Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action. The U.S. Senate’s March 25, $2 trillion 97-0, COVID-19 corporate bailout vote gifted the ruling rich an amount never exceeded in world history. The overwhelming portion went directly to the coffers of the billionaire elite for whom the lives of literally millions of Americans are subordinate to their horror at seeing their casino[…]
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Vijay presents some perspectives on China’s handling of the Coronavirus crisis that you are likely unaware of. He goes on to make some comparisons with other socialist and communist countries’ medical investment. (jb) by Vijay Prashad, published in Tricontinental Institute for Research Newsletter, February 2020 n December 2019, several people began to develop infections in Wuhan (People’s Republic of China);[…]
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by Nicholas Powers, published on Truthout, November 26, 2019 “We are protesting against problems in the whole system,” a young Chilean protester said on TV in November. “Above all, the neoliberal system.” The increasing cost of everyday life drove more than a million people from numerous world capitals into the street. In October, Chilean protesters fought cops as buses were[…]
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Editor’s Note: Jeff Mackler, who leads Socialist Action in the Bay area. is a prominent member of the United National Antiwar Coalition and a very effective organizer in the antiwar movement. At the rate things are going we will need a principled candidate to vote for in the next election. by Nick Baker Twenty Democrats faced off during two nationally[…]
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Photo: May 2019, Women march in Manilla by Christine Marie, published on Socialist Action, May 19, 2019 Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser, “Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto” (London and New York: Verso, 2019), 85 pp. Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser have a mission. They are collaborating to bring the lessons of a new global feminist[…]
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Mayday speech by By BARRY WEISLEDER, published on Socialist Action, May 7, 2019 Federal Secretary, Socialist Action (Canada) May Day is OUR day. “Labour Day” treats Labour like a commodity. May 1 honours workers as a class, as a conscious, fighting movement. We are a living, creative force with the power to change the world. On May Day, even in[…]
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by Glen Ford, Published on Black Agenda Report, February 28, 2019 The US left makes celebrities of self-styled “socialists” that have no solidarity with real strugglers against imperialism in the world. “Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez make weak noises against military action while accepting the rationale of the aggression.” The best evidence of the profound weakness of the “left” in the United[…]
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2016 protests against removal of Chávez and Bolivar images from National Assembly. (Wikimedia) by John Pilger, Published on Consortium News, February 25, 2019 Travelling with Hugo Chavez, I soon understood the threat of Venezuela. At a farming co-operative in Lara state, people waited patiently and with good humor in the heat. Jugs of water and melon juice were passed around. A guitar was[…]
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Petitions and Condemnations Are Not Enough The US Peace Movement Must Act Decisively! U.S. Peace Council — January 26, 2019 Once again, the bloody hand of US imperialism is reaching out into Venezuela to complete the failed job of regime change that it started in 2002 against President Hugo Chavez. There is no doubt that another US-led coup is underway[…]
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Photo: Mideast Crisis in Manbij Syria, 01/02/2019, ~Reuters Editor’s Note: Anderson explores the basis of the political fracture of ‘the left’ over the Syrian war. Don’t be dismayed if you aren’t a Marxist or don’t know the authors he cites. The issues are clearly stated and the point is that this dialog cuts across the antiwar movement and undermines the[…]
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