Prisoners

Returning Flotilla Participants show Europeans and Americans the True Face of Their Demon Child in Palestine.

May 27, 2026 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Prisoners, Resistance, Terrorism, Zionism

by Ann Wright, published on World Beyond War, May 26, 2026 Rape, Assault, and Abuse Are Signature Israeli Government Values Toward Palestinians and Internationals It has been only 72 hours since our colleagues on the Gaza flotilla arrived in Istanbul, Turkiye to tell of the rape, assaults and abuse they endured from the Israeli military on their sailboats, security personnel[…]

A Fight Is Brewing In The Midwest Over Immigrant Mass Detention

August 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Immigrants, Migrants, Migrants and Refugees, Organizing, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Resistance, The War at Home

by Brian Dolinar, published on Truthout, August 8, 2025 “It was terrible,” Olivier Habimana* remembered about his first night at a small county jail in Indiana after being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Born in Rwanda and educated in Belgium, he came to the United States to work as an operations manager for a French company based in[…]

VSN Denounces Trump’s Targeting of Venezuelan Migrants

March 29, 2025 UNAC Editor El Salvador, Imperialism, Migrants, Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, US Government Action, Venezuela

Statement by the Venezuelan Solidarity Network, March 2025 The Venezuela Solidarity Network (VSN) denounces President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act against alleged members of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization as an outrageous and illegal action that seeks to criminalize Venezuelan migrants in the context of an ongoing effort to bring about regime change in Venezuela. The VSN[…]

Protest Hits Another State-Sanctioned Lynching in New York

March 19, 2025 UNAC Editor Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, The War at Home

by special to Workers World, published Editor’s Note: Speaking of ‘impunity’, the 2 prisons where these murders occur are in the same town, and likely draw on the same community of guards. New York State Governor Kathy Hochul responded firing a large number of guards for participating in a strike to create more safety and better conditions for both guards[…]

Leonard Peltier is Going hHome!

January 20, 2025 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

from The Red Nation, January 20, 2025 After a half-century of unjust incarceration, Leonard Peltier is finally going home!“It’s finally over–I’m going home,” said Peltier in response to the news. “I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart. I want to help the people, just like my grandmother taught me.”For decades, the now elder[…]

Los Angeles Fires: The Santa Ana Blowback of Capitalist Climate Change Neglect

January 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Climate Change, Natural Disaster, Prisoners, The War at Home, War on the Poor

Black Alliance for Peace Statement, January 9, 2025 The incendiary cataclysms in Los Angeles, California remind us that the root cause of the climate crisis exacerbating the fires spreading throughout that city and surrounding areas is fossil fuel production emblematic of runaway capitalism fueled by white “supremacy” ideology, patriarchy, and colonization. And while it’s easy to focus solely on the[…]

A call to free Leonard Peltier After 50 Years in Prison

October 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Lawfare, Native American Genocide, Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Racism, The War at Home

by Phil Pasquini, published on Countercurrents, September 14, 2023 On Leonard Peltier’s 79th birthday, September 12 his family members along with hundreds of Native American activists and numerous supporters demonstrated at the White House calling on President Biden to grant him clemency so that he will not die in prison. Peltier, who was convicted in 1977 of killing two FBI[…]

Inside the High-Security “Black Site” Where Leonard Peltier Is Incarcerated

October 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Racism, The War at Home, Uncategorized

by Silja J. A. Talvi, published on Truthout, September 28, 2023 nbeknownst to most protesters who gathered at the White House on the occasion of Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s 79th birthday, Peltier wasn’t able to celebrate, much less receive reports on how the well-attended event was progressing. That’s because Peltier, who is now spending his 48th year in[…]

Denial of Mumia’s Appeal: An Affront to Basic Justice and the Law

April 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, The War at Home

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, April 3, 2023 Philadelphia Mumia Abu-Jamal, his family and his supporters around the world had every reason and right to hope that all their hard work would pay off in persuading Judge Lucretia Clemons from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas to follow and apply the law, as has been done in[…]

“One less traitor”: Zelensky Oversees Campaign of Assassination, Kidnapping and Torture of Political Opposition

April 26, 2022 UNAC Editor False Flags, Fascism, Prisoners, Russia, Ukraine

by Max Blumenthal and Eshna Krishnaswamy, published onThe Grayzone, April 17, 2022 This is pretty gross. However it shows how the Ukrainian soldiers treat civilians and enemy soldiers. It also belies the claims of the brave young Zelensky. I guess I feel like you have to see it to believe it. [jb] While claiming to defend democracy, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky[…]