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Reports from U.S. on Solidarity with Palestine

October 31, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Palestine

by Betsey Piette, published on Workers World, October 28, 2023 In the second week of relentless bombing of Gazan civilians by Israel, with the full backing and financing of President Joe Biden’s administration, protests continue in countless cities around the U.S. and abroad — and they’ve gotten larger. This roundup just touches the surface. In a historic turnout for supporters[…]

100 Days of Portland Protests

September 12, 2020 UNAC Editor Action!!, Resistance, Terrorism

Anti-Racists Defy Police, Fascist Terror by Joshua Hanks posted on Workers World, September 8, 2020 This city marked 100 consecutive days of anti-racist, anti-police protests on Sept. 5. The protests have shifted away from downtown and into North Portland – home to police “union” headquarters – and to the Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct. Police continue to deploy large quantities[…]

Which Way for Today’s Mass Radicalization?

August 11, 2020 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Socialism

Predatory capitalism is facing its greatest crises ever. The gap between the exploiting few, who rule by guile and deceit – and brute force when necessary – and the vast majority, who are compelled to sell their labor to survive, has never been greater. A stunning half of the working-age population stand unemployed or subjected to a low-wage, part-time, gig[…]

Let the Movement Be Radical

August 2, 2020 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Featured, Peoples' Movements, Protest, Racism

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 29, 2020 Craven black misleaders jumped at the chance to side with white corporate power against radical white allies. “Decades of movement stagnation and lack of political education has made black people less likely to push the envelope.” The unprecedented size and diversity of the new protest movement is something that[…]

Who is the Most Dangerous Fascist

July 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Political Analysis, Resistance

by Glen Ford, published on Black Agenda Report, July 23, 2020 Most American leftists are incoherent on the term fascism, and Democrats have utterly destroyed the word’s meaning. “In their cartoon politics, fascist simply means “Trump.” After seizing an initial beachhead around federal buildings in Portland, Oregon, Donald Trump is threatening to send his Homeland Security über alles storm troopers into[…]