Socialism

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[…]

McCarthyism Is Back: Together We Can Stop It

August 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Featured, Free Speech, Journalism, Pro-war Left, Socialism, The War at Home

Organizational and individual members of UNAC have been targeted, slandered and harassed over the last year, in the press, and by the government. There are a number of individuals who consider themselves advocates of peace and justice, even leftists, though they measure righteousness by it’s alignment with United States government policy. They use antiquated terminology and name calling to undermine[…]

A Canadian Left View on Cuba’s July 26 Moncada

August 3, 2023 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Democracy and Consent, New World Visions, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Political Analysis, Revolution, Socialism

by Arnold August, published on The Canada Files, July 26, 2023 In 1953, when virtually all the progressive and revolutionary forces in Cuba offered no viable solution to oppose the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship, Fidel Castro and his comrades did indeed work out a path. It was a route characterized by game-changing statements coupled with exceptionally courageous deeds, out of which[…]

As Yellen Dictates Terms to China What We Defend, What Wall Street Wants to Destroy

July 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, Capitalism, China, Global Trade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, July 21, 2023 What is the material basis of the growing hostility on every level of the U.S. ruling class toward China? No great struggle is based on the personalities or aspirations of individuals. At the root is a very concrete, material basis that drives the conflict. Otherwise, meetings, discussions and diplomacy would[…]

U.S. Imperialism and Gangsterism in Cuba

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Poverty, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, U.S. Aggression

The United States has declared war against the Cuban people for more than 60 years. Terrorist designations, sanctions and military threats create great suffering in that nation. BAR contributing editor Ajamu Baraka presented these remarks at a recent International People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism on Cuba . […]

Taking the Capitalist Road Was the Wrong Choice For Ukraine, Says Ukraine Expert

May 17, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Color Revolutions, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Russia, Shortages of Supplies, Socialism, Ukraine, US Incited Protests

by Natylie Baldwin, published on CovertAction Magazine, May 5, 2023 Renfrey Clarke is an Australian journalist. Throughout the 1990s he reported from Moscow for Green Left Weekly of Sydney. This past year, he published The Catastrophe of Ukrainian Capitalism: How Privatisation Dispossessed & Impoverished the Ukrainian People with Resistance Books. In April, I had an email exchange with Clarke. Below is[…]

Food Cuts Show Women Bear Brunt of Deepening Economic Crisis

April 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Human Rights, Oppression of Women, Poverty, Socialism, US Government Action

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, March 16, 2023 No matter how large or small, no class struggle can be put into its social context without understanding the current global capitalist economic crisis. Neoliberal policies flow from long-term and short-term fluctuations within the capitalist system, which no ruling class can ultimately control. There used to be periods of ebbs[…]

Statement on the U.S. Government Attack on The African People’s Socialist Party

April 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Lawfare, Peoples' Movements, Racism, Socialism, Socio-Economic Struggles, Statement

Statement from The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, April 20, 2023 The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, a project of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, condemns in the strongest possible terms the April 18 federal indictments of three members of the Uhuru movement, one former member and three Russian nationals. Those indicted include Omali Yeshitela, the chairman and founder of the[…]

The World Bank and the BRICS Bank Have New Leaders and Different Outlooks

April 9, 2023 UNAC Editor BRICS, Capitalism, Economics, International Aid and Debt, Socialism, Socio-Economic Struggles

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, April 7, 2023 In late February 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the United States had placed the nomination of Ajay Banga to be the next head of the World Bank, established in 1944. There will be no other official candidates for this job since—by convention—the U.S. nominee is automatically selected for the[…]

‘The Bank is Now Insolvent’

March 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Economic Collapse, Global Economics, Socialism

Workers World Editorial, March 13, 2023 It is often the case that, when the capitalist system is on the verge of a crisis, the period leading up to it is marked by buoyant explosions of optimism. On Oct. 25, 1929, President Herbert Hoover proclaimed that the U.S. economy was “on a sound and prosperous basis.” Four days later the stock[…]