Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Marjorie Cohn, published on Popular Resistance, March 28, 2026 (originally from Truthout) U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein refused to dismiss drug trafficking charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on March 26, even though the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is blocking funds for their legal defense, in violation of the Sixth[…]
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Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, December 16, 2024 Members of the Uhuru Movement, Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess, and Jesse Nevel – the “Uhuru 3” – were sentenced to three years probation and community service after being convicted in September 2024 of supposedly conspiring with the Russian government to interfere in U.S. elections. The Black Alliance for Peace recognizes that[…]
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by Janiah X, published on The Final Call, September 16, 2024 MIAMI—For at least two years, the U.S. government said the Uhuru Movement has been fighting for Russia. But during the federal trial in Tampa, Florida, prosecutors failed to prove the four defendants worked as agents of Russia. The Department of Justice alleged Russians “recruited, funded and directed U.S. political[…]
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by Chris Hedges, published on Socialist Action, May 21, 2024 (Original to Scheerpost) The ruling by the High Court in London permitting Julian Assange to appeal his extradition order leaves him languishing in precarious health in a high-security prison. That is the point. The May 20 decision by the High Court in London to grant Julian Assange the right to[…]
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published on the Alliance for Global Justice website, September 27, 2023 GENEVA (27 September 2023) – UN experts* today urged the government of the United States of America to end the prolonged pre-trial detention of Alex Nain Saab Morán, a Venezuelan Special Envoy, arrested and extradited to the US on money laundering charges. Saab was appointed as a Special Envoy[…]
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by Alvaro Montealegre, published on Fightback News, June 5, 2023 Tampa, FL – Some 2000 people gathered at the corner of Dale Mabry Highway and Columbus Drive in Tampa, Thursday, June 1, under the slogan “A Day Without Immigrants” to protest Senate bill 1718, which was promoted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The new law seeks to increase repression and[…]
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Statement from The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, April 20, 2023 The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, a project of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, condemns in the strongest possible terms the April 18 federal indictments of three members of the Uhuru movement, one former member and three Russian nationals. Those indicted include Omali Yeshitela, the chairman and founder of the[…]
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by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, April 3, 2023 Philadelphia Mumia Abu-Jamal, his family and his supporters around the world had every reason and right to hope that all their hard work would pay off in persuading Judge Lucretia Clemons from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas to follow and apply the law, as has been done in[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 5, 2023 If democrats were smart, Donald Trump would be a disgraced former president, forgotten by all but his most ardent admirers. But they aren’t smart and they may have given him a political resurrection. Donald Trump is back in the news. He is facing a 34-count indictment for paying people[…]
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The FBI Wants to Put Me on Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom. Put the Colonial State on Trial! We Will Win!! by Omali Yeshitela, published on Black Agenda Report, January 11, 2023 UNAC circulated a petition in support of Omali and the All African People’s Socialist Party when they were raided on July 29, 2023. We have around 1,300[…]
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