UNAC Editor

Israeli Jews Call: “Stop Israel’s Apartheid!”

August 7, 2021 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars

Published on Jews for Decolonization, August, 2021 This was published as a sign-on letter and circulated in Israel. The letter has over 1000 signatures. We can keep an eye on it an see how it grows. The letter acknowledges the suffering visited on the Palestinians and supports the global BDS Campaign, with which we wholly concur. It is a very[…]

US, UK and Israel Accuse Iran of Attacking an Israeli Oil Tanker

August 7, 2021 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, International Law, Iran, Israel, Middle East Wars

by Lucas Leiroz, published on Info Brics, August, 2, 2021 New tensions rising between Iran and the West. Three days after an attack on an Israeli company’s oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman in the Arabian Sea, the governments of Israel, the UK and the US said they had evidence that the action was carried out by Tehran. The[…]

Hiroshima-Nagasaki: The Story They Want Us to Forget

August 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Nuclear Weapons, Propaganda, US Government Action

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Organizing Notes, August 5, 2021 The world’s first nuclear explosion occurred on July 16, 1945, when a plutonium implosion device was tested at a site located 210 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico, on the barren plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range, known as the Jornada del Muerto (day of the dead). US President Harry[…]

Glen Ford’s Journalism Fought for Black Liberation and Against Imperialism

August 4, 2021 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Black Liberation Movement, Journalism

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 4, 2021 Ford was among the few journalists who took a stance for Black liberation and against imperialism. I had the honor of working with the late Glen Ford for nearly 20 years. His passing has created a huge void not just for Black Agenda Report (BAR), the site we co-founded with the late[…]

UNAC Statement on Nuclear Weapons: Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 4, 2021 UNAC Editor Featured, Nuclear Weapons, Statement

UNAC Statement, August 4, 2021 On August 6, we will once again recognize one of the most horrendous events ever to take place in human history. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the largely residential city of Hiroshima. Three days later they dropped a second nuclear bomb on the city of Nagasaki. As many[…]

Glen Ford and the Black Radical Critical Tradition

August 4, 2021 UNAC Editor Resistance

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, August 4, 2021 Glen Ford carried on his devotion to the liberation struggle until the end of his life. In Memory of Glen Ford. Glen Ford, Presente! It’s easy to run with the herd, especially when it can bring possible career advancements and even significant monetary gain. That is why, for so[…]

In Nobody’s Backyard: Rejecting Geo-Political and Historical Fatalism

August 2, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Cuba, Latin America

By Gerard Perierra, published on Tortilla Con Sal, July 29, 2021 Except for the hum of US helicopters flying overhead, there was a deafening silence throughout the Caribbean region, during the recent Operation Tradewinds, Progressive and Pan-African forces did not utter a word, as soldiers from Guyana, Brazil, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago participated[…]

Daniel Hale and the Soldier Conscripted as Executioner

July 31, 2021 UNAC Editor Whistleblowers

UNAC Editor, July 31, 2021 On July 27th, Whistleblower Daniel Hale plead to one count of espionage and was sentenced to 45 months in prison. Five years after ransacking his home, confiscating his computer, phone other materials, the government charged Daniel with 5 counts under the espionage act. Following his plea, his bond was revoked and he was placed in[…]

The Power of Ice Cream

July 31, 2021 UNAC Editor Israel, Legislation

by Patrick Lawrence, published on Consortium News, July 26, 2021 A few years ago I read an article that said Anti-BDS legislation was going to be brought forward in New York State. I called my local Assemblyman, a Republican named Mark Johns. The aide who answered the phone was unimpressed with my concerns but 5 minutes later, Mark called me[…]

Cuba’s Streets Belong to Revolutionaries

July 31, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Revolution, US Incited Protests

Prepared for en.granma.cu by Juan Diego Nusa Peñalver, Yudy Castro Morales and Milagros Pichardo Pérez, published on Workers World, July 13, 2021 “We are here because the streets belong to Fidel, because the streets of Cuba belong to revolutionaries.” This was the phrase we heard the loudest walking along several Havana avenues Sunday afternoon, July 11, when an entire people[…]