Ukraine

Crisis or Confusion? A Brief Guide for Black Folks (And Other AntiRacist People) On the Situation in Ukraine

February 2, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Racism, Right Wing Extremism, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, February 2, 2022 African people are already battling against U.S. rightist forces – from the Trump/Republican supporters to the warmongering neoliberal democrats. It would be an affront to our history and people to enter this struggle on the side of empire and NATO. Within large sectors of the U.S. left, including many[…]

China Gives Oomph to Russia’s ‘Nyet’ on NATO

February 2, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Diplomacy, Russia, U.S. Aggression

by Ray McGovern, published on Antiwar.com, February 1, 2022 Fourteen years ago today, when then-ambassador to Russia William Burns, in an IMMEDIATE cable titled “Nyet Means Nyet: Russia’s NATO Enlargement Redlines,” reported Moscow’s warning that NATO membership for Ukraine would cross a red line, the Russians could do little more than grouse. Enter from left stage Chinese President Xi Jinping[…]

Ukraine and U.S. War Propaganda

January 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Meddling in Europe

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 26, 2022 The 2014 U.S. sponsored coup against the elected government of Ukraine must be the starting point for any discussion of the current crisis. That crisis has been manufactured by Joe Biden, who was the Obama administration point person in using Ukraine as a means of destabilizing Russia. The corporate[…]

America Is Reaping What It Sowed in Ukraine

January 31, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, New Cold War, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 31, 2022 So what are Americans to believe about the rising tensions over Ukraine? The United States and Russia both claim their escalations are defensive, responding to threats and escalations by the other side, but the resulting spiral of escalation can only make war more likely. Ukrainian President Zelensky is warning[…]

Fifteen Nuclear Reactors in Ukraine -War Very Bad Idea

January 30, 2022 UNAC Editor New Cold War, Nuclear Power, Russia, Ukraine, War and Peace

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Keep Space 4 Peace, January 29, 2022 Ukraine diplomat sees little chance of war ‘in country with 15 nuclear reactors’ Ukraine is committed to seeking a diplomatic solution to the current tension with Russia, its ambassador to Japan, Sergiy Korsunsky, said on Wednesday (26 January), adding that he saw little chance of all-out war, although[…]

Demand that the U.S. and NATO Pull Back Their Forces from Russia’s Borders

January 30, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, Ukraine

Statement by the Chicago Anti-War Coalition (CAWC), January 27, 2022 The U.S. and Britain have in recent days sent at least 90 tons of military equipment to the government of Ukraine. This is in addition to placing thousands of troops currently stationed in the U.S. on high alert. Whether those measures are serious harbingers of a U.S./NATO war with Russia[…]

Washington Pumping Up War Fever

January 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, NATO, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Keep Space for Peace, January 20, 2022 It’s nonstop in the western media. The message – war with Russia is coming. An American friend of mine, now living in Russia, has two sons in the US Army. One of them said to him today, “your two sons are going to be fighting your beloved Russia.”[…]

What was Washington’s real agenda at Russia meeting?

January 13, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, US Foreign Policy

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Organizing Notes, January 12, 2022 When I was a union organizer with the United Farm Workers I twice served on a contract negotiating committee – as the note-taker. I learned that the very first clause negotiated in any union contract is the ‘Recognition’ by the company of the union’s right to bargain on behalf of[…]

Russia’s Demands Challenge NATO’s Threats

January 10, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Sara Flounders, published on International Action Center, January 5, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin at his End of the Year Press Conference, Dec. 23, 2021, speaking to 500 domestic and international journalists, said the following: “We have made it clear that any further movement of NATO to the East is unacceptable. Is there anything unclear about this? Are we[…]

Ukraine: What Does It Have To Do With Black Folks

January 6, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, Jan 5, 2022 “…it is imperative that everyone, in particular Black and working-class people, understand that not having an awareness of the interconnections of the “grind” (the struggle to survive in the U.S.) and U.S. white supremacist, imperialist policies, and not being prepared to commit to altering those power relations, ensures that[…]