Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Diana Johnstone, published on Consortium News, June 14, 2024 In retrospect, it becomes clear that the Cold War “communist threat” was only a pretext for great powers seeking more power. Ceremonies were held last week commemorating the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Anglo-American landing on the beaches of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944, known as[…]
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Rebuttal #1 (Racism): Tweet from Ahmed Eldin, a response to “Understanding the Middle East Through the Animal Kingdom” by Thomas L. Friedman, February 2, 2024, New York Times pic.twitter.com/iPi5IwaETP — AHMED | أحمد (@ASE) February 4, 2024 Rebuttal #2 (Ignorance): by Richard Rubenstein, published on Counterpunch, February 2, 2024, in Response to “A Titanic Geopolitical Struggle Is Underway” by Thomas[…]
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by John Catalinoto, published on Workers World, December 5, 2023 When a leading political figure of U.S. imperialism, someone hated by hundreds of millions of people, if not billions, dies — as Henry Kissinger did last week — writing an analysis of their role presents a challenge. This challenge does not regard repeating the details of this individual’s life. It’s[…]
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by Cliff Connor, published on Socialist Action, April 8, 2023 Secrecy, Science, and the National Security State Book Review of Alex Wellerstein, Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States. By Cliff Conner The phrase “national security state” has become increasingly familiar as a way to characterize the political reality of the United States today. It implies[…]
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by Alessio Arena, published on Workers World, May 27, 2022 Translation: John Catalinotto Fronte Popolare, Italy That the Cold War has historically been a Western invention is well-known. One remembers less about the Soviet attempts [post World War II] to escape the logic of the blocs, culminating in the incredible application of the USSR to join NATO, expressed for the[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 26, 2022 The 2014 U.S. sponsored coup against the elected government of Ukraine must be the starting point for any discussion of the current crisis. That crisis has been manufactured by Joe Biden, who was the Obama administration point person in using Ukraine as a means of destabilizing Russia. The corporate[…]
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by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 31, 2022 So what are Americans to believe about the rising tensions over Ukraine? The United States and Russia both claim their escalations are defensive, responding to threats and escalations by the other side, but the resulting spiral of escalation can only make war more likely. Ukrainian President Zelensky is warning[…]
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by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, November 22, 2021 A report in Covert Action Magazine from the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine describes grave fears of a new offensive by Ukrainian government forces, after increased shelling, a drone strike by a Turkish-built drone and an attack on Staromaryevka, a village inside the buffer zone established by the[…]
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by Manlio Dinucci, published on Workers World, June 18, 2021 Printed first in Notonato.org, June 15, excerpted here. The NATO Summit took place yesterday at NATO headquarters in Brussels, at the highest level of state and government leaders. It was officially chaired by Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, de facto by U.S. President Joseph Biden, who came to Europe to call to[…]
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Image: Al Qaeda Graduation Day in Idlib by Scott Ritter, Published on Information Clearing House, September 27, 2018 On September 13, 2018, two days after the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard addressed her colleagues from the floor of the House of Representatives. “Two days ago, President Trump and Vice President Pence delivered solemn speeches about the[…]
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