War on the Poor

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[…]

A Case for Unfreezing Afghanistan’s Assets

May 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Kate Alexander, published on Inkstick Media, April 30, 2022 It seems unlikely that the US government is going to amend it’s policies on behalf of Afghan women or Afghan people. If the awareness that Afghan children are starving has not moved them then concerns about a woman’s ability manage her assets to free herself from oppression seems unlikely to[…]

Marginalized Students Pay the Price of Military Recruitment Efforts

May 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Recruitment, War on the Poor

by Roberto Camacho, published on Prism, April 18, 2022 With pandemic restrictions easing, military recruiters are returning to high school campuses while anti-recruitment efforts struggle This is a good reminder that recruitment among young people is becoming increasingly aggressive. counter-recruitment is not only increasingly necessary but increasingly challenging. Here in upstate NY we used to be able to get into[…]

Women’s Rage: My Body, My Choice

May 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Abortion, Resistance, US Politics, War on the Poor

by Ann Montague and Lisa Leonard, published on Socialist Action, May 5, 2022 The leaked draft opinion by a majority of Supreme Court Justices supporting overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has fueled the anger of women across the country. Furious women immediately surged the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to denounce the court’s intention to overturn half[…]

A Statement On Ukraine From the Black Liberation Movement

May 5, 2022 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Imperialism, NATO, Neo-Nazis, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

Black liberation movement organizations issued a joint statement opposing US/NATO actions in Ukraine. Dismantle NATO Now! Rescind the $16B US Allocations to the Ukraine War! US Imperialism is the Main Danger to Peace, Sovereignty, and Justice for Peoples all Over The World! The ongoing crisis and war in Ukraine threatens to pull the world into a disastrous nuclear confrontation. Disinformation, lies,[…]

The OAS or the “Ministry of Colonies”

May 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Haiti, Imperialism, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Jemima Pierre, published on Black Agenda Report, April 27, 2022 In the wake of the expulsion of the Organization of the American States from Nicaragua, we need to revisit one of its major crime scenes: Haiti. On April 24, 2022, Nicaragua’s Sandinista government officially booted the Organization of American States (OAS) out of their country. Foreign minister Denis Moncada[…]