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What the War of Terror Has Cost Us So Far

August 31, 2021 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Cost of War, Drone Warfare, War on the Poor

by David Swanson, published on Let’s Try Democracy, August 30, 2021 The war on Afghanistan and the war on Iraq that it was a means of helping start, and all the other spin-off wars leave (if you count only bombing from above as leaving) millions dead, millions injured, millions traumatized, millions homeless, the rule of law eroded, the natural environment[…]

The Great Game of Smashing Countries

August 31, 2021 Judith Bello Abuses of Empire, Afghanistan, Neocolonialism, Occupation, Socialism

by John Pilger, published on CounterPunch, August 25, 2921 As the US leaves Afghanistan in disgrace, it is illuminating to look at the beginning of the story. You have probably heard this story before but it merits retelling. Syria has a similar one, and Iran, and even Iraq though each country has been entangled with US foreign policy and US[…]

U.S. Plans – Sanctions and Famine for Afghanistan

August 26, 2021 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Collapsed States, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, August 24, 2021 Aug. 23 — U.S. politicians and journalists are all feigning deep concern about leaving behind tens of thousands of Afghans who worked for them. Meanwhile, U.S. financial institutions are busy planning a horrendous crisis for all Afghans, including their loyal collaborators. The cynical decision to seize all of Afghanistan’s assets[…]

Israel’s ongoing “Water War” against Palestinians

August 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Israel-Palestine, Occupation

by Ramzy Baroud, published on Palestine Chronicle, August 11, 2021 There is an ongoing, but hidden, Israeli war on the Palestinians which is rarely highlighted or even known. It is a water war, which has been in the making for decades. On July 26 and 27, two separate but intrinsically linked events took place in the Ein al-Hilweh area in[…]

Why Hezbollah is Bringing Iranian Fuel to Lebanon

August 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Lebanon, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Saudi Arabia, Shortages of Supplies, Syria, US Hypocrisy

by Radwan Mortada, published on The Cradle, August 23, 2021 With the war in Afghanistan winding down, US abuses of power and the incompetence of their puppets are bared for all to see. Lebanon’s economy is collapsing from similarly incompetent Saudi controlled and western manipulated politicians and financial officers, the Caesar sanctions on Syria, its primary trading partner, and a[…]

The United States Intensifies Haiti’s Suffering

August 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Haiti, Neocolonialism

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, August 23, 2021 What Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said and did in a brief trip to Miami Aug. 19 reflects and exemplifies 200 years of U.S. assaults on Haiti. In 1805, a year after its hard-won independence, President Thomas Jefferson imposed an embargo on Haiti that lasted until 1862. The U.S.[…]

The U.S. Military Is Driving Environmental Collapse Across the Planet

August 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Imperialism, Militarism, Poisoning the Environment

by Sam Carliner, published on The Left Voice, August 19, 2021 Summer 2021 has been an alarming season for climate news. Massive fires have raged from California to Europe; countries in the Global South have been hit by deadly droughts and historic winters; and on August 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report confirming what many[…]

Will Americans Who Were Right on Afghanistan Still Be Ignored?

August 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-War, Political Analysis, U.S. Aggression

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas S. J. Davies, August 22, 2021 America’s corporate media are ringing with recriminations over the humiliating U.S. military defeat in Afghanistan. But very little of the criticism goes to the root of the problem, which was the original decision to militarily invade and occupy Afghanistan in the first place. That decision set in motion a[…]

Afghanistan Collapse: an Epic Failure of U.S. Aggression

August 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Asia, Paths to Emancipation

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, August 18, 2021 Wrenching images at the Kabul airport grip the world as U.S. officials had soldiers cast off those who had cooperated with US occupation like excess baggage. The painful corporate media coverage diverts attention from Washington’s strategists who launched the criminal war for conquest and the politicians who authorized 20 years[…]

The Return of the Taliban

August 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Corruption

by Vijay Prashad, published on Consortium News, August 18, 2021 On Aug. 15, the Taliban arrived in Kabul. The Taliban’s leadership entered the presidential palace, which Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had vacated when he fled into exile abroad hours before. The country’s borders shut down and Kabul’s main international airport lay silent, except for the cries of those Afghans who had worked[…]