UNAC Conference
Decolonization and the fight against Imperialism
A conference for the entire movement
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An Estimate 15,000 people protested for Palestine and other issues at the Democratic National Convention
At our national convention in April, UNAC voted to support protests at the conventions of the two war parties. Thousands marched at the Republican National Convention and an estimate 15,000 protested on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago. Other actions took place throughout the week.
Coalitions were formed to organize these protests with more than 200 groups joining together to protest at the DNC.
More information on the protest and the conference will follow soon.
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Report Back from Venezuela:
Elections Observers Tell the Real Story
Thursday, August 29 at 7 PM EST
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Hear from observers of the Venezuelan elections what really happened.
Speakers:
Ajamu Baraka, Vijay Prashad, Bahman Azad, Roger Harris and Zoe Alexander
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Hands off the Uhuru 3
Stop FBI Attacks on the African People's Socialist Party and the right of freedom of speech.
The FBI has attacked the Uhuru 3 because of their political beliefs. Their homes were violently raiding and they face charges that can result in significant jail time for speaking their beliefs on many issues but mostly the Ukraine war. For opposing the US narrative, they are accused of being agents of Russia. These activists, especially Chairman Omali Yeshitela have been political activists for decades and need no one to tell them what to believe or say. If these charges hold, all of us who have political ideas other than those of the government can be charged and arrested. This is a fight for all of us.
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The War in Ukraine – 1 year on
This webinar took place on 2/21/23
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Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector in Iraq
Margaret Kimberley of the Black Alliance for Peace, Black Agenda Report and UNAC
No to U.S. War Threats Against China
UNAC Statement on China
The Biden administration is intensifying its aggression against China. The Pentagon’s new Pacific Deterrence Initiative includes increasing the U.S. military’s encirclement of China and deploying nuclear missiles that had previously been banned by the U.S.-signed Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
Recently, President Biden met with leaders of Japan, India and Australia – what has become known as the “Quad,” a military and economic alliance against China. The Pentagon is calling for its annual Pacific budget to be doubled over last year’s $multi billion allocation. Read More
Sanction Kill
UNAC is a founding member of the Sanctions Kill Coalition. Unilateral economic sanctions is the perfered way that the US has sought regime change recently in countries that will not follow the dictates of Washington and Wall Street. Crippling sanctions have been imposed on 39 countries and have been even increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information, please go to the Sanctions Kill web site at: https://sanctionskill.org/
Support the Black Alliance for Peace
UNAC Supports the work of the Black Alliance for Peace. Click here to read their statements: https://blackallianceforpeace.com/bapstatements/
BAP web site is here: https://blackallianceforpeace.com/
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United National Antiwar Coalition
We are the Camp of Peace and Anti-Imperialism
By the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)
Gilbert Achcar’s article in The Nation entitled, “How to Avoid the ‘Anti-Imperialism’ of Fools,” argues that the anti-imperialism of the peace movement has changed over time. During the time of the Vietnam War, he contends, we all opposed U.S. imperialism’s involvement, but today is different. The peace movement today is wrong to oppose U.S. imperialist interventions in Syria, Libya and other countries, in Achcar’s opinion. In his attack piece, he specifically condemns three organizations, the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) and the U.S. Peace Council, both based in the United States, and the Stop the Wars Coalition from Britain. All three include leaders who have been active in the peace movement from the Vietnam War era to the present. All three have remained consistent in condemning U.S. imperialism’s wars around the world, including its drone wars, sanction wars, CIA Special Operation wars, privatized mercenary army wars and embargo/blockade wars.
