Drug Addiction

I Beg Your Pardon! People of Color Say Hunter Biden’s Clemency Represents White Privilege in Overdrive

December 7, 2024 UNAC Editor Lawfare, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy

by Jon Jeter, published on Black Agenda Report, December 4, 2024 As a Senator, Joe Biden pioneered federal laws mandating extreme sentences for possession of crack cocaine and far lesser sentences for possession of cocaine. President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, is viewed as hypocritical to people of color, yet given their experiences is unsurprising. A Chicano[…]

From Despair to Revolution: The Bronx’s Path to Defeating Addiction

October 31, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Drug Addiction and Drug Trade, The Drug War, The War at Home, War on the Poor

by the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, published on Workers World, October 18, 2024 The Bronx Anti-War Coalition hosted a film screening on Oct. 11 of the documentary “Dope is Death” as part of our guerrilla cinema series. The widely attended event featured a Q&A session with former Young Lord and acupuncturist Walter Bosque, where community members engaged in a lively discussion[…]

The Longest War in U.S. History Has Left a Failed State in Afghanistan

January 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Economic Collapse, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Lisa Sorush published on CovertAction Magazine, December 29, 2023 We cannot forget Afghanistan. It is crystal clear evidence of the U.S. impunity heartlessness in destroying a Afghanistan is in the midst of a severe crisis as a result of the 20-year U.S.-NATO war which culminated in a return to the status quo—that is the return of the Taliban to[…]