Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by The Virginia Defenders of Freedom, Justice and Equality, published in the Virginia Defender, October 8 , 2023 (Autumn 2023 Edition) This Nov. 2 marked 106 years since one Englishman gave another Englishman the right to establish a “homeland” for his people. The first Englishman was Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour, the second was Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British[…]
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by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on Popular Resistance, November 10, 2023 An analysis of developments in the past few days. Including the U.S. announcement that it is deploying a huge nuclear submarine near the war zone. The announcement late Sunday night by the U.S. Central Command headquartered in Doha about the arrival of an Ohio-class U.S. nuclear submarine in its “area[…]
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by Ramzy Baroud, published on Countercurrents, November 9, 2023 On October 20, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, stood on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, between Egypt and besieged Gaza. Guterres was not the only international figure to travel to the Gaza border, hoping to mobilize the international community in the face of an ongoing genocide, in[…]
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by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, November 7, 2023 The audacity of the coordinated Palestinian resistance, which began with a surprise operation on Oct. 7, was not only a shock to the Zionist military machine and its vaunted intelligence network, but is also sending shockwaves through the U.S. empire. Both Israel and the U.S. rulers are now relying on[…]
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by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, October 31, 2023 On Friday, October 27, the nations of the world voted in the UN General Assembly, by a vote of 120 to 14, for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities” in Gaza. The resolution was sponsored by the government of sometime U.S. ally[…]
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Veterans for Peace Statement, published on VeteransForPeace.org, October 24, 2023 On October 12, Veterans For Peace issued this statement about the conflict between Hamas and Israel, in which we condemned the horrific violence on both sides, particularly the killing of civilians. We added our voice to the many calls for a ceasefire and negotiations toward a political solution because there is no military one.[…]
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by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, October 25, 2023 On October 16, the Russian Federation introduced a draft resolution at the UN Security Council (UNSC) calling for an “immediate, durable and fully respected humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.” In hopes of getting it passed, they avoided placing blame on either Israel or Hamas. Twelve Arab nations and eight more[…]
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by Susan Abulhawa, published on Workers World, October 26, 2023 The following is a transcript of a talk given by Susan Abulhawa, Executive Director of the Palestine Writes Festival, at a rally of 10,000 people for Palestine on the Art Museum steps, Philadelphia, Oct. 21. Abulhawa is a member of the Philadelphia branch of Workers World Party. Have we got[…]
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by Roland Shepphard, published on Socialist Action, October 21, 2023 [Editor’s note: We reprint below Roland Sheppard’s informative article reviewing key points in the formation and history of the Zionist state of Israel. ] August 24, 2023 Jerusalem Post: “Israeli Minister Eliyahu: The Palestinians aren’t under Apartheid, they’re Just in a Prison Camp“ When Palestine was a colony the Brtish,[…]
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By Ralph Nader, World BEYOND War, October 22, 2023 If President Joe Biden were a pony, instead of a perennial warhorse (e.g., gung-ho for Bush/Cheney’s criminal destruction of Iraq), he would have his tail between his legs on his return from a one-day trip to Israel. He failed to achieve any immediate, critical objectives while the ongoing destruction of Gaza[…]
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