Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Bruce Gagnon, published on Organizing Notes, October 23, 2021 It didn’t take long for the US to up the ante with China and Russia. So soon after the crushing defeat from 20 years of death and destruction in Afghanistan we find Washington stirring the fire pit and looking for more trouble. It’s really no surprise. Just take a close[…]
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by James W. Carden, Marshall Auerback & Patrick Lawrence, published on The Scrum, May 14, 2021 (republished with permission) U.S. President Biden will soon be meeting with Russian President Putin. This article, now a month old, provides a timeline of the deterioration of U.S. – Russian relations, but also of U.S. internationalism, completely overcome now by the self-centered vision of[…]
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by Ann Garrison and Diana Johnstone, published on Black Agenda Report, May 6, 2021 This piece is full of jewels. You may find your understanding of European politics is pretty far off – and did you know that Germany has given up on Nuclear power and gone back to using coal??? I didn’t. Anyway, a worthwhile read. [jb] The Green[…]
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by Ann Wright, published on Truthout.com, March 29, 2021 During the March 23-24 meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) council, Anthony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, encouraged NATO members to join the U.S. in viewing China as an economic and security threat to the U.S. as well as to NATO countries, thereby expanding NATO’s areas of focus[…]
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by Clara Weiss, published on World Socialist Website, April 6, 2021 Seems like there is a dangerous situation brewing here. NATO -under U.S. leadership- is encouraging, and maybe even planning to openly participate in a new war on Russia’s border, possibly on Russia (Crimea is now Russian Territory). Talk about playing brinkmanship:This is insanity. [JB] On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr[…]
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by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, April 6, 2021 On Feb. 29, 2020, after rounds of negotiations in Doha, Qatar, with the Taliban — the insurgency they have fought for 20 years — the U.S. signed an agreement to withdraw from Afghanistan all U.S. and NATO forces within 14 months — by this May 1. In return the Taliban[…]
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by Manlio Dinucci, published on Workers World, March 12, 2021 The EU-China Agreement on investments, signed Dec. 30 by the European Commission, may be rejected by members of the European Parliament on the grounds that Beijing violates human rights. This is the pretext behind which the real reason is hidden: the growing pressure exerted by the United States on Europe[…]
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Black Alliance for Peace Solidarity Network Demands NATO Support Peace Process in Afghanistan and Withdraw Its Forces Statement, Black Alliance for Peace, March 11, 2021 MARCH 11, 2021—The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) Solidarity Network, made up of allied organizations and individuals, demands the North Atlantic Treaty Organization end its imperialist endeavor in Afghanistan and calls on the United States[…]
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by Gary Leupp, published on CounterPunch, January 20, 2021 The United States more or less officially regards a handful of countries as “adversaries”: Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela. There is not an official list approved by Congress, but the term is applied by politicians and journalists routinely to these countries. The reasons for their enmity are rarely[…]
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by Maya Evans, published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, October 14, 2020 The NATO & US backed war on Afghanistan was launched 7th October 2001, just a month after 9/11, in what most thought would be a lightning war and a stepping stone onto the real focus, the Middle East. 19 years later and the US is still trying to[…]
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