The War at Home

Report from New Orleans: Government does nothing for the poor

September 4, 2021 UNAC Editor Poverty, The War at Home, War on the Poor

by John Catalinotto, published on Workers World, September 2, 2021 Sept. 1 — Gavrielle Gemma, union and political organizer since the 1970s and now working with the New Orleans-based Workers Voice Socialist Movement, called Workers World to report on the situation there, post-Hurricane Ida. Gemma is now living in a modest single-family home in the Florida neighborhood of New Orleans,[…]

Biden’s $Trillion Taxing the Rich Social Infrastructure Charade Crumbles

July 29, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Capitalism, The War at Home, U.S. Budget

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, July 18, 2021 Today the New York Times announced that the modified (gutted) bill had passed the Senate. The Biden administration is claiming success in bipartisan collaboration. [jb] If we are to believe the almost daily front-page major media headlines, President Joseph Biden has embarked on an historic congressional battle to massively fund[…]

US Wars Come Home to Roost

July 10, 2021 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Social Impact, The Drug War, The War at Home, US Military

by Colleen Rowley, published on Consortium News, July 8, 2021 It’s been six months since the Jan. 6 insurrection. But long before the public saw that mob scene in the Capitol, it was easy to predict that the upcoming inauguration would, unfortunately, take place amid extreme electoral polarization and civil unrest. Ordinary Americans had been turned against each other, radicalizing[…]

Biden Breaks His Promises

May 29, 2021 UNAC Editor Poverty, US Politics, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, May 27, 2021 Black people have nothing to show for a Biden presidency despite turning out in droves to put him in office. “If the Republicans are seen as the only enemy then we have already lost.” Joe Biden has yet to make good on any campaign promise he made to voters.[…]

Life After COVID, As the U.S. Competes with China

April 18, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Poverty, The War at Home

By Eve Ottenberg, published on CounterPunch, April 16, 2021 Who can doubt that if Trump had won reelection, the numbers of people vaccinated against covid would be in the thousands, instead of Biden’s nearly 100 million? Who can doubt that the daily death rate would stand above 3000, as MAGA morons went about their business maskless and as it was[…]

Stop Biden’s Bombing in Syria, Emergency Aid to Arctic Storm Victims

February 27, 2021 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Statement, Syria, The War at Home, US Government Action

Statement by the Workers Voice Socialist Movement in New Orleans, La I saw this statement on the UNAC Discussion list. Great statement by workers in New Orleans. [jb] Millions go cold in Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Damascus, Syria What does the working class in these places have in common? Through military force, the U.S. government has seized oil and[…]

Flint Water Scandal charges: Slap on the Wrist for Ex-Governor

January 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Political Corruption, The War at Home, Toxic Chemicals, War on the Poor

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, January 20, 2021 In April 2014 the city of Flint, Mich., made the fatal decision to switch its water supply from Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the heavily contaminated Flint River. Flint residents have waited almost seven years for the responsible parties — in particular former Governor Rick Snyder — to face[…]

People’s Movement is Faced With A Serious Threat

January 14, 2021 UNAC Editor The War at Home

U.S. Peace Council Statement on the January 6, 2020 Events in Washington DC January 10, 2020 The deep political and social contradictions of the U.S. capitalist system, which were becoming increasingly visible to the people during the past few decades, and had come to the surface with the election of Donald Trump in 2016, found their most glaring manifestation in[…]

We Need to Build a Unified Independent Movement for Change

January 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Featured, Resistance, Statement, The War at Home

UNAC Statement on the Right-wing Mob Attack at the Capitol Building While largely peaceful demonstrations against police killings of African Americans have been met by violent repression, the attempted takeover of the US Capitol by a white supremacist mob saw very light security and even collaboration. When UNAC organized a peaceful demonstration in Chicago at the NATO summit in 2012, there were[…]

Violent Right Wing Forces Have Been Activated, It Requires Strategic Action To Stop Them

January 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Featured, Resistance, The War at Home

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, January 10, 2021 Since the assault on the US Capitol on January 6 by right-wing Trump supporters, the fallout has been rapid. The Democrats, both elected officials and voters, were quick to jump on the impeachment train. Some elected officials are calling for Members of Congress who supported the events to resign and[…]