War and Weapons

Chinese Translation Available: ‘Metal of Dishonor, Depleted Uranium’

June 24, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Citizen Diplomacy, Depleted Uranium, US Hypocrisy, War on the Earth

by Janet Mayes, published on Workers World, June 15, 2023 As NATO forces resume using radioactive weapons, now shipping them to Ukraine, China has translated “Metal of Dishonor,” a groundbreaking book compiled 25 years ago by the International Action Center warning of the devastating consequences of deploying depleted uranium (DU) munitions. The danger of these weapons spreading radioactive material was[…]

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[…]

Annals of the Ukraine War: Year Two

June 10, 2023 UNAC Editor NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, US Meddling in Europe, War and Weapons, Weaponized Information, Weapons Sales

by Eve Ottenberg, published on Counterpunch, June 9, 2023 From the human-caused climate catastrophe to a nuclear showdown between Washington and Moscow or Beijing, to fascism ascendant, three terrifying disasters loom over humanity like the shadow of death. These threats have lurked for some years, but the Ukraine war, facilitated by Joe Biden’s arrival in the white house in 2021[…]

Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Deal Attacks Social Programs to Pay for War

May 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Economics, US Politics, War and Weapons, War on the Poor

by Berry Grey, published on the World Socialist Website, May 28, 2023 The debt ceiling agreement announced Saturday night by President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is the outcome of a bipartisan conspiracy, using a manufactured crisis to intensify the assault on social programs and make the working class pay for the war against Russia and war[…]

“A Timely Call for Peace in Ukraine by U.S. National Security Experts”

May 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Political Analysis, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, War and Weapons, Weapons Sales

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, May 16, 2023 Most of those who signed have been in the antiwar camp since the beginning of the Iraq war, but not the anti-imperialism camp. It is easy to end the Ukraine war; it is merely necessary to stop providing weapons to Ukraine. The Russians won’t massacre an unarmed force. They[…]

South KoreaPivots to Conflict

May 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Korea, Multipolar World, Nuclear Weapons

by Dae-Han Song and Alice Kim, published on People’s Dispatch, May 8, 2023 South Korea’s far-right President Yoon Suk Yeol is rushing South Korea headlong into the middle of the new Cold War that the United States is waging against China. Yoon’s aspiration to position South Korea as a “global pivotal state” is turning it into a bigger cog in[…]

China’s Report on U.S. Cyber Attacks Only Scratches Surface of Washington’s Impunity

May 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, China, Cyber Weapons, Imperialism, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, May 10, 2023 Originally published inCGTN . China has been the victim of US espionage and cyber attacks, despite claims that it is “stealing” US technology. U.S. political leaders and media analysts often hype “threats” from abroad in order to justify an increasingly aggressive foreign policy. China is now considered a top “threat”[…]

The Worst Deal Ever – Australia To Pay U.S. For Nuclear Insecurity

March 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Australia, China, Nuclear Weapons, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy, Weapons Sales

by Bernhard, published on Moon of Alabama, March 15, 2023 Interesting analysis from Bernhard regarding the AUKUS Submarines deal. It would appear that Europe isn’t the only place where the U.S. is actively undermining allies for short term gain. [jb] In the last week’s review I mentioned the AUKUS deal. It was first announced in September 2021. Back then I[…]

China, COVID Origins and War Propaganda

March 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Asia Pivot, Bioweapons, China, Hybrid Warfare, Propaganda, Public Health, Weaponized Information

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, March 15, 2023 A human cause of covid-19 is possible, but anti-China rhetoric is war propaganda, not scientific evidence. “I was the first governor to take action to ban Tik Tok here in our state and we saw over two dozen different states take action and congress after that. So we’re thankful[…]

Dr. Strangelove is No Longer Satire

March 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Imperialism, Nuclear Weapons, Political Analysis, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, War and Weapons

by Dee Knight, published on CovertAction Magazine, March 1, 2023 Expansion of U.S. weapons supplies to Ukraine makes nuclear war more conceivable “We are fighting a war against Russia,” German Foreign Minister Putin at Stalingrad Memorial on 80th anniversary. [Source: pbs.org] told the Council of Europe on January 24. The next day German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe[…]