Gun Violence

The U.S role in fomenting violence in Haiti

May 8, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Austerity, Deportation, Economic Blockade, Gun Violence, Haiti, Identity Politics, International Aid and Debt, Public Health

by G. Dunkel, posted on Workers World, May 5, 2023 María Isabel Salvador, the author of the April 25 report from the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) to the U.N. Security Council on the current situation in Haiti emphasized “the urgent need for the deployment, authorized by the Security Council, of an international specialized force.” Based on the last[…]

Why Americans Are Shot At The “Wrong House”

April 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Police Brutality, Racism, U.S. Aggression, White Supremacy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 26, 2023 People in the U.S. venerate its violent history, support violence committed by the state, and remain very racist, yet express shock when individuals kill and maim. In recent days there have been widely reported stories about individuals in the United States who were shot because they were in the “wrong” location. The most[…]

Capitalism is Killing Our Children

June 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Militarism, War on the Poor

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, June 17, 2022 It is incomprehensible that Washington politicians could sit through the hours of gut-wrenching testimony from the loved ones of victims of recent gun violence in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, and not be moved. Yet this seems to be the case. Speakers included Uvalde teacher Arnulfo Reyes, who survived[…]

An American Nightmare: Uvalde School Massacre

May 28, 2022 UNAC Editor Gun Violence

by Belén Fernández, published on Common Dreams, May 28, 2022 In his official remarks on the May 24 elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas—during which 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos killed 19 children and two adults—United States President Joe Biden demanded: “When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?” Affirming that “to lose a child[…]

American Fascism on Trial in Kenosha

November 26, 2021 UNAC Editor Fascism, Gun Violence, Protest, Racism, The War at Home, White Supremacy

by Paul Street, published on Counterpunch, November 16, 2021 Well, Street’s prediction was correct. In fact, Kyle Rittenhouse was not convicted on any charges, leaving him free to believe he was in the right when he took 2 lives and nearly a third, with a high power rifle he was carrying with the safety off in a dense and chaotic[…]

US Wars Come Home to Roost

July 10, 2021 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Social Impact, The Drug War, The War at Home, US Military

by Colleen Rowley, published on Consortium News, July 8, 2021 It’s been six months since the Jan. 6 insurrection. But long before the public saw that mob scene in the Capitol, it was easy to predict that the upcoming inauguration would, unfortunately, take place amid extreme electoral polarization and civil unrest. Ordinary Americans had been turned against each other, radicalizing[…]

Slaughter Central

April 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Mass Shootings, Militarism, U.S. Aggression

by Tom Engelhardt, published on TomDispatch, April 13, 2021 By the time you read this piece, it will already be out of date. The reason’s simple enough. No matter what mayhem I describe, with so much all-American weaponry in this world of ours, there’s no way to keep up. Often, despite the headlines that go with mass killings here, there’s[…]

Gun Violence Starts at the Top

April 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Militarism, U.S. Aggression

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 21, 2021 If the state reserves the right to commit mass murder no one should be surprised that the people follow suit. “No one should be surprised when a well-armed population makes use of their personal arsenals.” Mass shootings happen with appalling regularity in the United States. It is bad enough[…]

US Gunning for Trouble

April 9, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Gun Violence, Healthcare, Human Rights, Public Health

by Finian Cunningham, published on Information Clearing House, April 7, 2020 April 07, 2020 “Information Clearing House” – The spectre of the coronavirus pandemic in the US has darkened decidedly, with President Trump warning of a harrowing next few weeks from a surging disease death toll. Into the malevolent mix are reports of American citizens buying up firearms as if[…]

The rise of right-wing violence in Trump’s America

November 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, White Supremacy

By John Leslie, published on Socialist Action, November, 2018 Homemade pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats and Trump critics sparked nationwide fear and an FBI manhunt. The 14 bombs were sent to billionaire George Soros, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, Former Vice President Joe Biden, actor Robert DeNiro, and others. One of the devices was[…]