Weapons

Ceasefire Negotiations as a Weapon of War

August 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Shortages of Supplies, US Hypocrisy, US Incited Protests

by Malik Hijazi, published on Mondoweiss, August 25, 2024 I have lost count of how many times I have clung to the hope of a ceasefire, only to watch it crumble into dust. As the war in Gaza stretches into the summer of 2024, the promise of ending this suffering has become nothing more than a cruel illusion. Every time[…]

Ukraine vs Israel: Can the West Arm Both?

October 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, U.S. Budget, Ukraine, War and Weapons, Weapons Sales

by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, October 11, 2023 Just three days after the Hamas-led Palestinian resistance launched an unprecedented military offensive against Israeli military posts and settlements by land, sea, and air, Israeli officials began begging their US sponsors for additional weapons. Politico reported on 10 October that according to a senior Pentagon official, “The Biden administration is surging[…]

Ukraine as Weapons Testing Site

November 24, 2022 UNAC Editor Drones, Ukraine, US Military, War and Weapons, War on the Earth, Weapons Sales

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, A surprisingly frank article in The New York Times, “Western Allies Look to Ukraine as a Testing Ground for Weapons” describes how the imperial war machine is capitalising on the U.S. proxy war to test its weapons for future use. “Ukraine has become a testing ground for state-of-the-art weapons and information systems, and[…]

Another war? U.S. Uses Taiwan to Provoke China

August 3, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Cold War, Taiwan

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, August 3, 2022 U.S. provocations against China have moved into high gear. Even as the war in Ukraine, instigated by Washington, unfolds with disastrous consequences for European economies and vibrates through the world economy, a more ominous confrontation is planned. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, with its accompanying battle group of warships,[…]

Lockheed and Raytheon – Today’s ‘Masters of War’

March 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, War and Weapons

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, March 16, 2022 “Come, you masters of war; You that build the big guns; You that build the death planes; You that build all the bombs; You that hide behind walls; You that hide behind desks; I just want you to know; I can see through your masks.” From Bob Dylan’s iconic song,[…]

U.S. Military Budget Seen From Italy

February 24, 2020 UNAC Editor War and Weapons, War on the Earth

By Manlio Dinucci posted on Workers World, February 19, 2020 Published Feb. 18 in Il Manifesto in Dinucci’s “Art of War” column, which examines Trump’s proposed military budget. Translation by John Catalinotto. The “Budget for the Future of America,” which the U.S. government submitted, shows what the Trump administration’s priorities are in the federal budget for fiscal year 2021 (which[…]

Bad Drones

May 3, 2018 UNAC Editor War and Weapons

by Ted Krall, originally published on Counterpunch, 4/24/18 We have succumbed, in recent years, to technological passivity, the assumption that there’s nothing we can (or should) do about what an older generation used to call “progress.” But that’s not true. War goes on, yet most of the world’s nations came together to ban landmines. Mines, humanity decided, were a horror[…]