War on the Poor

The Death of DEI

January 30, 2025 UNAC Editor Protest, Racism, Systemic Racism, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 29, 2025 Black people must be discerning about racist attacks on DEI programs while also acknowledging that “diversity” can be a con that damages Black politics, just as it was meant to do. The sight of Al Sharpton holding a protest at a New York City Costco store is a sure[…]

Los Angeles Fires: The Santa Ana Blowback of Capitalist Climate Change Neglect

January 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Climate Change, Natural Disaster, Prisoners, The War at Home, War on the Poor

Black Alliance for Peace Statement, January 9, 2025 The incendiary cataclysms in Los Angeles, California remind us that the root cause of the climate crisis exacerbating the fires spreading throughout that city and surrounding areas is fossil fuel production emblematic of runaway capitalism fueled by white “supremacy” ideology, patriarchy, and colonization. And while it’s easy to focus solely on the[…]

What’s Left in Latin American and the Caribbean: Year 2024 in Review

January 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Latin America, Multipolar World, New Pink Tide, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socio-Economic Struggles, South America, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Roger D. Harris and John Perry, published on Internationalist 360º, December 26, 2024 The progressive regional current, the “Pink Tide,” could be better called “troubled waters” in 2024. The tide had already slackened by 2023 compared to its rise in 2022, when it was buoyed by big wins in Colombia and Brazil. Then, progressive alternatives had sailed into power[…]

White Settlers Bizarre Economic Strategy of Terrorizing Black People

January 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Human Rights, Racism, The War at Home, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Jon Jeter, published on Black Agenda Report, December 11, 2024 Jordan Neely’s killing and the subsequent acquittal of Daniel Penny can be seen as part of the reactionary existential panic felt by whites whenever the country experiences growing economic instability and hardship. That jurors on Monday exonerated an ex-Marine for strangling an African American panhandler who was in mental[…]

The Election is Finally Over ORGANIZE RESISTANCE

November 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, US Government Action, US Politics, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

Editorial, Workers World, November 6, 2024 The November 5 election has happened, and the outcome is known worldwide. The most vile, disgusting, white supremacist, xenophobic, transphobic, ableist, misogynist, rapist, neofascist — the list goes on — will return to the White House in January. These results have no doubt produced a wide range of emotions, be they despair, demoralization, frustration,[…]

From Despair to Revolution: The Bronx’s Path to Defeating Addiction

October 31, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Drug Addiction and Drug Trade, The Drug War, The War at Home, War on the Poor

by the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, published on Workers World, October 18, 2024 The Bronx Anti-War Coalition hosted a film screening on Oct. 11 of the documentary “Dope is Death” as part of our guerrilla cinema series. The widely attended event featured a Q&A session with former Young Lord and acupuncturist Walter Bosque, where community members engaged in a lively discussion[…]

The Beginning of the End of Israel

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, International Institutions, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Racism, United Nations, US Hypocrisy, US Intervention, War Crimes, War on the Poor

by Craig Mokhiber, published on Mondoweiss, October 8, 2024 One year later the flames of genocide still burn, but after decades of persecution and bloodshed we may well be seeing the beginning of the end of the settler-colonial project in Palestine. We have reached a grim milestone. A full year of gruesome Israeli mass murder. A year of epic Palestinian[…]

Israel kills civilians in Gaza, Lebanon, as US Prepares to Send More Troops, Weapons to the Region – Day 352

September 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Racism, Terrorism, US Hypocrisy, War Crimes, War on the Poor

by If Americans Knew, published on Israel Palestine News, September 24, 2024 *Featured Image: Palestinians, who took refuge in Deir al-Balah, wait in line to receive food distributed by charitable organizations during World Humanitarian Day which is held every year on August 19 to emphasize the importance of humanitarian aid and to draw more attention to humanitarian action around the[…]

U.S. Student Encampments Demand: Divest From Israeli Apartheid!

April 25, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Civil Resistance, Democracy and Consent, Free Speech, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, War on the Poor

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, April 23, 2024 April 22 – The global struggle in solidarity with the Palestinians against the horrific U.S./Israeli genocide since October 7 has become a major focus on U.S. college campuses. Prestigious Columbia University, located in Harlem, New York, has become ground zero in the campaign to divest funds supporting the apartheid Israeli[…]

Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Uhuru 3 Put State on tTrial in Fightback Against Bogus Charges

April 13, 2024 UNAC Editor Attacks on the Movement, Black Liberation Movement, Peoples' Movements, Racism, Reparations, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Penny Hess, published on Uhuru Solidarity, March, 29, 2024 We are known as the Uhuru 3! In yet another political attack by the U.S. government against the African Liberation Movement, African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) Chairman Omali Yeshitela and two members of the Party’s Solidarity Front are currently under federal indictment and facing 15 years in prison on the[…]