American Indians

Palestinian Youth Movement to National Day of Mourning: LAND BACK from Turtle Island to Palestine!

December 5, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements

by Lea Kayali, published on Workers World, December 4, 2024 Lea Kayali, representing the Palestinian Youth Movement, gave this speech to the National Day of Mourning on Nov. 28, 2024, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. As a Palestinian, every day for the last 419 days has been a day of mourning. In the last 24 hours, we mourned the 101 Palestinians martyred[…]

Leonard Peltier’s 46 Years in Prison: ‘What Else Do You Want?’

April 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Police Corruption, Political Prisoners

by Mark Trahan, published on Fire This Time, Winter Edition 2023 (originally published on the Navajo/Hopi Observer, October 18, 2023) Sadly, though according to this article, Leonard Peltier’s request for Clemency was sent to the President months ago, he remains in prison to this day. Justice delayed is justice denied. Free Leonard Peltier NOW! [jb] Leonard Peltier’s name has[…]

‘Hostiles’ and Hollywood’s Untold Story

March 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, White Supremacy

By Jada Thacker, originally published on Consortium News, March 16, 2018 A theatrical poster for the recent American Western movie “Hostiles” depicts its principal characters – a Frontier widow, a hardboiled Indian fighter, and an Indian chief – with a helpful blurb stating the story’s theme with the subtlety of a striking rattlesnake: “We are all hostiles.” Hostiles movie poster[…]