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Articles by members and friends of UNAC. The views, opinions and positions expressed on this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions of UNAC.
by Jesse Hagopian, published on Truthout, January 24, 2025 Teachers fear Trump may use federal funding as a bludgeon to push “uncritical race theory” on K-12 schools and colleges. “Getting critical race theory out of our schools is not just a matter of values, it’s also a matter of national survival,” Donald Trump railed at a rally in the lead-up[…]
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by Craig Murray, published on Socialist Action, January 21, 2025 This is an early piece but Craig’s analysis is prophetic, and his focus is significant. [jb] 12/26/24: A truly seismic change in the Middle East appears to be happening very fast. At its heart is a devil’s bargain – Turkey and the Gulf States accept the annihilation of the Palestinian nation[…]
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by Kathy Durkin, published on Workers World, January 29, 2025 Editor’s note: I watched this march on ‘X’ for a while. there were many comments ridiculing it. This is the MAGA Era. They want to make America great by silencing anyone who disagrees with government policy. US policy is like a giant monolith with a bigger shadow. They attack anyone[…]
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Statement by the United National Antiwar Coalition, January 24, 2025 The ceasefire agreement is a victory for the Palestinian people and for the Palestinian resistance. As we have said since the beginning, the goal of the Zionist government of Israel was the total destruction of Hamas and the Palestinian people. It was genocide. But the Palestinian people live, and the[…]
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by Workers World Staff, January 15,2025 After 15 months of U.S.-funded, vicious destruction by the Israel Occupation Forces of every city, including every hospital, school, torching tent cities and over 64,000 official deaths in Gaza, the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, in consultation with representatives of the other Palestinian factions, on Jan. 15 announced that a ceasefire agreement with the Zionist[…]
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by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on CovertAction Magazine, January 15, 2025 Development of nuclear weapons has enabled North Korea to avoid the fate of Libya, Syria and Iraq Over the last 75 years, North Korea has been invaded and bombed back to the stone age by the United States, subjected to unprecedented economic warfare, vilified in the international media and had[…]
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by Roaa Shamalakh, published on Mondoweiss, January 15, 2025 Now that a ceasefire has been agreed to in Gaza, the bombs will stop falling, and the world will breathe a sigh of relief. There will be celebrations of peace, even if temporary, nations will pat themselves on the back, and the media will move on to the next trending crisis.[…]
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from The Red Nation, January 20, 2025 After a half-century of unjust incarceration, Leonard Peltier is finally going home!“It’s finally over–I’m going home,” said Peltier in response to the news. “I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart. I want to help the people, just like my grandmother taught me.”For decades, the now elder[…]
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by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 8, 2025 Jamaicans still remember their visionary leaders, Norman and Michael Manley, and the bloody general election of 1980. I’m writing this from Jamaica while visiting an expat friend. I was here many years ago, in the late 70s, when Democratic Socialist Michael Manley was in power, Bob Marley was alive,[…]
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by By Múte Egede and Lotte Rørtoft-Madsen, published on Workers World, January 17, 2025 Workers World publishes the comments of the prime minister of Greenland, reported Jan. 13 on Democracy Now!, and a statement by the chairperson of the Danish Communist Party supporting the self-determination of Greenlanders. These comments are reactions to the threats from President-elect Donald Trump on Jan.[…]
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