Citizen Diplomacy

Lessons From China

April 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, China, Citizen Diplomacy, U.S. Aggression, UNAC on the Road

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 17, 2024 Socialist China is a powerful economic and diplomatic rival to the United States. Its success must be studied so that liberation may be possible and to prevent the declining U.S. from doing even more damage to humanity. On a daily basis the corporate media, members of Congress, and courtier pundits[…]

Coalition of “Grassroots Diplomats” Take the Lead on International Solidarity with South Africa in the Absence of Diplomacy and Accountability from U.S. Officials

January 9, 2024 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Legal Struggles, Middle East Wars, Palestine

by Melissa Garriga, January 8, 2023 Peace activists across the country have embarked on a campaign to mobilize global support for South Africa’s charge of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The campaign, spearheaded by CODEPINK, World Beyond War, and RootsAction, aims to rally nations to submit a “Declaration of Intervention” supporting South Africa’s case at[…]

Report Back by The Official Delegation Of the U.S. Peace Council to China

December 16, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Citizen Diplomacy, UNAC on the Road

Struggling to Break the Gaza Blockade

November 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Citizen Diplomacy, Collapsed States, Colonialism, Egypt, Hybrid Warfare, Indigenous peoples, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Foreign Policy

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, November 22, 2023 Miles of semi-trailer trucks are lined up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Crossing, waiting to deliver water, food, medicine and other essentials to Gaza. Longtime peace and justice activist Sarah Flounders recently traveled to Egypt with a delegation to push for opening the Rafah Crossing to let[…]

Traveling to Prove China Is Not Our Enemy

November 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Belt and Road, China, Citizen Diplomacy, New Cold War, Taiwan, UNAC on the Road

by Dee Knight, November 14, 2023 “China Is Not Our Enemy” was the theme of a ten-day visit to China in early November. The visit was designed to find and highlight a path to common prosperity and a shared future between China, the United States, and the rest of the world. Visiting China made me believe peace is possible. We[…]

Chinese Translation Available: ‘Metal of Dishonor, Depleted Uranium’

June 24, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Citizen Diplomacy, Depleted Uranium, US Hypocrisy, War on the Earth

by Janet Mayes, published on Workers World, June 15, 2023 As NATO forces resume using radioactive weapons, now shipping them to Ukraine, China has translated “Metal of Dishonor,” a groundbreaking book compiled 25 years ago by the International Action Center warning of the devastating consequences of deploying depleted uranium (DU) munitions. The danger of these weapons spreading radioactive material was[…]

Are There Veterans For Peace In Colombia?

June 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Citizen Diplomacy, Colombia, Democracy and Consent, Paths to Emancipation

by James Patrick Jordan, published on Popular Resistance, June 15, 2022 This article was originally published on the Alliance for Global Justice Website on June 14. Since then, left leaning candidate Gustavo Petro and Vice Presidential candidate Francia Marquez won the presidential election. This is a big moment for Colombia, which has been dominated by the U.S. and ruled by[…]

Cuba Lives, Breathes, Resists – May Day, COVID, Guantánamo, & the Summit of the Americas

June 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Citizen Diplomacy, Cuba, Democracy and Consent

by Diana Block, published on CounterPunch, June 3, 2022 I set off for Havana at the end of April to participate in the 15th International May Day Brigade organized by ICAP (The Institute for Friendship with the Cuban People). Having achieved one of the lowest COVID mortality rates and highest vaccination rates in the world, Cuba had reopened the country[…]

Notes From Wartorn Ethiopia

April 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Africa, Citizen Diplomacy, Ethiopia, US Foreign Policy, World News Update

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, April 13, 2022 Ann is writing from Ethiopia where she is investigating the ongoing war between the US backed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) against the elected government of Ethiopia. [jb] I’m writing from Ethiopia, where the war that began in November 2020 continues, with the US backing their former puppet, the[…]

Delegation fights to win Alex Saab’s freedom

June 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Africa, Citizen Diplomacy, Lawfare, Venezuela

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, June 6, 2021 Sal Island, Cabo Verde Flounders took part in a delegation that traveled to Cabo Verde in solidarity with Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who was abducted in June 2020 on orders of the U.S. and held under onerous conditions since then on two of C.V.’s ten islands. Cabo Verde is an[…]