War on the Poor

The Role of Police in Gentrification

September 28, 2020 UNAC Editor Police Brutality, Political Corruption, War on the Poor

by Brenden Beck, published on Consortium News, September 24, 2020 A lawsuit alleges Breonna Taylor died because Louisville was trying to arrest its way toward economic redevelopment. Research shows this is common. This piece is a commentary, part of The Appeal’s collection of opinion and analysis. The circumstances surrounding Breonna Taylor’s killing by police in Louisville, Kentucky, are by now[…]

While the Stock Market is Booming, Jobs Report Hides Hunger

September 19, 2020 UNAC Editor Austerity, Economic Collapse, Economics, War on the Poor

By G. Dunkel posted on Workers World, September 11, 2020 Getting enough food was hard for people working low-wage jobs before the pandemic. Now it’s harder, given the huge increase in unemployment — 29 million jobless workers now live off meager unemployment insurance. Millions without work are getting nothing, and more than 50 million people are “food insecure,” meaning they[…]

Tens of Millions Displaced By ‘War On Terror,’ the Greatest Scam

September 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Refugees, Terrorism, War on the Poor

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, September 20, 2020 A report from Brown University’s Costs of War Project has found that at least 37 million people have been displaced as a result of America’s so-called War on Terror since 9/11, a conservative estimate of a number that may actually be somewhere between 48 million and 59 million. That number — “at[…]

Voice from Kenosha: Electoral Politics Is Not Nearly Enough

September 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Police Brutality, Racism, US Politics, War on the Poor

by Omar Flores, published on Workers World, August 30, 2020 Today I’m speaking on behalf of the Coalition to March on the DNC. We’ve had three primary focuses of our march, and the first is to defeat the number one enemy of all working people, Donald Trump, here and abroad. We saw some other work that he tried to do[…]

A Hunger Crisis in Guatamala

August 22, 2020 UNAC Editor Guatamala, Latin America, War on the Poor

By Yanis Iqbal, published on Countercurrents, August 20, 2020 A report released by Oxfam in July 2020 states, “COVID-19 is deepening the hunger crisis in the world’s hunger hotspots and creating new epicentres of hunger across the globe. By the end of the year 12,000 people per day could die from hunger linked to COVID-19, potentially more than will die from[…]

Black Alliance for Peace Calls on United Nations to Address U.S. Human Rights Crisis

May 29, 2020 Judith Bello Racism, War on the Poor

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, May 29, 2020 The extrajudicial murders of African/Black people, such as Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, by agents of the U.S. government and armed civilians have sparked urban rebellions in cities across the United States. Such murderous acts cannot be understood outside of the context of the U.S. state’s ongoing assault on[…]

COVID-19: Hunger Gnaws at the Edges of the World

May 23, 2020 UNAC Editor Agriculture, Austerity, Labor, War on the Poor

by Vijay Prashad and Richard Pithouse, published on Consortium News, May 19, 2020 Produced by the TriContinental Institute What the International Monetary Fund calls the Great Lockdown sent 2.7 billion people into either full unemployment or near unemployment, with many people one or two days away from desperate poverty and hunger, according to the International Labour Organization. Starvation is already evident in many regions[…]

As US Reels From COVID-19, Trump Turns to Sanctions, War Making and Threats

May 17, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Propaganda, War on the Poor

by Alan MacLeod, published on Mintpress News, May 15, 2020 Presiding over by far the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the world, the Trump administration is making it a key priority to escalate hostilities with its perceived international enemies. Last night President Trump suggested that he might “cut off” all trade with the People’s Republic of China. “Now, if you did,[…]

Bolivia: The Open Veins Are Bleeding Six Months after the Coup

May 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Bolivia, War on the Poor

by Veronica Zapata, published on Resumen, May 10, 2020 On November 10, 2019, a violent coup d’état took place in Bolivia, navigated by the U.S., which managed to articulate the racist national oligarchy with the backing of the armed forces, the police and the paramilitary groups forcing Evo Morales to resign at gunpoint. The objective was to regain control of[…]

Civilian Testimony: US Drones Continue to Slaughter Civilians

May 12, 2020 UNAC Editor Drones, War and Weapons, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

CJ Werleman, published on ByLineTimes, May 6, 2020 Background In what’s been described as a “rare admission” of culpability, the United States military acknowledged on Monday it had killed two civilians and injured three more when it carried out a drone strike in Somalia more than a year ago. “Regrettably two civilians were killed and three others injured in a[…]