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Diseased System in a Shut-Lockdown, Never a Better Time to Fight for Socialism

April 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Economics, Medicare for All, Political Analysis, Public Health

by Glen Ford, Published on Black Agenda Report, April 23, 2020 The current health and economic crisis will dramatically accelerate the processes of corporate monopolization, finance capital dictatorship, and working class precarity and immiseration. The only cure is socialism. “The duopoly parties’ refusal to establish a national health care system, beginning with Medicare for All, can only be understood in[…]

The Staggering Cost of Israel to Americans

April 24, 2020 UNAC Editor Israel, Political Corruption

*Featured Image: A stack of 3.8 billion dollar bills would reach the International Space Station. The new package to Israel will give Israel ten times that much money. An Israeli official gloated that the package was obtained “despite budget cuts, including defense cuts, in the U.S.” (Image by If Americans Knew) By If Americans Knew, April 12, 2013, Updated: December 22, 2019[…]

Truth and Propaganda, China and the Novel Coronavirus

April 23, 2020 UNAC Editor China, Healthcare, Public Health

by Vijay Prashad, Weiyan Zhu, Du Xaiojun, published by the Independent Media Institute, April 7, 2020 Part 1: Growing Xenophobia Against China in the Midst of CoronaShock Violent attacks against Asians in the United States has spiked as a consequence of the stigma driven by the Trump administration. March 31, 2020 On March 25, the foreign ministers of the G7[…]

Pandemic Explodes, Capitalist Economy Tanks

April 23, 2020 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Economic Collapse, Public Health

by James Fortin, published by Socialist Action, March 31, 2020 Now that the COVID-19 contagion has spread to the 4 corners of the globe, the unpreparedness of the capitalist state, and the outright disregard by the ruling class for the fate of the working people of the United States, has come into full view. Underlying a perfect-storm scenario is the[…]

Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Funds Shady Ops That Once Triggered Polio Outbreak in Syria

April 22, 2020 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Pakistan, Syria

by Max Blumenthal, published on The Grayzone, April 16, 2020 While the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill was authored in the spirit of beating back a pandemic, buried deep within its text is a stipend for the US State Department operations dedicated to carrying out foreign interventions that have contributed to the outbreak of preventable diseases like polio in Syria[…]

Climate Change and COVID-19 on Earth Day 2020

April 21, 2020 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Connecting the Dots, Environment, Toxic Chemicals

By Betsey Piette posted on Workers World, April 16, 2020 If there is a silver lining to be found in the horrific coronavirus pandemic, it may be that major industrial countries are reporting unprecedented drops in air pollution levels. This is due to measures taken to stem the spread of COVID-19, including widespread factory shutdowns and radically reduced vehicular and[…]

United States Imposed Economic Sanctions: The Big Heist

April 19, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Featured, Public Health, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Lauren Smith, published on MROnline, March 10, 2020 Since the start of the great recession in 2008 the U.S. has become increasingly dependent on the use of unilateral economic sanctions to achieve its policy objectives against its declared targets. Presently, sanctions impact one-third of humanity in 39 countries. Economic sanctions not only cause untold death and devastation to a[…]

Layoffs Skyrocket, Virus Deaths Soar, Opposition Grows

April 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Corporatism, Healthcare, Human Rights, Public Health, The War at Home, War on the Poor

by James Fortrin, published on Socialist Action, March 31, 2020 This article is long but it tells us, in detail, how we got to where we are now, with the economy shut down and schools closed (for the year in many places), thousands sick and dying and people who supported themselves only a month ago lining up at food pantries[…]

Cuban Solidarity Combats the Pandemic From Italy to Angola

April 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Cuba, Healthcare, Public Health, Socialism

by Kathy Durkin, published on Workers World, April 15, 2020 What country can always be counted on to show international solidarity and provide concrete aid in a crisis? The people of the world know that it is socialist Cuba. It has shown the world what solidarity means, sending multiple medical teams around the globe to help in humanitarian crises. This[…]

The COVID-19 Pandemic Makes Clear the Need to Cooperate Despite Political Differences

April 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Cuba, Diplomacy, Global Alliances, Public Health, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, published on Resumen, April 16, 2020 The impact of COVID-19 can already be measured and will be assessed in the future by the striking numbers of people infected, the unacceptable numbers of deaths, the unquestionable damages to the world economy, production, trade, employment and personal income of millions of people. It is a crisis that[…]