The War at Home

Portland continues to Resist Trump’s National Guard Deployment

October 6, 2025 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Militarized Police, The War at Home, Violence Against Protesters

by Cole Dunahugh, published on FightBack News, October 6, 2025 Portland, OR – On Saturday, September 4, 400 people rallied at Elizabeth Caruthers Park and marched to the ICE detention center in Southwest Portland. The event was organized by Portland Contra las Deportaciones (PDXCD), Portland for Palestine (P4P), Tesla Takedown, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) to protest against the[…]

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[…]

Homelessness – a Huge Failure of Capitalism

August 16, 2025 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Imperialism, Poverty, The War at Home

by Jim McMahon, published on Workers World, August 13, 2025 Seattle — Homelessness is being produced every day by the U.S./Israeli war against the Palestinians in Gaza. As Palestinians’ homes are reduced to rubble, the crimes of capitalism become more obvious to all. Wars and economic interventions of U.S. imperialism have caused the havoc of homelessness and migration across the[…]

Trump White House Says Military Occupation of Nation’s Capital Set to Expand

August 16, 2025 UNAC Editor Militarized Police, Racism, Systemic Racism, The War at Home

One critic accused the president of “testing the limits of his power, hoping to intimidate other cities into submission to his every vengeful whim.” By Brett Wilkins, published on Common Dreams, August 13, 2025 The Trump administration’s military occupation of Washington, D.C. is expected to expand, a White House official said Wednesday, with President Donald Trump also saying he will[…]

Trump and Democrats Fuel the Washington DC Crime Panic

August 16, 2025 UNAC Editor Militarized Police, Racism, Right Wing Extremism, The War at Home, US Government Action, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 13, 2025 Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department is not merely a result of his racist and authoritarian tendencies, nor is it new. It is part and parcel of a history of militarized policing against Black people and a bipartisan consensus promoting racist crime panics, which are[…]

A Fight Is Brewing In The Midwest Over Immigrant Mass Detention

August 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Immigrants, Migrants, Migrants and Refugees, Organizing, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Resistance, The War at Home

by Brian Dolinar, published on Truthout, August 8, 2025 “It was terrible,” Olivier Habimana* remembered about his first night at a small county jail in Indiana after being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Born in Rwanda and educated in Belgium, he came to the United States to work as an operations manager for a French company based in[…]

Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know

August 3, 2025 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Resistance, The War at Home, The Working Class, US Politics

Worker World Commentary, by Monica Moorhead, published July 1, 2025 To say that Zohran Mamdani winning the Democratic Party primary for mayor of New York City on June 24 was a complete stunner would be a monumental understatement. He officially beat his opponent, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who conceded his defeat the same night as the vote. While[…]

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[…]

L.A. fights back: Mass Resistance Erupts Against ICE Raids and Military Occupation

June 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Immigrants, Migrants, Militarized Police, Protest, Resistance, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, Violence Against Protesters

by Scott Scheffer, published on Struggle * La Lucha, June 10, 205 For three straight days, furious protests rocked Los Angeles as federal ICE gangs terrorized working-class communities. Sunday saw the largest crowds yet, reflecting mounting outrage among broader layers of the population. President Donald Trump branded Los Angeles a city in “state of rebellion” and federalized the National Guard,[…]