Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Lucas Leiroz, published on InfoBRICS, January 26, 2022 Washington continues to advance the idea of establishing a new plan of severe sanctions against Russia over the Ukrainian crisis. Recently, US officials presented a draft of anti-Russian sanctions during a trip to Berlin. Considering the seriousness of the measures and the clear objective of suffocating Russia economically, the plan can[…]
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by Alan MacLeod, published on Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, March 3, 2021 Aversion to military intervention has been the default position of the left for at least half a century—certainly since the huge protests against the Vietnam War. Washington planners lamented the development of the so-called “Vietnam Syndrome”—a widespread progressive hostility towards US interventions (invasions, bombings, coups or economic[…]
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by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, March 20, 2020 The massive strike wave begun Dec. 5 in France against a proposed rollback of pension rights has slowed down. Disruptive strikes and giant marches of mostly public workers across the country topped over 1.5 million, but the leading edge of the movement, city and regional rail and bus workers, announced[…]
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By G. Dunkel, posted on Workers World, December 9, 2019 Workers in France are determined to defend one of the best retirement systems in the world, a retirement system based on solidarity and respect. That’s why 1.5 million workers hit the streets Dec. 5 in 250 French cities — all the big cities and most of the midsize and smaller[…]
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by Mark P. Fancher, Published on Black Agenda Report, September 18, 2019 The U.S. has gone extra miles to support French military efforts to protect uranium mining in Niger. “When U.S. economic or geo-political interests are in jeopardy in Africa, France is often regarded as the “go-to” country for a military solution.” Two years ago, four U.S. soldiers deployed in[…]
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Photo by Pascal Maga, Published on Flikr, taken January 12, 2019 By Rémy Herrera posted on Workers World, March 2, 2019 Feb. 21 — In France, Feb. 5 was a day of general strike and demonstrations. The call was launched nationally by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) and many other labor unions, such as Solidaires and Force Ouvrière, unions[…]
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Editor’s Note: If you have yet to really see Les Gilets Jaunes (The Yellow Vests) protesting in Paris, these are some interesting videos by Vincent Lapierre. We should be paying attention in this country. Below I have embedded Acts 3 – 6. I think it’s likely there will be more. In these reports, we see live action in the streets[…]
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A Yemeni man walks amid the rubble of a food storage warehouse after it was targeted by Saudi airstrikes in the capital, Sana’a, on October 26, 2015. (AFP photo) 1,200+ Days of War & Bloodshed in Yemen Imperialists and Saudi Arabia Hands Off Yemen! by Azza Rojbi, originally published on Fire This Time After a Saudi airstrike hit a water[…]
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The Deep Meaning of the French Railroad Strikes by Diana Johnstone, originally published on Global Research, April 21, 2018 The current series of railroad strikes in France are portrayed in the media as “labor unrest”, a conflict between the government and trade union leaders, or as a temporary nuisance to travelers caused by the self-interest of a privileged category of[…]
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Protesters face riot policemen while members of associations, unions and collectives, supporting migrants but also occupants of the ZAD (zone to defend) of Notre-Dame-des-Landes, demonstrate against evictions on March 31 in Nantes, western France. by Rémy Herrera posted on Workers World, April 24, 2018 April 22 — France is no stranger to strikes and demonstrations. But in this early spring,[…]
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