United National Antiwar Coalition
This page contains articles by members of various UNAC affiliated groups and friends
Pentagon threatens wider war on Syria. ‘Sarin gas’ pretext exposed. by Sara Flounders
As the danger of a major conflagration in Syria continues to grow, the silence of the corporate media and political establishment is ominous.
The U.S. has dropped tens of thousands of bombs on Syria and sent thousands of U.S. troops to the region. Major world powers are already involved.
The Donald Trump administration threatened a dangerous escalation on June 26 when Press Secretary Sean Spicer claimed Syrian government forces were potentially planning to stage a chemical attack and Washington would make Syria pay a heavy price. [read more]
Black America is “Pro-Peace,” but Its Politicians Work for the War Party. by Glen Ford
The Black Alliance for Peace will have to work around or against the Black Misleadership Class. “For these infinitely self-centered creatures, even the Mother Continent is unworthy of basic human empathy, much less solidarity.” The Congressional Black Caucus won’t even complain of genocide in the Congo, much less war against Syria. Even the Movement for Blacks Lives’ position on peace is weak. Malcolm, MLK and Du Bois would disapprove. [read more]
Trump’s ‘no fly zone’ escalates U.S. war against Syria by Jeff Mackler
The lie that the U.S. is fighting Islamic State (ISIS) terrorism in Syria was publicly exploded on June 18 when a U.S. F/A-18 “Super Hornet” fighter jet launched from the George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier shot down a Syrian government aircraft. Syria said its plane had carried out a mission against ISIS in the countryside near Raqqa—the capital of ISIS’s proclaimed caliphate.
State Department officials asserted that the downing of the Syrian jet was in accord with U.S. policy to operate under its unilaterally established “rules of engagement” that include the “collective self-defense” of its “Syrian partners.” Translated, the quoted phrases amount to a declaration that the U.S. and its imperial allies in Syria will attack any and all forces that seek to interfere with U.S. imperialist objectives. [read more]
America’s Embarrassment by Margaret Kimberley
Much of America is embarrassed by Donald Trump’s boorish ways -- as if bad manners and geopolitical ignorance are the worst faults a president can have. Trump is a truly repugnant human being, but he did not attack seven nations (Obama), destroy a major social welfare program (Clinton), or authorize massive new surveillance on Americans (Bush and Obama). The corporate media cleaned up the images of previous presidential defectives. [read more]
RT interview with Bruce Gagnon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5QGDC3QzmA
Talk by Joe Lombardo at the World Peace Council anti-NATO conference in Brussels.