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Grading Trump on Foreign Policy

January 6, 2021 UNAC Editor U.S. Aggression, U.S. Budget, US Borders

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on Covert Action, December 30, 2020 Huge Military Budgets, Covert Operations, Drones and Assassinations—but hey, at least he didn’t start another major war By any objective measure, Donald Trump has been one of the worst presidents in American history. His administration exacerbated inequalities, fomented social divisions, encouraged nativist and white supremacist groups, gutted environmental protections, mishandled[…]

Media Silent as Trump Declares Wars

July 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 22, 2020 Donald Trump’s attacks on Venezuela, Syria and Iran are criminal, but Joe Biden vows to be even worse. “There is no congressional opposition to Trump’s acts of aggression which are literally killing people around the world.” The corporate media in this country can endlessly repeat lies about Russia paying[…]

As US Reels From COVID-19, Trump Turns to Sanctions, War Making and Threats

May 17, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Propaganda, War on the Poor

by Alan MacLeod, published on Mintpress News, May 15, 2020 Presiding over by far the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the world, the Trump administration is making it a key priority to escalate hostilities with its perceived international enemies. Last night President Trump suggested that he might “cut off” all trade with the People’s Republic of China. “Now, if you did,[…]

Late Stage Imperial Omni-Crisis: Death by Virus and Internal Contradictions

March 23, 2020 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Economics, US Government Action

by Glen Ford, published on Black Agenda Report, March 19, 2020 The epidemic reveals the stark truth, that the US dismantled and privatized its public health system, to fatten the pockets of the oligarchy and render working people more helpless and dependent. “Citizens have become aware that the oligarchs – their rulers — are the vectors of mass insecurity, sickness[…]

The United States Air Force at Incirlik, Our National “Black Eye”

October 21, 2019 UNAC Editor Turkey, US Foreign Bases, War and Weapons

by Brian Terrell, published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, October 18, 2019 Current events concerning Turkey and the Kurds in Syria remind me of a conversation I had with a US Air Force colonel almost 17 years ago in a courtroom in Des Moines. To refresh my memory, I dug deep into my closet and dusted off the transcript of[…]

While the World Watches Trump, It’s Missing What’s Really Going On

June 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda

Photo: Vigil for Yemen, Jan 5, 2019, NYC ~Felton Davis by Robert Fisk, Published on CounterPunch, June 10, 2019 Our leaders know how to bang the war drums and, by and large, we go along with them. The US threatens Iran with war – so will Iran close the Strait of Hormuz and attack American warships in the Gulf? Israel strikes Iranian[…]

Military Spending and the Never Ending Trump Diversion

May 9, 2019 UNAC Editor Military Budget, Political Corruption, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy

by Ajamu Baraka, Published on Black Agenda Report, 17 Apr 2019 No sector has benefited more from the Trump presidency than the military/industrial complex — with lots of help from the Democrats. “Democrats and Republicans are both committed to the dictatorship of capitalist ruling class and global full spectrum dominance by the U.S.” Despite the intra-class anxiety among the capitalist[…]

The Wall, The Endless War, and the Troops Who Pay

January 19, 2019 UNAC Editor Militarism, Refugees, Veterans

An image grab taken from a video obtained by AFPTV on January 16, 2019, shows U.S. armoured vehicles at the scene of a suicide attack in the northern Syrian town of Manbij. (Photo: Getty) by Gerry Condon, from Common Dreams, January 18 Note: While all eyes are focused on the dastardly ‘wall’ Trump wants to build along the Mexican border[…]

Trump’s Syria Exit Provokes Washington Panic

January 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Militarism, Syria

by Jeff Mackler, from Socialist Action, January 8, 2019 President Trump’s unexpected Dec. 19 Twitter announcement ordering a 30-day timetable for the withdrawal of the 2000 U.S. troops in Syria and 7000 of the 14,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan provoked a bipartisan panic in Washington. Defense Secretary “Mad Dog” James Mattis, “the butcher of Fallujah,” resigned in protest. He stated,[…]

Opposing Bipartisan Warmongering is Defending Human Rights of the Poor and Working Class

August 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Political Analysis, Resistance, War on the Poor

by Ajamu Baraka, previously published on Dissident Voice, Black Agenda Report and CounterPunch, August 14, 2018 The decision by Democrat party president Harry Truman to bomb the cities of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on the 9thwith the newly developed nuclear weapon signaled to the world that the U.S. was prepared to use military force to back up its[…]