Indigenous peoples

From Reproductive Rights to the Hijab, Our Bodies, Our Choice

December 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Healthcare, Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, Reproductive Sovereignty, Women

by Alison Bodine and Janine Solanki, published in Fire This Time, Vol 16, Issue 10-11, November 2022 The Rise and Fall of Roe v. Wade On January 22, 1973, in the midst of the women’s liberation movement, the U.S. Supreme Court made the historic ruling in the case of Roe v. Wade to grant women the constitutional right to have[…]

‘We Have Survived and Flourished’: Massive Turnout on National Day of Mourning

December 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Genocide, Native Americans

By Will Hodgkinson posted on Workers World, November 29, 2022 Kisha James (Aquinnah Wampanoag and Oglala Lakota), co-leader of United American Indians of New England (UAINE), opened the rally by telling the history of NDOM, which was founded in 1970 by her grandfather, the late Wamsutta Frank James. Kisha James quoted an account of the first NDOM by Russell Means[…]

Indigenous People Push Back Against US ‘Thanksgiving Mythology’

November 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Indigenous peoples, Native Americans

The United American Indians of New England and allies gathered at noon Thursday at Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts for the 53rd National Day of Mourning—an annual tradition that serves as “a day of remembrance and spiritual connection, as well as a protest against the racism and oppression that Indigenous people continue to experience worldwide.” “We don’t have any issues[…]

Haiti and the Debt of Independence

October 23, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Economic Collapse, Haiti, Imperial greed, Indigenous peoples, International Aid and Debt, Racism

by Yves Engler, published on Countercurrents, September 4, 2022 In the vast history of imperialist exploitation few episodes match the depravity of Haiti’s debt of independence. Military blackmail of a small country by a superpower, prioritizing “property rights” over human rights, racial capitalism, a sellout “light skinned” local bourgeoise and the way our past haunts the present are all part[…]

Political Prisoners in the USA

August 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Black Liberation Movement, Featured, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Political Prisoners

by AFGJ Staff, published on The Alliance for Global Justice, August 15, 2022 ** Read “While Claiming to Defend Freedom Around the World, the U.S. Has Dozens of Political Prisoners—and the Majority are People of Color”, a comprehensive analysis of Political Imprisonment in the United States today. Introduction Below is a list of individuals who are currently incarcerated in the[…]

U.S. Supreme Court Attacks Tribal Sovereignty – Again

July 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Lawfare, Native Americans

by Will H.K. James and W. James, published on Workers World, July 18, 2022 Another disturbing decision from today’s reactionary supreme court which, during the same session, landed a lethal blow on a woman’s right to control her own body, on EPA regulations reflecting the public’s desire to protect the environment from the byproducts of corporate greed, and on state’s[…]

Onondaga Nation Regains 1,023 Acres Of Land From New York State

July 10, 2022 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Native American Genocide

by Last Real Indians, published on Popular Resistance, July 7, 2022 Unprecedented Land Back Moment. The Onondaga Nation will recover more than 1,000 acres of forest lands in the Tully Valley through an historic agreement with New York State and the federal government. This property, identified for restoration and preservation as part of the Onondaga Lake Natural Resource Damages and[…]

Landback: Indigenous Peoples Regain Redwoods Forest Lands

February 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Reparations, Resistance

by Minnie Bruce Pratt, published on Workers World, February 9, 2022 Indigenous peoples regain redwoods forest lands on unceded land of the Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The growing LandBack movement by Indigenous nations won another significant victory Feb. 1, when more than 500 acres of the “Lost Coast” in California was transferred to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. (sinkyone.org) The[…]

Clyde Bellecourt: the Thunder Before the Storm

January 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Peoples' Movements, Resistance

by Stephanie Tromblay, published on Workers World, January 18, 2021 Hundreds gathered to honor the life of Clyde Bellecourt, White Earth Ojibwe, in Minneapolis, Jan. 13. Bellecourt, 85, was the last living founding member of the American Indian Movement and a lifelong civil-rights activist known worldwide. (Star Tribune, Jan. 13) Bellecourt, whose Ojibwe name is Neegawnwaywidung, (the Thunder Before the[…]

Africa in Review 2021: Regional Conflict and the Role of Imperialism

January 1, 2022 UNAC Editor Africa, Indigenous peoples, U.S. Aggression, War and Peace

by Abyome Azikiwe, published on Pan African News Wire, December 31, 2021 Since 2020, the number of military interventions in African politics has accelerated. However, what is often overlooked is the role of western governments and their military institutions in the deliberate undermining of national and regional stability. The North African state of Libya is a prime example of the[…]