It is not the trajectory of the anti-imperialists that has been inconsistent and needs to be examined but the journey of Achcar himself, from his opposition to the Vietnam War to his support to U.S. and British imperialism, which even includes training British military personnel. (1)(2) [read more]
United National Antiwar Coalition Statement on Ukraine
The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) remains steadfast in its opposition to the United States/NATO imperialist project. The people of Ukraine are now suffering in a war zone because of the actions of the United States, beginning with the 2014 coup which violently ousted an elected president. The goal then as now was to use Ukraine as a weapon to target Russia militarily. We point out that the current conflict is not the first for Ukraine. More than 14,000 people living in the eastern Donbas region have died in an eight-year long war because they refused to accept the coup government imposed by the U.S. [read more]
For a more comprehensive background statement from UNAC, please click here
UNAC‘s answer to an attack on our anti-imperialism that was printed in the Nation.
Recently, there have been increased attacks on the peace movement from “progressives” for our consistent opposition to U.S. intervention in other countries. A recent sign-on letter was produced with hundreds of signatures attacking our opposition to outside intervention in Syria. UNAC answered that letter with our own sign-on letter explaining our position on Syria. Our letter got over 1300 individual and organizational co-signers from 50 different countries. That letter can be seen here.
Now, the Nation has published an attack piece by Professor Gilbert Achcar, who considers himself a socialist. Achcar's article singles out 3 organizations, the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) and the US Peace Council from the United States and the Stop the War Coalition from Britain. Below is a statement from UNAC answering this attack.
These attacks do not happen in a vacuum. Since the Biden election, there has been increased activity on the part of the US administration in Syria, increased propaganda aimed at China and Russia and a continuation of Trump’s policies against Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, and other countries as well as support for Israel and its horrific attacks on the Palestinian people. The article in the Nation and other outlets give left cover to the imperialists. These attacks serve the interest of the new Democratic administration to silence the peace movement. But, we have no intention of being silent.
The Climate Costs of the US Military Machine
1. The Department of Defense budget comprises more than half of all federal discretionary spending every year. Just 11% of the military budget could fund renewable energy for every US home.
2. A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies calculates that the cost of U.S. militarization in the last 20 years is a staggering $21 trillion, (this does not included the uncountable and unaudited money sent to Ukraine). About half of the budget goes to military contractors. Estimates calculate the total cost of shifting to 100% renewable energy over 10 years would be a fraction of this - $4.5 trillion.
3. The US military is exempt from reporting on greenhouse emissions even though it is the largest single source of US environmental pollution IN THE WORLD. [read the full list here]
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UNAC condemns the calls for armed intervention in Haiti
The possibility of another armed intervention in Haiti has come one step closer as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has caved into US pressure and voted to support a US military attack on the country.
Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago in early July, the CARICOM conference has switched from opposition to such an intervention to supporting it. At the meeting, attended by Antony Blinken and a bipartisan US Congressional delegation, CARICOM called for the creation of a “Humanitarian and Security Corridor” in Haiti. On the following day the head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) issued a call for a “robust international force” to be sent to Haiti. BINUH along with the so called “Core Group” (Which includes the US, France. Canada, the EU and others) have been an occupying force in Haiti since 2004. This occupying force has been responsible for the suppression of Haiti’s independence and sovereignty and have helped create a vacuum of leadership that has resulted in an acute crisis in the country. [read more]
Protests and Meetings were Held to Resist the Recent NATO War Summit in Washington, DC
UNAC joined with others to protest the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Washington, DC over the weekend of July 6 and 7 and into the following week. NATO met to plan more war in Ukraine, to support the Israeli genocide and to push for more war in Asia aimed at China. The Resist NATO coalition, of which UNAC is a part, held rallies and an anti-NATO People’s Summit.
This Coalition, Resist NATO, was initiated by ILPS US (the International League of Peoples' Struggle-US) and formed to organize opposition to the NATO Summit. It is made up primarily of young activists, many of whom have become active during the upsurge against the US/Israel genocide in Gaza, as well as organizations that address both international and local issues. The coalition members support the right to resist against attacks from Imperialism and Zionism wherever they happen, in Palestine, the Philippines, Puerto Rico or the US. [Read more]
