Socialism

Taking the Capitalist Road Was the Wrong Choice For Ukraine, Says Ukraine Expert

May 17, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Color Revolutions, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Russia, Shortages of Supplies, Socialism, Ukraine, US Incited Protests

by Natylie Baldwin, published on CovertAction Magazine, May 5, 2023 Renfrey Clarke is an Australian journalist. Throughout the 1990s he reported from Moscow for Green Left Weekly of Sydney. This past year, he published The Catastrophe of Ukrainian Capitalism: How Privatisation Dispossessed & Impoverished the Ukrainian People with Resistance Books. In April, I had an email exchange with Clarke. Below is[…]

Food Cuts Show Women Bear Brunt of Deepening Economic Crisis

April 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Human Rights, Oppression of Women, Poverty, Socialism, US Government Action

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, March 16, 2023 No matter how large or small, no class struggle can be put into its social context without understanding the current global capitalist economic crisis. Neoliberal policies flow from long-term and short-term fluctuations within the capitalist system, which no ruling class can ultimately control. There used to be periods of ebbs[…]

‘The Bank is Now Insolvent’

March 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Economic Collapse, Global Economics, Socialism

Workers World Editorial, March 13, 2023 It is often the case that, when the capitalist system is on the verge of a crisis, the period leading up to it is marked by buoyant explosions of optimism. On Oct. 25, 1929, President Herbert Hoover proclaimed that the U.S. economy was “on a sound and prosperous basis.” Four days later the stock[…]

The House of Representatives Denounces Socialism

February 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Socialism, US Politics

Published on People’s Dispatch, February 4, 2023 Conservatives in the House of Representatives passed a resolution “denouncing the horrors of socialism” and opposing the implementation of socialist policies. Link to: H. Con Resolution 9 On Thursday, February 2, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism.” All 219 members of the Republican party voted[…]

U.S. Twin Billionaire Parties win 2022 Elections: How the System Really Works

November 17, 2022 UNAC Editor Capitalism, China, Political Analysis, Political Corruption, US Military, US Politics

by Jeff Mackler, November 16, 2022 The 2022 U.S. midterm elections witnessed the twin parties of the ruling rich spending an unprecedented but nevertheless relatively paltry sum of $18 billion to determine which wing of capital will steal the lion’s share of the nation’s wealth created by working people. I say paltry because the stakes to the super rich in[…]

Advisor to late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Speaks in 3 Wisconsin Cities

November 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Latin America, Peoples' Movements, Resistance, Socialism

by Ryan Hamann, published on FightBack News, November 7, 2022 Milwaukee, WI – Dozthor Zurlent, a lifelong political activist and one-time advisor to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has been touring the U.S. since mid-October talking about the achievements and the struggles of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. His trip has also raised the call to free Alex Saab,[…]

“The Haitian People Need a Socialist State,” says Journalist Jean Waltès Bien-Aimé

September 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Haiti, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Resistance

by Tanya Wadhwa, published on People’s Dispatch, September 8, 2022 Since August 22, under the banner of “Rise Up for Another Independence,” tens of thousands of Haitians have been repeatedly taking to the streets in different parts of the country, demanding the resignation of de-facto Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry. Protesters have criticized that during the past one[…]

Inside Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution: 43 Years Resisting Imperialism

July 31, 2022 UNAC Editor New Pink Tide, Nicaragua, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Revolution

by Benjamin Norton, published on Multipolarista, July 22, 2022 Benjamin Norton reports from inside Nicaragua on the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. This mini-documentary explores the FSLN’s emphasis on social programs, popular participation, anti-imperialism, and internationalism. Transcript LYRICS: This is the war that can’t be held back, the ongoing war against the oppressor. What is the symbol? The people[…]

Celebrating Revolution in Nicaragua

July 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Breaking News, Imperial Lies and Liars, Imperial Wars, New Pink Tide, Nicaragua, Revolution, Visions of a Future

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 20, 2022 Holidays in the United States celebrate awful events such as the settler colonists declaring independence from Britain so that they might take indigenous lands and protect slavery. There is also Thanksgiving, the commemoration of genocide turned into a day when Americans should think grateful thoughts before spending more than[…]

Nicaragua Celebrates 43 Years of Revolution:A Clash Between Reality and Media Misrepresentation

July 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Peoples' Movements, Propaganda, Public Health, Socialism

by John Perry, published on Council on Hemospheric Affairs Website, July 19, 2022 July 19th is a day of celebration in Nicaragua: the anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. But the international media will have it penciled in their diaries for another reason: it’s yet another opportunity to pour scorn on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. We’ll hear again about[…]