Environment

After Earthquake Devastates Syria, US Shows No Interest in Lifting Sanctions

February 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Humanitarian Aid, Natural Disaster, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Dave DeCamp, published on Antiwar.com, February 6, 2023 US sanctions are specifically designed to prevent Syria’s reconstruction. Due to U.S. imposed sanctions, international NGOs generally operate only outside government controlled areas in Syria. [jb] After a devastating earthquake hit Syria and Turkey, killing thousands of people, the US State Department showed no interest in lifting crippling economic sanctions on[…]

Colonial-Capitalist Fascism and Its Deadly Outcome

January 31, 2023 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Police Brutality, Racism, The War at Home, War on the Earth, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, January 30, 2023 The State Murder of Tortuguita in Atlanta and Tyre Nichols in Memphis Are Inextricably Linked The cold-blooded assassination of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, also known as Tortuguita, Spanish for “Little Turtle,” is a reminder that fascism in the United States cannot be reduced to the political intentions of avowed white nationalists.[…]

The Renewable Energy Transition Is Failing

November 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, Global Economics

by Richard Heiberg, produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute, November 22, 2022 Renewable energy isn’t replacing fossil fuel energy—it’s adding to it. A complex scientific problem cannot be solved through political football. [jb] Despite all the renewable energy investments and installations, actual global greenhouse gas emissions keep increasing. That’s largely due to[…]

A People’s Analysis of a World on Fire

September 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Economics, Environment, Latin America, Public Health, Taiwan, Ukraine

by Manuel Bertoldi, published on People’s Dispatch, September 24, 2022 The following article is a summary of debates and reflections within the organization ALBA Movimientos, which were discussed during the last meeting of the International Peoples’ Assembly. These are observations made based on the daily reality in which the peoples of the world exist: in a turbulent world with an[…]

The Cries of Pakistan

September 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Corporatism, Corruption, Natural Disaster, Pakistan

by Pippa Bartolotti, September 6, 2022 As the water levels in Pakistan continue to rise, the exhausted people of that land run out of ground to live on. In this case it is not the sea level rise which has concerned us for so long, but the ever-faster rate of glacier melt. It is astounding that Pakistan has 7000 glaciers[…]

Global Warming’s Horrific Devastation of Pakistan

September 1, 2022 UNAC Editor Natural Disaster, Pakistan, Poverty

By Farooq Tariq, published on Socialist Action, August 31, 2022 Summary on Pakistan’s flood situation Incessant monsoon rains and flash floods have devastated Pakistan, affecting millions of people and incurring huge economic losses. The scale of devastation According to the official figure of National Disaster Management Authority, floods have so far claimed the lives of 1350 people. 1 million houses[…]

Beyond Capitalism

August 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Environment

By Hank Stone, August 31, 2022 A friend recently circulated this summary in email. It is a clear and focused summary of Smith’s article so, you can see the point and if you want to read the detailed article that inspired this piece it was published on Truthout a few years ago and is linked in the first paragraph. [jb][…]

The Inflation Reduction Act is a Poison Pill for Black and Indigenous Communities

August 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Environment, Racism, U.S. Budget, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Anthony Rogers-Wright, published on Black Agenda Report, August 19, 2022 Among other problematic issues, the so-called climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act allow for more oil drilling on federal lands. Greenwashing and Democratic party duplicity are nothing to celebrate for Black and Indigenous communities. The brother El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) once explained, “If you’re not[…]

Democrats’ ‘Climate Bill’ Puts Polluters before People and the Planet

August 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, US Politics

by Robert Belano, published on Socialist Action, August 16, 2022 After an embarrassing past few months which included the overturning of Roe v. Wade, rising inflation, a stalled legislative agenda, and Nancy Pelosi’s ill-advised visit to Taiwan, Biden and the Democratic leadership were desperate for a victory. A small win for the party has arrived in the form of the[…]

What does Cuba Have to Do With the International Movement Against the Climate Crisis?

August 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Cuba, petroleum, Socialism

by Alison Bodine, published in Fire This Time, Volume 16, Issues 5, 6, August 2022 The fight for climate justice It has been yet another difficult week of the climate crisis for mother earth and humanity. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released yet another report. This 6th report highlights how governments lie about the[…]