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Joe Lombardo Interview: An Objective Look at U.S. Foreign Policy

August 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Featured, Interview, UNAC on the Road, War and Peace

by John Rachel, published on Peace Dividend, August 10, 2020 Events continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Joe Lombardo for his most current thoughts. We focus here on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of the U.S. in the[…]

What the Media Gets Wrong About Taiwan’s Place in China

August 20, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Imperial Lies and Liars, Taiwan

by Brendan Devlin, published in Friends of Socialist China, August 15, 2022 Reprinted from Passage. Brendan sets out some vital contemporary and historical facts with regard to the Taiwan situation as a necessary corrective at a time when the corporate media essentially serve to uncritically amplify the US-led narrative. He shows how China’s 1842 defeat in the first Opium[…]

The Inflation Reduction Act is a Poison Pill for Black and Indigenous Communities

August 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Environment, Racism, U.S. Budget, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Anthony Rogers-Wright, published on Black Agenda Report, August 19, 2022 Among other problematic issues, the so-called climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act allow for more oil drilling on federal lands. Greenwashing and Democratic party duplicity are nothing to celebrate for Black and Indigenous communities. The brother El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) once explained, “If you’re not[…]

Palestinian President Abbas’ Holocaust Remark and German Hypocrisy

August 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, Germany, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Peter Schwarz, published on World Socialist Website, August 18, 202 A statement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas comparing Israeli massacres of Palestinians with the Holocaust has provoked from German media outlets and politicians a storm of indignation that would be hard to beat for its mendacity. At a joint press conference with Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday, Abbas[…]

Inflation Reduction Act: White Supremacy and Black Farmers

August 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Agriculture, Racism, The War at Home

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, August 15, 2022 Black farmers, fighting white supremacists in the South since Reconstruction to try to keep possession of their land, were dealt another blow in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Wording in that legislation, designed to give loan assistance to Black farmers, was rewritten by Democrats to remove discrimination on the[…]

From Bill Gates to the Great Refusal – Farmers on the Frontline

August 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Agriculture, Corporatism, India

by Colin Todhunter, published on Countercurrents, July 27, 2022 Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most humans were engaged in agriculture. Our relationship with nature was immediate. Within just a few generations, however, for many people across the world, their link with the land has been severed. Food now arrives pre-packaged (often precooked), preserved with chemicals and contains harmful pesticides, micro-plastics,[…]

Political Prisoners in the USA

August 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Black Liberation Movement, Featured, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Political Prisoners

by AFGJ Staff, published on The Alliance for Global Justice, August 15, 2022 ** Read “While Claiming to Defend Freedom Around the World, the U.S. Has Dozens of Political Prisoners—and the Majority are People of Color”, a comprehensive analysis of Political Imprisonment in the United States today. Introduction Below is a list of individuals who are currently incarcerated in the[…]

How Russia Thwarted US Imperial Plans In Ukraine And Beyond

August 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Global Alliances, Global Economics, Imperial Wars, NATO, Russia, Ukraine

by Antonio Camacho Negron, published on Multipolarista, August 15, 2022 History testifies, time and time again, that the United States and Europe have always viewed Russia as coveted prey, and more so as a powerful opponent to their expansionist pretensions. Without a doubt, for various reasons that we will detail later, Russia has today become the top geopolitical-military threat to[…]

Democrats’ ‘Climate Bill’ Puts Polluters before People and the Planet

August 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, US Politics

by Robert Belano, published on Socialist Action, August 16, 2022 After an embarrassing past few months which included the overturning of Roe v. Wade, rising inflation, a stalled legislative agenda, and Nancy Pelosi’s ill-advised visit to Taiwan, Biden and the Democratic leadership were desperate for a victory. A small win for the party has arrived in the form of the[…]

For the American Empire, Hypocrisy and War go Hand in Hand

August 17, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Taiwan

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, August 10, 2022 Much of the world held its breath as Nancy Pelosi circled around the Philippines to sneak into Taiwan late in the evening on August 2nd, 2022. The fear was that Pelosi’s trip would initiate a broader war between China and the United States. Taiwan is China’s “red line.” This[…]