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Bolivia: The Open Veins Are Bleeding Six Months after the Coup

May 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Bolivia, War on the Poor

by Veronica Zapata, published on Resumen, May 10, 2020 On November 10, 2019, a violent coup d’état took place in Bolivia, navigated by the U.S., which managed to articulate the racist national oligarchy with the backing of the armed forces, the police and the paramilitary groups forcing Evo Morales to resign at gunpoint. The objective was to regain control of[…]

Whose Crisis? When the People Lose, the Corporate Parties and the Rich Win

May 13, 2020 UNAC Editor The War at Home

by Glen Ford, published on Black Agenda Report, May 7, 2020 The Democratic Party is a servant of corporate capital and cannot possibly be converted to a people’s party. The rise and demise of Bernie Sanders proves the point. “The people were force-fed the reality that the United States has no health care system capable of defending the public against[…]

COVID-19: US Pulls Plug on Global Ceasefire Resolution

May 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, International Law, United Nations, US Government Action

by Dali ten Hove, published on Consortium News, May 11, 2020 After six weeks of negotiations, the United States shot down hopes for a resolution to be approved in the United Nations Security Council on May 8, refusing to back worldwide ceasefires as the U.S. continues to castigate China and the World Health Organization for the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, momentum[…]

Send Emails By May 20 Urging Germany: “Don’t Arm Your Drones.”

May 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Drones, Resistance, War and Weapons

by Nick Mottern, published on KnowDrones, May 8, 2020 The German Parliament is about to enter a decisive stage in the only public debate ever to be required by the ruling parties of a NATO-member state regarding whether to acquire lethal killer drones. Other NATO countries have blindly followed the U.S. and Israeli precedent without much public discussion. This unique[…]

Mass Joblessness Deepens in US as Corporations Move to Implement Permanent Layoffs

May 12, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Economics, Labor

by Shannon Jones, published on World Wide Socialist Website, May 8, 2020 US government figures released today show mass unemployment in April unlike anything seen since the Great Depression, as the official unemployment rate hit 14.7 percent. According to the Department of Labor, 20.5 million jobs were lost in April, a number far larger than anything ever previously recorded. Looked[…]

Civilian Testimony: US Drones Continue to Slaughter Civilians

May 12, 2020 UNAC Editor Drones, War and Weapons, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

CJ Werleman, published on ByLineTimes, May 6, 2020 Background In what’s been described as a “rare admission” of culpability, the United States military acknowledged on Monday it had killed two civilians and injured three more when it carried out a drone strike in Somalia more than a year ago. “Regrettably two civilians were killed and three others injured in a[…]

Pivot To Peace Must Replace US Pivot To War With China

May 11, 2020 UNAC Editor Asia Pivot, China, Ending War, Hybrid Warfare

by Margaret Flowers & Kevin Zeese, published on Popular Resistance, May 10, 2020 The Trump administration, in seeking to divert attention from its bungled response to the COVID-19 pandemic and mishandling of the economic collapse, is escalating the bipartisan anti-China policy, which has a long history. This increases the potential of military conflict and economic war between our countries. President[…]

Long Live the Spirit of Kent and Jackson State!

May 10, 2020 UNAC Editor Peoples' Movements, Protest, Resistance, The War at Home

By Otis Grotewohl, published on Workers World, May 7, 2020 May 4 and May 15, 2020, mark the 50th anniversaries of the murders of students at Kent State and Jackson State in the United States. Many people are familiar with the National Guard shooting of students and protesters at Ohio’s Kent State University in 1970, which left four dead and[…]

US Government Fears China Will Give Away COVID-19 Vaccine for Free

May 10, 2020 UNAC Editor Corporatism, Trade Wars

by Alan McLeod, published on MintPress News, May 4, 2020 he number of official global coronavirus mortalities surpassed a quarter of a million people today, including over 69,000 in the U.S. (although this is very likely an undercount). Polls show that the American people are extremely worried about contracting the virus. However, the government has a much bigger concern: that[…]

The United States of Distraction, A Book Review

May 9, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Uncategorized

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, May 6, 2020 The authors recount and document the descent into “post-truth” partisan journalism from the alt-right to the right, liberal, and even independent left media, between 2016 and now. “Team Clinton had imagined Trump would be the easiest Republican to beat, but the strategy backfired.” The complete title of Mickey Huff[…]