Expulsion of Indigenous Peoples

Israeli High Court Greenlights Forcible Expulsion of More than 1,000 Palestinians in Masafer Yatta

May 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Colonialism, Israel, Palestine

by Yumna Patel, published on Mondoweiss, May 6, 2022 This issue is getting a lot of interest but we cannot forget that Palestinians lost more than 50% of their original country at the time of the Nakba due to Israeli aggression; Palestinians are losing their homes all over the west bank so settlers can occupy areas they want; Palestinians in[…]

How Tutu, de Klerk, and Mandela Would End Israeli Apartheid

December 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, South Africa

by Jeff Warner, published in Mondoweiss, December 28, 2021 An interesting analysis that illuminates Desmond TuTu’s statement that Israeli ‘apartheid’ is worse than South African ‘Apartheid’. And it ends with some practical advice. [jb] With the December 26, 2021, death of Bishop Desmond Tutu, six weeks after the November 11, 2021, death of Frederik Willem de Klerk, and seven years[…]

Decolonization : Survival : Water : Life

October 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, Palestine, Protest, US Hypocrisy, Visions of a Future

by Steven Salaita, published on Mondoweiss, October 11, 2021 During the summer of 2016, thousands of people representing dozens of nations converged on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in the American state currently known as South Dakota. They arrived to prevent the destruction of land and water by a foreign oil company. Energy Transfer Partners of Dallas, a regular in[…]

Deconstructing The Settler Colonial State Of Israel

January 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Israel-Palestine

by Yanis Iqbal, published on EurasiaReview, January 1, 2021 Merry Christmas from the Zionist Occupier On 25 December, 2020, Israel bombed Gaza for six continuous hours as much of the world celebrated Christmas. A children’s hospital, a rehabilitation center for people with disabilities, a mosque, as well as private residences, were damaged. A six-year-old girl and a young man were injured, and much[…]

Dakota Men, Women and Youth Ride to Honor Executed Warriors and For Healing

January 17, 2019 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Native American Genocide, Paths to Emancipation

Photo: Some participants in the Dakota 38 + 2 Wokiksuye Sunk Akan Yankapi — the Dakota Prayer Ride and Water Walk — ride into Mankato, Minn., near the end of their 17-day journey from South Dakota. ~Mankato Free Press By Stephanie Tromblay posted on Workers World, January 15, 2019 Dakota men, women and youth rode into Mankato, Minn., on horseback[…]

Remove People from Nature? Human Beings are Not a Problem

April 12, 2018 UNAC Editor Environment, Indigenous peoples

The Masaai, a pastoral people, were removed from their traditional lands in the Serengeti by British colonialists, largely in order to reserve the land for big game hunting and tourism. The Masaai are resisting similar removal practices by the Kenyan and Tanzanian governments. By Chris Tei, originally published on Socialist Action We don’t need to be removed from nature. We[…]