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Despite Outcry, U.S. and Dominican Governments Continue the Brutal Deportation of Haitians

February 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Haiti, Immigrants, Immigration

by Marty Goodman, published in Haïti Liberté, February 3, 2022 n September, there was worldwide revulsion over photos of mounted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Texas apparently whipping Haitian migrants. The images were reminiscent of slavery. But that did not slow down President Biden’s racist plans for the mass deportation of Haitians. As of this writing in[…]

The Illegality of NATO

February 9, 2022 UNAC Editor International Institutions, International Law, NATO

by John Scales Avery, published on Popular Resistance, February 5, 2022 Recent threats of war over Ukraine. Russia understandably fears the eastward expansion of NATO. Recently NATO countries, led by the United States, have supplied arms to Ukraine. There is a threat that the tensions building up in the region will lead to war. Such a development would be catastrophic[…]

While Eyes Were Watching Ukraine… Africa Was Ablaze

February 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Africa, Human Rights, Imperial Wars, U.S. Aggression

by Maj. Danny Sjursen, published on Antiwar.com, February 3, 2022 Let’s be honest: Americans don’t care about Africa – by and large, at least. Despite the lies we tell ourselves – and the raging debates we have – about PC-culture, critical race theory, and so on, this remains a salient fact. Sure, the delusion is soothing. It tends to bring[…]

Memo to Congress: Diplomacy is Spelled M-i-n-s-k

February 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Russia, Ukraine, War on the Earth

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, February 7, 2022 While the Biden administration is sending more troops and weapons to inflame the Ukraine conflict and Congress is pouring more fuel on the fire, the American people are on a totally different track. A December 2021 poll found that a plurality of Americans in both political parties prefer to[…]

Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. – The Background They’re Not Telling You

February 8, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Phil Wilayto, published in the Virginia Defender, February 3, 2021 In the winter of 2022, the news is dominated by growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Reports that Russia has amassed some 100,000 troops on its border with neighboring Ukraine have brought charges from the United States and NATO that Russia is planning to invade its neighbor, with whom[…]

For God’s Sake Boys, STOP THIS WAR S**T!!!

February 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Militarism, US Foreign Policy, US Meddling in Europe

By Colonel Ann Wright, US Army (Retired), published on World Beyond War, February 6, 2022 We’ve seen this before. The U.S. creates a situation, digs in its heels and makes ultimatums—and tens of thousands die. I resigned from the U.S. government in 2003 in opposition to another war-President Bush’s war on Iraq in which followed that war playbook. We’ve seen[…]

US Professors’ Union Asks Biden to Lift Blockade Against Cuba

February 5, 2022 UNAC Editor Cuba, Economic Blockade, Labor, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement

From Prensa Latina, January 31, 2022 Washington, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) One of the largest university professors’ unions in the United States on Monday asked President Joe Biden to lift the “devastating financial and commercial blockade” imposed on Cuba for more than 60 years. The Professional Staff Congress (PSC) of the City University of New York (CUNY), affiliated to the[…]

Secular Democracy And The Future of Palestine

February 5, 2022 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Israel, Palestine, Visions of a Future

by Haidar Eid, published on Mondoweiss, January 28, 2022 The two-state solution continues to lose support in Palestine. More and more Palestinians are realizing that that the so-called peace process has only resulted in the the production of new Israeli facts on the ground, and new repressive practices that make a functioning Palestinian State impossible. No wonder then that a[…]

What a US Trap for Russia in Ukraine Might Look Like

February 5, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperial Lies and Liars, Russia, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy

by Joe Lauria, published on Consortium News, February 4, 2022 United States plans to weaken Russia by imposing punishing sanctions and bringing world condemnation on Moscow depend on Washington’s hysteria about a Russian invasion of Ukraine actually coming true. At his press conference on Tuesday, Vladimir Putin said, “I still believe the United States is not that concerned about Ukraine’s[…]

US Pips Regional States at Race for Kabul

February 4, 2022 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by M. K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, February 3, 2022 In a hugely consequential advisory, the US Treasury Department quietly signalled on Wednesday that it was “tweaking” the sanctions against the Haqqani Network. The international banks can transfer money to Taliban, including Haqqani Network without fear of breaching sanctions. Washington simply issued clarifications dilating on the relaxation of sanctions[…]