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Biden’s Next Two Years Look Bleak

November 21, 2022 UNAC Editor US Foreign Policy, US Politics

by George Koo, published on Asia Times, November 11, 2022 Despite going into the midterm elections with under 40% popular approval, US President Joe Biden appears to have survived the outcome, avoiding the mortal wound historically associated with a lame duck in the White House. Bill Clinton, a rare US president who presided over a budget surplus, once embraced an[…]

U.S. Twin Billionaire Parties win 2022 Elections: How the System Really Works

November 17, 2022 UNAC Editor Capitalism, China, Political Analysis, Political Corruption, US Military, US Politics

by Jeff Mackler, November 16, 2022 The 2022 U.S. midterm elections witnessed the twin parties of the ruling rich spending an unprecedented but nevertheless relatively paltry sum of $18 billion to determine which wing of capital will steal the lion’s share of the nation’s wealth created by working people. I say paltry because the stakes to the super rich in[…]

Scholz’s China Trip Raises Hackles

November 10, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, China, Economic Collapse, Germany

by M. K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, November 5, 2022 German diplomacy presented a riveting sight of “counterpoint” with Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hosting her G7 partners in Münster on November 3-4 even as Chancellor Olaf Sholz was emplaning from Berlin on a one-day visit to Beijing. The photo-op showed the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken flanking Baerbock[…]

Why Biden is Unleashing a Full-Scale Chip War Against China

November 4, 2022 UNAC Editor Global Trade, Trade Wars

by Marc Vandepitte and Jan Jonckheere, published on Workers World, November 2, 2022 Technology is the key to the future. It is the basis for military might, on the one hand, and economic productivity and a competitive position in the world market, on the other. Until recently, the U.S. had an unassailable, dominant position on both fronts. The White House[…]

Sanctions and the New Cold War on China

September 30, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Corporatism, Imperialism, Legislation, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars, US Foreign Policy

by Carlos Martinez, August 2022 Background The instinctive attitude of the United States towards the Chinese Revolution was of course one of hostility. In a protracted war between progress and reaction, between the future and the past, the governments of the US and the People’s Republic of China were, and are, are on opposite sides of the barricades. Hence shortly[…]

Anti-War Voices Warn US Bill on Taiwan ‘Will Make War Much More Likely’

September 25, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Diplomacy, Taiwan, Trade Wars, U.S. Aggression, US Politics

by Brett Wilkins, published on Common Dreams, September 15, 2022 Sen. Ed Markey, who voted against the measure, said lawmakers must “do everything we can to avoid a situation that could draw two nuclear-armed countries into a conflict.” A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bill to dramatically boost American military support for Taiwan, a move that prompted warnings[…]

Evil Empire: Let the Monarchy Die Along With Elizabeth

September 18, 2022 UNAC Editor History, Imperialism

by Sonali Kolhatkar, distributed by Economy for All, 9/17/2022 The death of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of British royalty, has sparked global fascination and spawned thousands of clickbait reports of the details of her funeral. Americans, who centuries ago rejected monarchy, are seemingly obsessed with the ritualism, bizarrely mourning the demise of an elderly and fabulously wealthy woman[…]

US-South Korea Provocations in the Pacific

September 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Korea, U.S. Aggression

by Aditya Sarin, published on People’s Dispatch, September 6, 2022 Between August 22 and September 1, the United States and South Korea concluded their largest joint military drills in the Korean Peninsula since 2017, under the name ‘Ulchi Freedom Shield’. Over the last four years, the scope of the annual exercises had been scaled back, first because of Donald Trump’s attempts at[…]

US Provocations Over Taiwan and Beijing’s Steady Remedy

September 4, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Asia Pivot, China, Hybrid Warfare, Taiwan, U.S. Aggression

by Brian Berletic, published on New Eastern Outlook, September 2, 2022 The early August visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took place amid heavy protests from Beijing. The visit was a blatant violation of Washington’s bilateral agreement with Beijing regarding the “One China” policy as well as a violation of international law regarding political independence and territorial integrity. As[…]

NATO and Imperialism, Two Sides of the Same Coin

August 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Canada, Imperialism, NATO

by Janine Solanki, published in Fire This Time, Volume 16: July, August 2022 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is sold to the public as a defense organization made up of western democracies ensuring safety and security around the world. Until recently, some also viewed NATO as just a Cold War relic and didn’t give it a second thought. However,[…]