Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 26, 2023 People in the U.S. venerate its violent history, support violence committed by the state, and remain very racist, yet express shock when individuals kill and maim. In recent days there have been widely reported stories about individuals in the United States who were shot because they were in the “wrong” location. The most[…]
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The U.S. Is the Greatest Threat to World Peace and Collective Humanity by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, March 15, 2023 History teaches that the greatest threat to peace today is the United States. No other nation creates dangers as great as those emanating from the U.S. commitment to the doctrine of Full Spectrum Dominance. As anti-imperialist and Anti-war activists[…]
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by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, January 18, 2023 The Ukraine conflict was caused by the U.S. backed right wing coup in 2014 and the duplicity of Europeans who claimed to be working for peace. Anyone who supports these actions but claims leftist credentials must be challenged. “It is urgent to end this war as soon as possible. This[…]
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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[…]
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by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, September 28, 2022 “End Racism: Build Peace” was the theme of the 2022 International Day of Peace. That noble sentiment can’t be realized when powerful white supremacist structures are committed to practicing hegemony. It is not a cruel irony but imperial consistency that on September 21, 2022 the United Nations International Day[…]
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by Editors, The Black Agenda Review, September 21, 2022 The Anti-Racist Manifesto of Puerto Rico’s Colectiva Feminista en Construcción (La Cole) outlines a radical solution to capitalism, colonialism, and climate change. Natural disasters are also catastrophes of colonialism and neoliberalism. Take, for instance, Hurricane Fiona. A category 1 hurricane that made landfall on Puerto Rico on September 18th, Fiona knocked[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 6. 2022 The number of bullets used to kill Jayland Walker have sparked an outcry, but police kill one Black person every day in this country. If systemic change is not the demand all protest is for naught. Jayland Walker was killed by police in Akron, Ohio when he was shot more[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, June 1, 2022 Two mass shootings in quick succession brought out the worst in Americans. The anger and grief were followed by the usual lies and pretense that violence here is somehow mysterious. Political leaders advocate state violence all the time, calling for new victims to be created here and around the[…]
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by Philip Weiss, published on Mondoweiss, May 31, 2022 Recent events in Israel have left many American Jews despairing about their community’s adherence to Zionism. The wanton killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh… the mobs of Jewish youths crying “Death to Arabs” in Jerusalem… Jewish government officials threatening Palestinians with “another Nakba” and spouting hateful replacement theory about Arabs… And[…]
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by Nigel Bouvart, published on Workers World, May 16, 2022 On the state response to the Buffalo massacre. [jb] On the evening of May 14, a fascist carrying a rifle entered a supermarket in the predominantly Black neighborhood of Masten Park on Buffalo’s East Side and opened fire. While most official statements have more or less vaguely alluded to “racial[…]
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