War on the Earth

The Election is Finally Over ORGANIZE RESISTANCE

November 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, US Government Action, US Politics, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

Editorial, Workers World, November 6, 2024 The November 5 election has happened, and the outcome is known worldwide. The most vile, disgusting, white supremacist, xenophobic, transphobic, ableist, misogynist, rapist, neofascist — the list goes on — will return to the White House in January. These results have no doubt produced a wide range of emotions, be they despair, demoralization, frustration,[…]

The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns

August 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Political Analysis, Russia, The War at Home, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, War on the Earth

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, August 21, 2024 An Orwellian disconnect haunts the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In the isolation of the convention hall, shielded from the outside world behind thousands of armed police, few of the delegates seem to realize that their country is on the brink of direct involvement in major wars with Russia and Iran,[…]

Predicting Pestilence

December 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Genocide, Human Rights, Hybrid Warfare, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, Occupation, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Government Action, War on the Earth, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Kathy Kelly, published on LA Progressive, December 4, 2023 World Health Organization now says disease could be even deadlier than airstrikes in Gaza. Speaking from a hospital ward about fifty meters from where a bomb had just exploded, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder raised his voice over the sound of children screaming. In a video posted on X (formerly known[…]

The Price of Freedom

November 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Occupation, Palestine, Resistance, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Ana Hurtado, published on Resumen English, November 23, 2023 The dictatorship of the multinationals. We can call it by various names. Also of capital. Of the civilized world. If Luis Buñuel were to come back to life and take a look at the world we live in today, he would have material for thousands and thousands of films. He[…]

Ukraine Will be the First Battle Won in the Emerging World

November 19, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel, Palestine, Political Analysis, Russia, US Foreign Policy, War and Weapons, War on the Earth

Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein, published on Workers World, November 17, 2023 Interesting analysis by Venezuelan international relations expert. Editor In Palestine, a live and direct genocide has been taking place for over a month now, sponsored and armed by the United States. Meanwhile Ukraine, Washington’s other putative child, is languishing in oblivion. So far in November, we witnessed the release of[…]

Maui’s Deadly Inferno: Disaster Capitalism in Action

August 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, LandGrabs, Neocolonialism, Racism, War on the Earth, Water

by Barry Shephard, published on Socialist Action, August 17, 2023 People around the world viewed with horror the wildfire on Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands, with the historic city of Lahaina, formerly the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, being burned to the ground, people trying to escape by jumping into the ocean or by car, cars burned, and more.[…]

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[…]

U.S. Post 9/11 Wars Caused 4.5 Million Deaths, Displaced 38-60 Million People, Study Shows

June 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Anti-War, Iraq, Libya, Social Impact, Somalia, Sudan, U.S. Aggression, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Ben Norton, published on Black Agenda Report, May 24, 2023 Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya and Somalia following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University. Originally published in Geopolitical Economy . The[…]

Can You Fight for Climate Justice Without Being Antiwar?

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Climate Change, Cost of War, Environment, War on the Earth

by Teddy Ogborn, produced by CodePink, April 13, 2023 Can organizations sincerely say they are leading the climate justice fight without also being unapologetically antiwar? Short answer – no. Here’s why. We cannot end climate change without ending war. The United States military is the planet’s largest single emitter of greenhouse gasses and consumer of oil. The US military and[…]

East Palestine, Ohio and the Oligarchy

March 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Austerity, Corporatism, Socio-Economic Struggles, Toxic Chemicals, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, March 1, 2023 A freight train derailment brought environmental catastrophe to a small Ohio town. While the circumstances are somewhat unique, events followed a predictable pattern in a country run by and for the ruling class. The U.S. is an oligarchy. Stating this fact explains events that may seem mysterious if this[…]