US Foreign Policy

Menendez Indictment Exposes the US-Egypt Weapons to Ukraine Dispute

September 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Egypt, Resistance, Soft Power Imperialism, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, Weapons Sales

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, September 25, 2023 Yes, more on the Menendez ‘scandal’. There are a lot of angles here. It’s rather entertaining. [jb] US Senator Robert Menendez, (D. NJ.) temporarily stepped down from his powerful role as chairman of the Senate Relations Committee, according to Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer, following accusations of political corruption[…]

Canada, U.S. and Nazis

September 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Canada, Nazis, US Foreign Policy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 27, 2023 The Canadian government turned what should have been an ordinary photo opportunity with Ukraine’s president into a political debacle when a Ukrainian Nazi collaborator was honored in parliament. Now Canada’s history of admitting Ukrainian SS volunteers is facing new scrutiny as Russia gains the upper hand in the proxy war[…]

Why Barack Obama Can’t Shut Up

September 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Libya, Political Corruption, Syria, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 20, 2023 “If you’re looking to help people impacted by the floods in Libya, check out these organizations providing relief” Barack Obama If it can be said that one person is responsible for the awful death toll from the recent flooding in eastern Libya, Barack Obama should be named as the[…]

BRICS and Camp David: Two Very Different Meetings

September 15, 2023 UNAC Editor BRICS, China, Cold War, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, September 2, 2023 Note: The following article first appeared in the Global Times on Aug. 28. (tinyurl.com/2trh7mf2) Within days of each other, two very different meetings of world significance were held. The meetings sharply frame the choices. What kind of future these two meetings represent deserves to be analyzed and compared. At[…]

Camp David Summit Outlines Military Alliance Against China

September 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Asia, Asia Pivot, Japan, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, August 22, 2023 U.S. war threats against China heightened this week. On Aug. 18, President Joe Biden framed an aggressive military alliance, with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dutifully attending, at an ominous summit at Camp David. This trilateral military pact of the United States, South[…]

The Unconditional Right of Poor and Oppressed Nations to Self-Determination: Looking at the US War Against Syria

August 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 28, 2023 Jeff gives a great overview of the drives and costs of war in Syria. Meanwhile, the U.S. occupies 1/3 of Syria’s territory including the largest oil wells and the wheat growing region to this day. Factories in the business district of Aleppo have been robbed of their machinery and destroyed[…]

Haiti: U.N. Sanctioned Occupation is a Done Deal

August 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Collapsed States, Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Haiti, Hybrid Warfare, Kenya, Poverty and Sanctions, United Nations, US Foreign Policy

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, August 18, 2023 The U.S. government has finally found a country in the Global South willing to lead a U.N.-approved intervention “to assist Haitian police in restoring security.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Aug. 1 on X (formerly Twitter): “We commend the government of Kenya for responding to Haiti’s call.” Since Kenyan[…]

Breaking News! Some on the Left Have Benefactors…

August 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Censorship and Propaganda, China, NATO, Political Analysis, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Greg Godel, published on ZZ’s Blog, August 14, 2023 In June, I commented on a scurrilous article originally appearing in The Daily Beast and inexplicably reposted on the Portside website. Entitled, U.S Tech Mogul Bankrolls Pro-Russia, Pro-China News Network, the article accused several left groups of having not only received money from a benefactor sympathetic to the People’s Republic[…]

What’s Happening in Niger Is Far From a Typical Coup

August 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, coup, Democracy and Consent, France, Niger, Resistance, Resource Wars, US Foreign Policy

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, August 14, 2023 On July 26, 2023, Niger’s presidential guard moved against the sitting president—Mohamed Bazoum—and conducted a coup d’état. A brief contest among the various armed forces in the country ended with all the branches agreeing to the removal of Bazoum and the creation of a military junta led by Presidential Guard Commander[…]

Aggressive U.S. Push for Military Supremacy in the Arctic Could Trigger Nuclear War

August 8, 2023 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, China, Cold War, NATO, Resource Wars, Russia, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 14, 2023 From 1959 to 1966, the U.S. illegally stored nuclear weapons in Greenland in preparation for a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union and built an underground scientific research center right out of a James Bond movie. It resulted in the displacement of natives and has left a residue of environmental[…]