UN General Assembly

A Stunning Rebuke, U.N. Cease-fire Vote Humiliates U.S. Imperialism

December 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Resistance, United Nations, US Foreign Policy, US Government Action, Yemen

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, December 12, 2023 The United Nations Security Council vote on December 8, calling for an immediate cease-fire in Palestine, was a public humiliation of the United States. When explaining their vote, numerous countries denounced the U.S. — Israel’s number one supporter — as the accomplice, the enabler and the real force behind the[…]

U.S. Shoots Itself in the Foot in Africa

March 9, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, China, Ethiopia, Global Trade, International Aid and Debt, South Africa, United Nations

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, March 8, 2023 In Africa as in the rest of the world, US machinations undermine its goals and bring other nations together as they seek to protect themselves from a desperate empire. The US can’t seem to understand that the rest of the world, including Africa, doesn’t like to be pushed around. African nations’ refusal[…]

A Long History of War Lies

October 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Imperial Lies and Liars, Imperial Wars, Propaganda

by Jorge Cadima, published on Workers World, October 10, 2022 Translation: John Catalinotto. If hypocrisy and lies paid taxes, the speeches made by the leaders of the U.S., the EU and Britain at the recent United Nations General Assembly would have eliminated their colossal public debts. It is amazing how those responsible for practically all the wars and aggressions of[…]

Biden’s Broken Promise to Avoid War with Russia May Kill Us All

October 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, October 11, 2022 On March 11, 2022, President Biden reassured the American public and the world that the United States and its NATO allies were not at war with Russia. “We will not fight a war with Russia in Ukraine,” said Biden. “Direct conflict between NATO and Russia is World War III, something[…]

“End War in Ukraine” Say 66 Nations at UN General Assembly

October 1, 2022 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Russia, Ukraine, United Nations

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, September 29, 2022 We have spent much of the past week reading and listening to speeches by world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York. Most of them condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a violation of the UN Charter and a serious setback for the peaceful world order that[…]