Maidan

Ukraine: U.S. Out Now! Our Antiwar Credo

March 31, 2023 UNAC Editor coup, Democracy and Consent, History, Statement, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

Statement from Socialist Action, March 24, 2023 Maidan’s rooftop fascist snipers Today’s unfolding Ukraine tragedy began in February 2014 when rooftop fascist snipers opened fire on Maidan protestors originally assembled to resist the Victor Yanukovych government’s austerity measures. The fascists murdered 100 in cold blood, including some of their own for good measure. Yanukovych, the elected president, was instantly blamed[…]

US Accuses Russia of Interfering in Foreign Elections

September 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Ted Snider, published on Antiwar.com, September 19, 2022 An intelligence review commissioned by the Biden administration has concluded that “Russia has secretly funneled at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates in more than two dozen countries since 2014 in an attempt to shape political events beyond its borders.” On September 12, the State Department shared the information[…]

Russia-Ukraine War Began in 2014, not 2022

March 15, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Resistance, Russia, Ukraine

by Vijay Prashad, OpEd to Big News Network, published March 9, 2022 The war between Russia and Ukraine began much before February 24, 2022-the date provided by the Ukrainian government, NATO, and the United States for the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Dmitry Kovalevich, a journalist and a member of a now-banned communist organization in Ukraine,[…]

Thoughts on the Present Crisis in Ukraine

February 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Fascism, Press Freedom, Russia, Ukraine, UNAC on the Road, War and Peace

by Joe Lombardo, February 27, 2022 The propaganda of the US government and its media always looks at what is happening now and does not give us the whole picture. So, if the US and its allies bully a country until it can take it no more and strikes back, you only hear about them striking back not what came before. It[…]

World Peace Council Condemns the Growing Imperialist Aggressiveness and Escalation of Tensions Around Ukraine

February 26, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, Ukraine

Statement published by US Peace Council The World Peace Council (WPC) expresses its deepest concerns about the escalating tensions in Eastern Europe and particularly around the Ukraine, caused primarily by the growing aggressive expansion of NATO towards Eastern Europe, its massive deployment of troops from the Baltic Sea to Bulgaria, and creating a belt aiming at the encirclement of the Russian[…]

Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. – The Background They’re Not Telling You

February 8, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Phil Wilayto, published in the Virginia Defender, February 3, 2021 In the winter of 2022, the news is dominated by growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Reports that Russia has amassed some 100,000 troops on its border with neighboring Ukraine have brought charges from the United States and NATO that Russia is planning to invade its neighbor, with whom[…]

Letter from Charlottesville to Ukraine

January 18, 2018 UNAC Editor Neo-Nazis

by David Swanson, first published on DavidSwanson.org, Jan 15, 2018 Nazi rallies in the news in recent years have most prominently been held here in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, and in Ukraine. I want to send thoughts of solidarity to those in Ukraine resisting fascism. And I want to let you know that some of us are urging our government in[…]