Colonialism

Time for Israel to Pay: This is How to Prevent a New Nakba in Palestine

November 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Genocide, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Racism, US Foreign Policy

by Ramzy Baroud, published on Palestine Chronicle, November 22, 2023 The ‘Gaza Nakba’ must be rejected, not just by words, but through solid Arab and international action, to prevent Israel from taking advantage of the war to expel Palestinians out of their homeland, again. It is simply inaccurate to claim that the ongoing Israeli attempt to displace all, or many[…]

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[…]

The Demand For a Ceasefire is Necessary But Not Sufficient

November 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

The Demand For a Ceasefire is Necessary But Not Sufficient: The Demand Must Be for Decolonization and Palestinian Self-Determination by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 8, 2023 “The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters in New York, adding that the need for a ceasefire[…]

The fight for Palestinian Liberation is a Fight for the Whole Working Class

October 23, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Colonialism, Fascism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Resistance

by Arjae Red, published on Workers World, October 20, 2023 On Oct. 7, the Palestinian people and their combat organizations launched a powerful attack against Israeli occupation forces and their settlements that they called “Al Aqsa Flood.” Their maneuver peeled away the Zionist state’s false sense of supremacy and demonstrated that even with billions of U.S. dollars and high-tech weaponry,[…]

The Red Nation Stands with Palestinians in Their Struggle for Decolonization and Land Back

October 21, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Racism

Statement for The Red Nation, 10/13/2023 As we write this, Palestinians face unrelenting and unprecedented settler violence. The Israeli army has warned 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza to relocate south within the next twenty-four hours as Israel prepares to level Gaza with bombs.The Israeli apartheid regime has already cut off all food, water, and electricity to Gaza while carpet bombing[…]

The facts of the Ahli/Baptist Hospital Bombing

October 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Colonialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

from Good Shephard Collective Newsletter, October 17, 2023 View web version (The website is currently down due to an attack, but we shall see) Some basic facts: Today marks the twelfth day since the beginning of Al Aqsa Flood and the subsequent Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people. Since October 7, Israeli colonial forces have murdered thousands of Palestinians in[…]

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[…]

Netanyahu is an Albatross Around India’s Neck

October 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Colonialism, India, Iran, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Palestine, Racism, U.S. Aggression

. . . . and maybe some other countries neck’s as well! Operation Al Aqsa Flood in an international context. by M. K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, October 14, 2023 One week has passed since an explosive situation erupted in West Asia around Israel. India’s famously loquacious External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is maintaining deafening silence. That is not[…]

A Political History of Zionism and Palestine

October 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Imperialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Nazis, Palestine

by Charles Pierce, published on Dissident Voice, October 10, 2023 1. Doctrine. Zionism was devised by some middle-class Jewish Europeans (most prominently Lev Pinsker and Theodore Herzl) as one response to horrendous late 19th century anti-Jewish persecutions in Europe. Like many of their contemporaries among nationalistic privileged-class European intellectuals and like the Nazis who came later, the Zionists conceived of[…]

The Neocons’ Frankenstein Syndrome in Niger

September 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Anti-Imperialism, Capitalism, Colonialism, France, Imperialism, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Niger

by Julia Wright, published on Workers World, September 14, 2023 Mary Shelley, who wrote “Frankenstein,” published in 1819, was an English abolitionist born to radical feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and anarchist political philosopher William Godwin. Not only did she advocate the end of slavery, but in her father’s drawing room she overheard discussions about the beginning and the ending of biological[…]