Racism

Outrage as BART Cops Kill Again

March 5, 2018 UNAC Editor Police Corruption, Racism

Family of Shaleem Tindle outside BART meeting, Feb. 22. by Terri Kay, originally published on Workers World, Feb 28, 2018 Oakland, Calif. — The family of Shaleem Tindle and other members of the community packed a board meeting of the Bay Area Rapid Transit on Feb. 22. They went to show their outrage after seeing a newly released body-camera video[…]

Victory in Durham over White Supremacy

February 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Racism, Resistance

UPDATE: On Feb. 20, the Durham district attorney announced that all charges have been dropped against all the Durham defendants, including five who were to have gone to trial on April 2. By Workers World Durham, N.C., bureau, originally posted on Workers World, Feb 20, 2018 People power won the day here on Feb. 19, as three anti-racist activists went[…]

US Supreme Court About to Pass a 21st Century Dred Scott Decision

January 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Racism, The War at Home

by Bruce Dixon of Black Agenda Report, Jan 18, 2018 Back in 1857 the US Supreme Court, in response to the lawsuit of one Dred Scott, a slave suing for his freedom, ruled that nobody of African descent had any legal right under the US Constitution that any white man was bound to respect. It was a bright line that[…]

Standing Up to the National Anthem

December 2, 2017 UNAC Editor Racism

by James Ricks This Nation’s anthem was composed by Francis Scott Key, a racist, white supremacist, anti-abolitionist lawyer. He felt that black people, free or slave, were genetically inferior to white people. That perception was the foundation of his legal pursuits. When he was the District Attorney for the City of Washington, he defended slavery and prosecuted those in the abolitionist[…]

The Contradictions of White Supremacy

December 1, 2017 UNAC Editor Racism

Originally Published on Black Agenda Report “Very few white Americans stray far from this country’s racist origins.” American media have a collective crush on avowed racists. The New York Times is only the most recent perpetrator with their now maligned profile of an Ohio Nazi . The kid glove approach was too obvious and readers rose up in uproar. The[…]

Racism, Propaganda And Wars

November 1, 2017 UNAC Editor Racism

Co-Written By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese Originally published on Popular Resistance This week, the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, which promoted giving Palestine to the Jewish people, will be celebrated in London. Around the world, there will be protests against it calling for Britain to apologize for the damage it inflicted. Students from the West Bank and Gaza will send letters[…]