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The Hypocrisy of the ‘Diplomatic Boycott’ of the 2022 Beijing Olympics

February 4, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, International Institutions, Racism

by Charles Xu, from Globetrotter, February 2, 2022 Which human rights matter enough to put politics above sports? For decades, the United States and its European allies have gotten to decide the answer at their convenience. On February 4, the 2022 Winter Olympics are set to open in Beijing. With this, the Chinese capital will become the first city to[…]

Blackwater Is In The Donbas With The Azov Battalion

February 4, 2022 UNAC Editor Military Contractors, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, White Supremacy

by Manlio Dinucci, published on Popular Resistance, February 2, 2022 The phone call between President Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky “did not go well“, CNN headlines: while “Biden warned that the Russian invasion in February is practically certain when the frozen ground makes it possible for tanks to pass through”, Zelensky “ asked Biden to tone down, arguing that the[…]

A Foreign Policy Built on a Foundation of Lies

February 3, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperial greed, Imperial Wars, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Greg Godels, published on Ziggy’s Blog, February 2, 2022 Cuba, a country with a population roughly the size of Paris, France, poses no threat to the United States, except in the minds of the deranged. Yet there is a remarkable number of “deranged” people populating the upper echelons of US government officialdom, the foreign policy academy, and the media.[…]

Why Wouldn’t Biden Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier?

February 3, 2022 UNAC Editor Native American Genocide, Political Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners

By Gustavo A. Maranges and Bill Hackwell, published on Resumen, on February 1, 2022 Last Friday, it became known that the 77-year-old Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier was sick with COVID-19. Peltier has been in prison for over 46 years, which makes him the oldest political prisoner in the United States. This fact has brought attention to his case,[…]

Can Israel Stop the World from Saying ‘Apartheid’? Concealing the Suffering in Palestine

February 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Action!!, Censorship and Propaganda, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Political Analysis, United Nations

by Vijay Prashad, Globetrotter, February 2, 2022 On January 27, 2022, the Hebrew-language news site Walla published part of the text from a telegram sent by Amir Weissbrod—who is part of the Israeli Foreign Ministry—to Israeli embassies around the world. The telegram warned the Israeli diplomats that in the upcoming 49th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council[…]

Crisis or Confusion? A Brief Guide for Black Folks (And Other AntiRacist People) On the Situation in Ukraine

February 2, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Racism, Right Wing Extremism, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, February 2, 2022 African people are already battling against U.S. rightist forces – from the Trump/Republican supporters to the warmongering neoliberal democrats. It would be an affront to our history and people to enter this struggle on the side of empire and NATO. Within large sectors of the U.S. left, including many[…]

China Gives Oomph to Russia’s ‘Nyet’ on NATO

February 2, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Diplomacy, Russia, U.S. Aggression

by Ray McGovern, published on Antiwar.com, February 1, 2022 Fourteen years ago today, when then-ambassador to Russia William Burns, in an IMMEDIATE cable titled “Nyet Means Nyet: Russia’s NATO Enlargement Redlines,” reported Moscow’s warning that NATO membership for Ukraine would cross a red line, the Russians could do little more than grouse. Enter from left stage Chinese President Xi Jinping[…]

Ukraine and U.S. War Propaganda

January 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Meddling in Europe

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 26, 2022 The 2014 U.S. sponsored coup against the elected government of Ukraine must be the starting point for any discussion of the current crisis. That crisis has been manufactured by Joe Biden, who was the Obama administration point person in using Ukraine as a means of destabilizing Russia. The corporate[…]

America Is Reaping What It Sowed in Ukraine

January 31, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, New Cold War, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 31, 2022 So what are Americans to believe about the rising tensions over Ukraine? The United States and Russia both claim their escalations are defensive, responding to threats and escalations by the other side, but the resulting spiral of escalation can only make war more likely. Ukrainian President Zelensky is warning[…]

Capitalist Russia: a Target, Not a Superpower

January 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Corporatism, Imperial Wars, Russia, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, January 30, 2022 This article, originally published July 12, 2017, by Workers World, remains timely in January 2022 as the U.S. threatens war at the Russian border with Ukraine and ramps up China-baiting in an attempt to break up agreements being forged between nations seeking to remain independent of U.S. imperialism. See also[…]