Protest

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[…]

Activists Resist Proposed Rules to Curtail Protest in the Parks and Streets of Washington DC

October 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Protest

Image: 1971 protest against the Vietnam War Popular Resistance submitted this articulate and detailed comment in opposition to proposed changes by the National Park Service intended to curtail public use of the parks in Washington DC for the purpose of protest actions and civilian gatherings to “petition the Government [notably located in Washington DC) for a redress of grievances”. by[…]

World Scholars, Artists, Activists Call for Demilitarization of Okinawa

September 14, 2018 UNAC Editor Environment, Protest, Resistance, US Foreign Bases

080821-N-0529C-004 OKINAWA, Japan (Aug. 21, 2008) – Two CH46 helicopters transport Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133) to a bombing range off the coast of Okinawa. On August 21, 2008, a survey team performed a site visit to this remote location. NMCB 133 will take the results of this survey and generate a plan to make the[…]

Demanding an End to Modern Day Slavery

September 4, 2018 UNAC Editor Prisons and Prisoners, Protest, Racism

At root, striking prisoners demand they be treated as human beings; the rest of their demands flow logically from recognition of their humanity. Demanding an End to Modern Day Slavery, Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike by Jessica Corbett, originally published on Common Dreams “For some of us it’s as if we are already dead.” In what could become the largest[…]

National Prison Strike Enters Week Two

September 1, 2018 UNAC Editor Prisons and Prisoners, Protest

by Terri Kay, originally published on Workers World, August 28, 2018 Prisoners across the country are striking in response to an April 15 prison-guard-incited riot at Lee Correctional Institution, a maximum-security prison in Bishopville, S.C. Seven prisoners were killed in what was the deadliest prison riot in 25 years. A network of self-taught legal scholars called Jailhouse Lawyers Speak issued[…]