Conference

UNAC conference draws hundreds to oppose genocide in Gaza and a hybrid war against China – Focus on building unity in action

April 15, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Conferences, Featured

by Joe Lombardo, April 12, 2024 Over 400 antiwar, anti-imperialist and Palestine solidarity activists convened in St. Paul, Minnesota, on April 5, 6 and 7, in the first major conference of the U.S. antiwar movement since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Geographical representation ranged from Maine and New York to California and the Pacific Northwest, and from Minnesota to New Orleans[…]

Report on the International Peace Conference in Rome, Oct 27 – 28

November 3, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Ending War, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Italy, Mass action, NATO, Political Analysis, Ukraine

by Joe Lombardo, UNAC Coordinator, November 3, 2023 This is a brief report on the international peace conference that took place in Rome on Oct. 27 – 28. There were 6 of us at the conference from the US. The conference was attended by about 200 people. People came from 25 countries representing 40 different organizations. Delegates from Iran, Afghanistan[…]

Political Prisoners “Say Their Names”

August 10, 2020 UNAC Editor Peoples' Movements, Political Prisoners

by Glen Ford, published on Black Agenda Report, August 6, 2020 Unless folks are under the delusion that victory over the “fascists” is imminent, the condition of political prisoners should be a deeply personal, as well as political, concern to all activists. “Movement activists of today will inevitably become the political prisoners of tomorrow.” It has become a righteous ritual:[…]

As the War Winds Down, Syria Is in the Early Stages of Recovery

September 20, 2019 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Featured, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, UNAC on the Road

by Judith Bello, September 20, 2019 I was privileged to attend the Third International Trade Union Forum in Solidarity with Syrian Workers and People To Break the Economic Sanctions and in Rejection of Imperial Interventions and Terrorism in Damascus, Syria last week. The Conference was hosted by the Syrian General Federation of Trade Unions, and I went as a representative[…]

International Peace Conference in South Korea

February 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Conferences, Korea

Image by Photo by Mimi Han) Permission Details DMCA by Ann Wright, originally published on Cindy Sheehan’s Soap Box The International Peace Conference for a Peaceful Korean Peninsula and Olympic Peace was an important statement of civil society in South Korea and around the world for dialogue — not war — to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula. Peace[…]