Weapons Sales

Philadelphia pro-Palestine Protests Target Weapons Manufacturers

April 13, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Protest, U.S. Aggression, War and Weapons, Weapons Sales

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, April 9, 2924 The Palestine Federation of Trade Unions has requested that workers around the world carry out protests against companies that manufacture the weapons used by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza. In response, opponents of the Israeli offensive protested in early April against two weapons manufacturers headquartered in Philadelphia. Ghost Robotics, which[…]

Ret. Col. Ann Wright Unmasks the Truth in Arms Transfer Debate

December 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel, Palestine, Statement, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, United Nations, War and Peace, Weapons Sales

by Ann Wright, published on Countercurrents, December 13, 2023 In a heated session at the United Nations Security Council, diplomats engaged in a vigorous debate over the provision of arms to Ukraine amid the protracted war with Russia. The eleventh meeting on this pressing issue since Russia invaded in February of 2022 drew sharp criticisms from multiple speakers, who accused[…]

Rally for Peace: Shut Down General Dynamics – No More Weapons for Israel

December 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-War, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, LandGrabs, Palestine, Resistance, Resource Wars, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, Weapons Sales, Zionism

According to event organizer Jack Gilroy, a group of over 100 people protested outside General Dynamics in a cold rain in Scranton, PA, Joe Biden’s home town. This factory manufactures ammunition required by both Israel and Ukraine to keep the U.S. backed slaughterhouse in business. Sponsors for this action include: Ban Killer Drones, The Merchants of Death Tribunal, Broome County[…]

Corporate War Profiteers Finally Put on Trial

November 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Capitalism, Corporatism, Genocide, Imperial Wars, Israel, Protest, Resistance, Weapons Sales

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on CovertAction Magazine, November 20, 2023 The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal began on November 12, 2023 and has weekly sessions on Zoom and later available on their Rumble channel. If you are interested in viewing the Tribunal or learning more about it, please visit their website at https://merchantsofdeath.org. There, you can register for[…]

Ukraine vs Israel: Can the West Arm Both?

October 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, U.S. Budget, Ukraine, War and Weapons, Weapons Sales

by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, October 11, 2023 Just three days after the Hamas-led Palestinian resistance launched an unprecedented military offensive against Israeli military posts and settlements by land, sea, and air, Israeli officials began begging their US sponsors for additional weapons. Politico reported on 10 October that according to a senior Pentagon official, “The Biden administration is surging[…]

Menendez Indictment Exposes the US-Egypt Weapons to Ukraine Dispute

September 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Egypt, Resistance, Soft Power Imperialism, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, Weapons Sales

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, September 25, 2023 Yes, more on the Menendez ‘scandal’. There are a lot of angles here. It’s rather entertaining. [jb] US Senator Robert Menendez, (D. NJ.) temporarily stepped down from his powerful role as chairman of the Senate Relations Committee, according to Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer, following accusations of political corruption[…]

The Big Business of War. A Clandestine Arms Market in Ukraine

September 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Government Corruption, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, Weapons Sales

by Manlio Dinucci, published Global Research, September 26, 2023 After his show at the United Nations, where he declared that “Russian aggression could expand beyond Ukraine,” Zelensky asked for more than a billion dollars from the US Congress. The Congress has so far allocated 43 billion in “assistance to the security of Ukraine”, i.e. for direct military purposes. Together with[…]

Veterans’ Group Responds To Biden’s ‘Cluster Bombs For Ukraine’

July 9, 2023 UNAC Editor Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, Weapons Sales

by Veterans for Peace, published on Popular Resistance, July 8, 2023 “Horrific escalation of the war in Ukraine.” Group also announces demonstration at Scranton, PA arms plant. Veterans For Peace and other U.S. anti-war organizations denounce the Biden administration’s decision to send cluster bomb munitions to Ukraine and they will hold a rally on July 22 at 11 am at[…]

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[…]

“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[…]