Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
Statement from Chicago Antiwar Coalition (CAWC), November 13, 2023 As of November 13, the number of people killed in Gaza since the beginning of the Zionist regime’s devastating genocidal campaign on October 7 is 11,078 people, including 4,506 children and 3,027 women. A child is killed on average every 10 minutes in the Gaza Strip, the Director-General World Health Organization[…]
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Statement published on Workers World, October 28, 2023 Delegates from 40 organizations and individuals from 25 countries gathered in Rome on Oct. 27 and 28, 2023, to discuss the causes of the current war in Ukraine, the war’s impact on international peace, the dangers facing our people and the tasks of the movement for a fair and permanent peace. The[…]
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Yes, what was going on in Gaza before the October 7 Hamas revolt, and “Why didn’t the Palestinians Protest Non-Violently?” Actually, a friend asked me this question today, after expressing horror at the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israeli citizens. It’s an important question and the vast majority of people in the United States don’t know the answer. The short[…]
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by Phil Wilayto, published on The Virginia Defender Facebook Pg, October 16, 2023 RICHMOND, VA, Oct. 15 — As the Israeli military prepares to launch a massive invasion of the Gaza Strip, where some 2.3 million Palestinians are trapped in what has been called the world’s largest open-air prison, more than 1,000 people marched today in Richmond to demand an[…]
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by Zhenya Polozova, published on Fightback News, September 20, 2023 Chicago, IL – The Coalition to March on the DNC hosted a press conference at Chicago City Hall the morning of September 19, calling on the city to issue a previously-denied permit recognizing the right of working and oppressed people to march within sight and sound of the August 2024[…]
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by Manuel Raposo, published on Workers World, September 8, 2023 (translation: John Catalinotto) Unable to stop the expansion of the BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa; Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are scheduled to become members on Jan. 1, 2024] and the growing prestige that the organization has gained in the dependent[…]
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by Ramzy Baroud, published on Countercurrents, July 24, 2023 [Along with other intellectuals, I was asked by a New Zealand solidarity group to share a few ideas on what meaningful solidarity with Palestine entails. This talk inspired the article below.] It is a new era in Palestine. This new era is taking shape before our very eyes, through the blood,[…]
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by John Catalinotto and Sara Flounders, March 13, 2023 Workers World Managing Editor John Catalinotto held an interview March 13 with Sara Flounders, co-director of the International Action Center (IAC), a member of the Administrative Committee of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) and contributing editor to Workers World, to discuss the developments of the past year of the war[…]
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by Dianne Mathiowetz, published on Workers World, March 7, 2023 Atlanta, March 7 —Workers World writer Dianne Mathiowetz stated: “I was just at a press conference called by various local and national clergy that denounced the police action again as proof that there is nothing about Cop City that suggests de-escalation and protection of people’s rights. There are a significant[…]
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by Phil Wilayto, December 31, 2022 June 22, 2022, was the 81st anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union, and a prominent German antiwar activist took the occasion to publicly question why the German government is now supporting neo-Nazi organizations in Ukraine. As a result, that activist is now facing the possibility of up to three years in[…]
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