has led to a global food crisis, at a time of climate change, pollution, and other threats to the food supply. In the predictable future, food problems will be a permanent fixture in the world, while conflicts arising from “wars on[…]

For Biden’s Summit of the Americas, Obama’s Handshake With Raúl Castro Shows the Way

May 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Latin America, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars, US Foreign Policy, Visions of a Future

by Medea Benjamin, May 18, 2022 On May 16, the Biden administration announced new measures to “increase support for the Cuban people.” They included easing travel restrictions and helping Cuban-Americans support and connect with their families. They mark a step forward but a baby step, given that most U.S. sanctions on Cuba remain in place. Also in place is a[…]

NY Times Shifts Pro-War Narrative, Documents Failure of US in Ukraine

May 15, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cost of War, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Government Action, US Meddling in Europe

by John V. Walsh, published on Antiwar.com, May 13, 2022 Seeing the most prolific liar acknowledge the truth gives me a headache. Cognitive dissonance, has my ears ringing. I don’t know what to make of it. But, if they will never acknowledge the cause, at least it is good to see them note the increasingly apparent and deadly consequences. […]

Lula Criticizes World Leaders for Not Doing Enough to ‘Help Create Peace’ in Ukraine

May 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Brazil, NATO, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Jake Johnson, published on Common Dreams, May 5, 2022 Lula’s trajectory reflects the inner contradictions of US foreign policy. As a leader who exudes independence and follows a moderately socialist political course, Lula, hugely popular in his own country, was targeted by the forces of empire for a takedown. The US was deeply involved in the plot that engineered[…]