Free Speech

Assange Extradition Ruling Is a Relief, But it Isn’t Justice

January 4, 2021 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Censorship and Propaganda, Featured, Free Speech, Political Prisoners

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, January 4, 2021 British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has ruled against U.S. extradition for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but not for the reasons she should have. Baraitser’s frightening ruling supported virtually every U.S. prosecutorial argument that was made during the extradition trial, no matter how absurd and Orwellian. This includes quoting from a long-discredited CNN report alleging without evidence that Assange made[…]

Half a Million March in France Against Police Violence, Racism

December 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Mass action, Resistance, Socio-Economic Struggles

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, December 4, 2020 In an explosion of anger and political rejection, 200,000 people marched in Paris Nov. 28 while another 300,000 in over 95 cities and towns across France held coordinated protest marches. Demonstrations also took place in front of French embassies in the Netherlands and Germany. The protests were targeting Article 24[…]

Journalist Julian Assange Charged with New American Indictment

June 28, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Free Speech, Press Freedom

by Dr. Leon Tressel, published on Global Research, June 26, 2020 On 24 June a US Federal Grad Jury issued a second superseding indictment against Journalist Julian Assange. The new indictment incorporates the 18 charges from the first indictment and seeks to ‘broaden the scope of the conspiracy’ and asserts that Assange and Wikileaks tried to recruit hackers for the[…]

Troy Labor Council Resolution In Support of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks

May 5, 2019 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Labor

Troy Labor Council voted on May 17 in favor of the following resolution to support Julian Assange and WikiLeaks: Whereas, Assange and Wikileaks have released a vast trove of primary source material unlike anything that journalists have ever had such ready access to, Whereas, Wikileaks releases have made evidence-based journalism more possible than ever before, Whereas, Julian Assange and WIkileaks[…]

The U.S.’ Refusal of Entry to Arnold August Is a Dangerous Precedent for All Activists

April 5, 2019 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Free Speech

by Alison Bodine, Published on Council on Hemispheric Affairs, March 29, 2019 On March 16, 2019, more than 1000 activists from across the U.S. gathered in Washington, DC for the “U.S Hands Off Venezuela!” demonstration. However, Canadian journalist Arnold August was not one of them – earlier in the day he was unjustly denied entry into the United States at[…]

Syria After The Defeat Of Imperialism

January 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Resistance, Syria

by Eva Bartlett, from Popular Resistance, January 9, 2018 (initially published on In Gaza and Beyond as ‘Video Updates From Syria, Where Peace Reigns Nearly Fully Again’) Note: This article and series of videos show realities we do not see in the western media. The US, NATO, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Turkey have been defeated in their brutal attempt to[…]

Academic Institutions Must Defend Free Speech

December 27, 2018 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

Image: “HateSpeech” by Carlos Latuff. To see the full image, click here. from The International Committee for Peace Justice and Dignity for the People We, the undersigned, oppose the coordinated campaign to deny academics their free speech rights due to their defense of Palestinian rights and criticism of the policies and practices of the state of Israel. Temple University in[…]