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Israel And 75 Years of Land Theft in Palestine

November 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Israel-Palestine

by Makram Khoury-Machool, published on Al-Mayadeen, November 19, 2021 In this article, the continuous history of land theft by Israel from the indigenous Palestinian population over the long years is laid out by a Palestinian from a leading family of Orthodox Priests in Jerusalem, now living in exile in London. If this reality disturbs you, please encourage your organization to[…]

COP26: Greenwashing and Plutocratic Misadventures

November 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Climate Change, Global Economics, Resistance

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 17, 2021 For all the policy failures of COP26 it may actually be an inflection point in history — a point where social and political conditions force a transformation of consciousness and politics that can usher in epochal change. COP 26 reaffirmed what has been obvious from the beginning: the Northern[…]

ACT UP Boston charges city with mass violations of human rights

November 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Socio-Economic Struggles, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Aezra El, published on Workers World, November 14, 2021 On Nov. 5, ACT UP Boston, labor leaders, frontline harm reductionists, housing advocates, contingents of students, folks who have been houseless and people who use drugs converged on City Hall for a protest press conference and speak-out. Days earlier, city officials began waging their “sheriff’s plan,” setting up kangaroo courts,[…]

Lessons of the Buffalo, N.Y., mayoral election

November 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Democracy, Socialism, US Politics

by Ryan Lockwood, published on Workers World, November 14, 2021 Nov. 14 — Under normal circumstances, Buffalo’s mayoral election would have been little more than the 16-year incumbent Democrat Byron Brown’s coronation ceremony. But India Walton, who declared herself a socialist, interrupted the well-rehearsed proceedings with a stunning June primary upset against Brown. Both candidates are African American. Walton ran[…]

US Business Community Calls on Biden to End Tariffs on Chinese Goods as Inflation Accelerates

November 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars

by Paul Antinopoulis, published on InfoBrics, November 17, 2021 The US business community called on President Joe Biden to cancel tariffs on goods imported from China, especially since tariff sanctions only accelerate inflation in the US. Dozens of professional associations, including the Semiconductor Industry Association, Farmers Federation, Chamber of Commerce, and about 20 other organizations signed a letter on behalf[…]

Sandinistas Win By a Landslide! U.S. Dirty Tricks Fail in Derailing Nicaraguan Democracy

November 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Democracy, Nicaragua, Socialism

by Nan McCurdy, published on Covert Action Magazine, November 9, 2021 In the lead up to the February 25, 1990 elections, President George H.W. Bush told the Nicaraguan people that the U.S. would keep funding the Contras (counter-revolutionaries recruited, funded and directed by President Reagan, the State Department and the CIA in 1980s illegal war), block loans and maintain the[…]

‘We Became Visible’ – a Sandinista’s View on Autonomy

November 20, 2021 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Indigenous peoples, Nicaragua

by Johnny Hodgson, published on Workers World, November 19, 2021 The Sandinista revolution established the mission to create a new nation, a new Nicaraguan nationality, a multiethnic, multicultural and multilingual country, where the Indigenous and Afro-descendant would have the possibility of participating on an equal basis in the construction of this new Nicaraguan nation. We reached the conclusion that for[…]

Digging for Peace- Resisting Nuclear Weapons

November 19, 2021 UNAC Editor Nuclear Weapons, US Meddling in Europe, War on the Earth

by Brian Terrell, published on Countercurrents, November 18, 2021 On Wednesday, October 20, I joined “Vrede Scheppen,” “Create Peace,” about 25 peace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Austria at the airbase at Volkel, Netherlands, making a plea for an end to nuclear weapons. This base is home to two Dutch F16 fighter wings and the United States Air Force[…]

Farm Laws Repeal: A Historic Day For India

November 19, 2021 UNAC Editor Breaking News, India, Labor Struggles

by Bharat Dogra, published on Countercurrents, November 19, 2021 This is a huge victory for the farmers of India. It shows the power of mass protest and relentless resistance, even against the most vicious racist neoliberal government and should be celebrated by activists around the globe. [jb] On November 19 the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi announced the[…]

Cubans Say They Are More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change

November 17, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism

by Medea Benjamin, published on MintPress News, November 16, 2021 HAVANA — “If you build it, they will come,” said Kevin Costner in the Field of Dreams. In Cuba, they didn’t come. Dissidents on the island, with their U.S. backers, had been working feverishly for months to turn the unprecedented July 11 protests into a crescendo of government opposition on[…]