Protest

Chicago and World-wide Opposition to the U.S. Government-backed Israeli Genocidal Attacks on Palestinians

October 21, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Propaganda, Protest

Statement from Chicago Antiwar Coalition, October 20, 2023 The large mass rallies and marches in Chicago against the U.S. government-backed Israeli genocidal attacks on Palestinians continue, with another to be held Saturday at 1 beginning at Michigan and Ida B. Wells Drive. Yesterday a group from the U.S. Palestinian Community Network and supporters, including from Jewish Voice for Peace, sat[…]

Richmond Turns Out for Palestine

October 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Organizing, Palestine

by Phil Wilayto, published on The Virginia Defender Facebook Pg, October 16, 2023 RICHMOND, VA, Oct. 15 — As the Israeli military prepares to launch a massive invasion of the Gaza Strip, where some 2.3 million Palestinians are trapped in what has been called the world’s largest open-air prison, more than 1,000 people marched today in Richmond to demand an[…]

Jacksonville Stands With Palestine

October 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Racism

from Fight Back! News, October 18, 2023 Jacksonville, FL – Over 500 people took the streets, October 14, to march in support of the Palestinian liberation movement against Israeli occupation. Demonstrators held Palestinian flags and chanted “Free free, Palestine.” While the crowd was majority Arab, people from all backgrounds and ages joined the fight. The crowd was energetic and steadfast[…]

Stop Sending Weapons to Ukraine!

September 1, 2023 UNAC Editor NATO, Protest, Resistance, Russia, Ukraine

Statement by the Chicago Antiwar Coalition, August 30, 2023 The Biden Administration is continuing its war against Russia using Ukraine as a proxy despite heavy losses by the Ukrainian forces and them not doing well militarily against the Russian forces. The Biden Administration is now having the U.S. government send another $250 million in military assistance to the Ukrainian government.[…]

Citizens Rally Outside Artillery Factory in President Biden’s Hometown that Produces Parts of Cluster Bombs Destined To Kill Eastern Ukrainians and Russians

August 31, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Protest, Resistance, War and Weapons

by Jack Gilroy, published on CovertAction Magazine, August 26, 2023 Yes, this is a drop in the bucket. We need hundreds and thousands and millions of drops to reach our goal of ending war….. so please join the UNAC call for activities between September 30 and October 7. [jb] Cluster Bombs Have Killed at Least 67,000 Vietnamese Since the Vietnam[…]

The Climate Crisis Will End When Capitalism Ends

August 31, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Climate Change, Environment, petroleum

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 30, 2023 The climate emergency won’t end because of heartfelt pleas to the people and the interests who created the crisis. Ecocide will stop when capitalism ends. “No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period.” Joe Biden February 9, 2020 The March to End Fossil Fuels will take place[…]

U.S. Citizens Join Runway Occupation at NATO Nuclear Air Base Volkel, Netherland

August 9, 2023 UNAC Editor Civil Resistance, Netherlands, Nuclear Weapons, US Foreign Bases

According to Wikipedia: “It is believed that since the early 1960s, USAF nuclear weapons have been stored at Volkel Air Base, to be used by the host nation’s aircraft.” “The USAF 703rd Munitions Support Squadron (703rd MUNSS) is in charge of maintaining and securing the weapons. As of 2008, 22 B61 nuclear bombs are believed to be in storage at[…]

Antiwar Message Is Raised At Norfolk’s Annual NATO Parade

April 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Militarism, NATO, Protest, War and Peace

by Phil Wilayto, published on Popular Resistance, April 23, 2023 The North American Treaty Organization, or NATO, has two Strategic Commands – one in Belgium, the other in Norfolk, Virginia. And every year Norfolk holds a NATO Festival, complete with a parade, to honor the U.S-led military alliance that supported Portugal in its wars against African anti-colonial liberation movements; led[…]

Protest at the White House, March 18, Against US Proxy War In Ukraine

March 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Cost of War, Democracy and Consent, Ending War, Protest, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, The War at Home, US Foreign Policy

by John V. Walsh, published on Counterpunch, March 15, 2023 This protest did occur with about 2,500 people in attendance. We rallied across the street from the White House in Lafayette Park, with numerous speakers, then marched through the streets of DC to the Washington Post offices, an then to a church where there was an indoor rally, or “teach-in”[…]

Biden’s War Drive Fuels Resistance

March 2, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Europe, NATO, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

by John Catalinotto, published on Workers World, February 28, 2023 Join us in DC, March 18! In the week of the first anniversary of the U.S./NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, the Biden administration has taken or announced steps to prolong that war and risk its escalation. The corporate media has parroted and amplified every government announcement. And the[…]