Civil Resistance

Peruvian Trade Union Leader Speaks About Resistance to Overthrow of President Castillo

January 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Civil Resistance, coup, Peru

FightBack Interview with Cristiano Mayta, published on FightBack News, January 4, 2023 Fight Back! interviewed Cristiano Mayta, a trade unionist in Peru on January 3 to learn more about the situation in Perú after the overthrow of democratically-elected President Pedro Castillo by an oligarchy-dominated Congress. There is a national strike called for January 4 amid violent repression. Fight Back!: What[…]

Activism Anti-Boycott Laws Are a Dystopian Nightmare

October 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lawfare, US Politics

by Hamzah Khan, published on Mondoweiss, October 4, 2022 The right to boycott was once enshrined by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1982, but the recent passing of anti-BDS laws in several U.S. states shows how fragile basic civil rights have become. Few things have as much bipartisan support in the U.S. as unconditional support for Israel. Ironically, while criticisms[…]

After Israel Invades Nablus, Palestine Action Invades Israeli Drone Factory

July 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Drones, Israel, Israel-Palestine

by Days of Palestine, published on Popular Resistance, July 25, 2022 On Saturday night, Israeli military forces raided Nablus, armed with stun grenades and ammunition and killing two Palestinians and injuring 9 others. On Sunday, members of Palestine Action descended upon Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems’ factory in Shenstone, smashing and striking at the site exterior, throwing red paint, a[…]

U.S. Led Imperialism is the Leading Purveyor of Chaos

July 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Civil Resistance, Europe, Government Corruption, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Police Brutality, Political Analysis

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, July 13, 2022 To say that the West, currently led by the dictates of U.S. imperialism, is in trouble would be an understatement. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on July 7th amid an escalating political crisis of legitimacy . Three weeks before Johnson announced his departure, Emmanuel Macron’s so-called centrist alliance[…]

Organizing Against Racist Murder in Buffalo

May 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Civil Resistance, Racism, Resistance

by Sam Marcy, published on Workers World, May 17, 2022 On May 14, a white supremacist in military gear launched an attack on people in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 and wounding three. For a militant anti-racist answer to such attacks, here is a strategy statement from Sam Marcy, the late Chairperson of Workers World[…]

Anti Nuke Activism in the Netherlands

November 13, 2021 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Nuclear Weapons

By Ann Wright and Brian Terrell, published on Ann’s FB Page The great peace and anti-assassin drone activist Brian Terrell is back on the farm in Iowa after three weeks in the Netherlands and Germany. This is a brief report on his trip to bring attention to US nuclear weapons in the Netherlands and assassin drone connections in Germany: In[…]

U.S. role exposed Masses resist Sudan coup

November 5, 2021 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Austerity, Civil Resistance, Economic Collapse, International Aid and Debt, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Sudan

by Sara Flounders, published on International Action Center, November 2, 2021 Incredible exposure of U.S. actions to humiliate and impoverish the Sudanese people and destabilize Sudan. And the hypocrisy of it all. The U.S. wants Sudan to pay sanctions to U.S. victims of their wars when they don’t have money to eat. Of course the US would never consider doing[…]

Geneva Call To Free Assange

June 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Civil Resistance, Free Speech, Lawfare, Petition

A primary witness has come forward and revoked his original incriminating statements regarding Assange assisting him with hacking. Below is a petition with over 5,000 signatures already. You can sign it HERE. Please sign and circulate this petition to. [jb] Geneva – June 4th 2021 ~We, the citizens of Geneva and beyond, launch the “Geneva Call” to request the immediate[…]

Anti-Apartheid Guerilla: We Made the System Ungovernable

June 26, 2021 UNAC Editor Civil Resistance, Political Prisoners, Racism, South Africa

by Ted Kelly, published on Workers World, June 25, 2021 Mpho Masemola is Secretary General of the Ex-Political Prisoners Veterans Association of South Africa (EPPA) and was an underground guerrilla fighter as a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a political prisoner, incarcerated along with Nelson Mandela at Pollsmoor[…]

Israeli Apartheid Profiteering Zim Ship Forced Out of Oakland

June 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance

Staff, published on BlockTheBoat.org, June 6, 2021 Oakland and the broader Bay Area have once again achieved a historic Boycott, Divest and Sanctions Movement (BDS) victory for Palestine. For a full day on Friday, June 4, 2021, after weeks of organizing, community members mobilized by the thousands to the Port of Oakland to block the Israeli ZIM-operated Volans cargo ship[…]