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Puerto Ricans Resist Austerity Measures and Corporate Corruption

November 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Puerto Rico

By Monica Cruz, published on Peoples Dispatch, October 20, 2021 On October 15, protestors shut down Puerto Rico’s Highway 18 in the capital San Juan chanting “Fuera Luma!”, our “Out Luma”, demanding an end to the government contract with the private energy company, Luma Energy. Their cries were echoed at protests on the same day in New York City, Miami and Philadelphia.[…]

Solidarity With Moms for Housing

January 27, 2020 UNAC Editor Oppression of Women, Poverty, Racism, Rights of Opressed Peoples

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 15, 2020 Black women in Oakland confronted the austerity regime head-on, by seizing the housing their families need. “Hopefully this tactic will spread and others will take the same action.” The four women in Oakland, California known as Moms 4 Housing have been evicted from the home they seized from unscrupulous speculators.[…]

The Permanence of White Supremacy

April 5, 2019 UNAC Editor White Supremacy

by Margaret Kimberley, Published on Black Agenda Report, March 20, 2019 Zionism, manifest destiny, wars on terror, humanitarian interventions, and the Monroe and other doctrines always boil down to a license to kill. “Pointing fingers at the Australian killer and others of his ilk lets too many people off the hook of responsibility.” Discussions about white supremacy should amount to[…]

King’s Legacy Betrayed

April 5, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Featured, Racism

by Margaret Kimberley, originally published on Consortium News, March 4, 2018 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the preeminent leader of the black liberation movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Millions of people engaged in the struggle against America’s shameful apartheid system but King was the most influential. His actions are remembered, his words are quoted by activists, politicians, and[…]

Growing Homelessness Alongside Luxury Towers

March 13, 2018 UNAC Editor Poverty

by Jeff Sorel, originally published on Workers World, March 10, 2018 Chicago — The goal of “a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family” is embedded in the federal Housing Act of 1949. Yet, on a single winter night in 2016, according to a federal agency count, “544,084 people experienced homelessness in the United States.” Of[…]

Puerto Rico Homeowners Brace for Another Disaster: Foreclosure

January 6, 2018 UNAC Editor Puerto Rico

by David Dayan “Maybe they believe the land is worth more than keeping people in the homes.” Lenders to Puerto Rican homeowners have kicked foreclosures into high gear in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, skirting local and federal borrower protections. According to attorneys and experts, lenders have ignored federal moratoria on foreclosures; placed notices of default in newspapers where they’re[…]

Puerto Rico: Ruined Infrastructure and a Refugee Crisis

November 29, 2017 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire

By Vijay Prashad, Republished from Frontline (India) “The plans for the rebuilding of Puerto Rico are similar to what was done in New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.” Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck Puerto Rico in September-October 2017. The impact of these storms was great, but greater still are the convulsions on the island long after[…]

On the Heels of Anti-ASEAN/Anti-Trump Protests

November 21, 2017 UNAC Editor Imperial greed

BAYAN USA Peace Mission Launches to Oppose US-led War in Mindanao, Support Moro Struggle for Self-Determination “The Philippines is not a prime piece of real estate for the US military, as Trump claims. Mindanao is not a playground for US war games. The Philippines is a former US colony where one of the longest armed revolutions and people’s struggles against[…]