Racism

The Black Alliance for Peace Welcomes the Release of Leonard Peltier and Demands Unrestricted Release of all U.S. Political Prisoners

January 31, 2025 UNAC Editor Action!!, Colonialism, Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Racism, The War at Home, White Supremacy

Statement by the Black Alliance for Peace, January 28, 2025 The immoral life sentence of American Indian Movement freedom fighter, political prisoner and prisoner of war, Leonard Peltier was commuted by the U.S. President Joe Biden, only moments before Biden’s term in office ended. Now 80 years old, Peltier languished for over 50 years in prison after being unjustly convicted[…]

Justice Denied and Delayed—Leonard Peltier Commutation While Marcus Garvey Is Pardoned

January 31, 2025 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Racism, Resistance, The War at Home

by Abyome Azikiwe, published on Global Research, January 30, 2025 On this year’s annual holiday to commemorate the life, times and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), news had quickly spread regarding the long-delayed decision to commute the life sentence of American Indian Movement (AIM) leader Leonard Peltier. Peltier was charged in the 1975 killing of two FBI[…]

The Death of DEI

January 30, 2025 UNAC Editor Protest, Racism, Systemic Racism, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 29, 2025 Black people must be discerning about racist attacks on DEI programs while also acknowledging that “diversity” can be a con that damages Black politics, just as it was meant to do. The sight of Al Sharpton holding a protest at a New York City Costco store is a sure[…]

Trump Keeps His Promises While Democrats Must Be Abandoned

January 29, 2025 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Imperialism, Racism

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report Trump begins his term delivering on promises, but compromised and colluding democrats have ready excuses for betraying their voters. “Yet, with the return of Trump, opportunists in our communities and beyond are telling us that the real culprits in our oppression and the targets for opposition are Trump and republicans.” Black Alliance[…]

Trump’s Education Agenda for Teachers: Sanitize US History or Leave the Field

January 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Native Americans, Racism, Student Activists, The War at Home, US Government Action

by Jesse Hagopian, published on Truthout, January 24, 2025 Teachers fear Trump may use federal funding as a bludgeon to push “uncritical race theory” on K-12 schools and colleges. “Getting critical race theory out of our schools is not just a matter of values, it’s also a matter of national survival,” Donald Trump railed at a rally in the lead-up[…]

Joe Biden’s Terrible Legacy

January 18, 2025 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Genocide, Racism, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 15, 2025 The moniker “Genocide Joe” is well deserved and one that Joe Biden can never live down, along with any other names that describe the damage he brought to the country and to the world. His legacy is that in every position he held, he was a happy servant for[…]

Israel’s Holiday Village in Gaza: The Grotesque Reality behind the Genocide

January 4, 2025 UNAC Editor Genocide, Human Rights, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Wars, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Racism, US Intervention

by Jeremy Salt, published on Palestine Chronicles, January 1, 2024 Israel’s latest actions in Gaza, from setting up a holiday village for soldiers to the destruction of hospitals, highlight a grotesque disconnection from human suffering. The real news of the day is not that the Israeli army has set up a holiday village for tired soldiers on the coast of[…]

White Settlers Bizarre Economic Strategy of Terrorizing Black People

January 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Human Rights, Racism, The War at Home, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Jon Jeter, published on Black Agenda Report, December 11, 2024 Jordan Neely’s killing and the subsequent acquittal of Daniel Penny can be seen as part of the reactionary existential panic felt by whites whenever the country experiences growing economic instability and hardship. That jurors on Monday exonerated an ex-Marine for strangling an African American panhandler who was in mental[…]

They Lied About Gaza And They Are Lying About Syria

December 3, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Hybrid Warfare, Palestine, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, U.S. Aggression

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Substack, November 30, 2024 Al-Qaeda affiliates with a history of receiving western funding have reactivated in Syria along with Turkish-backed fighters to recapture significant amounts of territory in the war-ravaged nation. It’s hard to say exactly what’s happening in the moment, but I will say it’s mighty convenient how Russia being tied up in Ukraine[…]

Without Including Blinken and Biden and the Issue of Genocide, International Criminal Court Arrests are a Sham

December 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, International Institutions, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Racism, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 27, 2024 The International Criminal Court finally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, but this action is merely performative. If arrest warrants do not include war criminals like Joe Biden and other U.S. officials, they are ultimately empty attempts to maintain a semblance of legitimacy. After months of procedural stalling, allegations of sexual harassment[…]