Racism

US Hands Off African People’s Socialist Party!

April 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Racism, Resistance, Russia, Statement

Statement by The Socialist Action Committee, April 20, 2023 McCarthy-era witchhunt style, African People’s Socialist Party attacked by the US government on trumped up “conspiracy” charges. On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, levied charges of “conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society, spread Russian propaganda and interfere illegally in U.S. elections.” Four members of the[…]

Tennessee Goddam

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, Democracy and Consent, Racism, White Supremacy

Editorial, published on Workers World, April 10, 2023 Bulletin: The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted to have Rep. Justin Jones reinstated to the Tennessee House of Representatives. The Shelby County Commissioners will vote on whether to reinstate Rep. Justin Pearson. Alabama’s gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam (Mississippi Goddam, Nina Simone,1964)[…]

U.S. Systemic Racism: From Slavery to George Floyd and Tyre Nichols

March 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Police Brutality, Racism, The War at Home

by Malik Miah, published on Socialist Action, March 9, 2023 Tyre Nichols, 29, was murdered by police in yet another modern-day lynching in Memphis, Tennessee on January 7. The city is nearly 70 percent African American, including a Black female police chief. What was unexpected and a surprise to many is that the five police officers were all African American.[…]

The FBI Wants to Put Me on Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom!

February 26, 2023 Judith Bello Abuses of Empire, Lawfare, Paths to Emancipation, Racism, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

The FBI Wants to Put Me on Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom. Put the Colonial State on Trial! We Will Win!! by Omali Yeshitela, published on Black Agenda Report, January 11, 2023 UNAC circulated a petition in support of Omali and the All African People’s Socialist Party when they were raided on July 29, 2023. We have around 1,300[…]

Capitalism in Black and Blue

February 9, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Police Brutality, Political Analysis, Racism

by John Parker, published on Black Agenda Report, February 8, 2023 Policing is inextricably linked to racism and to capitalism. There are two very frightening realities faced by the capitalist ruling class – their smaller numbers in relation to the majority, and their inability to derive profit without exploited human labor. Since they are the sole owners of the means[…]

Biden Launches New Campaign Against Immigrants

February 3, 2023 UNAC Editor Deportation, Haiti, Migrants and Refugees, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, The War at Home, US Borders

by Barry Sheppard, published on Socialist Action, January 19, 2023 On January 5 President Biden “announced a far-reaching crackdown on people who seek refuge at the border with Mexico, dramatically expanding restrictions on asylum in the most aggressive effort of his administration to discourage migrants from crossing into the United States,” reported the New York Times. He expanded a Trump-era[…]

Colonial-Capitalist Fascism and Its Deadly Outcome

January 31, 2023 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Police Brutality, Racism, The War at Home, War on the Earth, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, January 30, 2023 The State Murder of Tortuguita in Atlanta and Tyre Nichols in Memphis Are Inextricably Linked The cold-blooded assassination of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, also known as Tortuguita, Spanish for “Little Turtle,” is a reminder that fascism in the United States cannot be reduced to the political intentions of avowed white nationalists.[…]

MLK Beyond Vietnam Speech Relevant To War & Justice Today

January 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Racism, U.S. Aggression, White Supremacy

by Staff at UnitedForPeace.org, published on Popular Resistance, January 19, 2019 The People Of The United States Must Still “Break The Silence” Since this is a few years out of date, let me remind you of what Dr. King had to say about the next war, and the one after that: The war in Vietnam is but a symptom of[…]

Brittney Griner and the U.S. State

December 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lawfare, Racism

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, December 14, 2022 Brittney Griner’s ordeal in Russia is over. But she has been secreted away for “reintegration” and the U.S. continues its own brand of international hostage taking. WNBA player Brittney Griner was arrested in Moscow on February 17, 2022, exactly one week before the Russian government began what it called[…]

For African/Black Working Class and Colonized Peoples, Midterm Elections in the U.S. Offer No Relief from War Repression and Capitalist Misery

November 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Democracy and Consent, Labor, Racism, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 9, 2022 The 50-year old neo-liberal agenda explains why political choices in this country provide little change that benefits the masses of people. The recent midterm election results will not bring about an improvement in the lives of the Black working class. The agenda was set with the Lewis Powell Memorandum[…]