Civil Resistance

A Christmas Reminder: This is What Genocide Looks Like

December 25, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Civil Resistance, Free Speech, Resistance

The Upstate Drone Action group is composed of old hands who have been protesting war and imperialism, and doing civil resistance for their entire lives, which in most cases, is a long time. Their actions are creative and visceral. I you want to see more examples, go to their website. Lately, Hancock Air National Guard Base outside Syracuse New York,[…]

The Election is Finally Over ORGANIZE RESISTANCE

November 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, US Government Action, US Politics, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

Editorial, Workers World, November 6, 2024 The November 5 election has happened, and the outcome is known worldwide. The most vile, disgusting, white supremacist, xenophobic, transphobic, ableist, misogynist, rapist, neofascist — the list goes on — will return to the White House in January. These results have no doubt produced a wide range of emotions, be they despair, demoralization, frustration,[…]

Fascism and War Cannot Be Voted Out

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Capitalism, Censorship and Propaganda, Civil Resistance, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Imperial Lies and Liars, Protest, Racism, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Ellen Isaacs, published on Countercurrents, September 23, 2024 Editor’s Note: Another much needed perspective that has been in the queue for too long. [jb] Many progressive friends declare they will “hold their nose” and vote for Harris, if only to prevent Trump from instituting fascism. “Bad as she is” – intolerable on Palestine, flipflopping on the environment and health[…]

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[…]