Build Back Better

The United States Contests the Chinese Belt and Road with a Private Corporation

July 3, 2022 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, China, Global Trade

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, July 1, 2022 At the G7 Summit in Germany, on June 26, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden made a pledge to raise $200 billion within the United States for global infrastructure spending. It was made clear that this new G7 project—the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII)—was intended to counter the Chinese Belt[…]

The Ukraine Crisis Won’t Save Biden

April 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 20, 2022 The U.S. propaganda victory over Russia will do Joe Biden and the democrats little good. Their willingness to act on their promises and meet the people’s needs will be the deciding factors in determining their political fate. The United States, its NATO allies, and their partners in corporate media are[…]

The Ominous Omnibus: Pentagon Wins, Workers Lose

March 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Cost of War, Democracy and Consent, U.S. Budget

Editorial, published on Workers World, March 15, 2022 A $1.5 trillion “omnibus” spending bill, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign, passed the House and Senate March 10. Over half the money in the Consolidated Appropriations Act — $782 billion, a $42 billion increase over fiscal 2021 — is going for Pentagon spending. Of course NATO, the Pentagon’s proxy[…]

On the Biden Plantation

January 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Political Analysis, Trumpism, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 19, 2022 One can’t disagree with Margaret’s words. However, leaving aside commentary on that hideous insulting meeting with black leaders in December 2020, you could replace the term ‘Black people’ or ‘Black voters’ with ‘ordinary Americans’ on every point. [jb] The idea that Joe Biden would provide harm reduction was created[…]

How Congress Loots the Treasury for the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

December 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Militarism, U.S. Budget, US Military

by Nicolas J.S. Davies and Medea Benjamin Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for 2022. As they have been doing year after year, our elected officials are preparing to hand the lion’s share – over 65% – of federal discretionary spending to the[…]

Biden’s Promised Build Back Better Legislation Crashes

November 3, 2021 UNAC Editor U.S. Budget, US Politics

by Jeff Mackler, November 3, 2021 After months of political hype President Joseph Biden’s touted top legislative priorities have been gutted beyond recognition. For the better part of a year he and the Democrats toured the country saturating the corporate news media with legislative promises to Build Back Better now. In the context of a COVID-19-wounded nation, frozen wages, a[…]

Biden is No FDR and Build Back Better Legislation Proves It

October 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Big Pharma, Capitalism, War on the Poor

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, October 27, 2021 It has to be said that this is the only possible explanation for the assertion that 2 people can block the Democrat majority in congress from doing what they have to do to keep their majority through the next general election. [jb] The idea that Joe Biden is the[…]

Build Back Better: New Keynesianism or Neoliberal Public Relations Stunt

October 13, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Democrats and Republicans, Legislation, US Government Action, US Politics

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, October 13, 2021 Some provisions of Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation benefit the masses of Black people, but this legislation is a bare minimum effort to blunt some of the sharpest contradictions of the system while attempting to maintain the neoliberal order. For more than a week the country has been caught[…]