Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
Editor’s note: Refugees began returning to their homes in East Aleppo weeks after the military had driven the terrorist militias from East Aleppo. Those recently evacuated from East Ghouta are in the Damascus area and prepared to return shortly. To allow for this to occur, the Syrian Government spends months in advance of a battle evacuating people and isolating the[…]
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A man and his wife from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, carry their children as they re-enter Iraq from Syria at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province, August 14, 2014. by David William Pear, originally Published by The Greanville Post In their book Manufacturing Consent Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky[…]
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Paul has written a response to a rather insulting article by Mehdi Hassan that was published in the Intercept. Like many of us, Paul is disappointed by a certain thoughtlessness and lack of integrity displayed by certain articles on The Intercept. especially regarding Syria. ~Editor by Paul Larudee, originally published on Dissident Voice, April 21, 2018 Your head chopper heros[…]
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From Workers World Just hours before he ordered the missile strikes on Damascus on April 13, President Trump granted a pardon to Lewis “Scooter” Libby. It was a signal to all those in his administration now complicit in war crimes that Trump has their backs. Libby never served time, but was convicted of a complicated scheme involving the neocons in[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, originally published on Black Agenda Report “Trump protects himself with war as Democrats and the rest of the ruling elite support his militarism.” It is difficult for Americans to find out what is happening in their country and around the world. That is because corporate media outlets have nearly complete control over what they see and hear[…]
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by Ann Wright Just a few hours before the arrival in Syria of UN chemical weapons inspectors to investigate the use of chemicals in Duma, a Damascus suburb where last week 42 persons were reportedly killed, the attack against Syrian government chemical facilities by the U.S. and its British and French allies with neither U.N. nor Congressional authorization is a[…]
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The United States played a coordinating role in the earliest days of the war on Syria, and even before the violence began. For the last several years the United States has had active military forces in Syria against the wishes of the legitimate Syrian government. U.S. forces have killed hundreds of Syrian soldiers defending their turf in the region[…]
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A man stands on rubble of damaged buildings in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria March 30, 2018. Reuters/Bassam Khabieh By Rick Sterling, originally published on Consortium News Western neoconservatives and hawks are driving the international situation to increasing tension and danger. Not content with the destruction of Iraq and Libya based on false claims, they[…]
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by Sara Flounders, originally published on Workers World, April 10, 2018 U.S. wars are based on lies and staged provocations. This is hardly news. Now comes the charge that on April 7 someone — the imperialists are saying it was the Syrian government, although there is no proof of that — killed dozens of Syrians with a poison gas attack[…]
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The United States has invaded Syria with a significant military force, is occupying nearly one-third of its territory, has announced plans for an indefinite occupation, and is plundering the country’s petroleum resources. Washington has no authorization under international or even US law to invade and occupy Syria, much less attack Syrian forces, which it has done repeatedly. Nor has it[…]
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