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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 Frank Goldsmith, published in Labor Today, December, 2020 THE RIGHT TO STRIKE MIGHT HAVE SAVED SCORES OF NYC TRANSIT WORKERS For those of us who were born in or moved to New York City there is one constant in our lives. It is the MTA, the quasi public, independent New York State Transportation agency, created in 1968, that runs[…]
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by Joe Lombardo, published December 13, 2020 In the recent Venezuelan election, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the party of Nicolas Maduro won a stunning victory. However, there has been a lot of discussion on why the turnout was low, around 31% of the eligible voters. We should be clear that the election process would have been attacked by[…]
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by Yanis Iqbal Venezuela’s Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) – an alliance of revolutionary and progressive forces led by the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) – has emerged triumphant from the legislative elections held on December 6, 2020. Obtaining 69% of the total votes, the PSUV and its allies will now hold 253 of the 277 seats in the[…]
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Statement of the World Peace Council Delegation to Venezuela on the Occasion of Serving as International Observers for Parliamentary Election Upon the invitation of the National Elections Council of Venezuela (CNE), a World Peace Council (WPC) delegation visited the country and attended as international observer for the December 6, 2020 Parliamentary Elections. It has been an inspiring opportunity for us[…]
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by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, December 6, 2020 A member of UNAC AC, Margaret traveled to Venezuela to participate as an election observer. She was a member of the Embassy Protection Collective last summer. [jb] On December 2, the Embassy Protection Collective (EPC) members, who were arrested in May 2019 when the United States illegally invaded the Venezuelan[…]
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Statement from U.S. Peace Council, August 3 2020 This statement was written last summer but the reality that drives it is more pertinent than ever. We need to update these issues. While Congress continues to bicker over whether or not to proceed and how they might proceed with monies to address the COVID-19 crisis, they calmly support budgeting hundreds of[…]
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by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on Covert Action Magazine, December 2, 2020 A new book reveals how U.S. Presidents of both parties unleashed the CIA in the Congo to do the dirty work of greedy corporations, causing misery, mutilations and massacres of such magnitude they dwarfed even the wildest accounts depicted in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. ~Covert Action Magazine On[…]
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by Jerusalem Demsas, published on Black Agenda Report, December 2, 2020 Millions of Americans face eviction in a “completely predictable and entirely preventable” crisis as the CDC’s moratorium is set to expire on New Year’s Eve. “Tenants could owe nearly $70 billion in back rent by year’s end.” Seven months into her fight to stay housed, 48-year-old Kimberly is furious. […]
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by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, December 4, 2020 In an explosion of anger and political rejection, 200,000 people marched in Paris Nov. 28 while another 300,000 in over 95 cities and towns across France held coordinated protest marches. Demonstrations also took place in front of French embassies in the Netherlands and Germany. The protests were targeting Article 24[…]
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by Jim McMahan, published on Workers World, December 4, 2020 Seattle On Nov. 27, “Black Friday,” workers rallied in front of Amazon world headquarters in Seattle to condemn Amazon’s exploitation of essential workers. Chris Smalls and The Congress of Essential Workers (TCOEW) led the Seattle action. Smalls was fired March 30 by Amazon for leading a work stoppage in New[…]
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