Democracy and Consent

We Have Zero Obligation to Vote for War Criminals and Career Politicians Who Serve Only Rich Donors

August 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Democracy and Consent, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 1, 2024 [July 24 Chicago Federal Plaza rally statement by representative of Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine protesting bi-partisan Netanyahu invitation to address US Congress, 600 attended.] This Sunday, after nearly 10 months of mass outrage and action against the genocide genocidair-in-chief, Joe Biden has stepped down from the 2024 election race.[…]

U.S. Rejection of Venezuela’s Democracy Vindicates Trump Contesting the 2020 Election Results

August 7, 2024 UNAC Editor coup, Democracy and Consent, Lawfare, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, US Law, US Politics, Venezuela

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, August 7, 2024 It cannot be said that the U.S. has free and fair elections. Yet, the country regularly uses the false virtue of democracy to enact regime change when its interests are threatened by a nation seeking sovereignty. In Venezuela, this effort has reached a particular level of absurdity on multiple occasions – this[…]

Don’t Believe the Hype: Venezuela is a Democracy!

August 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Democracy and Consent, Hybrid Warfare, Venezuela

by Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 21, 2024 Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report editor and columnist, discusses observing the recent elections in Venezuela and why the U.S. still seeks to undermine that democracy. Margaret Kimberley: Ajamu Baraka is a Black Agenda Report editor and columnist. He is joining us from Caracas, Venezuela, where he[…]

Venezuelans Re-Elect President Maduro Despite U.S. Organized Coup Attempt

July 30, 2024 UNAC Editor coup, Democracy and Consent, Food Sovereignty, Hybrid Warfare, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, petroleum, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Gloria Guillo, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 30, 2024 Sanctions are a misnomer when it comes to Venezuela. Here, the U.S. isn’t “just” illegally punishing a nation-state to effect regime change by withholding necessary resources and key inputs that cause food shortages, grave illness, death and economic instability. In Venezuela, the United States is also committing racketeer-level crimes against[…]

Maduro Celebrates Victory With Massive Chavista Demonstration at Miraflores Palace

July 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Democracy, Democracy and Consent, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Venezuela

from the Orinoco Tribune, July 29, 2024 The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, celebrated his re-election to office alongside a massive crowd that gathered at the Miraflores Palace on Sunday night, to await the first announcement of the National Electoral Council (CNE). “National independence triumphed,” said the re-elected president, while emphasizing that “they could not defeat[…]

Silent Sanctions Weapon Used Against Venezuela Elections

July 25, 2024 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, July 22, 2024 Flounders, a coordinator of the SanctionsKill Campaign, will moderate the July 23 webinar described at the end of this article. The upcoming elections in Venezuela, scheduled for July 28, are in the crosshairs of another attempted U.S.-orchestrated regime change operation. U.S. politicians have already intentionally created years of economic hardship[…]

Demagogue Trump’s “Restraint” at Republican Party Convention: Biden Drops Out

July 24, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Imperialism, Nicaragua, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, July 22, 2024 As with France’s newly moderated and re-imaged proto-fascist Marine Le Pen a few weeks earlier, Donald J. Trump took the floor of the Republican National Convention for a 93-minute “unifying” nomination acceptance speech. Friendly, relaxed, complementary, “family-oriented,” thanking God for saving his life five days earlier from an assassin’s near[…]

For 75 Years, NATO Has Been Terrorizing the Globe

July 15, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, CIA, Cold War, Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Imperial Wars, Imperialism, NATO, Political Analysis, U.S. Aggression, US Meddling in Europe, War and Peace

by Jeremy Kuzmerov, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 13, 2024 Will a formidable peace movement ever emerge that can succeed in stopping it? This past week, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrated its 75th anniversary by hosting a summit in Washington, D.C., where its founding treaty was signed. A declaration issued at the summit made clear NATO’s intent to[…]

AFGJ Strongly Condemns The Attempted Military Coup In Bolivia

June 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Bolivia, coup, Democracy and Consent, Hybrid Warfare

By the Alliance for Global Justice, published on Popular Resistance, June 26, 2024 The Alliance for Global Justice commends the Arce Administration for its swift action to restore popular democracy. Alliance for Global Justice congratulates the Arce Administration for its swift action to restore popular democracy in Bolivia just hours after its National Army surrounded the Palacio Quemado with tanks[…]

Call for A Palestine Liberation Movement and One Democratic State of Palestine

June 3, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Statement

This statement comes from a Palestinian group called the One State Assembly. The petition isn’t new, but you can still sign and join an increasingly relevant and important movement . [editor] Please sign our statement calling for a single Democratic State of Palestine within the boundaries of historic Palestine. Only then, can there be a peaceful, democratic multi-ethnic society in[…]