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As Trump Visits ASEAN Summit, Philippine Groups Stage Huge Anti-Imperialist Rallies

November 20, 2017 UNAC Editor Protest

Reprinted from TeleSUR IN PICTURES: “The ASEAN Summit translates to unlimited exploitation and unlimited plunder,” said Anakbayan National Chairperson Vencer Crisostomo. Mass movements from across the Philippines have staged huge protests across Metro Manila to protest the ASEAN summit and the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump, sparking massive repression by Philippine National Police personnel tasked with guarding the summit.[…]

Those Magical, Fantastical Russians Vs. U.S. Empire

November 8, 2017 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda

Reprinted from Black Agenda Report. “This induced ‘state of emergency’ is designed to prepare the American public, politically and psychologically, to maintain the momentum of the U.S. imperial offensive in the world.” The only people that can make Russiagate fade away are the ones that invented it in the first place: the spooks, Wall Street Democrats and institutional servants of[…]

How capitalism uses gender oppression to rule

November 8, 2017 UNAC Editor Paths to Emancipation

Following is the text of a talk delivered by the author on Nov. 4 at the “The Solution is Socialism” educational conference in Connecticut. The conference was hosted by the Youth for Socialist Action chapter at Central Connecticut State University, where the sessions were held. Reprinted from Socialist Action. Usually, when I begin a talk about Marxism and feminism, I[…]

$elling War and Pentagon Expansion in Asia-Pacific

November 7, 2017 UNAC Editor Asia Pivot

Initial publication on Bruce Gagnon’s blog, ‘Organizing Notes‘ Trump touched down in Hawaii on his way to Asia. He was met with protests there and huge marches are happening across South Korea in anticipation of his meeting with the newly elected President Moon in Seoul. Moon is turning out to be a disappointment to peaceniks across Korea as he carries[…]

Is Trump a ‘Moron’?

October 26, 2017 UNAC Editor The War at Home

Originally posted on Socialist Action. When U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told a National Security Council meeting last week, from which President Trump had departed, that his boss was a “fucking moron,” it’s likely that Tillerson, who has refused to deny his characterization, was not referring literally to any diminished mental capacity of the president. After all, any billionaire[…]

Regarding Iran: Trump Differs from Obama Only in His Method of Hostility

October 22, 2017 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire

By Phil Wilayto* What are we to make of U.S. President Donald Trump’s extremely hostile attack on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, usually referred to in the West as the “Iran nuclear deal”? The president is required by Congress to certify every 90 days that the Islamic Republic of Iran is in compliance with the agreement and that the[…]

Syria: Did Trump Really End CIA’s Secret War?

September 15, 2017 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars

Originally Published on Socialist Action. “Trump Ends Covert Aid to Syrian Rebels Trying to Topple Assad,” read a July 19 New York Times headline. Citing The Washington Post as its source, the article noted that the official termination of the “secret” U.S. program “was never publicly announced, just as the beginnings of the program four years ago were officially a[…]