President Biden

Nicaraguan Democracy Exposes U.S. Oligarchy

July 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 24, 2024 The Republic of Nicaragua recently celebrated 45 years of its revolutionary government. The U.S. labels it and other nations that demand self-determination and sovereignty as “undemocratic.” However, the U.S. oligarchic class prevented Biden from running for re-election four years after rigging the process to put him in office. The United[…]

Menendez Indictment Exposes the US-Egypt Weapons to Ukraine Dispute

September 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Egypt, Resistance, Soft Power Imperialism, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, Weapons Sales

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, September 25, 2023 Yes, more on the Menendez ‘scandal’. There are a lot of angles here. It’s rather entertaining. [jb] US Senator Robert Menendez, (D. NJ.) temporarily stepped down from his powerful role as chairman of the Senate Relations Committee, according to Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer, following accusations of political corruption[…]

‘Totally Indefensible’: Biden Nominates Death Squad Backer Elliott Abrams to Diplomacy Panel

July 7, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, El Salvador, Neocolonialism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Jake Johnson, published on Common Dreams, July 4, 2023 “Elliott Abrams, enemy of human rights, apologist for mass murder, should have no place within spitting distance of any Democratic administration in any capacity.” President Joe Biden on Monday quietly nominated Elliott Abrams to serve on a bipartisan diplomacy commission, a move that human rights advocates condemned as outrageous given[…]

Dramatic Last Hours of Title 42 on U.S.-Mexico Border

May 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Immigrants, Immigration, Migrants, Migrants and Refugees, Refugees

from Socialist Action, posted May 12, 2023 (originally from Cuba en Resumen) Yesterday a minute before midnight, Eastern Time in the United States, Title 42 was suspended and replaced by decree 8, which is even more drastic, since its sanctions indicate that any person who tries to enter without a visa will be banned from doing so for five years, by[…]

Blinken Can’t Reschedule His Trip to China After Canceling

April 13, 2023 UNAC Editor China, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Dave DeCamp, published on Antiwar.com, April 5, 2023 Secretary of State Antony Blinken is looking to reschedule his trip to China that he canceled over the Chinese balloon that wound up floating over the US, but Beijing is rebuffing the effort, POLITICO reported Wednesday. The POLITICO report said China has effectively frozen high-level contacts with US officials. An unnamed[…]

The Tragic U.S. Choice to Prioritize War Over Peacemaking

April 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Diplomacy, War and Peace

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, April 3, 2023 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. – Matthew 5:9 In a brilliant Op-Ed published in the New York Times, the Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi explained how China, with help from Iraq, was able to mediate and resolve the deeply-rooted conflict between Iran[…]

Why Biden Snubbed China’s Ukraine Peace Plan

March 6, 2023 UNAC Editor China, NATO, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

By Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd, Wei Yu, March 2, 2023 There’s something irrational about President Biden’s knee-jerk dismissal of China’s 12-point peace proposal titled “China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis.” “Not rational” is how Biden described the plan that calls for de-escalation toward a ceasefire, respect for national sovereignty, establishment of humanitarian corridors and resumption of[…]

Hoisted on His Own Petard: Biden’s Hidden Classified Documents Set to Expose U.S. Instigation of 2014 Ukraine Coup

January 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Political Analysis, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Jeff Mackler, January 14, 2023 The image above shows Biden testifying in Ukraine, ostensibly about democracy and justice. But he is here at this time to instigate the removal of a chief justice who was investigating the company his son, Hunter was employed by. [jb] Introduction As I write, four days after it was revealed that classified documents had[…]

Biden: Hands Off Rail Workers and Their Right to Strike!

December 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Healthcare, Labor Struggles, Statement, US Government Action

by Statement by Labor Commission, FRSO, November 30, 2022 On Monday, President Joe Biden publicly called on Congress to force union rail workers to accept the sub-par contract terms he helped craft. This is shameless union busting and pre-emptive strike breaking on behalf of the billionaire railroad bosses. The members of four unions representing the majority of rail workers already[…]

OPEC’s Body Blow to Biden Presidency

October 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Blowback, Global Trade, Russia, Saudi Arabia

by M.K. Bhadrakrumar, published on the Indian Punchline, October 8, 2022 The Biden Administration is swiftly establishing a narrative that the recent OPEC decision to cut oil production by two million tonnes is a geopolitical “aligning” by Saudi Arabia and Russia. It taps into the Russophobia in the Beltway and deflects attention from the humiliating defeat of President Biden’s personal[…]