The War at Home

Democratic Party Convention: Lesser Evilism Strikes With a Vengeance and a Cacophony of Corporate Media Hype

August 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Peoples' Movements, Pro-war Left, Socialism, The War at Home

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 25, 2024 24,500 full size posters reading “We ♥ Joe” [See photo above] were held high by virtually every Democratic Party Convention delegate and attendee jammed into Chicago’s United Center to cheer for yesterday’s disgraced and withdrawn presidential candidate, Genocide Joe Biden. That the Biden-Harris administration presided over a new congressionally approved[…]

The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns

August 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Political Analysis, Russia, The War at Home, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, War on the Earth

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, August 21, 2024 An Orwellian disconnect haunts the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In the isolation of the convention hall, shielded from the outside world behind thousands of armed police, few of the delegates seem to realize that their country is on the brink of direct involvement in major wars with Russia and Iran,[…]

Tens of thousands march for Palestine at the Democratic National Convention

August 22, 2024 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Featured, Free Speech, Palestine, The War at Home, US Politics

Staff, published on Fightback News, August 21, 2024 Chicago, IL – On August 19, over 20,000 people marched on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, demanding an end to U.S. aid to Israel and an end to the genocide in Gaza. The march was the result of over a year of work by the Coalition to March on[…]

The Shift: The DNC hits Chicago Amid Protest Over Gaza

August 22, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Protest, Resistance, The War at Home, US Politics

by Michael Arria, published on Mondoweiss, August 20, 2024 The Democratic National Convention has hit Chicago amid Israel’s unrelenting genocide on Gaza. Protests rage outside the convention, with activists demanding that the Biden-Harris administration end its military support for Israel. “We have accomplished something already. There will be thousands of Black, Asian, Latino and Native people saying the central issue[…]

KHive Snitches, Right Wing Liberals and Palestine

August 22, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Protest, Resistance, The War at Home, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 21, 2024 The allegation that only Trump threatens democracy is a useful ruse for the Democratic Party. They continue their support for genocide and ethnic cleansing and fiercely attack anyone who dares to expose them and their very undemocratic ways. “We could have confronted at any time at that convention, but[…]

Voting for Genocide

August 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Democrats and Republicans, Ending War, The War at Home, US Politics

by Paul Larudee, published on Dissident Voice, August 17, 2024 If Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Kuzinski were the candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties, which one would you vote for? Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both have more blood on their hands than either of these serial killers, and they promise to kill many more. Both of them supported[…]

Chicago Authorities Want a “Conversation” With the Poor People’s Army About the DNC 2024

July 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Human Rights, Police Brutality, Poverty, Poverty, The War at Home, Violence Against Protesters

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, July 24, 2024 I spoke to Cheri Honkala of the Poor People’s Army , also known as the Poor People’s Campaign for Economic Human Rights. ANN GARRISON: Cheri, tell us about what you experienced in Milwaukee at the Republican National Convention. CHERI HONKALA: I’ve never experienced anything like it. I attempted to serve[…]

Project 2025 Continues the Historic, Racist, Fascist Project

July 12, 2024 UNAC Editor The War at Home, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 10, 2024 Project 2025 is just the latest in a series of conservative think pieces which outlines how republicans should wield presidential power. The outrage surrounding it ignores democrats’ collusion with republican policies when they are in office and is a cynical effort to scare especially Black voters into continuing support[…]

Uncle Sam Wants You to Kill and Die for the Empire

June 19, 2024 UNAC Editor The War at Home, US Military, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, June 19, 2024 The Biden administration and congress work together in their efforts to secure what they think is U.S. domination. They are playing a dangerous game and now try to bring back a draft through sleight of hand. The United States ended conscription, the military draft, in 1973. The all volunteer[…]