Protest – Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

About the Yellow Vest Revolt (Videos)

January 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Protest, Resistance

Editor’s Note: If you have yet to really see Les Gilets Jaunes (The Yellow Vests) protesting in Paris, these are some interesting videos by Vincent Lapierre. We should be paying attention in this country. Below I have embedded Acts 3 – 6. I think it’s likely there will be more. In these reports, we see live action in the streets[…]

U.S. Peace Council Statement on Proposed Removal of US Troops from Syria

January 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Protest, Syria

US Peace Council Statement, December 27, 2018 On December 19, President Donald Trump announced that he would remove 2,000 US troops “now” from the territory of Syria. Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned over differences with his President over this drawdown. Trump also announced he would remove 7,000 troops from the war on Afghanistan, arguably the longest single US war. Corporate media and[…]

Haiti Seethes with Anger!

December 16, 2018 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Haiti, Protest, Resistance

Photo from TellerReport.com, Haitian youth demonstrate against the people in power. ~from TellerReport News by Marty Goodman, from Socialist Action, November 11, 2018 Beginning Nov. 18 and for some six days, rebellion gripped Haiti. The Haitian masses jammed the streets, shutting down schools, transportation and businesses, some lighting bonfires of rubber tires at street corners or torching symbols of authority[…]

Yellow Vests Show the Way

December 16, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Labor, Protest, Resistance

“Yellow vests” mass protests against the rise in fuel prices in the French capital of Paris ~Sputnik by Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, December 12, 2018 The yellow vests ought to be inspirations for the 99% on this side of the Atlantic ocean. “They will not accept neoliberal plunder without a fight.” French law requires drivers to keep gilets jaunes,[…]

Haitians Protest Theft of Oil Aid From Venezuela

December 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Haiti, Neocolonialism, Protest, Resistance

Photo: On Sep. 2, hundreds marched through Port-au-Prince to ask where money from the PetroCaribe Fund had gone. ~Milo Milfort/Haïti Liberté Protests over PetroCaribe Continue as Haitian President Seeks Imperialist Support By John Marion , from World Socialist Website, 21 November 2018 For the second time in a month, thousands of Haitians took to the streets on Sunday to demand[…]

Voices Rising for Yemen – Final Day

November 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Protest, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Header and photos all from Voices for Creative Nonviolence by Kathy Kelly, published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, November 8, 2018 Over these past three days, Voices and a coalition of justice-minded organizations have been at and around the United Nations in New York City protesting the ongoing U.S.-Saudi attack on famine- imperiled Yemen. Details are available at www.vcnv.org along[…]

Puerto Rico Tribunal Verdict: U.S. Is Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity

October 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Featured, Protest, Puerto Rico

Image: Header from Puerto Rico Tribunal Facebook Page Editor’s note: This post is composed of information from the Puerto Rico Tribunal Facebook Page, from information circulated by the Black Alliance for Peace, and from posts on The International Action Center ( IAC) website (prologue) and Popular Resistance Newsletter (followup). The following is a summary of the indictment prepared by Agusto[…]

International Tribunal to expose U.S. colonial crimes in Puerto Rico

October 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Indigenous peoples, Neocolonialism, Protest

By Berta Joubert-Ceci , from International Action Center (IAC) website, July 24, 2018 This year marks the 120th anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Puerto Rico during the Spanish-U.S. war, which ended with the U.S. capturing Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines and Guam. July 25, 1898, was the day when U.S. ships, commanded by General Nelson A. Miles[…]

Women’s March on the Pentagon: Women Speak Out!

October 26, 2018 UNAC Editor Ending War, Featured, Protest

by Netra Halperin, from Consortium News, October 23, 2018 Consortium News videographer Netra Halperin has produced a full video report of Sunday’s Women’s March on America’s center for planning and executing war. About 1,500 women and allied men marched on the Pentagon on Sunday to demand an end to perpetual war and the funding of education, health care and other[…]

Women’s March On The Pentagon Helps Rebuild Peace Movement

October 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Imperial Wars, Militarism, Protest

Published on Popular Resistance, October 22, 2019, original source, Sputnik News Massive Anti-War Rally Held Near Pentagon A massive antiwar rally started on Sunday in national capitals’ closest suburb, a Sputnik correspondent reported. Hundreds of people participate in Women’s March on Pentagon rally to voice their protest against aggressive US foreign policy. The march dedicated to the 51st anniversary of the big rally of 1967, when dozens of thousands[…]