War and Peace

U.S. Joins “Rules-Based World” on Afghanistan

March 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, International Law, War and Peace

by Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J. S. Davies, March 18, 2021 On March 18, the world was treated to the spectacle of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sternly lecturing senior Chinese officials about the need for China to respect a “rules-based order.” The alternative, Blinken warned, is a world in which might makes right, and “that would be a[…]

Afghanistan: 19 Years of War

October 17, 2020 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, War and Peace, War on the Poor

by Maya Evans, published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, October 14, 2020 The NATO & US backed war on Afghanistan was launched 7th October 2001, just a month after 9/11, in what most thought would be a lightning war and a stepping stone onto the real focus, the Middle East. 19 years later and the US is still trying to[…]

Biden And His Ventriloquists Keep Out-Hawking Trump

June 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Democrats and Republicans, Imperialism, War and Peace

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, June 23, 2020 Joe Biden keeps trying to out-warmonger Donald Trump, and by Joe Biden I of course mean the team of handlers who are animating the dementia-ravaged corpse of the Biden campaign like a ventriloquist operating a wooden dummy. In response to Trump suggesting an openness to scaling back his administration’s murderous Venezuela policy and meeting[…]

Love in a Dangerous Time

April 11, 2020 UNAC Editor War and Peace, War on the Poor

By Mike Ferner, published on Counterpunch, April 9, 2020 A profusion of anonymous axioms and memes floods social media these days but one remains my very favorite: “It’s like we’ve all been sent to our room to think about what we did.” My friends, if there ever was a nation that needed a “time out” for that purpose, it’s ours.[…]

Afghanistan Papers Proves U.S. Invasion Was Built on Lies, Deceit and Confusion

December 19, 2019 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, US Hypocrisy, War and Peace

The ‘expose’ in the Washington Post is very interesting. They are comparing it to the Pentagon Papers, but although it is worthy of attention, and uses high level and insider sources, the information isn’t new. The analysis comes from a mainstream news outlet, which is refreshing. It is notable that Jeff Bezos has been doing interviews about this release himself,[…]

Austerity and Militarism

June 29, 2019 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Corporatism, Imperial greed, Militarism, Police Corruption, Poverty, Socio-Economic Struggles, War and Peace

In the U.S. They are Never Called Human Rights Violations, but They Both Kill by Ajamu Baraka, June 19, 2019 Trump’s 2020 budget proposal reflects another significant increase in military spending along with corresponding cuts in spending by Federal agencies tasked with the responsibility for providing critical services and income support policies for working class and poor people. Trump’s call[…]

The Antiwar Movement No One Can See

June 25, 2019 UNAC Editor Protest, Resistance, War and Peace

by Allegra Harpootlian , Published on Tom Dispatch, June 23, 2019 When Donald Trump entered the Oval Office in January 2017, Americans took to the streets all across the country to protest their instantly endangered rights. Conspicuously absent from the newfound civic engagement, despite more than a decade and a half of this country’s fruitless, destructive wars across the Greater[…]