Economics

October 7, The Election and Capitalist Crisis, A Conversation With Ajamu Baraka

October 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Austerity, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Genocide, Resistance, The War at Home

by Margaret Kimberley and Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, October 8, 2024 Margaret Kimberley, Executive Editor and Senior Columnist of Black Agenda Report is again in conversation with Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report Editor and Contributor. The US presidential election is just four weeks away, and momentous events are occurring, particularly in Western Asia, where Israel continues its onslaught with[…]

The WFTU on The Passing of One Year of Genocide

October 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Labor, Palestine, Trade

Statement by Central WFTU (World Federation of Trade Unions), published on Labor Today International, October 7, 2024 It has been a year since the beginning of the genocide against our brothers and sister in Palestine, more than 42 thousand people have lost their lives with the number being on the rise day by day. All efforts for a ceasefire are[…]

Imperial Hypocrisy of the US-China Climate Talks

September 26, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Climate Change, Green Energy, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars

by Megan Russell, submitted September 25, 2024 Earlier this month, US climate envoy John Podesta met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing to discuss climate financing for the upcoming years. The US has long criticized China’s approach to confronting the climate threat, and continuously pushes Chinese leaders to do more. At the same time, US leaders label China’s[…]

Southern Command Launches an Attack on China and Russia in Latin America

September 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Belt and Road, Latin America, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, New Cold War

by MissionVerdad, published on Resumen English, September 23, 2024 Laura Richardson, leader of the U.S. military’s Southern Command, recently called for the development of a new “Marshall Plan”, aimed at Latin America to counter the growing influence of Russia and China in the region. During the annual security forum of the Aspen Institute, a platform that has become one of the[…]

Zionist Quagmire – Sinking Deeper

September 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Genocide, Imperial Wars, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Palestine

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, September 19, 2024 In a blasting news interview on Israel’s Channel 12 on Sept. 15, Major General Israel Ziv, the army’s former head of operations in Gaza, asserted that the Zionist military is stuck in Gaza and has suffered significant losses during its 11-month offensive in the besieged Strip. Ziv stated that Israel[…]

Why Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to Haiti

September 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Haiti, International Aid and Debt, US Hypocrisy, US Intervention

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, September 13, 2024 Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Sept. 5 and 6, the first visit by a high level U.S. official in nearly 10 years. That means Blinken made a special visit to Haiti, a country that is the most exploited and poorest in the[…]

Takeover! A Human Rights Approach to Housing

September 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Civil Resistance, Economic Collapse, Human Rights, Poverty, The War at Home

TAKEOVER! A Human Rights Approach to Housing is a beautifully written book about poor and homeless people choosing to live and refusing to die. by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, September 11, 2024 I can’t recommend TAKEOVER! A Human Rights Approach to Housing, by Cheri Honkala and the Poor People’s Army, enough. Most people don’t like to think[…]

The Criminality of Unilateral Sanctions

September 3, 2024 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Prabhat Patnaik, published on MR Online, September 1, 2024 DURING Modi’s visit to Ukraine (why he visited Ukraine at all at the present time remains a mystery), Zelensky asked India not to purchase fuel from Russia in violation of western sanctions, that is, to fall in line with the “unilateral” western sanctions. Let us for a moment forget the[…]

How the U.S. Could Have Won the Venezuelan Election

September 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Political Analysis, Political Corruption, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Foreign Policy, Venezuela

by Roger D. Harris, published on Workers World, August 23, 2024 Workers World has been publishing, unedited, statements from anti-imperialist media and individuals to show the breadth of support for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and opposition to the lies of the U.S. government and corporate media. Washington’s intent was not to encourage a free and fair democratic process but[…]

Three Amigos No More?

September 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Economics, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Mexico, US Borders, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, US Incited Protests, Wall Street

By Nick Corbishly, Naked Capitalism, August 28, 2024 Mexico’s President AMLO responds by refusing to discuss the matter with US Ambassador Ken Salazar while giving the Mexican people a brief history lesson on US interference in Latin America. Well, that was quick. Just a week ago, we wagered that the US and Canadian embassies would soon begin piling pressure on[…]