Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
Photo by Mauricio Duenas/EPA-EFE By Marco Terrugi, from TeleSUR, Translated from Spanish by Michael Otto for Workers World, February 15, 2019 Feb. 10 — The cameras are pointed at the border between Venezuela and Colombia. The stage is presented as a gate about to collapse. Everything seems ready, just waiting for the appropriate day that, according to the declarations of[…]
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By Margaret Kimberley, Published on Black Agenda Report, Freedom Rider, January 30, 2019 Trump’s attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan government has been joined by fellow fascists around the world, including most of the Democratic Party. “Trump and Pompeo are behaving no differently than Obama and Clinton did in Libya.” During the 2016 presidential campaign this columnist wrote, “Who’s the Fascist?”[…]
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Statement from The Black Alliance for Peace “The struggles of the Black working-class, united around a national program must have international solidarity and must be understood within the context of an anti-imperialist struggle against global capitalism and the US-led imperialist global economic, military and political infrastructure. For the Black working-class and the Black liberation movement not to struggle against capitalism, is not to be engaged[…]
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UNAC Emergency Call to Action… U.S. Hands Off Venezuela! No to the U.S.-orchestrated Coup! Self-determination for Venezuela! All out on February 23 and March 30! The U.S. imperial colossus is poised once again to launch a regime change invasion and war on Venezuela. The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), in alliance with hundreds of antiwar and social justice organizations across[…]
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Hands Off Venezuela Protest, London, January 28, 2019 The following statement was released on Jan. 25 by the Black Alliance for Peace and published on Workers World. We, the members of the Black Alliance for Peace, uphold our political stance in the face of aggressions waged by the United States. Two of BAP’s core principles are an unwavering commitment to[…]
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Venezuelans took to the streets in August 2017 in response to Trump’s comment that he would consider the “military option” against Venezuela. (Photo: PSUV) by John Lesnick, from Counterpunch, February 6, 2019 Ruling elites have united behind the Trump administration in its illegal, unjust and brutal attempt to meddle in the internal affairs of Venezuela. Democrats and Republicans alike have[…]
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Petitions and Condemnations Are Not Enough The US Peace Movement Must Act Decisively! U.S. Peace Council — January 26, 2019 Once again, the bloody hand of US imperialism is reaching out into Venezuela to complete the failed job of regime change that it started in 2002 against President Hugo Chavez. There is no doubt that another US-led coup is underway[…]
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Above: Thousands show their support for President Maduro. Credit Meridith Kohut for the New York Times. by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, February 3, 2019 A lot has happened and we have learned more since last week when we wrote, Venezuela: What Activists Need To Know About The US-Led Coup. This article updates activists so we remain well-informed[…]
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Painting: Genghiz Khan and his forces laying seige then attacking a walled city by Bernhard, Moon of Alabama, January 28, 2019 A former UN rapporteur says that the numerous US sanctions (pdf) against Venezuela are devastating and illegal: Mr De Zayas, a former secretary of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and an expert in international law, spoke to The[…]
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Veterans for Peace Respond to the US backed Coup in Venezuela, February, 2019 Veterans For Peace is outraged at the unfolding coup d’etat in Venezuela, which is clearly being orchestrated by the U.S. government. Two hundred years of blatant U.S. intervention in Latin America must come to an end. Veterans For Peace was founded in 1985, in part prompted by[…]
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