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| The UNAC conference is less than one week away "Rise Against Militarism, Racism and the Climate Crisis - Building Power Together" February 21, 22, 23, People's Forum in New York City 320 W. 37th St. (Between 8th & 9th Avenues), New York City Click here to register now Click here for the conference web site If you have questions, send to UNACpeace@gmail.com  Leading
activists from across the country will be at the conference.
There will be panels, workshops, presentations and discussions on a
number of topics relating to the wars abroad and at home, and related
issues such as the climate change crisis, racism, and the migration
crises with plenty of discussion as well as music and more. Meet
people, exchange ideas and build our movement. Join us!
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Victory in a DC court. The prosecution of the 4 Venezuelan Embassy Protectors ends in a hung jury. Our movement won an important victory on February 14, when a
12-person jury was deadlocked and a mistrial had to be declared in the case of
the 4 Venezuelan Embassy Protectors in Washington, DC. The embassy protectors – Adrienne Pine,
Margaret Flowers, Kevin Zeese, and David Paul – had been charged with “interfering with the protective functions”
of the US State Department after spending 37 days in the Venezuelan Embassy
in Washington, DC to keep it out of the
hands of the US-backed supporters of Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaido. The judge in the case refused to let the defense attorneys
conduct a proper defense by narrowing their ability to even discuss why they
were in the embassy including the international laws that supported them being
there. This simply left jurors confused
and led to a hung jury. This may not be the end or the case, since the prosecution
can decide on a retrial. Each of these
trials in themselves is a violation of the defendants’ rights and amounts to harassment of the defendants and our movement.
While the prosecution has all the money and time they want to prosecute
these cases, the defense has had to raise tens of thousands of dollars for
their defense. However, the defense was
able to use their fundraisers to not only speak about their
unjust prosecution, but also to speak about Venezuela and the US attempts to
overthrow the legitimate government of Nicolas Maduro. So the stronger our defense, the better
chance there is that the US government may decide to end the prosecution of
the four Embassy Protectors rather than having their policies futher exposed. Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, two of the Embassy
Protectors, have been on the committee to organize the UNAC conference. Please
join them there on February 21 – 23 where their cases and other defense
cases such as those of Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and that
of the Kings Bay 7 will be discussed. Please go to the defense web site for information and to
continue your support for this important case: https://defendembassyprotectors.org/ |
Sanctions Kill
UNAC has joined with many other organizations to organize a coalition against US sponsored Sanctions. Sanctions are a form of economic warfare that the U.S. is using against 39 countries causing millions of deaths.
The coalition has called for action on the weekend of March 13 - 15
Please endorse the call here: https://sanctionskill.org/
Please make a contribution to UNAC: https://www.unacpeace.org/donate.html
If your organization would like to join the UNAC
coalition, please click here: https://www.unacpeace.org/join.html
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