Colonialism

The Unconditional Right of Poor and Oppressed Nations to Self-Determination: Looking at the US War Against Syria

August 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 28, 2023 Jeff gives a great overview of the drives and costs of war in Syria. Meanwhile, the U.S. occupies 1/3 of Syria’s territory including the largest oil wells and the wheat growing region to this day. Factories in the business district of Aleppo have been robbed of their machinery and destroyed[…]

War in Africa and War in the Americas: Accelerating the End of White World Supremacy

August 7, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Europe, Racism, U.S. Aggression, White Supremacy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, August 2, 2023 “The structural crisis of capitalism in its neoliberal form has created a legitimacy crisis for the capitalist rulers, making the use of force a permanent strategy for maintaining their dominance.” (from the Black Alliance for Peace Website) The U.S. recently deployed troops to Peru to shore-up the coup in[…]

On the 20th Anniversary of Invasion of Iraq It Must be Clear

March 21, 2023 UNAC Editor Black Liberation Movement, Iraq, NATO, The War at Home, U.S. Aggression

The U.S. Is the Greatest Threat to World Peace and Collective Humanity by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, March 15, 2023 History teaches that the greatest threat to peace today is the United States. No other nation creates dangers as great as those emanating from the U.S. commitment to the doctrine of Full Spectrum Dominance. As anti-imperialist and Anti-war activists[…]

Afghanistan News Update

February 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Central Aisia, Interview, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, War on the Poor, Women

Black Alliance for Peace, Published on Black Agenda Report, February 1, 2023 Propaganda continues to justify the U.S./EU-backed economic war on Afghanistan, which the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) has argued constitutes a crime against humanity . That is why the BAP Solidarity Network’s Afghanistan Committee has steadfastly shone a light on the invasion and 20-year war, its devastating consequences,[…]

Threat of More U.N. Sanctions on Haiti

January 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Economic Collapse, France, Haiti, Indigenous peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, January 6, 2023 While the huge social, economic and political problems of Haiti have slipped out of the news, if anything they have intensified over the past few months. According to Helen La Lime, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of BINUH (U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti), “Close[…]

Liberal Democracy: The Bedfellow of Fascism

November 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Fascism, NATO

by Erica Caines, published on Black Agenda Report, November 2, 2022 Antifascism, as a politic and concept, has grown more appealing in the last 6 years because of the rise of right-wing authoritarianism domestically and globally rooted in patriarchy and ongoing (settler) colonialism. Nonetheless, there remains much confusion about fascism. Earlier this month, I was a featured panelist for a[…]

The Anti-Racist Manifesto of Colectiva Feminista En Construcción, 2020

September 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Puerto Rico, Socialism, Socio-Economic Struggles, Women

by Editors, The Black Agenda Review, September 21, 2022 The Anti-Racist Manifesto of Puerto Rico’s Colectiva Feminista en Construcción (La Cole) outlines a radical solution to capitalism, colonialism, and climate change. Natural disasters are also catastrophes of colonialism and neoliberalism. Take, for instance, Hurricane Fiona. A category 1 hurricane that made landfall on Puerto Rico on September 18th, Fiona knocked[…]

Evil Empire: Let the Monarchy Die Along With Elizabeth

September 18, 2022 UNAC Editor History, Imperialism

by Sonali Kolhatkar, distributed by Economy for All, 9/17/2022 The death of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of British royalty, has sparked global fascination and spawned thousands of clickbait reports of the details of her funeral. Americans, who centuries ago rejected monarchy, are seemingly obsessed with the ritualism, bizarrely mourning the demise of an elderly and fabulously wealthy woman[…]

Haiti Under the Gun

August 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Haiti, Imperialism, Reparations

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, July 25, 2022 In the current situation in Haiti, organized groups — invariably called gangs by the bourgeois media — often have more and heavier weapons than the Haitian cops. Some of these “gangs” were created to profit from extortion and kidnapping, like the “400 Mawozo” who grabbed 17 missionaries in December 2021[…]

The Ongoing Infowar Against Cuba: From the Moncada Assault to the Embargo

July 29, 2022 UNAC Editor Cuba, Revolution, Socialism

by Nino Pagliccia, published on CounterPunch, July 26, 2022 Cuba has a harsh and long history from the days of the Spanish colonisation, the killings of indigenous people, slavery, etc. that finally took a major turn for socialist gains in the mid-20th century. Cubans fought two wars to become independent from Spain in the 19th century. Those wars were the[…]