US Foreign Policy

Why Brazil Opposes Venezuela’s Entry Into BRICS

October 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Brazil, BRICS, Latin America, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention, Venezuela

by Misión Verdad Orinoco Tribune, published on Popular Resistance, October 24, 2024 Looks like Lula Inácio da Silva’s “Get Out of Jail Free” card was not free, after all. Too bad for Venezuela ….and Brazil. On Monday, it was reported that Brazil would oppose Venezuela’s entry into the BRICS group. The 16th Summit of the BRICS organization is taking place[…]

How the U.S. Destabilized the Horn of Africa

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Somalia, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, October 2, 2024 In 2018, the leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia signed a regional cooperation agreement that raised great hope in the Horn, but now, six years, later, it lies in tatters. The Horn of Africa and its key waterways are the geostrategic interface between Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have[…]

NYT’s Warmonger Bret Stephens Says the U.S. Must Attack Iran: Some Necessary Iran-US history

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Censorship and Propaganda, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Joseph Palermo, published on Socialist Action, October 8, 2024 Reprinted from The LA Progressive [Editor’s note, Jeff Mackler: We reprint below Joseph Polermo’s Los Angeles Progressive factual account obliterating NYT’s rightwing editorialist Bret Stephen’s call for a punishing US war against Iran for its recent retaliatory firing of missiles on the genocidal Zionist Israeli entity. Polermo more than adequately[…]

At Last: US Navy Was at Scene of Nord Stream Blasts (Danish Media)

October 11, 2024 UNAC Editor Environment, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Government Action

from Al Mayadeen, published on Global Research, October 9, 2024 According to Politiken, US warships were operating in the region with their transponders turned off. Prior to the explosions that destroyed the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea, US Navy ships were present at the location, according to a local harbormaster quoted in the Danish newspaper[…]

Ukraine in the Sahel

October 11, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Mali, Niger, Resistance, Revolution, The Sahel, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

Black Alliance for Peace AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #53, August 26, 2024 Since Niger and Mali exposed that Ukraine, a nation heavily reliant on the United States for military and economic support, is supporting terrorism in the Sahel, this has starkly exposed the contradictions inherent in AFRICOM’s mission on the African continent. AFRICOM was established under the premise of combating terrorism[…]

Al-Aqsa Flood Anniversary: Year of Historic Resistance and Solidarity

October 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Democracy and Consent, Genocide, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, The War at Home, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, October 9, 2024 The Palestinian Factions (National and Islamic Forces) explained in an Oct. 5 statement that: “The blessed Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood on the glorious 7th of October brought about a strategic shift in the struggle with the zionist occupation and revealed its true nature to the entire world. It came as[…]

Russia Is Not Bluffing: To Avoid WWIII, The US Must Find A Diplomatic Offramp

September 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, September 17, 2024 Last week, the United States was considering Ukraine’s request for long-range missiles that could strike more deeply into Russian territory. The Russian government made it clear that this would be viewed as a declaration of war and that it would respond with attacks on NATO countries, including the United States.[…]

How Can The UN Save Palestine From US-Israeli Genocide?

September 17, 2024 UNAC Editor International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, United Nations, US Foreign Policy

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, September 15, 2024 On September 18th, the UN General Assembly is scheduled to debate and vote on a resolution calling on Israel to end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within six months. Given that the General Assembly, unlike the exclusive 15-member UN Security Council, allows all UN members to vote[…]

President Xiomara Castro: ‘Honduras Belongs to the People’

September 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Honduras, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, US Intervention

by Alejandra Garcia, published on Resumen English, September 15, 2024 The government of Honduran President Xiomara Castro is under siege. “A plot is being hatched against my government,” she warned at the end of the week, after announcing the government’s decision to cancel the extradition treaty with the United States, in force since 1912. The announcement of this measure led[…]

Imperialism: Everywhere You Look

September 6, 2024 UNAC Editor coup, Democracy and Consent, Honduras, Mexico, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Karlos Berman, published on Socialist Action, September 2, 2024 On August 27, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador [photo above] announced that his country had “paused” relations with the embassies of the United States and Canada. He stressed that the “pause” applied to the embassies and not to the countries themselves, whatever that may mean or imply. Some news[…]