Abuses of Empire

Shame on the US Ambassador to the UN: She Has Forgotten Her Roots

November 21, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Diplomacy, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 21, 2023 Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, has refused to ask for a ceasefire in Gaza to save lives, after more than 12,000 civilians have died, and half are children. Thomas-Greenfield’s policy statements suggest Israelis are deserving of human rights, while Palestinians are not. In 2015, Thomas-Greenfield received[…]

The Issue is Not Racism But the Pan European White Supremacist Colonial/Capitalist Patriarchy!

November 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Israel, Palestine, Racism, White Supremacy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 15, 2023 Racism should not be thought of as a matter of personal feeling or opinion, but of an exploitative system that is hundreds of years old. Presentation at the 30th Anniversary of the Black Community Process (PCN), Bogota, Colombia, November 12, 2023 The modern concept of race and what became[…]

Israeli War Crimes and Propaganda Follow US Blueprint

November 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Fascism, Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Propaganda, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Zionism

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, November 13, 2023 We have both been reporting on and protesting against U.S. war crimes for many years, and against identical crimes committed by U.S. allies and proxies like Israel and Saudi Arabia: illegal uses of military force to try to remove enemy governments or “regimes”; hostile military occupations; disproportionate military violence[…]

Palestine’s Right to Resist and Be Free: Debunking the October 7 “Massacre”

November 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, November 12, 2023 Tragically, too many antiwar activists and people of good will have felt compelled to include in their solidarity statements with the beleaguered Palestinian masses, a condemnation of the Hamas’s October 7 breaching the walls of its Gaza concentration camp and attacking its Zionist oppressors’ military facilities, settler communities and civilian[…]

Civil Resistance is Alive and Well

November 2, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Civil Resistance, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Resistance, US Government Action

Codepink struck on the East and West coasts recently: The vigil outside Nancy Pelosi’s home finally caught her attention when Toby Blome and Lydie Abood laid down under the front wheels of her van: Video by videographer Peter Menchini. Tobey Blome’s elaboration of the moment: A couple of us arrived in the early morning to find several black SUVs (Capitol[…]

FREE PALESTINE! All Out Saturday, November 4

October 31, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Protest, Resistance

Socialist Action, October 29, 2023 All Out Saturday, November 4, Washington, D.C.! 2pm Freedom, Plaza Comrades and Friends, Unprecedented massive protests for the Palestinian people around the world are inspiring a new generation of activists. United front mass mobilizations everywhere are critical. Spread the word! In the US the next mass mobilization is set for Saturday, November 4 in Washington,[…]

A Veto From Hell

October 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, United Nations, Zionism

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, October 25, 2023 On October 16, the Russian Federation introduced a draft resolution at the UN Security Council (UNSC) calling for an “immediate, durable and fully respected humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.” In hopes of getting it passed, they avoided placing blame on either Israel or Hamas. Twelve Arab nations and eight more[…]

United States “Facilitates” Dire Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza.

October 23, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

Joe Biden: “Defend the State of Israel”. The True Face of Imperialism by Abiyome Azikiwe, published on Global Research, October 18, 2023 President Joe Biden of the United States has emphasized daily that the principal foreign policy objective for Washington in West Asia and North Africa is to defend and bolster the State of Israel. This is being articulated by[…]

Rally targets Media Censorship of Palestinian Resistance

October 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Imperial Lies and Liars, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, October 16, 2023 Responding to a call from the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition, hundreds of people turned out at noon on Oct. 12, outside the Philadelphia offices of local NPR/PBS affiliate WHYY TV and radio. Protesters called out the media censorship of Palestinian resistance and the media whitewashing of Israeli genocide. A flier distributed[…]

With All Eyes on Gaza, Israeli Soldiers and Settlers Kill Dozens of West Bank Palestinians

October 17, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Counter Revolution, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Brett Wilkins, published on Common Dreams, October 13, 2023 While the world watches Israel’s military pulverize Gaza amid anticipation of an imminent ground invasion of the besieged strip, Israeli soldiers and settlers—who are receiving thousands of assault rifles from the government—have killed dozens of Palestinians in the illegally occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem over the past week, officials[…]