Palestine

Race, Rights and Repression: The Moral and Political Dilemma of the Capitalist Dictatorship

September 4, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Free Speech, Israel-Palestine, Political Analysis, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Budget, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 4, 2024 BAR Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley talks to Ajamu Baraka, BAR Editor and Columnist about the upcoming presidential election and how the outcome will impact international and domestic policy. Ajamu provides his analysis on Palestine, the Ukraine/Russia war, U.S. imperialism in Africa, police militarism, and the federal[…]

With US Support, Israel Extends Gaza Genocide to the West Bank

September 4, 2024 UNAC Editor Genocide, Imperial Wars, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, Occupation, Palestine

by Andre Damon, published on World Socialist Website, August 28, 2024 Israel has launched a new phase of its ethnic cleansing operation in Palestine targeting the West Bank. On Tuesday and Wednesday, hundreds of Israeli troops, along with armored vehicles and bulldozers, supported by drones and helicopters, launched the largest raid into the occupied West Bank in two decades, targeting[…]

An Arms Embargo on Israel is Not a Radical Idea — It’s the Law

September 2, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Colonialism, Imperial Wars, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Youana Tchoukleva, published on Mondoweiss, August 31, 2024 As Israel launches its largest military assault in the West Bank in twenty years, I cannot stop thinking about the people I met in the occupied territory. I think of the mother in Jenin who was on the phone with her two sons seconds before their house was burned in an[…]

Protests for Palestine at the DNC

September 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Ending War, Free Speech, Hybrid Warfare, Palestine, Resistance, US Politics

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, August 28, 2024 The struggle to struggle in today’s hyper restrictive environment played out in Chicago where protesters fought legal and popular battles to be allowed to express their rejection of politics as usual and support for the people of Palestine. [jb] DNC protest organizers kept Democrats’ responsibility for the Gaza genocide[…]

The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns

August 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Political Analysis, Russia, The War at Home, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, War on the Earth

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, August 21, 2024 An Orwellian disconnect haunts the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In the isolation of the convention hall, shielded from the outside world behind thousands of armed police, few of the delegates seem to realize that their country is on the brink of direct involvement in major wars with Russia and Iran,[…]

Tens of thousands march for Palestine at the Democratic National Convention

August 22, 2024 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Featured, Free Speech, Palestine, The War at Home, US Politics

Staff, published on Fightback News, August 21, 2024 Chicago, IL – On August 19, over 20,000 people marched on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, demanding an end to U.S. aid to Israel and an end to the genocide in Gaza. The march was the result of over a year of work by the Coalition to March on[…]

Meeting Palestinian hero Leila Khaled

August 14, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Nicaragua, Palestine, Revolution

by Saher al Khamash, published on Workers World, August 12, 2024 During our trip to Nicaragua, we never thought we would meet Leila Khaled. However, her visit during this time in July is actually no surprise to those familiar with the details of her life and the parallels between the Palestinian and Nicaraguan liberation struggles. Palestinian revolutionary, socialist and guerrilla[…]

March on DNC: Coalition Vows to Win Fight for the Right to March

August 14, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-War, Censorship and Propaganda, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Featured

by Joe Iosbaker, published on Fight Back News, August 13, 2024 Chicago, IL – On Monday, August 19, the Democratic National Convention comes to Chicago. The Coalition to March on the DNC, consisting of more than 200 organizations, will bring tens of thousands of protesters to the streets surrounding the United Center. The front banner in the street will read,[…]

The Axis of Resistance Stands Ready, Refusing to Be Subdued

August 14, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Wars, Middle East Wars, Palestine, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

Statement published on the Resistance News Network, republished on Workers World, August 9,2024 The axis of evil prepares for the inevitable In light of an expected operation against the Zionist entity, “Israel’s” allies in the region and outside of it have quickly mobilized to support it as it remains in the state of high alert it has been in since[…]

The Victims’ Pact: Rawanda and Israel

August 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Civil War, Colonialism, Congo, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Propaganda, Rwanda, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, July 31, 2024 Rwanda weaponizes the Rwandan Genocide to justify its violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), just as Israel weaponizes the Holocaust to justify its violence in Gaza and the West Bank. Rwanda is the Israel of Africa. The two nations reinforce one another in a longstanding victims’[…]