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Detained American Iranian TV Anchor Marzieh Hashemi to Appear in Court

January 20, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Iran, Political Prisoners

Top Photo | American Marzieh Hashemi is shown at a Press Conference in Tehran, Iran. The elder son of Hashemi says his mother is being held in the United States, but has not been charged with a crime. Creative Commons; By Alison Weir, from MintPress News, January 18th, 2019 AP update: Iran’s state-run English-language channel is reporting that its American[…]

A Black Life in America is Worth Less than Five Dollars

June 3, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Racism

When Hill heard the cops knock, he opened the garage door, saw them, and began closing it again, at which point deputy Christopher Newman shot him three times. ~ AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes by Abby Zimet, published on Mint Press News, June 1, 2018 In what’s been called “the most racist jury ‘award’ in history,” a Florida jury has decided there was really no problem[…]

Freedom Rider: Stephan House, Draylen Mason, Stephon Clark: Terror Victims

March 28, 2018 UNAC Editor Racism, Terrorism

“Business should not go on as usual when the police act as the 21st century slave patrol.” The word terrorism is both over used and useless. It generally refers to the actions of the American government’s political enemies. It is rarely used to describe the wanton killing that is committed by this state or accepted by the dictates of white[…]

On the Picket Line

March 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Resistance

By Alex Bolchi and Sue Davis posted on Workers World, March 18, 2018 Support Spectrum workers’ strike! Union busting is the name of the zero-sum game that telecommunications giant Charter Communications, known for its Spectrum brand, is playing in New York City against 1,800 workers in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3, who have been on strike since March[…]

Outrage as BART Cops Kill Again

March 5, 2018 UNAC Editor Police Corruption, Racism

Family of Shaleem Tindle outside BART meeting, Feb. 22. by Terri Kay, originally published on Workers World, Feb 28, 2018 Oakland, Calif. — The family of Shaleem Tindle and other members of the community packed a board meeting of the Bay Area Rapid Transit on Feb. 22. They went to show their outrage after seeing a newly released body-camera video[…]

Commonality of Oppression, Solidarity in Struggle, Liberation for a Better World: Freedom

November 14, 2017 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots

Khury Petersen-Smith explores the commonalities of the struggle of Black Americans with that of the Palestinian people. This is a wonderful talk on an important subject. I recorded the event on my iPhone which, unfortunately, was low on minutes. Not wishing to have the entire 2 hours in a single recording, (and being low on minutes) I rather awkwardly broke[…]

‘Cops and Klan, Hand in Hand’: Lessons of Charlottesville

August 19, 2017 UNAC Editor The War at Home

By Sara Flounders posted on August 15, 2017 on Workers World Website Flounders was a participant in the Aug. 12 Charlottesville, Va., anti-racist mobilization. Heather Heyer’s last post: “If you are not outraged, you’re not paying attention.” The racist “Unite the Right” mobilization in Charlottesville on Aug. 12 exposed once again the collusion of the capitalist state, its repressive police agencies and[…]