Ukraine

What Anti-Imperialists Should Know About the War in Ukraine

May 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Imperialism, NATO, Neo-Nazis, Russia, Ukraine

by Otis Grotewohl, published on Workers World, May 8, 2023 May 7 — It’s been nearly 15 months since the start of the Feb. 24, 2022, Russian military intervention in Ukraine, which was provoked by decades of U.S./NATO expansion eastward. The Biden administration has given the Ukrainian puppet government billions of dollars in military aid, and many people are scratching[…]

Stop U.S. Harassment of Anti-Imperialist Activists!

May 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Austerity, Censorship and Propaganda, Cuba, Hybrid Warfare, Migrants and Refugees, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

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[…]

Why Zelensky Will NOT Take Back Crimea

April 4, 2023 UNAC Editor coup, Democracy and Consent, Hybrid Warfare, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy

by Rick Sterling, published on the LA Progressive, April 4, 2023 Seventeen months ago the US State Department officially declared the US will “NEVER” recognize Crimea as part of Russia. Three months ago Ukrainian President Zelensky vowed to “take back” Crimea. Is this possible? In June 2016 I visited Crimea with a delegation from the Center for Citizen Initiatives (CCI).[…]

“Provoked” NATO Expansion, “Unprovoked” Ukraine War, and the Dire “China Threat”

April 3, 2023 Judith Bello China, NATO, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine

by Felix Abt, published on CovertAction Magazine, March 15, 2023 Claims made by transatlantic politicians and their media partners turn reality upside down—and would baffle even George Orwell. U.S. President Joe Biden, Western politicians and their media partners agree that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “unprovoked.” The president of the country notorious for its numerous unprovoked wars of aggression called[…]

Ukraine: U.S. Out Now! Our Antiwar Credo

March 31, 2023 UNAC Editor coup, Democracy and Consent, History, Statement, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

Statement from Socialist Action, March 24, 2023 Maidan’s rooftop fascist snipers Today’s unfolding Ukraine tragedy began in February 2014 when rooftop fascist snipers opened fire on Maidan protestors originally assembled to resist the Victor Yanukovych government’s austerity measures. The fascists murdered 100 in cold blood, including some of their own for good measure. Yanukovych, the elected president, was instantly blamed[…]

Dr. Strangelove is No Longer Satire

March 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Imperialism, Nuclear Weapons, Political Analysis, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, War and Weapons

by Dee Knight, published on CovertAction Magazine, March 1, 2023 Expansion of U.S. weapons supplies to Ukraine makes nuclear war more conceivable “We are fighting a war against Russia,” German Foreign Minister Putin at Stalingrad Memorial on 80th anniversary. [Source: pbs.org] told the Council of Europe on January 24. The next day German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe[…]

G20 Fails to Agree on Joint Statement

March 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Global Alliances, India, Political Analysis

by Ahmen Adel, published on BRICSInfo, March 6, 2023 The meeting between the foreign ministers of G20 members in New Delhi on March 1-2 became a farce because Western countries wanted to focus on no other issue but the war in Ukraine. Western countries were not willing to discuss any other topics, such as the interaction between G20 member states,[…]

How US Exceptionalism Has Spawned War in Ukraine and Syria

March 9, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Imperial Wars, Syria, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Rick Sterling, published on Antiwar.com, February 25, 2023 The following is an adapted version of the presentation made at the webinar “Connecting Dots” on 2.25.2023. Other speakers were Dr. Marwa Osman and Dr. Atif Kubursi. Introduction Syria has been at war since 2011. The conflict is in a stalemate. US troops control nearly a third of the country. The[…]

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[…]

5 Reasons Why Much of the Global South Isn’t Automatically Supporting the West in Ukraine

March 2, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Europe, Global Alliances, Multipolar World

by Krishen Mehta, produced by Globetrotter, February 24, 2023 Krishen Mehta is a member of the Board of the American Committee for U.S.-Russia Accord (ACURA), and a Senior Global Justice Fellow at Yale University. This article is distributed by Globetrotter in partnership with ACURA. In October 2022, about eight months after the war in Ukraine started, the University of Cambridge in the UK[…]