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How Israel Makes Palestinians Foreigners in Their Own Land

March 4, 2019 UNAC Editor Israel-Palestine, Palestine

Photo: Palestinians protest Israel’s family unification policies near Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem in April 2013. ~Sliman Khader APA images by Maureen Clare Murphy, Published on The Electronic Intifada, February 26, 2019 One of the most insidious aspects of Israel’s military occupation is also one of its most overlooked: its deliberate fragmentation of Palestinian society. While the spectacle of[…]

US Forces Will Stay in Syria

March 4, 2019 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Iraq, Syria

Photo: SANA, 2/2/19, US Refused to Allow Evacuation of Civilians from Al Rukban Refugee Camp which is in US occupied territory on the Jordanian border not far from Al Tanf Negotiations with the Kurds Will Be Complicated as Syria Prepares for Idlib Offensive by Elijah J Magnier, Posted on February 22, 2019 Washington declared it won’t fully withdraw its troops[…]

Why Canada Wants Regime Change in Venezuela

March 4, 2019 UNAC Editor Brazil, Honduras, Latin America, Venezuela, World News Update

by Urooba Jamal, Published on Ricochet Media, February 25, 2019 In a well-fitted sports jacket, with one hand over his heart and the other clasping the constitution, the previously unknown Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president of Venezuela against democratically elected Nicolás Maduro. It was 61 years to the exact date since Venezuela’s U.S.-allied dictatorship of General Marcos Pérez Jiménez[…]

One Big Happy War Party: US Hands off Venezuela

March 4, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Venezuela

by Cindy Sheehan, Published on Cindy Sheehan’s Soap Box, March 1, 2019 Nothing has been frying my bacon more lately than when noted “lefties” or so-called progressive politicians who oppose the US and its partners in crime sanctioning other countries, but then turn around and absolutely support the Empire’s reasons for doing so. For example, Democrat Congressional Representatives Ro Khanna[…]

Unions, Yellow Vests Join Feb. 5 General Strike in France

March 3, 2019 UNAC Editor Protest

Photo by Pascal Maga, Published on Flikr, taken January 12, 2019 By Rémy Herrera posted on Workers World, March 2, 2019 Feb. 21 — In France, Feb. 5 was a day of general strike and demonstrations. The call was launched nationally by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) and many other labor unions, such as Solidaires and Force Ouvrière, unions[…]

Protests Bust Up N.Y. Amazon Deal

March 3, 2019 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Corporatism, Labor Struggles

By Marty Goodman, Published on Socialist Action, March 2, 2019 On Feb. 14, Amazon, owned by the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos ($166 billion), announced that it was pulling out of a deal made with top New York Democrats for a second Amazon headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, near Manhattan, due to opposition from local politicians. But the resistance[…]

The Words and Deeds of Social Imperialists

March 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Latin America, Political Corruption, Socialism, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Glen Ford, Published on Black Agenda Report, February 28, 2019 The US left makes celebrities of self-styled “socialists” that have no solidarity with real strugglers against imperialism in the world. “Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez make weak noises against military action while accepting the rationale of the aggression.” The best evidence of the profound weakness of the “left” in the United[…]

Venezuela Reveals America’s Sickness

March 2, 2019 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Government Corruption, Latin America, Venezuela

by Margaret Kimberley, Published on Black Agenda Report, Freedom Rider, February 27, 2019 The Democrats agree with Trump that Venezuelans have no rights that need be respected by the United States. “Like a pack of predators they have lined up to assist in the kill.” Does the United States have the right to decide who governs Venezuela? The answer is[…]

On D-Day, Feb. 23, the trucks couldn’t Enter Venezuela

March 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, False Flags, Venezuela

By Marco Terrugi posted on Workers World, February 25, 2019 First published on Feb. 24 by Pagina12, translated by Michael Otto. The day of the announced arrival of “humanitarian aid” to Venezuela, Feb. 23, came and went. The apocalyptic forecasts did not take place. Nicolás Maduro did not fall; Juan Guaidó stayed in Cúcuta, Colombia; and no Hollywood showdown took[…]