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GMO Agriculture and the Narrative of Choice

July 27, 2018 UNAC Editor GMO Argriculture

Spraying Monsanto Roundup GE Agriculture, GMO by Colin Todhunter, originally published on CounterPunch The pro-GMO lobby claim critics of the technology ‘deny farmers choice’. They say that farmers should have access to a range of tools and technologies. It is all about maximising choice and options. Taken at face value, who would want to deny choice? At the same time,[…]

Argentina: Over 60 Social Movements Protest US ‘Military Base’

July 27, 2018 UNAC Editor Argentina, Latin America, US Foreign Bases

Mapuche people of Neuquen are part of the 60 organizations that oppose the U.S. base. | Photo: @pcayuqueo from TeleSUR, July 12, 2018 The organizations led a caravan to the site where a U.S. base will be built to demand respect for Argentina’s territorial sovereignty. In Argentina, political parties, social organizations, human rights groups, workers’ unions and Mapuches held a caravan[…]

The Land Question: Unpacking Expropriation Without Compensation in South Africa

July 27, 2018 UNAC Editor Africa, Reparations, Socio-Economic Struggles, South Africa

by Nombuso Mathibela, originally published on Pambazuka News “Pay no one for land acquired illegally.” The radical thesis of seizing property from white landholders without compensation was adopted in the ANC’s 54th National Conference in December 2017 and subsequently most vehemently motioned in the National Assembly by the opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). The motion was passed with[…]

Interview with Puerto Rican Revolutionary Activists

July 26, 2018 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Puerto Rico

Photo: Yasmin Morales Torres, 41, washes laundry by hand in her yard in Playa El Negro, a neighborhood in the town of Yabucoa. As of March the area had still been without power since the storm. Interview By Mike Larson Translation By Azza Rojbi first published on Fire This Time, “We are the best example of the disaster that has[…]

Enough Is Enough! Tama na! Sobra na!

July 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Government Corruption, Philippines

SONA 2018 Unites the Filipino People for Genuine Freedom from Duterte’s Tyranny No one is buying Duterte’s wholesale betrayal of the Philippine nation and its people. Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2018 address attempts to force-feed the Filipino people a litany of new empty promises for developing the economy, eradicating corruption, and securing the welfare of the people.[…]

Peace Activists Gain Entry to German Air Base that Holds US Nuclear Bombs

July 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Protest

from World Beyond War, July 15, 2018 On Sunday, July 15th 2018, eighteen people from four different countries cut through fences to reclaim German Air Force Base Büchel, which hosts about 20 U.S. nuclear bombs. The activists are from the USA (7), Germany (6), The Netherlands (4) and England (1). The peace activists cut through razor wire and some other fences[…]

British Collusion and Criminality

July 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire

by Margaret Kimberley, originally published in her Freedom Rider column on Black Agenda Report, July 11, 2018 “Collusion continues not between Trump and Russians, but between intelligence agencies, the media and American politicians with hidden agendas.” Most people believe that Donald Trump owes his presidency to Russian activity because they have been told this repeatedly for the past two years.[…]

Arab Community Resists in Chicago Suburb

July 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Racism, Resistance

Protesters welcome Sharon Brannigan (in pink) and her fellow trustees with “Racists Enter Here” banner as they walk in to start monthly township meeting in May. Protesters welcome Sharon Brannigan (in pink) and her fellow trustees with “Racists Enter Here” banner as they walk in to start Fight Back! interview with Bassem Kawar, national coordinator of the Campaign to TAKE[…]

The War on Julian Assange is a War on Press Freedom

July 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Political Prisoners

ínby Chris Hedges, originally published on TruthDig, July 15, 2018 The failure on the part of establishment media to defend Julian Assange, who has been trapped in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012, has been denied communication with the outside world since March and appears to be facing imminent expulsion and arrest, is astonishing. The extradition of the publisher—the[…]

Syria Calls Refugees Home While US Imperialism Punishes the Refugees it Creates

July 20, 2018 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Refugees, Syria

In a photo taken during a guided government tour, Syrian soldiers raise their weapons while holding a picture of President Bashar Assad as they leave the eastern city of Deir al-Zour on Aug. 16, following a 10-day military operation. by Danny Haiphong, first Published on Black Agenda Report “Our focus should be on stopping the wars that create refugees, including[…]