War on the Poor

Korea/DPRK: Surviving US-UN Sanctions and Military Threats

September 30, 2022 UNAC Editor Korea, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, War on the Poor

by Erica Jung, September 30, 2022 Introduction North Koreans live under restrictions, embargoes, and scarcities imposed and enforced by a variety of sanctions from the United States and the United Nations.1 In fact, north Korea is one of the most sanctioned countries in the world, having been subject to sanctions since its foundation in 1950. US sanctions in particular serve[…]

Environmental Racism Leads to Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi

September 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Racism, War on the Poor, Water

by Molly Rosenzweig, published on Socialist Action, September 5, 2022 Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, a city of 150,000 that is 82.5 percent Black, have not had reliable access to clean water for five days. On Monday, the Pearl River flooded from extreme rainfall, and caused the main water treatment plant to fail, resulting in low to no water pressure. A[…]

The International Food Crisis and Proposals To Overcome It

September 15, 2022 UNAC Editor Global Trade, International Aid and Debt, Reparations, War on the Poor

By Eric Toussaint and Omar Aziki, published on Socialist Action, September 6, 2022 This excellent piece speaks clearly about the ways in which the neoliberal global economy impoverishes freeholder farmers and the poor in the resource wealthy global south. [jb] [Editor’s note: We reprint below the recent article by leaders of the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM).[…]

Is the U.S. Legal System at War With Its People?

September 4, 2022 UNAC Editor Lawfare, The War at Home, War on the Poor

by Natalia Marques, distributed by Peoples Dispatch and Globetrotter., September 1, 2022 The very laws and government agencies created to protect the people in the United States are increasingly being weaponized against those who are often marginalized in society: people of color, the poor, and the working class. In just the last few months, there have been many incidents of[…]

The Inflation Reduction Act is a Poison Pill for Black and Indigenous Communities

August 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Environment, Racism, U.S. Budget, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Anthony Rogers-Wright, published on Black Agenda Report, August 19, 2022 Among other problematic issues, the so-called climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act allow for more oil drilling on federal lands. Greenwashing and Democratic party duplicity are nothing to celebrate for Black and Indigenous communities. The brother El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) once explained, “If you’re not[…]

Haiti Suffers in U.S.-Created Turmoil

June 28, 2022 UNAC Editor Haiti, War on the Poor

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, June 22, 2022 Haiti is in a process of collapse in its ability to function as a country on a daily basis. Half of its people don’t have access to clean water and have trouble finding enough food to feed themselves and their families. Social services — education, roads, public health care in[…]

Capitalism is Killing Our Children

June 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Militarism, War on the Poor

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, June 17, 2022 It is incomprehensible that Washington politicians could sit through the hours of gut-wrenching testimony from the loved ones of victims of recent gun violence in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, and not be moved. Yet this seems to be the case. Speakers included Uvalde teacher Arnulfo Reyes, who survived[…]

Why Peace and Disarmament Are at the Heart of Nonalignment

June 17, 2022 UNAC Editor International Law, New World Visions, Nuclear Weapons, War on the Poor

by Kate Hudson, Produced by Globetrotter, June 13, 2022 As our world spirals toward the catastrophe of nuclear war, there has never been a greater need for a new global balancing, a rejection of great power war, exploitation, and aggression. Now more than ever, we need to reject the brutal unipolar agenda of the United States, the dividing up of[…]

The Long Hand of Slave Breeding, Redux

June 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Poverty, Reproductive Sovereignty, War on the Poor, Women

by JoAnn Wypijewski, published on Counterpunch, June 6, 2022 A stunning discussion of women’s rights and the freeing of slaves as these topics relate to today’s anti-abortion campaign. #MeToo is a disturbing phenomenon which at times frees women to speak the unspeakable openly, but leaves the power of whose voice is heard and what will be done about it, who[…]

Response to Buffalo Massacre: Smash White Supremacy

May 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Neo-Nazis, Protest, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Nigel Bouvart, published on Workers World, May 16, 2022 On the state response to the Buffalo massacre. [jb] On the evening of May 14, a fascist carrying a rifle entered a supermarket in the predominantly Black neighborhood of Masten Park on Buffalo’s East Side and opened fire. While most official statements have more or less vaguely alluded to “racial[…]