UNAC Editor

The Third Intifada: A New Chapter in Palestinian Struggle for Liberation

July 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Uncategorized

by Ali Abou Jabra, published on Workers World, June 27, 2023 Resistance activities intensify across the West Bank, indicating another potential uprising with similar causes as the previous two intifadas. The evolving armed resistance suggests a heightened level of sophistication and adaptability among the resistance groups. The occupied Palestinian territories have undergone a series of significant changes since last year,[…]

UNRWA To Stop Services to Palestinian Refugees in August Due to Financial Crisis

July 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Genocide, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Tareq S. Hajjaj, published on Mondoweiss, June 24, 2023 Ahmad Ayyesh, 41 and a father of six children, is standing in a protest in the midday heat on Tuesday afternoon outside the large doors of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Gaza City. He joined the protest to raise his voice and demand that the agency’s[…]

Israel Launches Massive Deadly Attack on West Bank City of Jenin

July 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel, Palestine

from Israel-Palestine News, a project of If Americans Knew, July 3, 2023 The Israeli military launched a huge attack on the Palestinian city of Jenin, targeting members of the Palestinian resistance against Israel’s occupation and oppression. At least eight Palestinians have been shot dead and over 50 have been injured. The invasion included over 150 armored vehicles and 1,000 ground[…]

Israel’s Colonial Grip on Palestinian Identity

July 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Amjad Alqasis, published on Mondoweiss, June 27, 2023 Millions of Palestinians worldwide live in forced diaspora and are cut off from their homeland by Israel’s colonial practices and policies. The Zionist movement — and later, Israel — has forcibly displaced more than half of the Palestinian population and in turn has created numerous laws, regulations, and military orders such[…]

SCOTUS’s Latest Attack on Affirmative Action

July 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Racism, The War at Home, US Politics, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, June 30, 2023 The Supreme Court of the United States confirmed once again what an utterly reactionary, rightwing institution it is by striking down the right to use affirmative action in college admissions. The 6-3 ruling, issued June 29, stems from two cases – Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and Students[…]

Argentina Pays IMF With Yuan As Part Of Its Debt Payment

July 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Argentina, Global Economics

from The Countercurrents Collective, July 3, 2023 Argentina made its latest payment on its $44 billion-loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) using its stock of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and Chinese yuan, according to the Economy Ministry. The SDRs are an asset within the IMF created to supplement countries’ official reserves. According to government spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti, the payment[…]

The Terrible Origins of July 4th

July 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 4, 2023 The causes of the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence are rarely taught in this country. The American colonists chafed under British rules limiting their settlements and feared they would end slavery. The “patriots” motives were anything but noble. This article was originally published in Black Agenda Report in 2021. “He[…]

The Situation of Older Workers in the U.S.

July 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Poverty, Socio-Economic Struggles, The War at Home

Published by Labor Today, July 1, 2023 When it comes to older workers in the United States, they live on the edge of the abyss in the land of plenty. Neoliberalism is privatizing all government services into corporate profit centers. The richest country in the world spends all its resources on war and imperialist adventures. Through Fiscal Year 2022, the[…]

Chicago Rally Demands Drop the Charges on The Tampa 5 and Free All Political Prisoners

July 2, 2023 UNAC Editor Free Speech, The War at Home, Violence Against Protesters

by Liz Rathburn, published Fightback News!, July 1, 2023 Chicago IL – On Saturday, July 1, more than 70 students and activists gathered in downtown Chicago. They joined the nationwide campaign by Students for a Democratic Society and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression demanding that the charges on the Tampa 5 be dropped. The Tampa 5 are[…]

Mainstream Media Colludes with U.S. Government To Conceal Source of Syria’s Heartbreaking Humanitarian Crisis

July 2, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, International Law, Propaganda, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Aggression, US Government Action, US Incited Protests

by Jeremey Kuzmarov, published on CovertAction Magazine, June 30, 2023 Illegal U.S. bombing raids, brutal economic sanctions, and incredibly brazen theft by U.S. forces of 66,000 barrels of Syrian oil per day (80% of its total output) have visited a biblical-scale tragedy upon the Syrian people that has battered them virtually back to the stone age. Following a devastating earthquake in February[…]