UNAC Editor

How to Talk About the Migrant Caravan

October 28, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Featured, Propaganda, Refugees

A protest in Iowa coinciding with a state visit by A.G. Jeff Sessions, organised by Iowa CCI in partnership with AFSC., Photo: AFSC / Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Editor’s Note: I liked this article because it provides talking points for those engaged in political conversation with non-activists. And, regardless of where we stand on political change, there are instances[…]

Women’s March on the Pentagon: Women Speak Out!

October 26, 2018 UNAC Editor Ending War, Featured, Protest

by Netra Halperin, from Consortium News, October 23, 2018 Consortium News videographer Netra Halperin has produced a full video report of Sunday’s Women’s March on America’s center for planning and executing war. About 1,500 women and allied men marched on the Pentagon on Sunday to demand an end to perpetual war and the funding of education, health care and other[…]

Fleeing crisis ‘made in USA,’ Honduran migrants march into Mexico

October 26, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Honduras, Refugees

Photo: Members of a migrant caravan walk into the interior of Mexico after crossing the Guatemalan border on October 21, 2018, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. ~John Moore/Getty Images by By Sam Ordóñez, published on Workers World, October 24 Oct. 22 — A caravan of thousands of migrants, including small children, traveling to the United States reached the Mexico-Guatemala border on[…]

Cowardly, Deadly US Drone Wars in Africa

October 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Africa, Drone Warfare

The anticipated reduction of US troops in Africa will be matched by an increase in killer drones. by Mark P. Fancher, originally published in Black Agenda Report, October 17, 2018 “The U.S. is completing construction of a $100 million drone base in Agadez, Niger.” War is romantic only when it is limited to the confines of a sanitized imagination. Movies[…]

Ten Corporate Giants Helping Israel Massacre Gaza Protesters

October 24, 2018 UNAC Editor Imperial greed, Israel-Palestine

Photo: Palestinian protesters wave their national flags in front of the Israeli solders next to the fence of Gaza’s border with Israel, east of Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. A leading Israel human rights group urged Israeli forces in a rare step Wednesday to disobey open-fire orders unless Gaza protesters pose an imminent threat to soldiers’ lives.[…]

Congo in the Abyss

October 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Africa, Congo, Women

By Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, October 17, 2018 The imperial aggressions of western governments have inflicted multiple holocausts on the Congolese people. “In Congo, globalized capitalism creates permanent chaos.” This week I spoke to Swiss Congolese historian, activist and coordinator of the Congolese movement Likambo Ya Mabele Bénédicte Kumbi Ndjoko about recent developments in the Democratic Republic[…]

Women’s March On The Pentagon Helps Rebuild Peace Movement

October 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Imperial Wars, Militarism, Protest

Published on Popular Resistance, October 22, 2019, original source, Sputnik News Massive Anti-War Rally Held Near Pentagon A massive antiwar rally started on Sunday in national capitals’ closest suburb, a Sputnik correspondent reported. Hundreds of people participate in Women’s March on Pentagon rally to voice their protest against aggressive US foreign policy. The march dedicated to the 51st anniversary of the big rally of 1967, when dozens of thousands[…]

The US Led Genocide and the Destruction of Yemen

October 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Middle East Wars, Yemen

by David William Pear, from CounterCurrents Blog, October 15, 2018 “Only God can save our children”, say Yemeni fathers and mothers as they can do nothing but watch their children die, try to comfort them in their final agonizing hours, and pray for God to spare them from death. The fathers and mothers watch and pray, as one by another their children[…]

Activists Resist Proposed Rules to Curtail Protest in the Parks and Streets of Washington DC

October 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Protest

Image: 1971 protest against the Vietnam War Popular Resistance submitted this articulate and detailed comment in opposition to proposed changes by the National Park Service intended to curtail public use of the parks in Washington DC for the purpose of protest actions and civilian gatherings to “petition the Government [notably located in Washington DC) for a redress of grievances”. by[…]

Connecticut Victims of Police Brutality

October 20, 2018 UNAC Editor Police Corruption, Resistance, The War at Home

Image: Zoe Dowdell, popular musician, shot dead by police at age 20 By Ruwan Munasinghe — HARTFORD, Conn. — On Dec. 14, 2017, Hartford lost one of its greatest legends when 20-year-old Zoe Dowdell—also known as Gangstalicious—was shot and killed by New Britain police. Caleb Tisdol and Noah Young (also known as “Skinny”), the others in the car, were convicted[…]