Peoples’ Movements

Long Live the Spirit of Kent and Jackson State!

May 10, 2020 UNAC Editor Peoples' Movements, Protest, Resistance, The War at Home

By Otis Grotewohl, published on Workers World, May 7, 2020 May 4 and May 15, 2020, mark the 50th anniversaries of the murders of students at Kent State and Jackson State in the United States. Many people are familiar with the National Guard shooting of students and protesters at Ohio’s Kent State University in 1970, which left four dead and[…]

Mistrial in Trump Admin’s Biased Case Against Venezuelan Embassy Protectors is Win for Sovereignty

February 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Peoples' Movements, Resistance, Venezuela

by Leonardo Flores, published on The Grayzone, February 14, 2020 A hung jury in the Donald Trump administration’s case against activists who were arrested protecting Venezuela’s internationally recognized embassy in Washington, DC is being heralded as a major win for sovereignty, amid the US government’s floundering coup attempt against the Chavista government in Caracas. On February 14, a jury of[…]

Challenges to People’s Movements in the Americas

January 27, 2020 UNAC Editor Latin America, Peoples' Movements

By Juan Diego Garcia, published on Workers World, January 23, 2020 (Translated by John Catalinotto) For the people’s movements in Latin America and the Caribbean to come out ahead, achieving a high degree of political awareness and organization is insufficient — as long as the ruling classes, in one form or another, maintain control of the armed forces. When[…]