Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza , published on Informed Comment, April 6, 2020 ( Middle East Monitor ) – In response to a humanitarian appeal launched by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza to obtain $23 million in urgent aid, in addition to medicine and medical equipment including 250 respirators in order to deal with the coronavirus in[…]
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By Noelle Hanrahan, published on Organizing Notes by Bruce Gagnon, March 20, 2020 Prisons are a breeding ground for these kinds of diseases and once it its it will spread like wildfire; we are anticipating a devastating infection rate. Now is the time for Prison Abolition. People are going to die if we do not decarcerate right now. That means[…]
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Photo: Protests were held in Gaza recently over how the Palestinian Authority has stopped paying allowances to many prisoners; one prisoner, Faris Baroud, died behind Israeli bars soon after his allowance had been stopped. ~Ashraf Amra APA images by Hamza Abu Eltarabesh, Published on Electronic Intifada, April 16,2019 Walaa Abu al-Qumsan has been forced to drop out of university.[…]
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At root, striking prisoners demand they be treated as human beings; the rest of their demands flow logically from recognition of their humanity. Demanding an End to Modern Day Slavery, Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike by Jessica Corbett, originally published on Common Dreams “For some of us it’s as if we are already dead.” In what could become the largest[…]
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by Steve Xavier, originally published on Socialist Action, Feb 10, 2018 The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is attempting to ban the Workers World (WW) newspaper for its coverage of the Florida prison strike. According to WW, “The immediate reason given in the DOC’s Jan. 29 letter is that ‘information contained on pages 1 and 6 calls for action that may[…]
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