UNAC Editor

Decolonization : Survival : Water : Life

October 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, Palestine, Protest, US Hypocrisy, Visions of a Future

by Steven Salaita, published on Mondoweiss, October 11, 2021 During the summer of 2016, thousands of people representing dozens of nations converged on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in the American state currently known as South Dakota. They arrived to prevent the destruction of land and water by a foreign oil company. Energy Transfer Partners of Dallas, a regular in[…]

Build Back Better: New Keynesianism or Neoliberal Public Relations Stunt

October 13, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Democrats and Republicans, Legislation, US Government Action, US Politics

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, October 13, 2021 Some provisions of Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation benefit the masses of Black people, but this legislation is a bare minimum effort to blunt some of the sharpest contradictions of the system while attempting to maintain the neoliberal order. For more than a week the country has been caught[…]

Columbus Day Toppled in Boston

October 13, 2021 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, Organizing, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples

by K. James, published on Workers World, October 12, 2021 A stunning victory for the people of Boston, and for Indigenous people everywhere! The message is clear: we can replace ‘Columbus’ Day with ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day [jb] In a major victory for Indigenous people everywhere, Boston Mayor Kim Janey signed an Executive Order declaring the second Monday in October to[…]

Israeli-Headed Malware Company Buying up VPNs

October 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Israel

Reposted from Restore Privacy, on Israel Palestine News, September 15, 2021 Not everyone will find this article interesting, but it is really important because it shows how vulnerable we are to criminal activity on the internet, at least in part because there is no oversight. Maybe for simple cyber theft, but these guys have also been in the espionage business.[…]

Indigenous People’s Day Reminds Us To Acknowledge And Support Indigenous Struggles

October 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Featured, Indigenous peoples, Lawfare, Native Americans, Nicaragua, War on the Earth

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, October 21, 2021 Today is Indigenous Peoples Day. Across the country, a growing number of cities and states are recognizing this day in place of the traditional Columbus Day. This change reflects the growing awareness that holidays like Columbus Day are used to rewrite the past and uphold institutions of white supremacy, racism[…]

Global Supply Chain Crisis: Workers’ Health and Safety vs. Capitalists’ Profits

October 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Economic Collapse, Labor Struggles, Public Health

by Betsey Piette, published on Workers World, October 7, 2021 At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, panic buying seemed to create a shortage of different necessities, including toilet paper. Midway through the COVID-19 pandemic, housing prices started rising drastically, as demand surpassed supply due to shortages of construction materials. As students returned to in-person learning, schools found[…]

Wuhan Red Herring?

October 11, 2021 UNAC Editor Bioweapons, US Hypocrisy

by Gwen D’Arcangelis, published on Covert Action Magazine, September 30, 2021 From the U.S. Right to the U.S. Left, We Need to Reorient our Attention to What Our Own Government and Scientists Have Been Doing in Germ Research and Germ Warfare Labs. At the end of August, the U.S. intelligence community released its report on the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the[…]

Indigenous Peoples Day

October 10, 2021 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Featured, Indigenous peoples, Native Americans

by Stephanie Tromblay, published on Workers World, October 8, 2021 Monday, October 11 2021 is Indigenous People’s Day in the U.S. Yes, it has other names, but let us honor the indigenous peoples of this continent and the civilizations they built, which were destroyed by the arrival of Columbus and an endless stream of Europeans who came to pillage. [jb][…]

Nicaragua at a Revolutionary Crossroads and in Imperialist Crosshairs

October 10, 2021 UNAC Editor Black Liberation Movement, Counter Revolution, Indigenous peoples, Nicaragua

by Netfa Freeman, published on Hood Communist, September 2, 2021 U.S. attack on Nicaragua targets its Black community. There is a page in the playbook for U.S. imperialist regime change in Latin America that includes exploiting the identity politics of Blackness. A recent example was the unrest in Cuba a month ago that included a sophisticated attempt to paint the[…]

Julian Assange and the CIA-USA Daily Wars Against Humanity

October 10, 2021 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Whistleblowers

by Jeff Mackler, October 10, 2021 Introductory note: The weekend of October 23-25, in anticipation of a UK court convening to re-consider a previous lower court decision to refuse Julian Assange’s extradition to the U.S., Assange supporters will be mobilizing across the U.S. and worldwide demanding: Free Julian Assange! Drop the Charges! No to Extradition! Free Speech! Free Press! Free[…]