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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[…]

Hebrew, Arab and Apartheid

May 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Indigenous peoples, Israel-Palestine

by Jonathan Ofir, published on Mondoweiss, April 20, 2020 The creation of the modern Hebrew language around the end of the 19th century sought to resurrect an ancient language which had hardly been spoken colloquially among Jews, to become the new unifying ‘national language’ of the ‘Jewish nation’. This effort built upon romantic and messianic concepts of ‘return’ to the[…]

Cuba on the front lines of fighting COVID-19

March 30, 2020 UNAC Editor Cuba, Human Rights, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Public Health

By Mirinda Crissman posted Workers World, March 24, 2020 Cuba continues to illustrate international health care solidarity in its response to the COVID-19 crisis. The island nation has sent brigades of doctors and supplies to Italy, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Suriname and Grenada. (telesurenglish.net) Meanwhile, the United States has been criminally negligent in stopping the spread of COVID-19 and in testing[…]

Colonial Domination and Racism Against Indigenous People in Canada

March 24, 2020 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Racism

“I just hope it doesn’t happen to anybody else.” Indigenous Grandfather and Granddaughter handcuffed by Vancouver Police while trying to open a bank account in Vancouver. By Tamara Hansen, published on Fire This Time Newsletter, Volume 14, Issue 2, February, 2020 On December 20, 2019, Maxwell Johnson of the Heiltsuk First Nation and his 12-year-old granddaughter, Tori-Anne, entered a Bank[…]

In Defense of Mother Earth: What is Happening in Wet’suwet’en?

March 3, 2020 UNAC Editor Imperial greed, Indigenous peoples

by Alison Bodine, published in Fire This Time Newsletter Volume 14, Issue #2, February 2020 In the dark early morning on February 6, 2020, the RCMP violently raided Wet’suwet’en territory in Northern British Columbia, Canada. “They’re invading our people again, starting in the wee hours of the morning, arresting people who have been providing food and medical supplies to our[…]

Lost count? Israel killed 43 Palestinians in November

December 8, 2019 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Israel-Palestine

If it feels like Palestinians are constantly dying, that’s because they are. 43 in November. 526 since Trump’s Jerusalem announcement 2 years ago – 111 of them children. Where in the world is the world? Reposted from Quds Network (December 2, 2019) and If Americans Knew A Palestinian statistics center documented the murder of 43 Palestinians by Israeli soldiers in November.[…]

American Thanksgivings, What Are We Celebrating?

November 28, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Indigenous peoples, Racism, White Supremacy

Note: This might be the biggest lie in our grammar school textbooks, but it is merely the pinnacle of a story that is false in every aspect. And, no matter how much research is done, how many facts emerge to deny the structure, it continues to be the foundation of ‘Social Studies’ education in this country. Many of you, my[…]

Racist Coup in Bolivia Sparks Resistance

November 21, 2019 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Featured, Indigenous peoples, Latin America, Racism

By Sam Ordóñez posted on Workers World, November 17, 2019 Nov. 15 – On Nov. 10, Evo Morales, president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, resigned, along with the vice president and the majority of his cabinet. This happened after the national police abandoned their defense of the elected government and joined right-wing protests, and the Armed Forces announced on[…]