Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
A couple of things that may have been left unsaid: HIghly publicized protests in Southern Syria are small and instigated by imams affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and other U.S. backed Islamist Organizations. Currently, a bill passed in the U.S. Congress, likely to be confirmed in the Senate this year, to extend the so-called Caesar Civilian Protection Sanctions, which are[…]
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by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 28, 2023 Jeff gives a great overview of the drives and costs of war in Syria. Meanwhile, the U.S. occupies 1/3 of Syria’s territory including the largest oil wells and the wheat growing region to this day. Factories in the business district of Aleppo have been robbed of their machinery and destroyed[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 9, 2023 Eritrea is an example of an independent and self-determining African state. Its people are rightly proud of their history. I was honored to speak at the 49th annual National Council of Eritrean Americans conference and festival recently held in Tacoma, Washington. Black Agenda Report has always been a staunch defender[…]
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by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, August 9, 2023 Last week I attended the Eritrean American Festival in the Seattle/Tacoma area, at the Tacoma Convention Center, as did Black Agenda Report Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley and Breakthrough News Host and Producer Eugene Puryear. I arrived after they had spoken, on the day I was scheduled to speak at[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 2, 2023 The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country’s oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the U.S. claims as it’s “backyard.” It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro[…]
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from Mision Verdad, translated and published on Resumen English, July 21, 2023 This year, the legislative arm in Washington has introduced three bills in the U.S. Congress against Venezuela: the Prohibition of Transactions and Leases with Venezuela’s Illegitimate Authoritarian Regime Act, the Venezuelan Human Rights “AFFECT” Act and the Venezuelan Democracy Act. The bills have a common denominator: to further[…]
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by Geraldina Colotti, published on Resumen English, May 6, 2023 There is much confusion about the selling off of Citgo; this article clarifies how this new form of lawfare is an escalation of the empire’s economic war against revolutionary Venezuela . – editorial/Resumen Venezuela is mobilizing against the U.S. decision to auction the shares of the parent company of the[…]
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by Arjae Red, published on Workers World, May 10, 2023 With the workers’ movement on the rise in the U.S. and around the world, May Day activities for 2023 were in full swing over the last few days. Also in evidence were attempts by the U.S. government to repress those individuals who believe in expressing international solidarity with the working[…]
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by Karin Kneissl, published on The Cradle, April 24, 2023 In 1806, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte implemented one of the most significant trade blockades in European history, known as the “Continental Blockade.” The underlying cause was a trade conflict between France and Britain. In 1793, Britain, which was at war with France, imposed a naval blockade on French port[…]
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by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, April 12 2023 Yemane Ghebreab, advisor to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, explains how US economic sanctions impact the Eritrean people. The Ethiopian army decisively defeated the US-backed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in November 2022, after a two-year war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced over five million people.[…]
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