Political Analysis

Trump’s “Murder, Inc.” and the execution of Alex Pretti

January 26, 2026 UNAC Editor Immigration, Labor, Mass action, Migrants, Militarized Police, Police Brutality, Political Analysis, Resistance, The War at Home

by Socialist Equality Party, published on the World Wide Socialist Web, January 25, 2026 Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital, was executed on the streets of Minneapolis on Saturday morning. His murder was the Trump administration’s brutal response to the massive protests the day before—when more than 100,000 people across Minnesota demanded[…]

After 2nd ICE murder in Minneapolis, community demands ‘Killer ICE off our streets!’

January 26, 2026 UNAC Editor Attacks on the Movement, Militarized Police, Police Brutality, Political Analysis, The War at Home

by Staff, published on Fightback News, January 25, 2026 Editor’s note: The last information I saw was that Alex Pretti, and ICU nurse, was kneeling on the ground to assist another protester who had been knocked to the ground. See HERE for more details Minneapolis, MN – ICE has committed its second open murder of 2026 in the Twin Cities,[…]

Venezuela: The Limits of Gunboat Diplomacy

January 24, 2026 UNAC Editor China, Colonialism, Monroe Doctrine, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Paths to Emancipation, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, January 14, 2026 January 11. It’s now eight days since U.S. gangsters kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Revolutionary Combatant and former President of the Venezuelan National Assembly Cilia Flores. It’s a month after the Dec. 6 White House release of its National Security Strategy document, with its so-called Trump Corollary to[…]

U.S. Racist Immigration Policy Toward Haiti Reinforces Imperialism and Weakens Popular Sovereignty

January 21, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Haiti, Political Analysis, White Supremacy

Black Alliance for Peace Backgrounder on Haiti, published December 2025

Breaking the Silence Revisited: Gaza, Venezuela and the Enduring Relevance of Dr. King’s Critique of Empire

January 18, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Blowback, Colonialism, Ending War, Featured, Genocide, Imperialism, Latin America, Political Analysis, Racism, U.S. Aggression

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, January 14, 2026 The annual ritual of sanitizing Martin Luther King Jr. serves to obscure his radical anti-war politics, which are urgently needed to challenge U.S. imperialism. Every year in the U.S., what has emerged as a cynical ritual around the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King takes place, where the state[…]

Renee Good, Keith Porter and the Normalization of Violence

January 15, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Gun Violence, Police Brutality, Political Analysis, US Hypocrisy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 14, 2026 Law enforcement in the United States are responsible for more than 1,100 deaths in a typical year. This level of bloodshed goes unnoted even when police killings are deemed newsworthy and attract public attention. Police impunity is accepted and normalized by millions of people. The fatal shooting of Renee[…]

Venezuela’s Revolution Still Stands: Debunking Trump’s Psyop

January 10, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Democracy and Consent, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, LandGrabs, Political Analysis, Propaganda, Resistance, Socialism, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Manolo De Los Santos, published on People’s Dispatch, January 5, 2026 In the aftermath of the illegal US operation against Venezuela, a deliberate misinformation campaign has been waged to sow doubt about the survival of the country’s revolution. The events of the past 72 hours represent a qualitative escalation in the 25 years of regime change operations by the[…]

Venezuela, Even More Than Palestine, Is the Linchpin of a Consistent Radical Left in the Era of Global Neofascism Led by the U.S.

January 10, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Fascism, Genocide, Hybrid Warfare, Indigenous peoples, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Political Analysis, Socialism, Venezuela

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, January 7, 2026 Solidarity with Palestine tests morality, but solidarity with Venezuela tests politics. The recent U.S. intervention demands a radical left moving from moral outrage to a material confrontation with its own state. Palestine is the moral heart of global anti-colonial politics. It exposes the brutality of settler colonialism in its[…]

Venezuela, Palestine, And The End Of International Law

January 9, 2026 UNAC Editor Genocide, Global South, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, International Law, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Political Analysis, Racism, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Craig Mokhiber, published on Popular Resistance, January 8, 2026 Ushering In The Age Of Impunity. On January 3, 2026, without provocation, cause, or legal justification, the U.S. bombed Venezuela, invaded its capital, killed dozens of people, and violently abducted the President and First Lady of the country, binding, blindfolding, and spiriting them off to the United States. Surely, such[…]

We Are All Somalia

December 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Africa, Political Analysis, Racism, Somalia, The War at Home, Trumpism, U.S. Hegemony, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, December 11, 2025 Donald Trump’s anti-Somali rants are not directed solely at members of that group. All Black/African people are seen as suspects, as ungrateful criminals who are deserving of punishment and scorn. Trump is not alone in this thinking. On two recent occasions, Donald Trump, president of the United States, engaged[…]