Nuclear Weapons

Did Putin Just Issue the Most Serious Warning to Date?

September 14, 2024 UNAC Editor NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, Weapons Sales

by Drago Bosnic, published on Global Research, September 13, 2024 When the special military operation (SMO) was launched to end the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin was very clear about the direct involvement of any third parties. This has prevented the political West from taking direct action in support of the Kiev regime, but it still didn’t prevent[…]

US Ambassador Pulls Out of Nagasaki Peace Event Because Israel Was Excluded

August 20, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Genocide, History, Israel, Japan, Nuclear Weapons, US Politics

by Sharon Zhang, published on Truthout, August 7, 2024 Editor’s Note: Thank you Mayor Suzuki. Your integrity is U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel is reportedly skipping an annual memorial ceremony for the U.S.’s atomic bombing of Nagasaki after organizers of the event decided to exclude the Israeli ambassador from the event due to pressure from activist groups. The U.S.[…]

Nuclear Weapons Do Not Make Us Safe

August 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Nuclear Agendas, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Resistance

Speech given by Holly Adams at Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace 45th Hiroshima Day Commemoration, August 7, 2024 Nuclear weapons do not make us safe. In January this year, the Union of Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, for the second year in a row, the closest to global catastrophe it’s ever been. It may[…]

Similar to Biden, NATO Is Aged and Unfit for Leadership

July 15, 2024 UNAC Editor NATO, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy, War and Weapons, Weapons Sales

by Medea Benjamin, published on World Beyond War, July 12, 2024 As NATO wrapped up its Summit and Biden held a crucial press conference, the media frenzy continued to focus on Biden’s age and cognitive abilities. Is he too old and disoriented to lead the “free world”? Was he able to get through his press conference without stumbling too many[…]

From Napoleon and Hitler to … Biden, Macron and Stoltenberg! West’s new Russian campaign

June 30, 2024 UNAC Editor History, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, Weapons Sales

by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, published on Defend Democracy, June 3, 2024 A European perspective on U.S./NATO aggression towards Russia. [jb] Napoleon campaigned in Russia and was crushed. The Western powers heavily intervened in Russia against the Bolsheviks (1918-21), only to face humiliation and see their own troops revolt. Hitler’s Germany attacked Russia and was destroyed. Their glory is apparently envied now[…]

U.S. rejects China’s Proposal to Ban First Use of Nuclear Weapons

May 21, 2024 Judith Bello Asia, China, Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons

by John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg and Ben Chacko, published on People’s World, May 16, 2024, The U.S. has dismissed Chinese calls for a no-first-use treaty between nuclear weapons states, saying it has questions about China’s “sincerity.” The outright dismissal of China’s proposal followed a major speech in which Biden announced radical tariffs of up to 100 percent, on steel imports[…]

Gaza Massacre Could Lead To Nuclear War

November 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel, Middle East Wars, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, US Foreign Policy

Statement from Veterans for Peace, published on Popular Resistance, November 21, 2023 As military veterans who have experienced the deadly threat of nuclear weapons from the Cuban Missile Crisis onward, as well as being distraught and outraged by what is now going on in Gaza, we must warn against the potential of a wider war in the Middle East, one[…]

US And Israel Poised To Open Lebanon Front

November 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Genocide, Imperial Wars, Iran, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on Popular Resistance, November 10, 2023 An analysis of developments in the past few days. Including the U.S. announcement that it is deploying a huge nuclear submarine near the war zone. The announcement late Sunday night by the U.S. Central Command headquartered in Doha about the arrival of an Ohio-class U.S. nuclear submarine in its “area[…]

U.S. Citizens Join Runway Occupation at NATO Nuclear Air Base Volkel, Netherland

August 9, 2023 UNAC Editor Civil Resistance, Netherlands, Nuclear Weapons, US Foreign Bases

According to Wikipedia: “It is believed that since the early 1960s, USAF nuclear weapons have been stored at Volkel Air Base, to be used by the host nation’s aircraft.” “The USAF 703rd Munitions Support Squadron (703rd MUNSS) is in charge of maintaining and securing the weapons. As of 2008, 22 B61 nuclear bombs are believed to be in storage at[…]

De-Escalation Can Start with Ending All Nuclear Weapons ‘Sharing’

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Nuclear Weapons, US Meddling in Europe

by John LaForge, published on Antiwar.com, June 14, 2023 Ukraine, the United States, and NATO have condemned what they correctly called Russian President Putin’s “dangerous and irresponsible” plan to soon deploy nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. On June 9, Mr. Putin announced that Moscow would deploy its nuclear weapons next month, reporting that work on new facilities for housing the[…]