Abuses of Empire

UNAC Statement on Israel/U.S. War on Gaza’s Nakba Protests at Apartheid Wall

May 16, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Featured, Palestine

United National Antiwar Coalition Statement: For more than 70 years, Palestinians have endured the crimes of ethnic cleansing, dispossession, disenfranchisement, destruction, and death at the hands of apartheid Israel, with the unqualified backing of the United States, as well as the tolerance of this ongoing trampling on humanity and justice by the international community. As Israelis celebrate the May 14,[…]

Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza

May 16, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Palestine

Black anti-war activists call on members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the leadership of the Poor People’s Campaign to publicly condemn Israeli violence Statement from The Black Alliance for Peace MAY 15, 2018—While a delegation from the Trump administration and leaders from various parts of the world gathered in Jerusalem to witness the illegal and immoral move of the[…]

The Eclipsing Iran Deal:Truth And Consequences

May 13, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Iran

by Arshan M. Khan, originally published on Countercurrents Blog, May13 International treaties and agreements are between countries — not between leaders or governments, for if that were the case they would not be worth the paper they were written on. The Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union was signed in 1972. Bush II withdrew unilaterally in 2001 citing a[…]

Thousands of Iranians Take to Streets, Enraged By ‘Insane’ Breach of Nuclear Deal

May 12, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Featured, Iran

Photo: Iranians rally in the holy city of Mashhad on May 11, 2018 to condemn the United States for its withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. (Photo: Tasnim News Agency) by Julia Conley, originally published on Common Dreams, May 11 Cities across Iran saw thousands of demonstrators pouring into the streets to expose fury over President Donald Trump’s[…]

The Warmakers

May 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Israel

Israel launched a major attack on Syria last night from the occupied Syrian Golan, and Syria retaliated. The Israelis claimed to be attacking Iran, and they initiated the attack at the same time Trump was announcing the US withdrawal from the JCPOA. But Syria was targeted and Syria retaliated. The damages are hard to assess. Syria was able to mitigate[…]

First Person Account of Muslim Peace Activist Detained & Tortured in US Airport

May 1, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Indigenous peoples

“I am Jerome Succor Aba. I am a Muslim human rights worker from Mindanao, NOT a terrorist.” by Jerome Succor Aba, from Mindana News MANILA (MindaNews / 25 April) — Asalaamu Alaykum. Peace be upon you. I thank Allah SWT, the Almighty for giving me the strength and courage to survive the grueling 28 hours of torture. Alhamdullilah! Allahu Akbar![…]

White Lies and Black Disbelief in a Fading Empire

April 20, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Racism, Syria

by Glen Ford, originally published on Black Agenda Report “What would prevent Russia from attacking the United States because of all the people that the United States is killing in our communities.” Having already violated every tenet of international law in its proxy jihadist war against Syria, including the seizure of one-third of the country, the United States invoked a[…]

A Tale of Three Apartheids and the Land Conundrums

March 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Racism

by Kweli Nzito, originally published on Black Agenda Report, March 21, 2018 “White settlers were convinced that the lands they appropriated in the ‘dark continent’ and other lands were theirs by right.” The word apartheid achieved global notoriety during the height of White rule in South Africa. It then extended at least to one other country where blatant state-sanctioned bigotry[…]

U.S. Occupation of NE Syria Illegal

February 8, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Syria

by Jeff Mackler of Socialist Action During a Jan. 17 Stanford University speech, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced that the U.S. military will arm, train, finance, and otherwise support—for an indefinite time—a new, 30,000-strong, Kurdish and U.S.-allied Arab nation border force in northeastern Syria. This force in formation, effectively aimed at the partition of Syria, will be backed by[…]

Our Resistance Must Grow Stronger!

February 5, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Featured, Resistance

Trump Regime’s Lies Can’t Hide the Capitalist Crisis Nor Its Role in Worsening It by Bernadette Ellorin of ILPS and Bayan USA The expletives used by Donald Trump to describe Haiti and African countries can be better and more accurately used to describe the last year of the Trump administration, and its role in exacerbating the crisis of imperialism in[…]