Organizing

Lessons From The Rebellion: A Virginia Defender Analysis

September 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Action!!, Organizing, Police Brutality, Racism, Resistance

Published in the Virginia Defender Newspaper, Summer 2020 Edition The protests that erupted after the public police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis have grown into the broadest and most sustained rebellion against racism in U.S. history. They have not been as violent as those during the Long Hot Summer of 1967, or the uprisings in more than 100 cities[…]

COVID-19 Crisis Failure, People Must Save Themselves And The Economy

August 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Organizing, Resistance, Socio-Economic Struggles, The War at Home

by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, August 2, 2020 The US is at a moment of truth. This week, Congress has to face up to a pandemic that is out of control and an economy that is collapsing. The Republican’s and Democrat’s proposals show they will fail this test. The people will need to protect themselves[…]

Building On Victories For A Stronger Climate Justice Movement

July 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, Organizing

by Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, published on Popular Resistance, July 19, 2020 While the climate justice movement has been winning important victories, stopping and slowing pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure, and putting the future of fossil fuels in doubt, the political system, long connected to the fossil fuel industry, is still fighting the urgently needed transition to clean[…]

No Compromise, No Retreat: Defeat the War Against the African/Black People in the U.S. and Abroad

June 7, 2020 UNAC Editor Organizing, Paths to Emancipation, Protest, Racism

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, June 3, 2020 The justice for George Floyd mobilizations today reflected the state’s worst nightmare – a multi-national and multi-racial action initiated by Black people with Black leadership. “A shift must occur away from the focus on individual justice for Floyd back to a critique and opposition to the ongoing structural violence[…]

Venezuela: Solidarity vs. COVID-19 (and Capital)

May 3, 2020 UNAC Editor Organizing, Venezuela

by Sean Orr, published on Fightback! News, April 28, 2020 Chicago, IL – These are hard days for people the world over. The COVID-19 virus has forced billions of people to stay at home, bringing the global economy to a near standstill. At the moment of writing, nearly 3 million people have been confirmed to have COVID-19 across the world,[…]

National Antiwar Conference Builds Unity, Plans Next Steps

March 4, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, Organizing, Resistance

by Scott Williams, posted on Workers World, February 26, 2020 New York Over 300 activists and organizers from across the U.S. and Canada met here on Feb. 21-23 for the United National Antiwar Coalition national conference, “Rise Against Militarism, Racism and the Climate Crisis – Building Power Together.” The opening plenum focused on the role of the U.S. anti-war movement[…]

Organizing for a Democratic Future and a Green New Deal (Video)

August 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Organizing

by Ajamu Baraka From the afternoon Plenary at the Annual Green Party Meeting Ajamu Baraka presents an insightful analysis of, not only the Green Party, but activism in the United States. He looks at what we need to do to be more effective in organizing for a better future.