Democracy

Two New Disappointments for the Coup Planners in Venezuela

March 15, 2020 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Democracy, Latin America, Venezuela

By Marco Teruggi, translation published on Resumen, North America Bureau, March 11, 2020 Yesterday Caracas witnessed a mobilization called by Juan Guaido and another by Chavismo. What should have been an overwhelming opposition action failed to make an impact and clearly showed the division in the ranks of the opposition, an element that has forced the strategy of the United[…]

The WFP, Phony Outrage and Black Misleaders

September 26, 2019 UNAC Editor Democracy, Democrats and Republicans

by Margaret Kimberley, Published on Black Agenda Report, September 25, 2019 The co-founder of Black Lives Matter has struck a cynical deal with corporate Democrats to boost Elizabeth Warren by attacking Bernie Sanders forces as racist. “The Working Families Party is a perfect partner for the fraud because it exists only as a cover for the Democrats.” The black misleadership[…]

Disability groups reject racist Georgia voter suppression

September 14, 2018 UNAC Editor Democracy

Image from North Carolina campaign against voter suppression in 2016. By NY Disabilities Bureau of Workers World Party posted on Workers World, September 10, 2018 A proposal by the Randolph County, Georgia, Board of Elections to close seven out of nine polling places in one stroke before the November election has been defeated. The board’s rationale for its vote-suppressing plan[…]

The West & Gulf Couldn’t Sway These Lebanese Elections

June 12, 2018 UNAC Editor Democracy, Lebanon, US Hypocrisy

by As’ad AbuKhalil, written for Consortium News, May 31, 2018 The recent Lebanese parliamentary election generated a lot of publicity in Western media. To be sure, free elections are rare in the Middle East, and Western media get excited over the prospects of success for what they dub as “pro-Western” candidates or coalitions anywhere. Also because foes of Israel and[…]