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Snakes in the Garden

August 29, 2020 UNAC Editor Philippines, Rights of Opressed Peoples

by Luis H. Francia, published on Inquirer.Net, August 24, 2020 (recommended by Malaya Movement Northeast) NEW YORK—Zara Alvarez, a 39-year-old human rights worker, single mother, and former political prisoner, was shot and killed the evening of August 17 in Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental. That she was slain in such a fashion was not completely unexpected: having a[…]

NBA Strike Explodes into Sportswide Protest Against Police Shooting of Jacob Blake

August 29, 2020 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Featured, Protest, Racism, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, The War at Home

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, August 27, 2020 Kenosha, Wis., became the epicenter of the anti-racist struggle after a 29-year-old Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot seven times in the back at point-blank range by a white police officer on Aug. 23. Kenosha is 40 miles from Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s biggest city. A recorded video showed that the unarmed[…]

Keep It Real: A Review Of Diana Johnstone’s Book “Circle In The Darkness: Memoirs Of A World Watcher”

August 27, 2020 UNAC Editor Book Review, Journalism

by Rick Sterling, published on Global Research, August 19, 2020 Diana Johnstone has written a compelling and insightful book. It is mostly a review and analysis of significant events from the past 55 years. It concludes with her assessment of different trends that are being debated on the Left today including “identity politics”, Antifa and censorship. This is a book to[…]

Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger problem

August 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Racism, Reproductive Sovereignty, Women

By Sue Davis, published on Workers World, August 19, 2020 Planned Parenthood of Greater New York issued a strong statement July 21 that condemned Margaret Sanger’s relationship with eugenics theory and practice. “By saying this, we disarm a tool anti-abortion opponents use to shame women of color, especially Black women, from seeking the full spectrum of sexual and reproductive health[…]

How the US Helped Push Lebanon to The Brink of Collapse

August 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Economic Collapse, Lebanon, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Ben Norton, published on The Grayzone, August 13, 2020 As the people of Lebanon suffer through one of the worst economic crises in their nation’s conflict-ridden history, the Donald Trump administration is exploiting the disaster to force regime change and weaken Lebanese resistance groups. A massive explosion on August 4 devastated Lebanon’s capital Beirut, killing more than 150 people,[…]

Turkey Cuts Off Water to One Million Syrians in Blazing Summer Heat

August 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Syria, Terrorism, Turkey

By Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 23, 2020 Turkish President Erdogan has sought to create an image for himself as the champion of religion. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also tried to claim they were following a religion, yet both to used water as a weapon of war. Water in Islam Turkey is almost 100%[…]

After Explosion, Imperialists Pressure Lebanon; Iran, China Send Aid

August 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Lebanon

by Karin Leukefeld posted on Workers World, August 19, 2020 It was only last January — in response to the street protests — that the technocratic government of the engineer and former university professor Hassan Diab was sworn in in Lebanon. One week after the explosions in the capital Beirut, this government resigned on Aug. 10. Diab, who has no[…]

Oppose U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela, Illegal and criminal interference

August 24, 2020 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Politics, Venezuela

Statement by the Chicago Anti-War Coalition (CAWC) This Statement is part of a series by the Chicago Anti-War Coalition (CAWC) updating the latest on the U.S. government’s brutal and illegal sanctions and attacks on various countries. It is meant to help us build our opposition, and further join in the International Campaign Against U.S. Sanctions. This Statement mainly focuses on the U.S. sanctions[…]

Learning from Harry Haywood in the Fight for Black Freedom and Socialism

August 24, 2020 UNAC Editor Racism, Socialism, Socio-Economic Struggles, US Politics

Staff, Fightback News, August 13, 2020 Anyone doubting the relevance of Harry Haywood’s writings in 2020 hasn’t paid much attention to political events this year. After success in three early Democratic primaries, Bernie Sanders’ social democratic campaign for president, supported by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), ran first aground in South Carolina in February. African American voters turned out[…]

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[…]