Colonialism

Palestinians are Prohibited From Defending Their Families From Violent Aggression

June 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Palestine

by Gideon Levy, published on Israel-Palestine News, June 28, 2023 This article personalizes something we all know already ….or do we? It is difficult to put yourself in their shoes, even for a moment. There aren’t many populations in the world as helpless as the Palestinians who live in their own country. No one protects their lives and property, let[…]

Issues Behind the Indian Child Welfare Act

June 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, Racism

by Will Hodgkinson, published on Workers World, June 22, 2023 Bulletin: In a major victory for Native nations and Tribal Sovereignty, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in a June 15, 2023, decision. Had SCOTUS failed to uphold ICWA, the results would have been disastrous. The article below was[…]

Israel’s Upheaval is Palestine’s Opportunity

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Imperialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Militarism, Palestine, Racism

by Haim Bresheeth-Žabner, published on The Electronic Intifada, June 4, 2023 How are we to understand the incredible events in Israel since January 2023? On the one hand, there is the amazing invention and deep commitment of the hundreds of thousands who come out weekly to protest proposed judicial reforms – with their witty hand-painted posters, their music and their[…]

Lebanon Under Occupation, Financial Fraud and Sectarian Political Corruption

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Economic Collapse, International Aid and Debt, Interview, Lebanon, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 18, 2023 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on June 16. One of the items on their agenda was Lebanon, which has close historical and language ties to France. The tiny Mediterranean country has been in financial collapse for several years, and[…]

Palestinian History Doesn’t Start With the Nakba

May 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine

by the Palestinian Youth Movement, published on Mondoweiss, May 14, 2023 This year marks 75 years since the Nakba, which saw over 500 Palestinian villages destroyed and depopulated and up to one million Palestinians forcibly expelled from their homes. On May 15th, Palestinians around the world commemorate Nakba Day. Although the Nakba is commemorated on May 15th and often incorrectly[…]

No to U.S./U.N. Military Occupation in Haiti! No U.S. Aid to Haiti Dictatorship

May 8, 2023 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Colonialism, Economic Collapse, Government Corruption, Haiti, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, May 6, 2023 U.S. imperialism and its U.N. proxies have not yet decided who would take part in the third imperialist occupation of Haiti but the answer may come soon. An intervention will surely be pitched as a “humanitarian” multi-national mission to curb Haiti’s rampant gang violence, mass hunger and a re-emerging cholera[…]

Prioritizing U.S. Imperialism in Evaluating Latin America’s Pink Tide

April 19, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Brazil, Colonialism, Ecuador, Human Rights, Imperialism, Latin America, New Pink Tide, Venezuela

by Steve Ellner, published in The Monthly Review, March Edition Two conflicting leftist positions on Latin America’s wave of progressive governments known as the Pink Tide have become increasingly well-defined over the last two decades. One position is favorable, while the other highly critical, to the extent that Pink Tide presidents—including Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, Bolivia’s Evo Morales,[…]

The War in Ukraine and How Africa Surprised the West

April 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Colonialism, Political Analysis, South Africa

by Ted Snyder, published on Antiwar.com, April 3, 2023 On March 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow. The meeting, at which the two leaders “reaffirm[ed] the special nature of the Russia-China partnership” may be a crucial moment in the emergence of the new multipolar world that is challenging US hegemony. But while the[…]

19 Years After the Coup D’état: Statement from Fanmi Lavalas Political Organization

March 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Colonialism, Haiti, War on the Poor

by Paddy (as Editor), published on Workers World, March 24, 2023 This Feb. 28 statement from Fanmi Lavalas, a people’s party of Haiti, commemorates the February 29, 2004, coup d’état that overthrew Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Fanmi Lavalas honors those who fell during the coup and outlines its call for a Haitian solution to the crisis that[…]

UNAC Statement on Palestine

January 21, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Israel, LandGrabs, Occupation, Palestine, Statement

UNAC statement on Palestine, January 20, 2023 The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) stands in unconditional solidarity with the heroic resistance of the Palestinian people against the ongoing Nakba: the occupation and ethnic cleansing of historic Palestine by the Israeli regime. We firmly uphold Palestinians’ Right of Return to their national homeland – from the river to the sea –[…]