War on the Poor

Nicaragua Celebrates its Revolution While the US Plans New Sanctions Against It

July 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Human Rights, New Pink Tide, New World Visions, Nicaragua, Political Analysis, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socio-Economic Struggles, War on the Poor

by Roger Harris, published on Internationalist 360°, July 27, 2023 “We are fighting against the Yankee enemy of humanity,” explained Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo, setting the tone of the 44th anniversary celebration of their revolution. Later, her husband Daniel Ortega, the country’s president, elaborated in his hour and a half address: “When we use the term Yankee we mean[…]

SCOTUS’s Latest Attack on Affirmative Action

July 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Racism, The War at Home, US Politics, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, June 30, 2023 The Supreme Court of the United States confirmed once again what an utterly reactionary, rightwing institution it is by striking down the right to use affirmative action in college admissions. The 6-3 ruling, issued June 29, stems from two cases – Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and Students[…]

Chinese-American Worker and Activist Arrested for Advocating for Peace Between US and China

June 26, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Labor, Protest, Racism, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Natalia Marques, published on People’s Dispatch, June 22, 2023 Labor leaders and organizers are banding together to demand justice for Chinese-American unionized worker and activist Li Tang “Henry” Liang. Liang was indicted and then arrested in early May in Boston in retaliation for exercising his free speech rights. “The federal government has targeted Liang for advocating peaceful relations between[…]

State Repression Targets the Stop Cop City Movement

June 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Police Brutality, Police Corruption, Racism, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, June 7, 2023 Cop City is an effort to ensure that state violence will bring the most draconian methods to bear against Black people. State violence is also being used proactively, in an effort to end opposition to this creation of Atlanta’s white ruling class and their errand boys and girls who[…]

U.S. Post 9/11 Wars Caused 4.5 Million Deaths, Displaced 38-60 Million People, Study Shows

June 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Anti-War, Iraq, Libya, Social Impact, Somalia, Sudan, U.S. Aggression, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Ben Norton, published on Black Agenda Report, May 24, 2023 Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya and Somalia following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University. Originally published in Geopolitical Economy . The[…]

Biden’s Debt Ceiling Betrayal is a Democratic Tradition

May 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Austerity, U.S. Budget, US Politics, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, May 24, 2023 Joe Biden is continuing the ignoble tradition of colluding with republicans while pretending to fight them. The latest debt limit drama is another betrayal of the people. When Joe Biden was first elected president his propagandists and their friends in corporate media told us that he was “the most progressive[…]

Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Deal Attacks Social Programs to Pay for War

May 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Economics, US Politics, War and Weapons, War on the Poor

by Berry Grey, published on the World Socialist Website, May 28, 2023 The debt ceiling agreement announced Saturday night by President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is the outcome of a bipartisan conspiracy, using a manufactured crisis to intensify the assault on social programs and make the working class pay for the war against Russia and war[…]

19 Years After the Coup D’état: Statement from Fanmi Lavalas Political Organization

March 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Colonialism, Haiti, War on the Poor

by Paddy (as Editor), published on Workers World, March 24, 2023 This Feb. 28 statement from Fanmi Lavalas, a people’s party of Haiti, commemorates the February 29, 2004, coup d’état that overthrew Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Fanmi Lavalas honors those who fell during the coup and outlines its call for a Haitian solution to the crisis that[…]

Amid Ohio Nightmare, Rail Worker Alliance Urges All of Labor to Back Railroad Nationalization

March 2, 2023 UNAC Editor Labor, Socialism, War on the Poor

by Jake Johnson, published on Common Dreams, February 17, 2023 “The railroads, their CEOs, and the hedge fund robber barons will not listen, but railroad workers have the solution to managing and operating critical railroad infrastructure.” An alliance representing rail workers across the United States published an open letter late Thursday urging all of organized labor to support the nationalization[…]

East Palestine, Ohio and the Oligarchy

March 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Austerity, Corporatism, Socio-Economic Struggles, Toxic Chemicals, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, March 1, 2023 A freight train derailment brought environmental catastrophe to a small Ohio town. While the circumstances are somewhat unique, events followed a predictable pattern in a country run by and for the ruling class. The U.S. is an oligarchy. Stating this fact explains events that may seem mysterious if this[…]