Poverty

Imperialism and Immigration: The Elephant in the Room

November 27, 2018 UNAC Editor Latin America, Neocolonialism, Refugees, US Borders

Photo:2018/11/23 Ten days old Asylum Seekers arrives in Tijuana, Mexico ~Daniel Arauz by Alison Bodine, Fire This Time, November, 2018 At the beginning of October 2018 an estimated 4,000-7,000 people, the majority from the Central American country of Honduras, set off on a march North from San Pedro Sula, Honduras in search of somewhere to be safe. For some, their[…]

Re-Centering Anti-War and Anti-Imperialism as Working Class Issues on May 1st

May 3, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Labor Struggles, Poverty, Resistance

by Black Alliance for Peace, originally published on Black Agenda Report “We will never support U.S. imperialism in any of its adventures.” May 1st is recognized as International Workers’ Day throughout the world except in the most bourgeois of bourgeois nations — the United States. Yet, even though the capitalist oligarchy has tried to erase the day from the awareness[…]

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[…]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 50 Years Later

February 1, 2018 UNAC Editor The War at Home

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 50 Years Later: The Struggle Against Racism, War & Poverty Continues by Abayomi Azikiwe, originally published on Pan African News Wire, Jan 29, 2018 Behind the Trump veneer is a system of oppression and exploitation which must be uprooted This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the martyrdom of the central figure in the movement[…]

His Name Was Dilwar

January 2, 2018 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Imperial Wars

Photographer: Keith Harmon Snow Exhibit Name: His Name was Dilwar Location: Afghanistan Republished from: Social Documentary Network As Dr. Alfred McCoy pointed out: On 16 November 2017 the United Nations released its opium report for 2017: total crop area up from 200,000 hectares in 2016 to 328,000 hectares in 2017; the opium harvest nearly doubled since 2016 from 4,600 to[…]

The Wars Abroad Meet the War at Home

December 14, 2017 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots

By Felton Davis of NYC Catholic Worker Below is the announcement sent out by Isaac at Action Corps NYC, and a couple of the photo sets from Monday’s demonstration across from the United Nations. It was a long twenty hours “in the system,” as the process from the precinct through the labyrinth of basement holding cells, to the courtroom at[…]

The Invisibility of Poverty in Puerto Rico

December 12, 2017 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Neocolonialism

by Oscar Oliver-Didier, originally published on CounterPunch It has been more than two months since Hurricane María, a catastrophic category four hurricane, took a heavy toll on Puerto Rico’s infrastructure and dismally affected its local residents. People in the mainland saw pictures and videos of entire communities being physically disconnected due to bridges collapsing and roads being covered with debris.[…]