US Hypocrisy

Unprovoked!

January 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, January 8, 2023 In an interview with the Useful Idiots podcast not too long ago, Noam Chomsky repeated his argument that the only reason we hear the word “unprovoked” every time anyone mentions Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the mainstream news media is because it absolutely was provoked, and they know it. “Right now, if you’re[…]

The Burden Western Liberals Impose Only on Palestinians

November 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, Imperialism, Occupation, Palestine, US Hypocrisy

by Joseph Massad, published on Electronic Intifada, November 9, 2022 Since the beginning of Zionist Jewish colonization of their country in the 1880s, Palestinians have faced demands that they carry a double burden: to fight off the Jewish racist colonists while having to defend their colonizers against anti-Jewish European Christian racism. No other colonized people has been forced to carry[…]

Glaring Western Hypocrisy on Human Rights in Africa

November 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Africa, US Hypocrisy

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, November 2, 2022 The US and EU are complicit in the continued Rwandan and Ugandan incursions into the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as in their support of their TPLF proxies against Ethiopia. On October 31st, thousands of Congolese in Goma, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu[…]

Ukrainian ‘Hit List’ Turns Out To Be Published in Langley VA

October 23, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, CIA, Propaganda, Terrorism, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy

by Jeremy Kuzmerov, published in Covert Action Magazine, September 19, 2022 I heard about this list several years ago when a Ukrainian woman from Odessa who had spoken at our UNAC Conference a couple of years before was placed on the list for speaking out about the Massacre at the House of Unions in 2014 In Odessa. She to leave[…]

The Record: U.S. Imperialism in Haiti

October 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Haiti, Refugees, Reparations, Resistance, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, October 7, 2022 Download our Haiti protest flyer here Haiti’s mighty slave revolution, which declared its independence from France in 1804, horrified racist U.S.rulers, who have sought to crush Haitian independence for over 200 years. The U.S. first occupied Haiti during 1915-1934. U.S. Marines slaughtered thousands during a war of anti-imperialist resistance led[…]

Four Straight Years of Nonstop Street Protest in Haiti

October 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Democracy and Consent, Haiti, Imperial Wars, NGOs, Occupation, US Hypocrisy

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, September 27, 2022 The destruction of Haiti appears to be an international project. The US leads, having smashed their legitimate government repeatedly and destroyed any avenues toward independence, integrity or economic stability that have arisen. What is their crime? Is it an indpendent spirit, or merely the vulnerability of the small and weak? […]

Biden Lies at the United Nations

September 30, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Imperialism, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 28, 2022 U.S. presidents routinely violate international law and the United Nations Charter. Yet every year they appear before that body and proclaim American innocence. It takes a special kind of hubris for a president of the United States to speak at the United Nations, the place where international law is[…]

US Accuses Russia of Interfering in Foreign Elections

September 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Ted Snider, published on Antiwar.com, September 19, 2022 An intelligence review commissioned by the Biden administration has concluded that “Russia has secretly funneled at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates in more than two dozen countries since 2014 in an attempt to shape political events beyond its borders.” On September 12, the State Department shared the information[…]

The Inflation Reduction Act is a Poison Pill for Black and Indigenous Communities

August 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Environment, Racism, U.S. Budget, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Anthony Rogers-Wright, published on Black Agenda Report, August 19, 2022 Among other problematic issues, the so-called climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act allow for more oil drilling on federal lands. Greenwashing and Democratic party duplicity are nothing to celebrate for Black and Indigenous communities. The brother El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) once explained, “If you’re not[…]

A Reckless And Provocative Visit By Pelosi To Taiwan

August 3, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Taiwan, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Paul Keating, published on Popular Resistance, July 28, 2022 Originally published on Friends of Socialist China When the United States has a divided foreign policy on an issue of such grave importance, the world begins a slide onto very thin ice. US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, the third-ranked figure in the American hierarchy – is reported to be planning[…]