War and Weapons

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[…]

Israel Is Hell-Bent on Sabotaging US Nuclear Negotiations With Iran

December 11, 2021 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Weapons, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Ariel Gold and Medea Benjamin, December 12, 2021 We should not forget that Iran has long advocated for a ‘nuclear free’ Middle East. However, barring that, they have no choice but to protect themselves from what is clearly an open and aggressive attack by Israel. [jb] After a 5-month hiatus, indirect negotiations between the U.S. and Iran resumed last[…]

Sleepwalking into a Nuclear Nightmare

November 30, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Nuclear Weapons, US Foreign Policy

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, November 28, 2021 Every day there’s more propaganda banging the drums of war between nuclear-armed nations a little louder. Western media are churning out reports about Russia preparing to invade Ukraine any minute now and China preparing to invade Taiwan any minute now, saying the response to each is obviously to move a lot[…]

Digging for Peace- Resisting Nuclear Weapons

November 19, 2021 UNAC Editor Nuclear Weapons, US Meddling in Europe, War on the Earth

by Brian Terrell, published on Countercurrents, November 18, 2021 On Wednesday, October 20, I joined “Vrede Scheppen,” “Create Peace,” about 25 peace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Austria at the airbase at Volkel, Netherlands, making a plea for an end to nuclear weapons. This base is home to two Dutch F16 fighter wings and the United States Air Force[…]

Anti Nuke Activism in the Netherlands

November 13, 2021 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Nuclear Weapons

By Ann Wright and Brian Terrell, published on Ann’s FB Page The great peace and anti-assassin drone activist Brian Terrell is back on the farm in Iowa after three weeks in the Netherlands and Germany. This is a brief report on his trip to bring attention to US nuclear weapons in the Netherlands and assassin drone connections in Germany: In[…]

Reining in the Pentagon

November 13, 2021 UNAC Editor War and Weapons

by Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung, published on Tom Dispatch, November 9, 2021 Even as Congress moves to increase the Pentagon budget well beyond the astronomical levels proposed by the Biden administration, a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has outlined three different ways to cut $1 trillion in Department of Defense spending over the next decade. A[…]