The War at Home

University of Rochester Students Face 7 Years in Jail for Displaying ‘Wanted’ Posters on Campus

December 19, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Protest, Student Activists, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy

by Michael Arria, published on Mondoweiss, November 14, 2024 Four students at the University of Rochester are facing up to seven years in jail for putting up posters around campus accusing a small number of faculty members of enabling the genocide in Gaza. Last month four students at the University of Rochester were charged with second-degree criminal mischief for their connection[…]

No Tears for Slain CEO: Compassion ‘Out of Network’

December 11, 2024 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Healthcare, The War at Home

Editorial, Workers World, December 10, 2024 Normally when someone is shot dead, human beings feel sad for the victim. But in the case of Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare, killed before dawn on the streets of Manhattan on Dec. 4, a large majority of public comments are that empathy is “out of network.” For example, Anthony Zenkus, a lecturer[…]

I Beg Your Pardon! People of Color Say Hunter Biden’s Clemency Represents White Privilege in Overdrive

December 7, 2024 UNAC Editor Lawfare, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy

by Jon Jeter, published on Black Agenda Report, December 4, 2024 As a Senator, Joe Biden pioneered federal laws mandating extreme sentences for possession of crack cocaine and far lesser sentences for possession of cocaine. President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, is viewed as hypocritical to people of color, yet given their experiences is unsurprising. A Chicano[…]

Liberal Arrogance and Hatred on Display After Trump Victory

November 14, 2024 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, The War at Home

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, November 13, 2024 While Donald Trump is frequently called a fascist and is even compared to Adolph Hitler, some angry democrats are engaging in their own racist and eliminationist rhetoric in the wake of his impending return to the presidency. Their reaction to Trump’s victory reveals that intolerance and bigotry are not unique[…]

Behind Trump’s Decisive Victory

November 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Corporatism, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, The War at Home, US Government Action, US Politics

by Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard, published on Socialist Action, November 11, 2024 Donald Trump swept the election for president, winning the popular vote by about 73,000,000 to Kamala Harris’s 68,000,000, the first time a Republican won the popular vote since George W. Bush in 2005. Trump also won the undemocratic but decisive Electoral College, 301 to 226, as of[…]

From Despair to Revolution: The Bronx’s Path to Defeating Addiction

October 31, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Drug Addiction and Drug Trade, The Drug War, The War at Home, War on the Poor

by the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, published on Workers World, October 18, 2024 The Bronx Anti-War Coalition hosted a film screening on Oct. 11 of the documentary “Dope is Death” as part of our guerrilla cinema series. The widely attended event featured a Q&A session with former Young Lord and acupuncturist Walter Bosque, where community members engaged in a lively discussion[…]

We Must Not Surrender to Totalitarianism

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Censorship and Propaganda, Colonialism, Imperialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lawfare, Palestine, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, The War at Home, Violence Against Protesters

Statement from Black Alliance for Peace, October 17, 2024 Resistance to Oppression is a Human Right The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) recognizes that we are in a moment of increased and increasingly dangerous political repression. Peoples’ resistance to oppressive, militaristic, and genocidal policies enacted by the U.S. national security apparatus are once again being met with persecution, marginalization, violence,[…]

Solidarity With Samidoun And Khaled Barakat, Designated As ‘Terrorists’

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Lawfare, Legal Struggles, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, Violence Against Protesters, Zionism

by Dalal Zainabi and Saheli Chowdhury, published on The Orinoco Tribune, October 16, 2024 Editor’s note: Aside from the domestic political implications of this bizarre decision, we can consider the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, often without charge, brutally tortured in many cases, and suffering unlimited sentences. The one organization that openly supports them across the Western world[…]

October 7, The Election and Capitalist Crisis, A Conversation With Ajamu Baraka

October 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Austerity, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Genocide, Resistance, The War at Home

by Margaret Kimberley and Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, October 8, 2024 Margaret Kimberley, Executive Editor and Senior Columnist of Black Agenda Report is again in conversation with Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report Editor and Contributor. The US presidential election is just four weeks away, and momentous events are occurring, particularly in Western Asia, where Israel continues its onslaught with[…]

Al-Aqsa Flood Anniversary: Year of Historic Resistance and Solidarity

October 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Democracy and Consent, Genocide, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, The War at Home, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, October 9, 2024 The Palestinian Factions (National and Islamic Forces) explained in an Oct. 5 statement that: “The blessed Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood on the glorious 7th of October brought about a strategic shift in the struggle with the zionist occupation and revealed its true nature to the entire world. It came as[…]