Anti-Imperialism

Why Anti-Imperialists Must Defend Syria and the Axis of Resistance

September 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Hybrid Warfare, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Syria, Uncategorized, Yemen

by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, September 11, 2024 The anti-colonial struggle against U.S./Western imperialism and the Zionist settler state has long shaped the geopolitical dynamics of West Asia. Syria stands at the epicenter of this struggle as a vital member of the Axis of Resistance, a united front of states and organizations dedicated to confronting Zionist and imperialist[…]

WFTU Statement on the 2024 NATO Summit

July 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Labor, NATO, Statement

by World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), published in Labor Today International, July 6, 2024 The World Federation of Trade Unions, representing more than 105 million workers who work live, and struggle in 133 countries all over the world, strongly condemns the continuation of military interventions and wars, the accelerated militarization of international relations and confrontational rhetoric, the soaring of[…]

UNAC Conference: Power to the People

April 16, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Colonialism, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Protest, Racism, US Government Action

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 10, 2024 The recent 2024 United National Antiwar Coalition conference brought together an international group of activists from member organizations who mobilize against imperialism, racism, and neo-liberal policies around the world. BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Margaret Kimberley delivered these closing remarks. Good afternoon and power to the people! Thank you[…]

Prioritizing U.S. Imperialism in Evaluating Latin America’s Pink Tide

April 19, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Brazil, Colonialism, Ecuador, Human Rights, Imperialism, Latin America, New Pink Tide, Venezuela

by Steve Ellner, published in The Monthly Review, March Edition Two conflicting leftist positions on Latin America’s wave of progressive governments known as the Pink Tide have become increasingly well-defined over the last two decades. One position is favorable, while the other highly critical, to the extent that Pink Tide presidents—including Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, Bolivia’s Evo Morales,[…]

Renewed Peace Movement Lauded As Protesters Marched in Washington, D.C., on 20th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion of Iraq

March 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Featured, Human Rights, Protest

by Julie Varughese, published on Towards Freedom, March 21, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C.—An estimated couple of thousand of people to “several thousand” marched on March 18 in downtown Washington D.C., calling for an end to the U.S. imperialist project that they hold responsible for 20 years of a “War on Terror” on millions of people. The weekend marked the 20th anniversary[…]

Rage Against the War Machine: A Reactionary “Right-Left Antiwar” Alliance

February 9, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Paths to Emancipation, Protest

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, February 6, 2023 FYI: I don’t agree with Jeff’s comment in the first paragraph. I do not believe that the possible success of this conference will “represent a serious defeat for the antiwar, anti-racist, anti-sexist, LGBTQI and social justice activists,” but rather a reflection of the serious challenge we face in confronting a[…]

Ukraine: No to U.S. Orchestrated War and Fascist Coup

July 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, July 24, 2022 We begin with some hard facts and context that are today tragically absent from the assessments of large sectors of the left and antiwar movements in the U.S. and worldwide. 2014 Maidan Square fascist rooftop snipers The Ukraine tragedy began in February 2014 when rooftop fascist snipers opened fire on[…]

Interview With Evo Morales; UK Role in Coup That Ousted Him;

July 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Bolivia, Interview, New Pink Tide, Peoples' Movements

by Matt Kennard, published on DeclassifiedUK, July 14, 2022 Matt Kennard interviews the former president of Bolivia about a range of subjects — including the British-backed coup of 2019, Julian Assange, NATO and transnational corporations — at Morales’ house deep in the Amazon rainforest. THE COUP: ‘The UK participated in it – all for lithium’ THE BRITISH: ‘Superiority is so important to them,[…]

ALBA and Nicaragua – Defending Solidarity in a Divided World

June 7, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Nicaragua

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla Con Sal, June 5, 2022 Reading through you can find a good counter-position of imperialism vs anti-imperialism. [jb] Controversy has dogged this June’s United States government organized Summit of the Americas. Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela had already abandoned the OAS, seriously damaging the credibility of the Organization of American States as a trustworthy hemispheric[…]

Shock and Awe, Then and Now

March 20, 2022 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, UNAC on the Road, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy

by Dee Knight, published on Covert Action Magazine, March 16, 2022 “Shock and awe” was George Bush senior’s name for his “Desert Storm” attack on Iraq in 1990 – 91. A United Nations report described the effect on Iraq as “near apocalyptic,” sending Iraq back to the “pre-industrial age.” But it wasn’t enough. After a decade of sanctions against Iraq,[…]