George Floyd

‘An Egregious Abuse of Power’: Trump Orders Troops to Portland, Ore; OKs ‘Full Force’

October 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Authoritarianism, Civil Resistance, Propaganda, Protest, The War at Home, US Military, Violence Against Protesters, White Supremacy

by Olivia Rosane, published on Common Dreams, September 27, 2025 “This unilateral action represents an abuse of executive authority, seeks to incite violence, and undermines the constitutional balance of power between the federal government and states,” Oregon lawmakers wrote. In his latest attempt to turn the US military on an American city, President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he[…]

After Trump Blocked UN Inquiry of Racist Violence, NGOs Are Conducting Their Own

January 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Racism, Rights of Opressed Peoples, United Nations

by Marjorie Cohen, published on Truthout, December 28, 2020 Shortly after the public lynching of George Floyd, the U.S. Human Rights Network and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) organized an international coalition of more than 600 organizations and individuals to urge the United Nations Human Rights Council to convene a commission of inquiry to investigate systemic racism and police[…]

Mumia: The Perils of Reform

July 20, 2020 UNAC Editor Action!!, Paths to Emancipation, Police Corruption

by Mumia Abu Jamal, published on Socialist Action, July 11, 2020 For years — indeed, for decades — we have seen the mirage of reform being presented by neoliberal leaders and their media tools, only to awake too late to ghoulish nightmares of shattered promises and hopes betrayed. For reform is betrayal, a devil’s bargain of better days to come[…]

UNAC Statement on the Uprising to Defend Black Lives

June 3, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, Police Brutality, Racism, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Statement

Defend Black Lives! NO Police State! NO Military Dictatorship! Release all arrestees! NO more attacks on anti-racist protesters! The United National Antiwar Committee (UNAC) stands in solidarity with communities across the country who are rising up in protest against racist police violence. As Donald Trump calls for the deployment of the U.S military in response to these national protests, UNAC[…]

Nationwide Uprising Against Failed State Triggered By Police Killings

June 1, 2020 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Featured, Police Brutality, Racism, Resistance

by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, May 31, 2020 The nationwide uprising sparked by the murder of George Floyd and other recent racially-motivated events is a response to the bi-partisan failed state in which we live. It comes in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic and the largest economic collapse in the US in more than[…]