US Politics

Musings from the Margins #4: Black Lackeys, White Social Democrats, Human Rights and Empire’s Decline

December 16, 2023 UNAC Editor International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, The War at Home, United Nations, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

Black Agenda Report Editor and Columnist Ajamu Baraka has thoughts on Black Misleadership, faux Human Rights, the Decline of the Empire, White Social Democrats and other issues. What makes the white supremacy so incredibly dangerous is what I call the psychopathology of white supremacy. It is a racialized narcissistic cognitive disorder that centers so-called white people’s and European civilization and renders the afflicted with[…]

Black People Won’t Be Silenced About Israel

December 7, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, US Hypocrisy, US Politics, Zionism

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, December 6, 2023 “…the Jews were the ones that walked side by side with the Blacks to fight for their rights. And now the Black community isn’t embracing us and saying ‘We stand with you the way you stood with us’? Jews died for their cause. Where’s the history lesson in that?[…]

Rally for Peace: Shut Down General Dynamics – No More Weapons for Israel

December 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-War, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, LandGrabs, Palestine, Resistance, Resource Wars, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, Weapons Sales, Zionism

According to event organizer Jack Gilroy, a group of over 100 people protested outside General Dynamics in a cold rain in Scranton, PA, Joe Biden’s home town. This factory manufactures ammunition required by both Israel and Ukraine to keep the U.S. backed slaughterhouse in business. Sponsors for this action include: Ban Killer Drones, The Merchants of Death Tribunal, Broome County[…]

Washington, D.C. Bi-Partisan “March for Israel” Rally Supports Zionist Genocide in Gaza!

November 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Fascism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, Occupation, Palestine, US Politics, Zionism

by Barry Sheppard and Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, November 23, 2023 White Christian Zionist Anti-Semites Join the Rally The November 14, Washington, D.C. “March for Israel” in support of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza had all the earmarks of a US- government-backed affair. In comparison to the largely ignored or barely mentioned unprecedented in size and breath pro-Palestinian[…]

Black Agenda Report Joins in Gaza Relief Effort

November 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Egypt, Humanitarian Aid, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, November 15, 2023 Corporate media excel at misdirection and telling outright lies. Independent media must have a seat at the table when opportunities arise to cover events such as relief efforts for the people of Gaza. “We’ve come to Egypt to speak to the world directly from the border of Gaza, which we were not[…]

Biden is the Greater and Less Effective Evil

November 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, November 1, 2023 “Let me say from the very beginning that we at Black Agenda Report do not think that Barack Obama is the Lesser Evil. He is the more Effective Evil. He has been more effective in Evil-Doing than Bush in terms of protecting the citadels of corporate power, and advancing the[…]

US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

October 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Imperial Lies and Liars, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, United Nations, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, White Supremacy

from Consortium News, published October 17, 2023 The United States Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have called for a humanitarian pause in the fighting in Gaza as well as for Israel to rescind its order to 1.1 million Gazans to leave their homes and move to the south of their enclave. The resolution drafted by Brazil[…]

Menendez Indictment Exposes the US-Egypt Weapons to Ukraine Dispute

September 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Egypt, Resistance, Soft Power Imperialism, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, Weapons Sales

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, September 25, 2023 Yes, more on the Menendez ‘scandal’. There are a lot of angles here. It’s rather entertaining. [jb] US Senator Robert Menendez, (D. NJ.) temporarily stepped down from his powerful role as chairman of the Senate Relations Committee, according to Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer, following accusations of political corruption[…]

Menendez Bribery Scandal: Egypt vs. Ethiopia

September 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Conflict Over Water, Egypt, Ethiopia, Human Rights, Legislation, US Politics

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, September 27, 2023 Why did Menendez ignore Egypt’s human rights record and attack Ethiopia’s? Federal investigators caught New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine with $180,000 worth of gold bars, $550,000 in cash, plus furniture and a $60,000 Mercedes Benz that they didn’t pay for. The US Attorney for the[…]

Is CIA Director Bill Burns a Biden Yes-Man, a Putin Apologist or a Peacemaker?

September 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Imperial Wars, Russia, Ukraine, US Politics

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, September 5, 2023 Seems like at minimum, William Burns is a potential peace maker. Perhaps the movement should reach out to him and explore possibilities. [jb] Lost in a chaotic hall of mirrors of its own creation, the CIA has generally failed in its one and only legitimate task, to provide U.S.[…]