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Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-Independence History

November 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Africa, Austerity, Economics, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Neocolonialism

by By Adebayo Olukoshi, Tetteh Hormeku-Ajei, Aishu Balaji and Anita Nayar in Accra, Ghana, published on Consortium News, October 30, 2020 In 1965, Kwame Nkrumah described the paradox of neocolonialism in Africa, in which “the soil continue[s] to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa’s impoverishment.” He captured what continues to be an essential feature[…]

Palestine is the Test

October 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, US Hypocrisy

by Susan Abulhawa, published on Workers World, September 24, 2020 The following is a lightly edited transcript of a Sept. 19 talk by Palestinian novelist and Workers World Party member Susan Abulhawa during a “Free Palestine! No Normalization with Colonization or Occupation!’ webinar sponsored by WWP. [WWE] We’ve known for years that the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and[…]

Power to the People! Policing and Caribbean Autonomy in Nicaragua

October 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Nicaragua, Regional Solutions, Socialism, Women

Normally I wouldn’t post a webinar, but this is special. Friends of Latin America produced this webinar where 3 women from Nicaragua speak about their experiences with Community policing. Ajamu Baraka comes in after they speak and talks about how their experiences relate to what is happening now in the United States where people are demanding community supervision of police[…]

EPA Grants Oklahoma Control Over Sovereign Tribal Lands

October 14, 2020 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Indigenous peoples, Native American Genocide

By Brett Wilkins, published on Common Dreams, October 5, 2020 In a little-noticed development last week that drew ire after being reported Monday, the Trump administration’s EPA granted the state of Oklahoma wide-ranging environmental regulatory control on nearly all tribal lands in the state, stripping dozens of tribes of their sovereignty over critical environmental issues. The Young Turks which first reported[…]

Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day By Supporting Indigenous Resistance

October 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, Indigenous peoples

By Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, October 11, 2020 This weekend, celebration of Indigenous People’s Day will replace the federal holiday, Columbus Day, in at least eight states and over 130 cities in 34 states. Along with the toppling of Columbus statues and the removal of a racial slur as a name for a major football team, this signals[…]

American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Have Shaped Global Thinking About Conservation

September 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Environment, Indigenous peoples, Racism

by Prakash Kashwan, published on Consortium News, September 3, 2020 (originally published on The Conversation) The United States is having a long-overdue national reckoning with racism. From criminal justice to pro sports to pop culture, Americans increasingly are recognizing how racist ideas have influenced virtually every sphere of life in this country. This includes the environmental movement. Recently the Sierra[…]

Defacing of Olympia Mural Highlights Native American-Palestinian Solidarity

August 30, 2020 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Israel-Palestine

By Samia Saliba, Nadia Niva, and Andrew Meyer on behalf of the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice and Art Forces, published on Mondoweiss, August 19, 2020 Last month, we were made aware of the targeted defacement in Olympia, Washington of a section of the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural, a public art installation that was inspired by the life of[…]

US: Crimes against Humanity at Home and Abroad

August 14, 2020 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Indigenous peoples

by Bill Hackwell and Alicia Jrapko, published on Resumen on August 9, 2020 This month marks the second year since former President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced to the world a campaign promoted by a group of Latin American writers and academics to declare August 9 as International Day of US Crimes against Humanity. Appropriately the day is to[…]

Post-Coup Covid-19 Report from Bolivia

July 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Counter Revolution, Indigenous peoples

from Resumen English, by Primera Linea, published July 21, 2020 Bolivia has surpassed the 61,000 person barrier of Covid-19 with more than 2,200 deaths in four distressing months of the pandemic. However, the official data only shows a small part of the reality, that which is used for inscrutable purposes. In the midst of this spiral of contagion that attacks[…]

‘Monumental Victory’: Court-Ordered Shutdown of Dakota Access Pipeline

July 11, 2020 UNAC Editor DAPL, Indigenous peoples

by Jessica Corbett, published on Common Dreams, July 6, 2020 A U.S. district court on Monday delivered a major win to local Indigenous organizers and climate activists—and a significant blow to the fossil fuel industry and the Trump administration—by ordering the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to be shut down and emptied of oil by Aug. 5 while federal regulators conduct an environmental review[…]