Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

For African/Black Working Class and Colonized Peoples, Midterm Elections in the U.S. Offer No Relief from War Repression and Capitalist Misery

November 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Democracy and Consent, Labor, Racism, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 9, 2022 The 50-year old neo-liberal agenda explains why political choices in this country provide little change that benefits the masses of people. The recent midterm election results will not bring about an improvement in the lives of the Black working class. The agenda was set with the Lewis Powell Memorandum[…]

Haiti and the Debt of Independence

October 23, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Economic Collapse, Haiti, Imperial greed, Indigenous peoples, International Aid and Debt, Racism

by Yves Engler, published on Countercurrents, September 4, 2022 In the vast history of imperialist exploitation few episodes match the depravity of Haiti’s debt of independence. Military blackmail of a small country by a superpower, prioritizing “property rights” over human rights, racial capitalism, a sellout “light skinned” local bourgeoise and the way our past haunts the present are all part[…]

No to Foreign Military Intervention in Haiti! Yes to Haitian Self Determination!

October 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Economic Blockade, Haiti, Imperialism, Occupation, Statement, United Nations

by the Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team, published on Black Agenda Report, October 19, 2022 The vote in the UN Security Council did not take place. It appears that behind the scenes, Russia and China made it clear they would not support these measures. I published the Black Alliance for Peace Response to this a little further down if[…]

Workers InFrance Stage Nationwide Strike For Higher Wages and 130,000 People March In Paris

October 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Breaking News, Democracy and Consent, Europe, France, Labor Struggles

by the Countercurrents Collective, published on Countercurrents, October 19, 2022 The Europeans are struggling with the insane response of the EU leadership to the Ukraine War, eagerly sacrificing their welfare to a proxy war in support of U.S. aggression and a deadly proxy war. [jb] French workers took part in a nationwide strike Tuesday to demand higher wages to keep[…]

The Black Alliance for Peace Welcomes Delayed Security Council Vote on Western Invasion of Haiti

October 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Government Corruption, Haiti, Occupation, Statement, U.S. Aggression

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, October 18, 2022 BAP’s Explicit Call for Security Council Opposition Was Heard October 18, 2022 — One day after the Black Alliance for Peace – and other individuals and groups from Haiti and the Haitian diaspora – requested that Russia and China oppose the Biden Administration’s UN Security Council resolution providing cover for another[…]

Four Straight Years of Nonstop Street Protest in Haiti

October 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Democracy and Consent, Haiti, Imperial Wars, NGOs, Occupation, US Hypocrisy

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, September 27, 2022 The destruction of Haiti appears to be an international project. The US leads, having smashed their legitimate government repeatedly and destroyed any avenues toward independence, integrity or economic stability that have arisen. What is their crime? Is it an indpendent spirit, or merely the vulnerability of the small and weak? […]

Stop Using Human Tragedies to Instigate “Velvet Revolution” in Iran!

October 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Democracy and Consent, Iran, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Statement from U.S. Peace Council, October 2, 2022 I visited Iran several times a decade ago. Women have it pretty good in Iran. They have about the same ratio of women to men in college as the US (just like us, women do a little better in college and men do a little better in the economy). Women are free[…]

Strike, Strike, Strike

September 24, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Democracy and Consent, Labor, Labor Struggles, New World Visions, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements

by Chris Hedges, published on The Chris Hedges Report, September 18, 2022 The mounting social inequality is fueling protests around the globe. The global ruling class is determined to prevent these protests from employing the weapon that can bring them down — strikes. The ruling oligarchs are terrified that, for tens of millions of people, the economic dislocation caused by[…]

The Bewildering Vote in Chile That Rejected a New Constitution

September 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Chile, Chile, Democracy and Consent

By Taroa Zúñiga Silva and Vijay Prashad, Produced by Globetrotter, September 9, 2022 On September 4, 2022, more than 13 million Chileans—out of a voting-eligible population of approximately 15 million—voted on a proposal to introduce a new constitution in the country. As early as March, polls began to suggest that the constitution would not be able to pass. However, polls[…]

Call for Solidarity: FBI Raids African People’s Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement

August 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Black Liberation Movement, Capitalism, Censorship and Propaganda, Democracy and Consent, Fascism, Free Speech, History, Imperialism, Labor Struggles

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 4, 2022 The United National Antiwar Coalition has initiated an important online petition to solicit solidarity with the APSP and the Uhuru Movement. The petition defends their right to freely associate with people around the world, to hold any political beliefs it may choose, and to express them without fear of intimidation,[…]