Socialism

Fifty First State? No Thanks!

February 17, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Canada, Socialism, U.S. Aggression

by Barry Weisleder, published on Socialist Action, January 31, 2025 The Canadian ruling elite is imperialist in its own right, commanding some of the biggest corporations in the world, particularly prominent in the fields of banking, mining, energy resources, forestry, retail and manufacturing. Unsurprisingly, American Capital covets that wealth as Washington’s share of global production and its military heft declines[…]

North Korea Has Survived 75 Years of Barbaric Imperial Attack Under the Stewardship of the Much Maligned Kim Dynasty

January 20, 2025 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, China, Korea, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on CovertAction Magazine, January 15, 2025 Development of nuclear weapons has enabled North Korea to avoid the fate of Libya, Syria and Iraq Over the last 75 years, North Korea has been invaded and bombed back to the stone age by the United States, subjected to unprecedented economic warfare, vilified in the international media and had[…]

The US War Against Syria Yesterday and Today

December 6, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Socialism, Syria

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, December24, 2024 Editor’s note: Whatever your opinion of the political leadership in Syria, Syria is a critical link in the Axis of Resistance that backs Palestinian liberation, and a sovereign state which no one has the right to invade and tear apart. [jb] [Socialist Action Editor’s note: As we go to press the[…]

Democratic Party Convention: Lesser Evilism Strikes With a Vengeance and a Cacophony of Corporate Media Hype

August 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Peoples' Movements, Pro-war Left, Socialism, The War at Home

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 25, 2024 24,500 full size posters reading “We ♥ Joe” [See photo above] were held high by virtually every Democratic Party Convention delegate and attendee jammed into Chicago’s United Center to cheer for yesterday’s disgraced and withdrawn presidential candidate, Genocide Joe Biden. That the Biden-Harris administration presided over a new congressionally approved[…]

Inside China-Focused Congressional Hearings, Panic, Paranoia, and Hypocrisy Reign

July 13, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Propaganda, Racism, Socialism, US Politics, War and Peace

by Megan Russell, published on Countercurrents, July 9, 2024 Good to know we have some educated people keeping an eye on our decidedly uneducated congress. [jb] On June 26th, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability sat down for a Congressional Hearing titled, “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare.” This was one of many Congressional hearings aimed at[…]

When Che Guevara Came to Gaza

April 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Genocide, Palestine, Revolution, Socialism

by Yousef al-Helou, published on Resumen English, April 23, 2024 Since the explicit Israeli colonisation of historic Palestine in 1948 supported by colonialist and imperialist powers, namely Britain and the US, the Palestinian struggle has become a global cause. Resistance was a natural response to the invasions and incursions better known as “the ethnic cleansing of Palestine”. Even before then,[…]

Solidarity with Palestine sparks a global upsurge

February 4, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Israel, Palestine, Resistance, Socialism

by Sara Flounders ,published on Workers World, February 3, 2024 Flounders is a contributing editor of Workers World newspaper and co-director of the International Action Center. She presented these remarks at the International Assembly against Imperialism and in solidarity with Palestine on Jan. 21, in New York city. Flounders began her talk, on which this article is based, with the[…]

On the Situation We Face

September 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Economics, Labor, Socialism, The War at Home

by Neal Resnikoff, September 2023 A Labor Day for picnics and entertainment was established by the ruling class in the U.S. to try to divert the workers from their revolutionary May First International Working Class Day traditions. Still, I think, the wake of this day is a good time to consider the conditions we face and how to move forward[…]

The Unconditional Right of Poor and Oppressed Nations to Self-Determination: Looking at the US War Against Syria

August 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 28, 2023 Jeff gives a great overview of the drives and costs of war in Syria. Meanwhile, the U.S. occupies 1/3 of Syria’s territory including the largest oil wells and the wheat growing region to this day. Factories in the business district of Aleppo have been robbed of their machinery and destroyed[…]

Nicaragua: the Path to Independence

August 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Political Analysis, Revolution, Shortages of Supplies, Socialism

by Roger McKenzie, published in Morning Star, August 4, 2023 The years under neoliberalism in Nicaragua saw trade union rights stripped away, collective bargaining agreements junked and, as trade union strength waned, living standards plummeted. The 1980s saw massive investment in essential services after the 1979 revolution by the Sandinistas. This brought about major advances in education and healthcare as[…]