Mahmoud Khalil and the Deportation Nation
Thousands are protesting the detention and threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student and green card holder who began life as a Palestinian refugee in Syria and led demonstrations…
Ellen Isaacs
Maybe the Constitution is the Crisis
A Constitutional crisis they say. Is it here already? Will it come soon? I think what they mean is will Trump defy a court order to not carry out one…
A Ceasefire That Will Not End Death and Destruction
No doubt over two million Gazans are rejoicing that the bombing has stopped and some bits of food and other aid are getting through. But the commitment of the Zionist…
FEAR, The Engine of Fascism
Trump’s opening fascist tirade, during which I kept picturing him with a little moustache and straight arm salute, was designed to engender fear. He wanted to make it clear to…
The First Day of King Trump
In the first hour of TrumpdomMy new King gave to meMillions o' deportees In the second hour of TrumpdomMy new King gave to meOne border closingand Millions o' deportees In…
Syria Changes Hands but in Whose Hands will it Land?
Assad is now in Moscow, and an Islamist coalition has taken over all the major Syrian cities. The great powers, Russia and Iran, which had propped up the Syrian state…
Geopololitics Glues US to Gaza Genocide
In our previous article at multiracialunity.org,, US and Israel Ironclad, we briefly discussed US ties to Israel, but it has become clear that many wish to explore this matter in…
Capitalism Won the US Election
by Ellen Isaacs and Karyn Pomerantz I must admit that we were surprised at the outcome of the election. We thought that Trump’s overt racism against so many groups and…
Opposing Genocide at the American Public Health Association Convention 2024
Here is an AI-generated podcast based on the article The American Public Health Association (APHA) states that its mission is to “champion optimal, equitable health and well-being for all.” That…
Fascism and War Cannot Be Voted Out
Many progressive friends declare they will “hold their nose” and vote for Harris, if only to prevent Trump from instituting fascism. “Bad as she is” - intolerable on Palestine, flipflopping…
Bangladesh: Another Seismic Struggle That Will Not Bring System Change
The recent mass student protests in Bangladesh, which succeeded in toppling the government and empowering a Western-friendly interim leader, have attracted widespread attention, although many in the West know little…
Kamala is a Kapitalist
“She’s a capitalist at heart — she wants businesses to do well,” said Yasmin Nelson, a former senior Harris adviser.1 This is what we must keep in mind as millions…
Slaughter in Sudan and the US Role
Thousands of Americans have been protesting for eight months against the murder and misery in Gaza. We have felt complicit because the bill is largely paid for by the US…
What Follows the Wondrous Student Encampments?
I suspect that many of our readers have either visited, participated in or in some way supported these wonderful student encampments to protest the genocide in Gaza. Over 2500 students…
Israel and the US: Ironclad
The massive movement in the US and around the world against Israel’s genocide has been inspiring in its breadth and militancy. It has played an important role in exposing this…
How Did Zionists Come to Behave Like Nazis?
