Cold War

Rebuttals to NYTimes and Tom Friedman’s Racism and Ignorance

February 4, 2024 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Censorship and Propaganda, Cold War, Imperial Lies and Liars, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Propaganda

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[…]

Kissinger And the Class He Served

December 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Cold War, Diplomacy, History, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

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[…]

Secrecy, Science, and the National Security State

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Book Review, Censorship and Propaganda

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[…]

Outlook of an Italian Communist: Why a ‘Second Cold War’ Scenario Projects a False Framework

June 12, 2022 UNAC Editor Cold War, Europe, Labor Struggles, NATO

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[…]

Ukraine and U.S. War Propaganda

January 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Meddling in Europe

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[…]

America Is Reaping What It Sowed in Ukraine

January 31, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, New Cold War, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

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[…]

The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine

November 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Cold War, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

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[…]

U.S. Empire Deploys Its Troops for Battle

June 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperialism, NATO

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[…]

Is Trump Letting Al-Qaeda Sympathizers Survive in Syria?

October 3, 2018 UNAC Editor Russia, Terrorism

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[…]

Demonization of Russia in a New Cold War Era

September 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Russia

Featured Image: It is time for political leaders and each individual to move us back from the brink of catastrophe to begin to build relationships with our Russian brothers and sisters.(Photo: U.S. Department of Defense/flickr/cc) by Mairead Maguire, from Common Dreams, September 14, 2018 In examining the future, we must look to the past. As we watch the media today,[…]