Civil Resistance

The U.S. and Israel are Pushing the World to the Brink of World War III

October 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Censorship and Propaganda, Civil Resistance, Colonialism, Imperialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, U.S. Aggression

Statement by The U.S. Peace Council, October 7, 2024

Elbit Systems Protest Trial in New Hampshire

October 4, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Civil Resistance, Israel, Lawfare, Weapons Sales, Zionism

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Organizing Notes, October 3, 2024 On Monday eight of us stood trial before a judge in a New Hampshire District Court. The nature of our charges (Trespass and Resisting Arrest) under N.H. law do not allow a jury trial. The first several hours of the trial were dominated by local, county and state police officers[…]

Cornell Student Nick Wilson on Pro-Palestine Activism

September 30, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Imperialism, Interview, Israel, Palestine, Student Activists, The War at Home, U.S. Aggression

I Was Just Suspended by Cornell University. Here’s My Story. by Nick Wilson, published in the Cornell Sun, April 27, 2024 My name is Nick Wilson, I am a second-year undergraduate in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and yesterday I was temporarily suspended from the University for participating in a nonviolent encampment on the Arts Quad. I was suspended[…]

Takeover! A Human Rights Approach to Housing

September 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Civil Resistance, Economic Collapse, Human Rights, Poverty, The War at Home

TAKEOVER! A Human Rights Approach to Housing is a beautifully written book about poor and homeless people choosing to live and refusing to die. by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, September 11, 2024 I can’t recommend TAKEOVER! A Human Rights Approach to Housing, by Cheri Honkala and the Poor People’s Army, enough. Most people don’t like to think[…]

Meeting Palestinian hero Leila Khaled

August 14, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Nicaragua, Palestine, Revolution

by Saher al Khamash, published on Workers World, August 12, 2024 During our trip to Nicaragua, we never thought we would meet Leila Khaled. However, her visit during this time in July is actually no surprise to those familiar with the details of her life and the parallels between the Palestinian and Nicaraguan liberation struggles. Palestinian revolutionary, socialist and guerrilla[…]

Chicago Authorities Want a “Conversation” With the Poor People’s Army About the DNC 2024

July 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Human Rights, Police Brutality, Poverty, Poverty, The War at Home, Violence Against Protesters

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, July 24, 2024 I spoke to Cheri Honkala of the Poor People’s Army , also known as the Poor People’s Campaign for Economic Human Rights. ANN GARRISON: Cheri, tell us about what you experienced in Milwaukee at the Republican National Convention. CHERI HONKALA: I’ve never experienced anything like it. I attempted to serve[…]

The Distortion of Campus Protests Over Gaza

May 9, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Censorship and Propaganda, Civil Resistance, Free Speech, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Organizing, Palestine, US Hypocrisy, US Politics, Zionism

How the Right Has Weaponized Antisemitism to Distract from Israel’s War by Helen Benedict, published on Tom Dispatch, May 2, 2024 Helicopters have been throbbing overhead for days now. Nights, too. Police are swarming the streets of Broadway, many in riot gear. Police vans, some as big as a city bus, are lined up along side streets and Broadway. Outside[…]

Campus Revolts Inspire Anti-Imperialist Solidarity

May 2, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Genocide, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Israel-Palestine, LandGrabs, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Protest, Student Activists, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, Violence Against Protesters, War Crimes, Weapons Sales

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, April 30, 2023 Faced with the ongoing U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in occupied Gaza that has claimed the lives of 34,454 civilians, with 77,575 people injured as of April 28, according to Gaza’s Palestinian Ministry of Health, and caused the displacement of over 1 million people, the solidarity with Palestine is evolving into a[…]

Student Mobilizations Against Israel Genocide Spread

April 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-War, Civil Resistance, Free Speech, Genocide, Israel, Palestine, Protest, Student Activists

by Barry Shepard, published on Socialist Action, April 24, 2024 Ever since Israel’s war on Palestinians and increasing destruction of infrastructure and mass killings of the population in Gaza, protests have developed on campuses. The response of supporters of Israel’s war have charged that campus pro-Palestinian demonstrations are anti-Semitic. As the killings and destruction have intensified, so to have many[…]

U.S. Student Encampments Demand: Divest From Israeli Apartheid!

April 25, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Civil Resistance, Democracy and Consent, Free Speech, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, War on the Poor

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, April 23, 2024 April 22 – The global struggle in solidarity with the Palestinians against the horrific U.S./Israeli genocide since October 7 has become a major focus on U.S. college campuses. Prestigious Columbia University, located in Harlem, New York, has become ground zero in the campaign to divest funds supporting the apartheid Israeli[…]