War and Weapons

Will the U.S. Send Reaper Drones Into the Ukraine Whirlwind?

April 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Drones, New Cold War, Ukraine, US Meddling in Europe

by Nick Mottern, published on Common Dreams, April 7, 2022 This article by Nick Mottern, who has spent over a decade studying and opposing drone warfare, presents a very worrisome direction that the US is taking with regard to Ukraine. I don’t think that they will act on it immediately because drones need to be based somewhere, and wherever they[…]

The MADness of the Resurgent U.S. Cold War With Russia

March 29, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy

by Nicolas J. S. Davies, March 28, 2022 The war in Ukraine has placed U.S. and NATO policy toward Russia under a spotlight, highlighting how the United States and its allies have expanded NATO right up to Russia’s borders, backed a coup and now a proxy war in Ukraine, imposed waves of economic sanctions, and launched a debilitating trillion-dollar arms[…]

On Russia’s Military Intervention in Ukraine

March 25, 2022 UNAC Editor International Institutions, International Law, Lawfare, Right Wing Extremism, Russia, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, US Meddling in Europe, War and Weapons, Weaponized Information, White Supremacy

Statement from U.S. Peace Council, March 24, 2022 What we all hoped would not happen has happened. The Russian Federation sent troops into Ukraine on February 24 in response to decades of relentless US-led NATO provocation. The present situation puts many serious, fundamental questions before the global peace movement. A fierce propaganda campaign, long simmering with Russiagate and the onset[…]

Lockheed and Raytheon – Today’s ‘Masters of War’

March 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, War and Weapons

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, March 16, 2022 “Come, you masters of war; You that build the big guns; You that build the death planes; You that build all the bombs; You that hide behind walls; You that hide behind desks; I just want you to know; I can see through your masks.” From Bob Dylan’s iconic song,[…]

Documents Expose US Biological Experiments on Allied Soldiers in Ukraine and Georgia

March 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Biological Weapons, Ukraine, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy

by Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, published on Dilyana.bg, January 24, 2022 I just noticed what was going on when I saw this tweet from Dilyana: The whole https://t.co/3Fu01l3f4o is currently missing from DNS, not only these files. All documents published by the US government here are not available anymore https://t.co/Gyl7cRs9iJ — Dilyana Gaytandzhieva (@dgaytandzhieva) February 26, 2022 A couple of notable points,[…]

With Its Doomsday Clock Set at 100 Seconds to Midnight, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Calls for Escalating U.S. Aggression Against Russia

February 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

By Roger D. Harris, Published on Black Agenda Report, February 16, 2022 The venerated Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is not a formation that peace advocates can support. Its recent statements on the US manufactured Ukraine crisis are supportive of US/NATO imperialism. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists emerged after World War II as a voice for peace by some of[…]

David vs. Goliath: The Epic Military Mismatch Between Palestine and Israel

January 17, 2022 UNAC Editor Israel-Palestine, War and Weapons

by Sarmad Ishfaq, published on Mondoweiss, January 12, 2022 If one has followed objective reporting on the animosity-filled skirmishes between Palestine and Israel, it becomes clear that the Palestinians have suffered far more in terms of human losses and otherwise in relation to the Israelis. Although there might be several explanations for this reality, the primary reason undoubtedly is the[…]

Hey, Hey, USA! How Many Bombs Did You Drop Today?

January 10, 2022 UNAC Editor Air Wars, War and Weapons

by Nicolas J. S. Davies and Medea Benjamin, January 10, 2022 The Pentagon has finally published its first Airpower Summary since President Biden took office nearly a year ago. These monthly reports have been published since 2007 to document the number of bombs and missiles dropped by U.S.-led air forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria since 2004. But President Trump stopped[…]

U.S. Drastically Undercounted Civilian Deaths Due To Airstrike, Finds Investigation

December 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Drones, Press Freedom, U.S. Aggression, War and Weapons

by Countercurrents Collective, published on Countercurrents, December 20, 2021 Nice quick summary of what is in the report. We should all read it. [jb] The U.S. military drastically undercounted civilian deaths caused by airstrikes in the Middle East since 2014, according to a New York Times investigation published Saturday. The New York Times reviewed a hidden Pentagon archive comprised of the military’s confidential[…]

Guernica, Lidice, My Lai … and now Talon Anvil

December 15, 2021 UNAC Editor Drones, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Aggression, US Military

by Patrick Martin, published on the World Socialist Website, December 13, 2021 On Sunday, the New York Times published a detailed report chronicling the systematic, years-long mass murder of civilians by the United States in Iraq and Syria, carried out by a death squad called Talon Anvil. The unit directed air strikes and drone-fired missiles at crowds and residential buildings, “killing people who had[…]