Puerto Rico Shock and Awe Exposing Capitalism’s Criminality

Small Acts Can Become A Power No Government Can Suppress

March 5, 2021 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, March 1, 2021 The American Rescue Plan (ARP) was passed in the House this past week and now heads to the Senate, where it will no doubt be changed before it becomes law some time in mid-March. The current unemployment benefits expire on March 14. While we don’t know what the final bill[…]

On Feb. 20: U.S. cities in solidarity with #BAmazon workers

February 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Labor, Labor Struggles, Paths to Emancipation

by Betsey Piette, published on Workers World, February 24, 2021 As Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala., vote to unionize, they are gaining support. On Feb. 20, demonstrations took place in solidarity with BAmazon workers in 50+ U.S. cities in 30 states, including several in the South. The National Day of Solidarity with BAmazon was called by the Southern Workers Assembly,[…]

Resistance is not Futile: A Brief History of Lebanon’s Hezbollah

January 18, 2021 UNAC Editor Lebanon, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Resistance

by Steve Lalla, published on CounterPunch, January 15, 2021 Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has inspired fear within the Empire through both armed struggle and its success in electoral politics. For effectively wielding this double-edged sword, the “Party of God” has been vilified by countless politicians and media outlets. From its birth as an armed resistance to Israeli attacks on Lebanon[…]

Working Class Unites Across India for 250 Million Strong Strike

December 4, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, India, Labor Struggles, Paths to Emancipation, Uncategorized

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, December 1, 2020 For the second time this year, a class-wide mobilization in an “All-India strike” brought out 250 million workers. With one in four working-age people in India participating, this 24-hour work stoppage can again claim the status of “world’s biggest strike.” The first record-breaking general strike had taken place on Jan.[…]

BLM Chapters Demand “Accountability” from Trio that Cashed In on the Movement

December 4, 2020 UNAC Editor Corporatism, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Socio-Economic Struggles

by Glen Ford, published on Black Agenda Report, December 3, 2020 Ten chapters of the national Black Lives Matter organization are in open revolt against the individuals that have treated the mass movement as their personal vehicle for upward political, professional and financial advancement. “The BLMGNF became the principal beneficiary of millions of dollars in individual and corporate philanthropy.” In 2013 three Black[…]

Evo Morales returns to Bolivia in triumph

November 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Paths to Emancipation

By Marco Terrugi posted on Workers World, November 16, 2020 Chimoré airport, Bolivia First published Nov. 13 in revistacrisis.com.ar, Teruggi’s article describes Evo Morales’ triumphant return to Bolivia after a year in exile. Translation: John Catalinotto. [Former President] Evo Morales and [Vice President] Alvaro Garcia Linera stood before a crowd at the Chimoré airport in the heart of the Chapare.[…]

Police Kill. We March. Why?

September 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, Organizing, Paths to Emancipation, Racism, Resistance

by Mark P. Fancher, published on Black Agenda Report, September 2, 2020 We must instead think creatively about how to either take total community control of law enforcement as an institution or to bring about an independent, nation-building, self-governing reality. “We are able to develop new approaches to community security adapted to the current material conditions of our community.” In[…]

Mumia: The Perils of Reform

July 20, 2020 UNAC Editor Action!!, Paths to Emancipation, Police Corruption

by Mumia Abu Jamal, published on Socialist Action, July 11, 2020 For years — indeed, for decades — we have seen the mirage of reform being presented by neoliberal leaders and their media tools, only to awake too late to ghoulish nightmares of shattered promises and hopes betrayed. For reform is betrayal, a devil’s bargain of better days to come[…]

No Compromise, No Retreat: Defeat the War Against the African/Black People in the U.S. and Abroad

June 7, 2020 UNAC Editor Organizing, Paths to Emancipation, Protest, Racism

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, June 3, 2020 The justice for George Floyd mobilizations today reflected the state’s worst nightmare – a multi-national and multi-racial action initiated by Black people with Black leadership. “A shift must occur away from the focus on individual justice for Floyd back to a critique and opposition to the ongoing structural violence[…]

Federal Charges Against Four Venezuelan Embassy Protectors Dropped

June 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, Venezuela

by Embassy Protectors, published on Popular Resistance, June 3, 2020 Work to Oppose US Imperialism and Build International Solidarity Continues Washington, DC – The federal charge of “interfering with certain protective functions” levied against four members of the Embassy Protection Collective was formally dropped today in a hearing before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell in US District Court. The four[…]