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Coalition of “Grassroots Diplomats” Take the Lead on International Solidarity with South Africa in the Absence of Diplomacy and Accountability from U.S. Officials

January 9, 2024 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Legal Struggles, Middle East Wars, Palestine

by Melissa Garriga, January 8, 2023 Peace activists across the country have embarked on a campaign to mobilize global support for South Africa’s charge of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The campaign, spearheaded by CODEPINK, World Beyond War, and RootsAction, aims to rally nations to submit a “Declaration of Intervention” supporting South Africa’s case at[…]

Starvation Begins to Bite in Rafah

December 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine

by Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman, published on Electronic Intifada, December 19, 2023 It was 6:00 am on 15 December, when my mother woke me to take our turn in the line at a nearby bakery, 15 minutes away on foot. There are two lines, one for women and one for men. My mother was number 29, I number 30. We had[…]

9,000 Gazan Children Have Undergone Amputations, Many Without Anesthesia – Day 81

December 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Genocide, Israel, Occupation, Palestine

by If Americans Knew, published on Israel Palestine News, December 27 241 killed in Gaza in 24 hours; Gazan prisoners of Israel report horrific torture; Israeli military leader would not hesitate to attack “safe zones” if needed; Israel accuses Hezbollah of targeting one house of worship, while Israel has targeted 200+; 6 killed by drone attack in West Bank More[…]

Steps You Can Take to Stop the Ongoing Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza

December 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Genocide, Israel, Palestine, Protest, Resistance, War Crimes

by Abdul Jabbar, published in Countercurrents, December 27, 2023 It is the duty of everyone in the world and especially those who live in the United States to take action to stop the ongoing genocide of the besieged and helpless Palestinians in Gaza. This brutal slaughter of Palestinians started on October 7, 2023, when Israel retaliated against the horrific Hamas[…]

Did Israel Kill Iranian Commander to Provoke a Wider War?

December 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Iran, Israel, Middle East Wars, US Foreign Policy

by Trita Parsi, published on Responsible Statecraft, December 26, 2023 Iran’s top commander in Syria, Seyed Razi Mousavi, was assassinated Sunday by an Israeli airstrike in a Damascus neighborhood, according to Iran’s official news agency IRNA and Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. This has led Tehran to call for reprisals, ratcheting up fears that this[…]

U.S. Labor March for Palestine

December 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Labor, Protest

by Labor Today International, December 22, 2023 On Thursday evening 12/21/2023 2- 3,000 people rallied in New York City for a ceasefire in Palestine. LTI was there! What follows is the publicity for that march. We will bring you more information as it becomes available. Solidarity forever! Joseph F. Hancock, Editor Abdel Honorio García, Assistant Editor and Treasurer Dr. Frank[…]

Ceasefire Fasters Call on U.S. Attorney for Massachusets to Enforce Leahy Law

December 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Palestine, Protest, US Government Action, War and Weapons

CONTACTS: Nick Mottern – (914) 806-6179 – Rev. Dr. Peter Kakos – – (email only) CEASEFIRE FASTERS CALL ON U.S. ATTORNEY FOR MASSACHUSETTS TO ENFORCE LEAHY LAW Three members of the peace community in Western Massachusetts who have been fasting for two weeks to stop the slaughter of Palestinians, today called on Joshua Levy, Acting U.S. Attorney for[…]

US pushing Red Sea Into War Zone to Protect Israeli Genocide in Gaza

December 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Global Economics, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Yemen

by Al Mayadeen English, December 19, 2023 French shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM announced on Monday that it would reroute some of its vessels through the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa due to increased Yemeni operations in the Red Sea. “The CMA CGM Group remains deeply concerned about the attacks on commercial vessels unfolding in the Red[…]

Organized Labour In an Imperial Warzone

December 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Fascism, Imperialism, Labor, Ukraine

Speech given by Ken Stone at a Rally outside the Ontario Federation of Labour Conference, November 22, 2023 Brothers and Sisters, I wish to thank the Toronto Coalition Against NATO for inviting me to speak on this occasion. Organized labour has an important role to play in the political discourse in Ontario and Canada and we wish the Ontario Federation[…]

A Peoples’ Victory — Alex Saab is Free and Home in Venezuela!

December 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Hybrid Warfare, International Law, Organizing, Political Prisoners, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Government Action, Venezuela, War on the Poor

bu Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, December 21, 2023 Alex Saab is free and home in Venezuela. For three and a half years (1,280 days), Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat, had been held in torturous conditions by the U.S. government. (The author traveled to Cabo Verde in June 2021 in a delegation with Roger Harris and Bishop Felipe Teixeira in[…]