Racism

Understanding the Connections Between the Congo and Palestine Genocides

August 11, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Capitalism, Colonialism, Congo, Racism, Rawanda, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Wall Street, Zionism

by Nylah Iqbal Muhammad, published on Mondoweiss, August 3, 2024 Friends of the Congo Executive Director Maurice Carney and Professor Eman Abdelhadi discuss the intersections between the genocides in the Congo and Palestine. Maurice Carney of Friends of the Congo is an old friend of UNAC, helping to keep us in touch with an African perspective. To understand this is[…]

Racist Riot in Britain

August 7, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Racism, Rwanda, United Kingdom

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 7, 2024 The United Kingdom’s ugly history of subjugating people in the global south has created a deeply racist country. The criminal ruling class exploits, but white racism blames the desperate newcomer. The United Kingdom has recently experienced a wave of rioting and blame is placed upon people referred to as[…]

Inside China-Focused Congressional Hearings, Panic, Paranoia, and Hypocrisy Reign

July 13, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Propaganda, Racism, Socialism, US Politics, War and Peace

by Megan Russell, published on Countercurrents, July 9, 2024 Good to know we have some educated people keeping an eye on our decidedly uneducated congress. [jb] On June 26th, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability sat down for a Congressional Hearing titled, “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare.” This was one of many Congressional hearings aimed at[…]

Leonard Peltier: ‘I remain Undestroyed’

July 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Racism

by Leonard Peltier, published on Workers World, July 6, 2024 The following statement is from political prisoner, Leonard Peltier, in response to the U.S. Parole Commission that denied him parole on July 2, 2024. His parole board hearing is scheduled for 2026. Go to freeleonardpeltiernow.org/s/Leonard_Peltier_June26th_2024.pdf to read the original statement. Greetings my Friends, Family, Loved Ones and Supporters. Go to[…]

Biden Calls on Trump to “Join” Him In A War Against Immigrants and Asylum

June 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Immigrants, Immigration, Poverty, Racism, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Cristobal Cavazos, published on Socialist Action, June 16, 2024 The June 4th announcement by President Joseph Biden that the right to asylum was all but over is a reactionary move by a reactionary administration. Ironically, 85 years ago to the day, the racist 1924 US Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, tragically refused asylum to close to[…]

Haiti: An Anatomy of an Invasion

June 3, 2024 UNAC Editor Haiti, Neocolonialism, Racism, United Nations

by Jemima Pierre, published on Black Agenda Report, May 29, 2024 The US is behind the multinational military invasion and occupation of Haiti. How did we get here? As all eyes are on the genocide in Gaza, Haiti is undergoing a full scale foreign military invasion. As of May 16th, thirty large transport planes have landed at Toussaint Louverture International[…]

UNAC Conference: Power to the People

April 16, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Colonialism, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Protest, Racism, US Government Action

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 10, 2024 The recent 2024 United National Antiwar Coalition conference brought together an international group of activists from member organizations who mobilize against imperialism, racism, and neo-liberal policies around the world. BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Margaret Kimberley delivered these closing remarks. Good afternoon and power to the people! Thank you[…]

Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Uhuru 3 Put State on tTrial in Fightback Against Bogus Charges

April 13, 2024 UNAC Editor Attacks on the Movement, Black Liberation Movement, Peoples' Movements, Racism, Reparations, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Penny Hess, published on Uhuru Solidarity, March, 29, 2024 We are known as the Uhuru 3! In yet another political attack by the U.S. government against the African Liberation Movement, African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) Chairman Omali Yeshitela and two members of the Party’s Solidarity Front are currently under federal indictment and facing 15 years in prison on the[…]

Murder Is Justice and Danger Is Safety

January 19, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism, Anti-War, Genocide, Imperial Wars, Israel, Palestine, Racism, Russia, Ukraine, US Government Action

by David Swanson, published on World Beyond War, January 14, 2024 What are we to say about a U.S. culture in which people can openly admire Germany for backing yet another genocide, and condemn warning of World War III as reckless endangerment? Germany has formally endorsed Israel’s defense of its genocide in Gaza, while Namibia has publicly denounced Germany’s longstanding[…]

Bar the War Criminals From King Day Celebrations

January 15, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Racism, The War at Home

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 10, 2024 Most Martin Luther King birthday celebrations are tawdry displays of political cynicism and cooptation. The people must recapture the day from war criminals and their Black misleadership puppets The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. His birthday became an official federal holiday in 1983[…]