Mass Shootings

Mass Shootings, Empire and Racist Copaganda Dog Whistles

June 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Mass Shootings, Militarism, Political Analysis, The War at Home, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, June 1, 2022 Two mass shootings in quick succession brought out the worst in Americans. The anger and grief were followed by the usual lies and pretense that violence here is somehow mysterious. Political leaders advocate state violence all the time, calling for new victims to be created here and around the[…]

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by Tom Engelhardt, published on TomDispatch, April 13, 2021 By the time you read this piece, it will already be out of date.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[…]

India’s Nov 26 General Strike: We Are the Grass Roots

December 4, 2020 UNAC Editor India, Labor Struggles, Mass Shootings

by Vijay Prashad, from Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, December 3, 2020 Farmers and agricultural workers from northern India marched along various national highways toward India’s capital of New Delhi as part of the general strike on 26 November. They carried placards with slogans against the anti-farmer, pro-corporate laws that were passed by India’s Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament)[…]

A Surefire Plan to Address Gun Violence

February 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Mass Shootings, The War at Home

Students are evacuated from Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Col., after a shooting in 2013 By Bruce Lesnick, originally published on Socialist Action, Feb 22, 2018 With 346 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2017 and 34 in the first two months of 2018—including the Parkland, Fla., tragedy that cost the lives of 17 high school students and injured 15[…]