UNAC Editor

Assange Extradition Ruling Is a Relief, But it Isn’t Justice

January 4, 2021 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Censorship and Propaganda, Featured, Free Speech, Political Prisoners

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, January 4, 2021 British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has ruled against U.S. extradition for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but not for the reasons she should have. Baraitser’s frightening ruling supported virtually every U.S. prosecutorial argument that was made during the extradition trial, no matter how absurd and Orwellian. This includes quoting from a long-discredited CNN report alleging without evidence that Assange made[…]

Deconstructing The Settler Colonial State Of Israel

January 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Israel-Palestine

by Yanis Iqbal, published on EurasiaReview, January 1, 2021 Merry Christmas from the Zionist Occupier On 25 December, 2020, Israel bombed Gaza for six continuous hours as much of the world celebrated Christmas. A children’s hospital, a rehabilitation center for people with disabilities, a mosque, as well as private residences, were damaged. A six-year-old girl and a young man were injured, and much[…]

Imperialist U.S. blames Russia — and China for Cyberattack

January 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Propaganda

by Ben Carroll, published on Workers World, December 28, 2020 Personally, I question the hyperbole in the initial statement below. There is no damage that has affected the people of this country. The timing of the claim is a very convenient bridge for Russiagate and Chinagate to be carried over from one administration to the next. However, this should not[…]

Prayer Walk Demands Justice for Native Man Assaulted by U.S. Feds

January 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Uncategorized

Published on TeleSUR, January 2, 2021 The Red Nation condemns the brutalization of Darrell House by National Park Service rangers on Tiwa Territory (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Native groups have taken to Petroglyphs National Monument in Tiwa Territory, commonly known as Albuquerque, New Mexico, to demand justice for Darrell House, a native man who was brutally tasered by rangers of the[…]

Drone Murder Has Been Normalized

January 1, 2021 UNAC Editor Drone Warfare, Drones

by David Swanson, published on Lets Try Democracy, December 29, 2020 If I search on Google for the words “drones” and “morality” most of the results are from 2012 through 2016. If I search for “drones” and “ethics” I get a bunch of articles from 2017 to 2020. Reading the various websites confirms the obvious hypothesis that (as a rule,[…]

Court Rejects ‘evidence-free’ Effort to Block Mumia Appeal

January 1, 2021 UNAC Editor Political Prisoners

by Dave Lindorff, published on Workers World, December 27, 2020 Mumia Abu-Jamal, the prison journalist long known as the “voice of the voiceless” for his compelling writings and short audio tapes, moved a step closer to getting a chance for a reconsideration of his earliest appeal of his conviction — an allegedly flawed Post-Conviction Relief Act hearing in 1995 –[…]

Chicago Mayor Refused to Join Public Forum on Justice for Anjanette Young

January 1, 2021 UNAC Editor Uncategorized

By Alex Kogan, published on Fightback News, December 2020 Chicago, IL – On December 28, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declined to participate in a public forum organized by Anjanette Young and her attorney, Keenan Saulter, to discuss transparency, accountability and justice for Young in the wake of the botched police raid and coverup perpetrated against her. Previously, Mayor Lightfoot told[…]

Ruling class installs Biden over Trump

December 29, 2020 UNAC Editor US Politics

President de-elect and wannabe but failed soft coup plotter Donald Trump suffered under the delusion that he ran the country, that he could effectively rescue it from the “Washington, D.C. swamp dweller-insiders” who he repeatedly dubbed the “dark state.” Trump never defined this enterprise but repeatedly argued that it was responsible for dastardly deeds, like rigging elections, offshoring jobs, coddling[…]

The Solutions Are Obvious, But It Will Take A Revolution To Win Them

December 28, 2020 UNAC Editor Action!!, Resistance, US Politics

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, December 13, 2020 The United States has reached a severe crisis point and the next few months will determine how we address it. The COVID-19 pandemic is raging across the country and some areas are struggling to provide enough hospital beds and staff to care for people. The recession is deepening as unemployment[…]

US Votes Against UN Resolution Condemning Nazis, Labels It “Russian Disinformation”

December 27, 2020 UNAC Editor Fascism, Terrorism, Ukraine

by Alan McLeod, published on MintPress News, December 18, 2020 The United States and Ukraine were the only two nations to vote against a United Nations resolution Wednesday on, “Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.” The resolution passed 130-2. The resolution featured 70 fairly[…]