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John McCain: A Reactionary Bigot to the End

August 31, 2018 UNAC Editor Militarism, Propaganda

by Steve Xavier, originally published on Socialist Action, August 27, 2018 John McCain, the right-wing U.S. Senator, and war criminal, from Arizona, has died after a struggle with brain cancer. More recently, McCain has been a thorn in the side of Donald Trump’s presidency on certain aspects of policy. Predictably, liberals and social democrats have joined with conservatives and centrists[…]

Prison Strike 2018

August 31, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Prisons and Prisoners

by Margaret Kimberley, originally posted on Black Agenda Report, August 29, 2018 Inmates in states across the nation are on strike against the world’s largest and most racist prison system. Hopefully, they won’[t be betrayed by quisling civil rights misleaders, as in 2010. “The prison strike is a means of bringing attention to a system that is rotten and must[…]

The American War Machine Continues to Grow and Seek Confrontation

August 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Militarism, War and Weapons

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis briefs members of the media on Syria at the Pentagon April 13, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) by Vijay Prashad, from Commmon Dreams, August 2, 2018 Last week, on July 26, the United States House of Representatives passed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which will then go on to the U.S.[…]

Why US Imperialism Loves the Afghan Quagmire

August 28, 2018 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, War and Weapons

An Army crew chief aboard a CH-47F Chinook helicopter during a training flight in Afghanistan, March 14, 2018, as part of a joint Army-Air Force exercise. Gregory Brook | U.S. Air Force by Finian Cunningham, Originally published on , Strategic Culture Foundation, August 27, 2018 It may seem paradoxical that any American interest would seek to deliberately prolong the Afghan[…]

“Abolish ICE”? Then Why Not Abolish All US Militarism?

August 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Ending War

by Doug Noble, originally published on CounterPunch, August 21, 2018 US antiwar and antidrone activists have for years bumped up against a major obstacle in our organizing of fellow citizens: Namely, the chasm of disconnect between our own understanding (shared by most of the world’s population) of the US as the most evil, dangerous militarized threat in the world, on[…]

Washington withdraws from the United Nations Human Rights Council

August 23, 2018 UNAC Editor United Nations, US Hypocrisy

by Abayomi Azikiwe, originally published on Pambazuka, August 11, 2018 The Trump administration withdraws from the United Nations Human Rights Council, while racism, social deprivation and war intensify. The administration, however, denies the escalating oppression and impoverishment of the masses. On 19 June, the administration of President Donald Trump announced the United States withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights[…]

In Afghanistan, Our Need to Rethink the Institution of War

August 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Resistance

The People’s Peace Movement ( PPM ) walking barefoot to the Northern provinces of Afghanistan, led by a blind member of their group, Zindani. Photo taken from PPM’s Facebook Page by Dr. Hakim Young, from CounterCurrents, August 21, 2018 It’s frustrating that whereas all human beings wish to live meaningful lives, we seem helpless in the face of a few[…]

In Shielding US from Legal Obligations, Kavanaugh Conflates International Law with Foreign Laws

August 22, 2018 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, International Law

The Supremacy Clause establishes the Constitution, Federal Statures, and U.S. treaties as “the supreme law of the land.” The Constitution is the hightest form of law in the American legal system. State judges are requied to uphold it, even if state laws or constitutuions conflict with it. by Marjorie Cohn, published on Consortium News, July 31, 2018 The two primary[…]

Opposing Bipartisan Warmongering is Defending Human Rights of the Poor and Working Class

August 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Political Analysis, Resistance, War on the Poor

by Ajamu Baraka, previously published on Dissident Voice, Black Agenda Report and CounterPunch, August 14, 2018 The decision by Democrat party president Harry Truman to bomb the cities of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on the 9thwith the newly developed nuclear weapon signaled to the world that the U.S. was prepared to use military force to back up its[…]

Military Parade Cancelled, How Does Peace Movement Build On This Victory?

August 21, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Imperial Wars, Resistance

Above: People protest war at the Democratic National Convention 2016. By Brendan Smialowski for AFP-Getty Images. By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance, August 19, 2018 This week, the Trump military parade, planned for November 10, was canceled for 2018. In February, a coalition of groups went public, announcing we would organize to stop the military parade and, if it[…]