New Cold War

Xinjiang Disinformation 2.0 Raised and Debunked

August 3, 2026 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Propaganda, Xinjiang

by Carlos Martinez, introduced by Dee Knight, August 2, 2026 The NY Times on July 28 ran a long and dramatic renewal of slanders against “Chinese government repression in Xinjiang,” featuring a horrific story of a person who is now claiming asylum in Germany after “escaping” from China. The sources for the man’s “credentials” are the NED-financed World Uyghur Congress,[…]

Manufactured Outrage: the Truth About China’s Ethnic Unity Law

July 15, 2026 UNAC Editor China, Cold War, Human Rights, Indigenous peoples

by Carlos Martinez, published on Friends of Socialist China, July 10, 2026 On 1 July, China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress came into force – the country’s first comprehensive national law on ethnic affairs, adopted by the National People’s Congress in March. Within days, a remarkably well-coordinated storm of condemnation had been whipped up: denunciations from Washington and[…]

NATO and Imperialism, Two Sides of the Same Coin

August 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Canada, Imperialism, NATO

by Janine Solanki, published in Fire This Time, Volume 16: July, August 2022 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is sold to the public as a defense organization made up of western democracies ensuring safety and security around the world. Until recently, some also viewed NATO as just a Cold War relic and didn’t give it a second thought. However,[…]

Taiwan and the Making of an Asian NATO

July 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Australia, China

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, July 6, 2022 These are amended remarks given by the author at an event held by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute titled “NATO and Global Empire.” The event can be watched in full here . This year’s NATO Summit took place amid a geopolitical seismic wave crashing upon Eurasia: Russia’s special military[…]

The MADness of the Resurgent U.S. Cold War With Russia

March 29, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy

by Nicolas J. S. Davies, March 28, 2022 The war in Ukraine has placed U.S. and NATO policy toward Russia under a spotlight, highlighting how the United States and its allies have expanded NATO right up to Russia’s borders, backed a coup and now a proxy war in Ukraine, imposed waves of economic sanctions, and launched a debilitating trillion-dollar arms[…]

How the U.S. Started a Cold War with Russia and Left Ukraine to Fight It

March 1, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, New Cold War, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, March 28, 2022 The defenders of Ukraine are bravely resisting Russian aggression, shaming the rest of the world and the UN Security Council for its failure to protect them. It is an encouraging sign that the Russians and Ukrainians are holding talks in Belarus that may lead to a ceasefire. All efforts[…]

On U.S. “Adversaries”

January 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Militarism, US Foreign Policy

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[…]