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Tussling with China: The Balkan Project Washington Wants to Derail

September 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Democracy and Consent, Nicaragua

by Gregory Elich, published on Counterpunch, September 2, 2021 US Anti-China propaganda and Chinese infrastructure loans to EU Countries. Yes, China is making lots of these loans; no, they aren’t As work nears completion in the first phase of an ambitious project in Montenegro to develop a highway that will connect the Adriatic port of Bar with Serbia, Western officials[…]

9/11 – A Pretext for Aggression

September 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Propaganda

Workers World Party Statement, published on Workers World, September 16, 2021 The 9/11 commemorations should be seen for what they are: an opportunity for the U.S. ruling class to use a collective trauma — the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City — to whip up jingoist and superpatriotic sentiment. The goal of this whipping up is[…]

Ethiopia and Eritrea: Elias Amare on US Sanctions and the UNSC

September 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Horn of Africa, Hybrid Warfare

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Star News, August 30, 2021 Watch Ben Norton’s show with a recent update (9/20) on the US condemnation of Ethiopia and Eritrea HERE. [jb] US Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman recently returned from a tour of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and the United Arab Emirates. On the following Monday, the US State[…]

Restricting US Military Aid to Israel

September 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Israel, Palestine, Weapons Sales

by Nadya Tannous, published on Consortium News, September 15, 2021 The Unity Intifada, which erupted following the Israeli regime’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah, its attack on worshipers in the Aqsa mosque complex, and its vicious assault on Gaza in May, garnered Palestinians unprecedented support from activists and policymakers across the world, and even in the halls of Capitol Hill. This dramatic shift in[…]

Shut Down the Drone War

September 19, 2021 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Drones

by Daniel Larison, published on Antiwar.com, September 15, 2021 On September 26, the yearly Shut Down Creech protest will convene at the military base from which all US Drone Control signals are released. The Ban Killer Drones network calls on us to come out to Creech AFB during the week that begins on the 26th, or prepare a solidarity action[…]

20 Years of Post 9/11 Amnesia

September 19, 2021 UNAC Editor Featured, Imperial Wars, US Government Action

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 15, 2021 Memories of the last 20 years are rarely focused on increased state violence and repression in the post-9/11 world. The damage has largely been forgotten. The constant demand that we “Never forget!,” the events of September 11, 2001 is rather laughable. Forgetting is difficult after enduring 20 years of[…]

Chip War: Can the U.S. Really Gain From China’s Pain?

September 19, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Economics, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars

by Prabir Purkayastha, published on Counterpunch, September 7, 2021 With the U.S. imposing technology sanctions on China, the world’s electronics industry is facing turbulent times. After the sanctions, Huawei has slipped from its number one slot as a mobile phone supplier—which the company held during the second quarter of 2020—to number seven currently. Commenting on this slide, Huawei’s rotating chairman[…]

Address the Global Public Health Crisis: Ban Glyphosate Now!

September 18, 2021 UNAC Editor Environment, Toxic Chemicals

by Colin Todhunter, published on Countercurrents, September 6, 2021 Glyphosate is usually marketed as Roundup and paired with GMO seeds from Monsanto, recently bought out by Bayer, another multinational purveyor of toxins. Farmers spray massive quantities of this deadly substance which attacks your kidneys and liver and causes cancer, on their crops. It is marketed to homeowners, landlords and businesses[…]

Evictions Threaten Millions of U.S. Workers

September 18, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Labor, Public Health, War on the Poor

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, September 13, 2021 Between 2 and 4 million households, out of 80 million rental households, will lose their homes due to evictions in the next two months, according to a survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. This is four times as many as would typically occur nationwide throughout an entire calendar year. (Washington[…]

The Hell That is Haiti

September 17, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Haiti, Racism

by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, September 12, 2021 Haiti is being hit by an unending series of natural and human-made disasters – seemingly all at once. The assassination on July 7 of its president Jouvenel Moise; an Aug. 14 earthquake; tropical storms; rampaging gang violence and a COVID crisis in a society tortured by extreme poverty and inequality.[…]