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Articles by members and friends of UNAC. The views, opinions and positions expressed on this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions of UNAC.
by Manlio Dinucci, published Global Research, September 26, 2023 After his show at the United Nations, where he declared that “Russian aggression could expand beyond Ukraine,” Zelensky asked for more than a billion dollars from the US Congress. The Congress has so far allocated 43 billion in “assistance to the security of Ukraine”, i.e. for direct military purposes. Together with[…]
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by Sue Harris, published on Workers World, September 26, 2023 Two hundred years ago, people with serious mental illness (SMI) were often placed in prison because society didn’t know how to care for them. After reformers fought for more humane treatment for the mentally ill, their care moved to mental institutions in the 1800s. However, these large mental asylums were[…]
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by Zhenya Polozova, published on Fightback News, September 20, 2023 Chicago, IL – The Coalition to March on the DNC hosted a press conference at Chicago City Hall the morning of September 19, calling on the city to issue a previously-denied permit recognizing the right of working and oppressed people to march within sight and sound of the August 2024[…]
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by Miko Peled, published on Mondoweiss, September 14, 2023 The “Oslo Accords” are a personal matter for me, and here is why. From the moment the 1967 war ended, my father — who was one of the architects and executors of the war — dedicated his life to the two-state solution. The Oslo Accords were expected by many to be[…]
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by Betsey Piette, published on Workers World, September 20, 2023 The resistance aroused by a Zionist assault on the Palestine Writes Festival this Sept. 22-24 weekend at the University of Pennsylvania turned the event from what would have already been a marked success into a defiant triumph over Zionism and repression. Had the Zionists and their allies among the Trustees[…]
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by John Pottinger, published on Socialist Action, September 23, 2023 Since the July 28 coup in the West African country of Niger much more attention has been paid to it than the average coup, where both the winners or losers are often in the pay of the imperialist powers. With a population of 25 million (Nigeria has more than 230[…]
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Statement by HOLA, September 25, 2023 Statement of the House of Latin America (HOLA) on the terrorist act against Cuban embassy in Washington Hours after more than thousand of people gathered in a meeting in New York city – with the presence of the Cuban president – to express solidarity with Cuban people and demand an end to brutal sanctions[…]
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by Maria Paez Victor, published on Counterpunch, September 22, 2023 “How about we’re buying oil from Venezuela? When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would’ve taken it over; we would have gotten all that oil; it would’ve been right next door. But now we’re buying oil from Venezuela, we’re making a dictator very rich. Can you believe this?[…]
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The summit held in Havana was attended by more than 1,300 participants from 116 countries and 12 organizations and agencies of the United Nations system. Thirty-three nations from Latin America and the Caribbean, 46 from Africa, 34 from Asia and three from Europe were represented. Thirty-one heads of state and government, 12 vice presidents, dozens of ministers from multiple portfolios[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 20, 2023 “If you’re looking to help people impacted by the floods in Libya, check out these organizations providing relief” Barack Obama If it can be said that one person is responsible for the awful death toll from the recent flooding in eastern Libya, Barack Obama should be named as the[…]
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