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U.S. Role in Lebanon’s Crisis Goes Unrecognized

December 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by As’ad Abukhalil, published on Consortium News, December 24, 2019 Of all the underlying causes of Lebanon’s current crisis, the role of the U.S. remains the least recognized, not only by Western media but also that of Lebanon. Search “Lebanon crisis” under “news” on Google and you are unlikely to find any headlines mentioning the U.S. A more targeted search[…]

Operation Condor 2.0: After Bolivia Coup, Trump Dubs Nicaragua ‘National Security Threat’ & Targets Mexico

December 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Featured, Mexico, Nicaragua

by Ben Norton, published on the Grayzone, November 27, 2019 One successful coup against a democratically elected socialist president is not enough, it seems. Immediately after overseeing a far-right military coup in Bolivia on Nov. 10, the Trump administration set its sights once again on Nicaragua, whose democratically elected Sandinista government defeated a violent right-wing coup attempt in 2018. Washington dubbed Nicaragua[…]

Iran’s Only Crime is ‘We Decided Not to Fold’

December 6, 2019 UNAC Editor Iran, Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Pepe Escobar, published on Asia Times, November 2019 Just in time to shine a light on what’s behind the latest sanctions from Washington, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a speech at the annual Astana Club meeting in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, delivered a searing account of Iran-U.S. relations to a select audience of high-ranking diplomats, former presidents and analysts.[…]

Chelsea Manning’s Heroic Resistance

November 30, 2019 UNAC Editor Political Prisoners, Press Freedom, Resistance, Whistleblowers

by Supratim Barman, published on Countercurrents, November 28, 2019 Manning, is an incredible example of the American Working Class leading the way forward, (showing the way, if you will), for the rest of the World’s Workers, in their quest for Justice and Dignity. Her Affidavit (on the 5th of May, 2019, below), as to the reasons why she will not[…]

Bolivia, Anatomy of a Coup

November 28, 2019 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Latin America

by Jeff Mackler and Lazaro Monteverde, published on Popular Resistance, November 26. 2019 On Sunday, October 20 Evo Morales was re-elected president of Bolivia with 46.85 percent of the vote against his nearest competitor, Carlos Mesa, who received 36.74 percent. In anticipation of a Morales victory, the U.S. corporate media launched a fake news disinformation barrage nine days earlier aimed[…]

Secret Document Reveals US Plans for Civil War in Lebanon, False Flags and Israeli Intervention

November 28, 2019 UNAC Editor Lebanon, Middle East Wars

Yes, this article was published in April. However, the plan in question is flowering now. Though the extreme US and Israeli goals of this plan are unlikely to result, the protests like so many around the world, are being hijacked. They are mutating, becoming violent, rejecting the resolution of their original demands, and calling for the destruction of popular leadership[…]

American Thanksgivings, What Are We Celebrating?

November 28, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Indigenous peoples, Racism, White Supremacy

Note: This might be the biggest lie in our grammar school textbooks, but it is merely the pinnacle of a story that is false in every aspect. And, no matter how much research is done, how many facts emerge to deny the structure, it continues to be the foundation of ‘Social Studies’ education in this country. Many of you, my[…]

The Hugely Important OPCW Scandal Keeps Unfolding. Here’s Why No One’s Talking About It.

November 27, 2019 UNAC Editor Syria, Whistleblowers

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Popular Resistance, November 20, 2019 The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is now hemorrhaging evidence that the US and its allies deceived the world once again about yet another military intervention, which should be a front-page story all over the world. Yet if you looked at American news media headlines you’d think the[…]

Can the Religious Left Take Down Nuclear Weapons?

November 26, 2019 UNAC Editor Nonviolence, Nuclear Agendas, Resistance

by Sam Husseini, published on CounterPunch, November 22, 2019 Pope Francis will travel to Hiroshima and Nagasaki this weekend. On Sunday, he will give a public address at the ground-zero site of the nuclear attack on Nagasaki. He is expected to give the clearest articulation yet of the Vatican’s position, since 2017, that condemns the “very possession” of nuclear weapons.[…]

‘You Can’t Call Yourself Anti-Racist if You’re Not Anti-Imperialist’

November 26, 2019 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Racism

By Makasi Motema posted on Workers World, November 22, 2019 Solidarity is about consistency. Solidarity is about making sure the politics you hold inside of your home match the politics you hold outside of your home. It’s about making sure the politics you hold in your community match the ones you hold outside your community. You can’t say you practice[…]