Rights of Opressed Peoples

Where is the Outrage?

September 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, War on the Poor

by Maria Paez Victor, published on Counterpunch, September 22, 2023 “How about we’re buying oil from Venezuela? When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would’ve taken it over; we would have gotten all that oil; it would’ve been right next door. But now we’re buying oil from Venezuela, we’re making a dictator very rich. Can you believe this?[…]

Reflections Upon the 1986 Case of Nicaragua v. US

June 28, 2023 UNAC Editor International Institutions, International Law, Nicaragua, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, US Foreign Policy

by Dan Kovalik, published on Tortilla Con Sal, June 26, 2023 It has now been 37 years since the landmark decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case of Nicaragua v. United States. Seven different US Presidents, some Republican and some Democrat, have sat in the White House since then. Yet sadly, the debt owing on that[…]

Protest at the White House, March 18, Against US Proxy War In Ukraine

March 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Cost of War, Democracy and Consent, Ending War, Protest, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, The War at Home, US Foreign Policy

by John V. Walsh, published on Counterpunch, March 15, 2023 This protest did occur with about 2,500 people in attendance. We rallied across the street from the White House in Lafayette Park, with numerous speakers, then marched through the streets of DC to the Washington Post offices, an then to a church where there was an indoor rally, or “teach-in”[…]

Protesters Charged With Terrorism in Atlanta

March 21, 2023 UNAC Editor Militarized Police, Police Brutality, Political Corruption, Poverty, Rights of Opressed Peoples, The War at Home, Violence Against Protesters

News by People’s Dispatch, March 18, 2023 At least 23 protesters have been charged with domestic terrorism amid a week of action against the construction of “Cop City” in Atlanta, a proposed $90 million police training complex. Atlanta police detained 35 people and arrested 23 on the night of March 5, they claim, for vandalism against the Cop City construction[…]

Black Scare, Red Scare

July 12, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, History, Labor, Racism, Rights of Opressed Peoples

by Tatti Ribeiro and Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, published on Frank News, July 5, 2022 Charisse makes some very good points here that you don’t see very often. It is always good to have a review of the historical through a different lens. Many of these points come clear when you follow so call ‘women’s liberation’ as well. [jb] My name[…]

Democratizing the United Nations to Save the World

June 15, 2022 UNAC Editor Corruption, NATO, Political Analysis, Rights of Opressed Peoples, U.S. Aggression, United Nations

by Professor Sofia M. Clark, published on Global Research, June 13, 2022 “Those of us who do understand the nefariousness of the empire, and the ever-increasing danger it represents, must be clear that the effective defense of life on planet Earth, including that of the human species itself, inexorably demands the existence of an independent and democratic world forum for[…]

Political Repression in Ukraine

March 29, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Neo-Nazis, Political Prisoners, Press Freedom, Right Wing Extremism, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Ukraine

by Phil Wilayto, March 29, 2020 The U.S. media is full of stories about what it calls political repression in other countries, but it’s strangely silent when it comes to Ukraine. Here’s one example: In the early morning of March 19, 2022, agents from the federal Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU, showed up at the apartment of Yuri Tkachev,[…]

The People of Yemen Suffer Atrocities, Too

March 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Political Analysis, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Saudi Arabia, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, Yemen

by Kathy Kelly, published on Common Dreams, March 22, 2022 The United Nations’ goal was to raise more than $4.2 billion for the people of war-torn Yemen by March 15. But when that deadline rolled around, just $1.3 billion had come in. “I am deeply disappointed,” said Jan Egeland, the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council. “The people of[…]

U.S Delegation to Nicaragua Demands ‘End U.S. Sanctions!

January 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Resistance, Revolution, Rights of Opressed Peoples, U.S. Aggression

by Arjae Red, published on Workers World, January 19, 2022 Managua, Nicaragua: Members of anti-imperialist organizations from around the U.S. traveled to Nicaragua during the week of Jan. 10 to observe the inauguration of President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo of the party of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN). Ortega and Murillo’s[…]

CCF Files Compassionate Release Motions for Two of Four Political Prisoners in Newburgh 4 Sting Case

December 25, 2021 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Prisoners, Propaganda, Rights of Opressed Peoples, The War at Home

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 24, 2021 CONTACT: Leena Al-Arian, Executive Director, Coalition for Civil Freedoms (202) 627-0676, (Washington, D.C., December 24, 2021) CCF’s legal team, Kathy Manley and Steve Downs, just filed compassionate release motions for Laguerre Payen and David Williams, two of the four political prisoners in the Newburgh 4 case from 2009. The motions request that the two men[…]