Indigenous peoples

Struggling to Break the Gaza Blockade

November 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Citizen Diplomacy, Collapsed States, Colonialism, Egypt, Hybrid Warfare, Indigenous peoples, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Foreign Policy

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, November 22, 2023 Miles of semi-trailer trucks are lined up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Crossing, waiting to deliver water, food, medicine and other essentials to Gaza. Longtime peace and justice activist Sarah Flounders recently traveled to Egypt with a delegation to push for opening the Rafah Crossing to let[…]

The Red Nation’s Message to the Free Palestine National March on Washington

November 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel, Israel-Palestine, Native Americans, Occupation, Palestine, Racism

by Statement by The Red Nation, published on Workers World, November 13, 2023 The following speech was delivered to 300,000 pro-Palestine marchers by The Red Nation co-founder Dr. Melanie Yazzie and was written by members of The Red Nation. The speech is also available in Arabic and Spanish at therednation.org. Video of the speech is posted at The Red Nation’s[…]

There Will Be Repercussions: The West is Collectively Responsible for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

November 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Political Corruption

by Ramzy Baroud, published on Countercurrents, November 9, 2023 On October 20, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, stood on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, between Egypt and besieged Gaza. Guterres was not the only international figure to travel to the Gaza border, hoping to mobilize the international community in the face of an ongoing genocide, in[…]

The US Has Betrayed Egypt Again

October 31, 2023 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, October 25, 2023 The U.S. has not only betrayed Egypt. It has made a deal to counter China and centralize India, but it requires the wealthy Arab states to normalize with Israel. Given the current situation, this may quickly fall apart. Maintaining the entire population of Palestine in a free fire zone may[…]

The Red Nation Stands with Palestinians in Their Struggle for Decolonization and Land Back

October 21, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Racism

Statement for The Red Nation, 10/13/2023 As we write this, Palestinians face unrelenting and unprecedented settler violence. The Israeli army has warned 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza to relocate south within the next twenty-four hours as Israel prepares to level Gaza with bombs.The Israeli apartheid regime has already cut off all food, water, and electricity to Gaza while carpet bombing[…]

Letter from Gaza: ‘We prefer to die standing than to give up’

October 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Ahmed Issa, published on Workers World, October 16, 2023 Hello world, I am from occupied Palestine. I live in the Gaza Strip. I am married and have two children, Bassam, five years old, and Adam, two years old. I’m 30 years old. My family has lived in Gaza since 1948 as a result of the forcible displacement of my[…]

The Struggle for Palestine is the Struggle of Working People World Wide

October 17, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Global South, Imperial Wars, Indigenous peoples, Native American Genocide, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, U.S. Aggression, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Shiraz Durrani, published on Countercurrents, October 14, 2023 The attacks by ‘Israel’ on the people and the country of Palestine have increased in intensity in the last month. Palestinian resistance has once again forced the attention of the world on the plight of a people facing another massacre and a country being destroyed. At the same time, the Zionist[…]

A call to free Leonard Peltier After 50 Years in Prison

October 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Lawfare, Native American Genocide, Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Racism, The War at Home

by Phil Pasquini, published on Countercurrents, September 14, 2023 On Leonard Peltier’s 79th birthday, September 12 his family members along with hundreds of Native American activists and numerous supporters demonstrated at the White House calling on President Biden to grant him clemency so that he will not die in prison. Peltier, who was convicted in 1977 of killing two FBI[…]

Inside the High-Security “Black Site” Where Leonard Peltier Is Incarcerated

October 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Racism, The War at Home, Uncategorized

by Silja J. A. Talvi, published on Truthout, September 28, 2023 nbeknownst to most protesters who gathered at the White House on the occasion of Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s 79th birthday, Peltier wasn’t able to celebrate, much less receive reports on how the well-attended event was progressing. That’s because Peltier, who is now spending his 48th year in[…]

Maui’s Deadly Inferno: Disaster Capitalism in Action

August 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, LandGrabs, Neocolonialism, Racism, War on the Earth, Water

by Barry Shephard, published on Socialist Action, August 17, 2023 People around the world viewed with horror the wildfire on Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands, with the historic city of Lahaina, formerly the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, being burned to the ground, people trying to escape by jumping into the ocean or by car, cars burned, and more.[…]