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Ajamu Baraka Receives 2019 US Peace Prize

September 26, 2019 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Featured, Paths to Emancipation

We are pleased to announce that the 2019 US Peace Prize has been awarded to the Honorable Ajamu Baraka, “whose bold antiwar actions, writings, speeches, and leadership provide an inspiring voice against militarism.” Michael Knox, Chair of the Foundation, presented the award during a forum on September 23 in New York City. In his remarks Knox said, “Thank you, Ajamu, for your outstanding domestic and international activism to end wars and militarism. We applaud your long and distinguished record[…]

US and Iran Stuck on Negotiation Ground Zero

July 29, 2019 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Economic Blockade, Featured, Hybrid Warfare, Iran, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Pepe Escobar, published on Consortium News, July 25, 2019 All bets are off in the geopolitical insanity stakes when we have the President of the United States (POTUS) glibly announcing he could launch a nuclear first strike to end the war in Afghanistan and wipe it “off the face of the earth” in one week. But he’d rather not,[…]

US Stages a Provocation in the Persian Gulf

June 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Featured, Iran, Uncategorized

by Bill Van Auken, Published on WSWS.org, June 14, 2019 The Trump administration’s thuggish secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, made a presentation to the media Thursday afternoon in which he asserted that Iran was responsible for suspected attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. These charges carry with them the threat[…]

An Open Letter to District of Columbia Authorities

May 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Breaking News, Featured, Police Corruption, Protest, Resistance, Venezuela

by Rich Whitney, Published on Medium, May 13, 219 In allowing coup supporters to lay siege to the Venezuelan embassy, D.C. Police are violating the First Amendment and District of Columbia law At this writing, a rightwing mob of supporters of Juan Guaido, (the self-described, U.S.-named “interim president” of Venezuela, who has no legitimate, lawful claim to that office) has[…]

Activists Under Attack at the Venezuelan Embassy

May 4, 2019 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Featured, Protest, Resistance, US Government Action, Venezuela

Photos from videos by Alex Rubenstein: opposition supporters partying outside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC in the middle of the night with music and drumming, noisemakers and sirens, and spotlights flashing. Editor’s note: The hoped for Venezuelan coup fell flat. The military refused to leave the Maduro government. The people of Venezuela are not ready for a civil war. […]

Chavismo in the Streets

May 1, 2019 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Featured, Hybrid Warfare, Venezuela

Note: A brief update on the failed/faux Coup attempt in Venezuela earlier in the day of April 30, 2019. Meanwhile, UNAC Member Joe Iosbaker of Freedom Road Socialist Organization reported: Tracy Molm from FRSO is in Caracas with our 3 other comrades, and she said that the turkeys in the trees outside the room she slept in were making more[…]

Breaking News: Military Coup Underway in Venezuela

April 30, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Breaking News, Featured, Hybrid Warfare, Venezuela

Photo: Self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaido speaking to press during an attempted coup on April 30. (Reuters) This is the report from Venezuelanalysis at about 12:20 PM on Tuesday, April 30. You can find updates at the link posted for Venezuelanalysis. I will try to post Updates through the day, but they are my source. A military uprising is[…]