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White Lives Matter More in Ukraine

January 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Political Analysis, Russia, U.S. Budget, Ukraine, White Supremacy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 4, 2023 The open white supremacy and fascism exhibited in Ukraine are conveniently swept under the rug. Nazis are bad, unless they serve the interests of the U.S. state. The accuracy of this commentary’s title is borne out by statements made and actions taken by the Ukrainians themselves. In 2020 millions of people around[…]

The United States Contests the Chinese Belt and Road with a Private Corporation

July 3, 2022 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, China, Global Trade

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, July 1, 2022 At the G7 Summit in Germany, on June 26, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden made a pledge to raise $200 billion within the United States for global infrastructure spending. It was made clear that this new G7 project—the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII)—was intended to counter the Chinese Belt[…]

Capitalism is Killing Our Children

June 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Militarism, War on the Poor

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, June 17, 2022 It is incomprehensible that Washington politicians could sit through the hours of gut-wrenching testimony from the loved ones of victims of recent gun violence in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, and not be moved. Yet this seems to be the case. Speakers included Uvalde teacher Arnulfo Reyes, who survived[…]

Democratic Betrayal, Abortion and the Supreme Court

December 10, 2021 UNAC Editor US Government Action, US Politics, Women

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, December 8, 2021 “What about the Supreme Court?” Those words are used to thwart any discussion which questions support for the Democratic Party. The democrats maintain their hold on voters who would otherwise be rid of them by dredging up the fear of the federal judiciary falling under Republican Party control. The legal[…]