The images are hard to fathom. How have well educated, well fed young Israelis been won to commit atrocities in Gaza similar to those perpetrated by Nazis against Jews? How…
Anti-Racism as Communism, A Book Review
Retired philosophy professor and communist Paul Gomberg has written a truly revolutionary book about racism. By this I do not mean just that he believes the revolutionary destruction of capitalism…
You Can’t Justify Zionist Persecution of Palestinians with a False Narrative About Arab Jews
The Zionists have had to invent many tales to justify the expulsion, occupation, and now the mass murder of Palestinians. One of the methods they have used is equating the…
The End of (The War in) Gaza
Today a friend asked me what I thought the end game in Gaza would be. That’s a hard question, but I can’t think of any possible good outcome. I go…
US Bombs Drop and Risk of Wider War Rises
Sometimes it is even more clear than usual, the priorities of US capitalism: near 24,000 civilian lives lost is acceptable, a 20% drop in Red Sea traffic is not. Assuring…
Ethnic Cleansing Was Always the Zionist Plan
“Thin” the Palestinian population “to a minimum.”1 “I am for compulsory transfer; I do not see anything immoral in it. “2 Can you guess who said which one? Which is…
Truths Israel Hides About Hamas to Justify Genocide
We certainly do not support Hamas. It is a murderous, fundamentalist, sexist, elitist group that has long abused the civilians of Gaza and brought death and destruction down on their…
Gaza Conflict May Spark Far Wider War
A hospital bombed, thousands killed, made homeless, deprived of food, water and power. The racist degradation of Zionist Israel has reached a new depth as the number lives it annihilates…
Neither Israeli Nor Palestinian Workers Will Win in Latest War
Palestinians and their supporters are elated by today’s surprise attack on Israel from Gaza. Not only were Israel’s highly touted security services caught off guard, but Gazans actually were in…
The Climate March: Magnificent and Misdirected
At least 75,000 marched in New York City on September 17, quite impressive, inspiring to be a part of. As compared to previous marches, last seen pre-Covid, there were more…
If China is Red, Revolution is Dead
My question is this. When war inevitably breaks out between competing imperialists, the US and China, will there be “leftists” who, because they oppose the US ruling class, take the…
US Supreme Court Recertifies Capitalism’s Need for Racism
On June 30, 2023, the US Supreme Court struck down affirmative action at colleges, except for military ones. Justice Sotomayor says it’s “arbitrary” that affirmative action can continue only at…
Sudan: Coups, Imperialists and Resistance
January 30, 2022. Update added April 23, 2023 Like all the nations of the Horn of Africa that abut the Red Sea, the main passageway for the transit of Middle…
Palestinians Don’t Exist?
“Palestinians don’t exist.” (https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/03/paris-israels-smotrich-says-palestinian-people-dont-exist-calls-them-fictitious) This was the recent statement by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that made shocked headlines around the world. And, of course, he meant it as an…
Disgrace at the New York Times
The New York Times, that paper in which one can reliably find the agenda of the liberal wing of the US ruling class, is sounding increasingly absurd lately. There was…
The Villainous Reign of Eric Adams
For many centuries, the powerful have helped control their working poor by elevating some of the oppressed to wield the whip. The Romans had the Vigiles, poor men and…
Israel: More Right and Too Little left
There is much consternation about Israel’s move sharply rightward under Netanyahu’s new government, but it is really just a move to more overt fascism, by which is meant rule by…
It’s Sickening: Lack of Sick Pay, Leave, Insurance in the U.S.
Given the level of attention to the recently imposed freight rail contract that provides no, zero, acute sick days for railroad workers earning an average wage of $64,210 (before the…
Fight Climate Change With Communism
There is nothing new to say Except that it is astounding, it is horrifying, it is revelatory that Those who began it, who knew what they were doing, who now…
We Need a New Society, Not More Psychiatric Diagnoses
Are you sad because a bout of Covid-19 disrupted your life with illness, bills, or even the death of a friend or family member? Are you anxious because your benefits…
Revolt in Sri Lanka: Does A Seismic Struggle Guarantee System Change?
To quote Ahilan Kadirgamar, a political economist at the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, the uprising is “a revolt and not yet a revolution, because it doesn’t want to change…
Exponential Explosions Shake the World: Radical Reorganiztion Required
It’s only a few months since last we wrote about the dangers of war, pandemics, and climate change reaching a climax (https://multiracialunity.org/2022/05/07/an-exploding-world-requires-radical-change/), but already the crises are intensifying. Inflation,…
CDC Prioritizes a Healthy Public or a Healthy Economy?
It is not possible to serve two masters with opposing goals. In the case of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it has not always been obvious that…
Walter Rodney – A Revolutionary to Inspire Us Today
All of us who yearn to see a mass movement of workers united across national, racial and gender lines against capitalism and imperialism should remember and learn from the life…
Colombia: You Can’t Elect an End to Exploitation
Many progressives are excited about the electoral victory of so-called leftist, Gustavo Petro, who defeated both the centrist candidate representing the status quo and the right wing Rodolfo Hernández. “So-called”…
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