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ACT UP Boston charges city with mass violations of human rights

November 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Socio-Economic Struggles, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Aezra El, published on Workers World, November 14, 2021 On Nov. 5, ACT UP Boston, labor leaders, frontline harm reductionists, housing advocates, contingents of students, folks who have been houseless and people who use drugs converged on City Hall for a protest press conference and speak-out. Days earlier, city officials began waging their “sheriff’s plan,” setting up kangaroo courts,[…]

Lessons of the Buffalo, N.Y., mayoral election

November 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Democracy, Socialism, US Politics

by Ryan Lockwood, published on Workers World, November 14, 2021 Nov. 14 — Under normal circumstances, Buffalo’s mayoral election would have been little more than the 16-year incumbent Democrat Byron Brown’s coronation ceremony. But India Walton, who declared herself a socialist, interrupted the well-rehearsed proceedings with a stunning June primary upset against Brown. Both candidates are African American. Walton ran[…]

US Business Community Calls on Biden to End Tariffs on Chinese Goods as Inflation Accelerates

November 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars

by Paul Antinopoulis, published on InfoBrics, November 17, 2021 The US business community called on President Joe Biden to cancel tariffs on goods imported from China, especially since tariff sanctions only accelerate inflation in the US. Dozens of professional associations, including the Semiconductor Industry Association, Farmers Federation, Chamber of Commerce, and about 20 other organizations signed a letter on behalf[…]

Sandinistas Win By a Landslide! U.S. Dirty Tricks Fail in Derailing Nicaraguan Democracy

November 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Democracy, Nicaragua, Socialism

by Nan McCurdy, published on Covert Action Magazine, November 9, 2021 In the lead up to the February 25, 1990 elections, President George H.W. Bush told the Nicaraguan people that the U.S. would keep funding the Contras (counter-revolutionaries recruited, funded and directed by President Reagan, the State Department and the CIA in 1980s illegal war), block loans and maintain the[…]

‘We Became Visible’ – a Sandinista’s View on Autonomy

November 20, 2021 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Indigenous peoples, Nicaragua

by Johnny Hodgson, published on Workers World, November 19, 2021 The Sandinista revolution established the mission to create a new nation, a new Nicaraguan nationality, a multiethnic, multicultural and multilingual country, where the Indigenous and Afro-descendant would have the possibility of participating on an equal basis in the construction of this new Nicaraguan nation. We reached the conclusion that for[…]

Digging for Peace- Resisting Nuclear Weapons

November 19, 2021 UNAC Editor Nuclear Weapons, US Meddling in Europe, War on the Earth

by Brian Terrell, published on Countercurrents, November 18, 2021 On Wednesday, October 20, I joined “Vrede Scheppen,” “Create Peace,” about 25 peace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Austria at the airbase at Volkel, Netherlands, making a plea for an end to nuclear weapons. This base is home to two Dutch F16 fighter wings and the United States Air Force[…]

Farm Laws Repeal: A Historic Day For India

November 19, 2021 UNAC Editor Breaking News, India, Labor Struggles

by Bharat Dogra, published on Countercurrents, November 19, 2021 This is a huge victory for the farmers of India. It shows the power of mass protest and relentless resistance, even against the most vicious racist neoliberal government and should be celebrated by activists around the globe. [jb] On November 19 the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi announced the[…]

Cubans Say They Are More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change

November 17, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism

by Medea Benjamin, published on MintPress News, November 16, 2021 HAVANA — “If you build it, they will come,” said Kevin Costner in the Field of Dreams. In Cuba, they didn’t come. Dissidents on the island, with their U.S. backers, had been working feverishly for months to turn the unprecedented July 11 protests into a crescendo of government opposition on[…]

Why is the US fueling the November 15 Cuba protests?

November 17, 2021 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Rosa Miriam Elizalde, published on the Orinoco Tribune, Nov 13, 2021 On September 20, letters began to arrive at eight Cuban municipal or provincial government headquarters announcing the holding of “peaceful” marches on November 15 by a group called Archipiélago. The motivation for these marches was a call for change. The letter was not a formal request to occupy the busiest streets[…]

Woodland Biomass Idiocy

November 16, 2021 UNAC Editor Biofuels, Climate Change

by Robert Hunziker, published on CounterCurrents, November 16, 2021 One of the most controversial fixes for global warming is the use of woody biomass, cutting trees, burning trees to achieve “carbon neutral” status in the worldwide battle to conquer climate change/global warming. The term carbon neutral (which is not the same as zero carbon and not a scientific term) when[…]