Authoritarianism

Occupation, Boycott, Death: The Month That Changed D.C.

December 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Authoritarianism, Militarized Police, Protest, Systemic Racism, The War at Home, War and Peace

by Jerome Paige, published on Popular Resistance, December 12, 2025 I didn’t expect to begin this article on a sidewalk. But on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, around noon, I mentally finalized what I thought would be a clean two-week account of Washington’s slow tightening. I got off the Metrorail at 14th and Irving to join the #WeAintBuyingIt rally in front of Target’s[…]

Judge Shuts Down Trump’s Chicago Troop Deployment And Questions Administration’s Grasp on Reality

October 13, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Authoritarianism, Militarized Police, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, Violence Against Protesters

by Brad Reed, published on Common Dreams, October 11, 2025 Editor’s Note: We have a lot of people engaged in the fight in Chicago and this is very good news for them. A federal judge on Friday night released her full opinion justifying an earlier decision to block President Donald Trump from deploying Texas National Guard troops in Chicago, and[…]

West Chicago Fights Back Against ICE

October 6, 2025 UNAC Editor Authoritarianism, Militarized Police, Resistance, The War at Home, U.S. Aggression, US Government Action

by Alexandra Westberry, published on FightBack News, October 6, 2025 West Chicago, IL – Hundreds of protesters marched through West Chicago on the morning of Saturday, October 4 to denounce ICE’s attacks on Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, referred to by the Trump regime as “Operation Midway Blitz.” Demonstrators had planned to converge at a local gas station before rallying[…]

Trump Declares War on the U.S.

October 6, 2025 UNAC Editor Attacks on the Movement, Authoritarianism, Civil Resistance, Militarized Police, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, October 1, 2025 Donald Trump has declared war on the “enemy within” and put the military on notice that they will mete out the same treatment domestically that they dispense around the world. “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR!” – Donald Trump “Last month, I signed an[…]

‘An Egregious Abuse of Power’: Trump Orders Troops to Portland, Ore; OKs ‘Full Force’

October 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Authoritarianism, Civil Resistance, Propaganda, Protest, The War at Home, US Military, Violence Against Protesters, White Supremacy

by Olivia Rosane, published on Common Dreams, September 27, 2025 “This unilateral action represents an abuse of executive authority, seeks to incite violence, and undermines the constitutional balance of power between the federal government and states,” Oregon lawmakers wrote. In his latest attempt to turn the US military on an American city, President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he[…]