Socio-Economic Struggles

Trump’s Regime: Authoritarian? Dictatorship? Or Outright Fascist?

March 1, 2026 UNAC Editor Authoritarianism, Free Speech, ICE, Immigrants, Labor, LGTBQ, Police Brutality, Political Analysis, Resistance, Socio-Economic Struggles, The War at Home, US Government Action, US Law, US Politics

by Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah, published on Socialist Action, February 24, 2026 The Supreme Court’s ruling that Trump’s unilateral tariffs on imported goods are unconstitutional because they are a tax paid by those businesses that import goods, and taxes can only be adopted by Congress, is a major blow to one of Trump’s signature policies and to Trump himself.[…]

Democrat Zohran Mamdani and Superman the Movie: Billionaire’s Debate Damage Control as U.S. Opinion Increasingly Rejects Zionist’s Palestine Genocide

August 3, 2025 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Socio-Economic Struggles, The War at Home, The Working Class, US Politics

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, July 25, 2025 As a teenage Superman fan of yesteryear, in the 1950s, I recall that Superman was described on radio as a “strange visitor from another planet.” I couldn’t resist going to my local Oakland movie theater to see the latest iteration starring David Corenswet as Superman. I was surprised. While the[…]

Behind Trump and DOGE’s Reckless Destruction Is a Determination to Crush Workers

June 14, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Austerity, Labor, Labor Struggles, Socio-Economic Struggles, US Government Action

by Tyler Walicek, published on Truthout, May 17, 2025 The future of collective bargaining and labor rights in the United States is on the table. Even the most alarmed predictions of left-leaning commentators failed to capture the extremity of the onslaught that flooded forth from the second Trump administration in its first few months. Only recently has the real severity[…]

What’s Left in Latin American and the Caribbean: Year 2024 in Review

January 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Latin America, Multipolar World, New Pink Tide, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socio-Economic Struggles, South America, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Roger D. Harris and John Perry, published on Internationalist 360º, December 26, 2024 The progressive regional current, the “Pink Tide,” could be better called “troubled waters” in 2024. The tide had already slackened by 2023 compared to its rise in 2022, when it was buoyed by big wins in Colombia and Brazil. Then, progressive alternatives had sailed into power[…]

All Workers Militant Front, Closing Statement PAME Conference

November 14, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Conferences, Europe, Greece, Labor Struggles, Marxism, Paths to Emancipation, Socio-Economic Struggles

published on Labor Today, November 2024

NYPD Mass Subway Shooting Over $2.90 – Fare Evasion or Fatal Excuse?

September 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Militarized Police, Poverty, Socio-Economic Struggles, Statement, The War at Home

Statement by Bronx Antiwar Coalition, published on Workers World, September 20, 2024 This statement was issued by the Bronx Anti-War Coalition on Sept. 16, 2024, in response to the Sept. 15 shooting of four people by New York Police Department officers after a man allegedly evaded paying a subway fare. Yesterday, the NYPD shot Derell Mickles, a Black man in[…]

US Government Exploits Animosity Towards Migrants to Demonize Socialist Countries

July 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Cuba, Global South, Imperialism, Monroe Doctrine, Nicaragua, Peoples' Movements, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socio-Economic Struggles, US Hypocrisy

by Jill Clark Gollub, published on the Orinoco Tribune, July 9, 2024 The Republican party has been waging a blatantly racist campaign to criminalize migrants. Instead of pushing back on that narrative, the party that purports to be for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Democrats) is exploiting this racist anger to discredit a country it has targeted for regime change—Nicaragua—apparently for[…]

Nicaragua Celebrates its Revolution While the US Plans New Sanctions Against It

July 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Human Rights, New Pink Tide, New World Visions, Nicaragua, Political Analysis, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socio-Economic Struggles, War on the Poor

by Roger Harris, published on Internationalist 360°, July 27, 2023 “We are fighting against the Yankee enemy of humanity,” explained Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo, setting the tone of the 44th anniversary celebration of their revolution. Later, her husband Daniel Ortega, the country’s president, elaborated in his hour and a half address: “When we use the term Yankee we mean[…]

The Situation of Older Workers in the U.S.

July 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Poverty, Socio-Economic Struggles, The War at Home

Published by Labor Today, July 1, 2023 When it comes to older workers in the United States, they live on the edge of the abyss in the land of plenty. Neoliberalism is privatizing all government services into corporate profit centers. The richest country in the world spends all its resources on war and imperialist adventures. Through Fiscal Year 2022, the[…]

Dangerous Neoliberalism

June 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Interview, Resource Wars, Socio-Economic Struggles, U.S. Budget, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

Katie Halper interviews Ajamu Baraka on her Youtube Channel, June 7, 2023 Ajamu Baraka is the first guest and his interview lasts through most of this video.