Free Speech

Post-Indictment Press Conference with Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel

May 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Breaking News, Censorship and Propaganda, Free Speech, Lawfare, Racism

If you don’t already know who Omali Yeshitela is and what the African People’s Party and Uhuru Movement are about, you can meet them in the press conference below where there are powerful speeches by the indicted individuals. Omali Yeshitali’s speech is always a breath of fresh air. If, on watching this, you feel the same way, please take a[…]

McCarthyism Resurges!

April 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Black Liberation Movement, Censorship and Propaganda, Lawfare, Racism

Radical U.S.-Based Organizations Condemn U.S. Indictments of African People’s Socialist Party Members by Julie Varughese, published on Towards Freedom, April 20, 2023 Activists on the left, as well as radical U.S.-based organizations, came out yesterday against the indictments of three members of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), one former party member, and three Russian nationals for allegedly attempting to[…]

A Song for Julian: Lyrics by Dennis Bernstein, Sung by Francisco Herrera

February 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Political Prisoners, Protest

Great New Video from the Free Julian Assange Campaign! A Song for Julian: Lyrics by Dennis Bernstein, Sung by Francisco Herrera It’s a shame that they have classified this video to make it unavailable to show an embed. I suppose the restraint might be justified by the scenes from the ‘Collateral Murder’ video, but it’s also something they don’t want[…]

Musk, Twitter, Google: Censorship and the National Security State

May 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Imperialism

by Barry Shepard, published on Socialist Action, May 8, 2022 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is buying the social media company Twitter for $44 billion. If he was in Russia, Western propaganda would call him an “oligarch” but since he in in the United States he is referred to as a very successful businessman, a euphemism for a capitalist[…]

Reporting and Empire – The Prizewinners and the Outlaws

November 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Nicaragua, Propaganda

By Stephen Sefton, Tortilla con Sal, published on TeleSUR English, August 11, 2021 I am publishing this now, despite the time passed since its original publication because it speaks to the question, ‘Did the Sandanista government imprison his competitors prior to the election, just so he could win?’. And, I don’t think we should ever forget the examples of Julian[…]

Academic Institutions Must Defend Free Speech

December 27, 2018 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

Image: “HateSpeech” by Carlos Latuff. To see the full image, click here. from The International Committee for Peace Justice and Dignity for the People We, the undersigned, oppose the coordinated campaign to deny academics their free speech rights due to their defense of Palestinian rights and criticism of the policies and practices of the state of Israel. Temple University in[…]

The Movement to Suppress and Impoverish Critics of Israel is Racist

December 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Israel-Palestine

Photo: Melbourne Protest, Zionist Criminals End the Holocaust in Palestine, John Englart, January 4, 2009 by Paul Larudee, from Dissident Voice,December 11, 2018 Marc Lamont Hill, Tim Anderson, Steven Salaita, Rabab Abdulhadi, Hatem Bazian, Ahlam Muhtasib, Norman Finkelstein and other academics have all been targets of the movement to silence their criticisms of Israel and their defense of Palestinians. This[…]