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UNAC Conference
Just one month
ago, the United National Antiwar Coalition held a unique national gathering.
Under the main theme of "Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad" the conference was
able to pull together diverse struggles against U.S. wars on a global scale
while giving full attention to the uprising against police violence. Panelists
linked labor and community struggles against austerity and the growing cost of
U.S. wars. Despite the diverse topics the conference was cohesive and the mood
was overwhelmingly enthusiastic and reflected great determination to build unity
and resistance.
We are encouraged
by the strong turnout of over 400 activists, who registered from 29 states
representing 116 different organizations. Delegates also came from Canada,
Britain, Germany and Ukraine as well as a number of now-U.S.-based activists
representing struggles in their home countries of Colombia, Haiti, Honduras,
Iran, Mexico, Palestine, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Syria and Venezuela. The
conference also received solidarity messages from Cuba, Ireland, New Zealand and
Russia. A beautiful 32 page conference journal included solidarity greetings
from hundreds of organizations and individuals.
Conference
participants took part in six plenary session and 28 workshops. The entire
conference was also seen by thousands of others who watched or listened to the
conference by video or audio livestream.
You can see videos
of the plenary sessions and a few of the workshops and other events on our Conference Website where they are identified
by the original schedule which functions as a menu. Here you can find videos and
sound recordings suitable for radio. The Action Plan that came
out of the Conference is also on the Conference Website along
with links.
On the home page
of the UNAC Peace Website you can read a detailed
report of the events of the conference along with the videos of the conference
and information about UNAC’s other activities.
Here are
report backs by some of our guests:
The New Jersey Journal, a local newspaper
printed a great article about the conference, by Rev. Alexander
Santora,“Faith Matters: Jersey City group envisions peace, works to make it real” . It ran in the hard copy paper as well as on the internet. Bruce Gagnon of Keep Space for Peace, Organizing Notes: Notes on the UNAC Conference Socialist Action: UNAC Conference Draws 400 Activists Workers World: Conference: ‘End wars at home and abroad’ Fight Back News: United National Antiwar Coalition conference a big success Black Agenda Report: http://www.blackagendareport.com/freedom_rider_unac_shows_way
In the Action Plan
we decided to support a number of events throughout the coming year. In May,
we supported a German Call to stand in solidarity with the family of innocent
victims of a drone strike in Yemen who are demanding that the German government
get rid of a critical electronic relay necessary for flying drones which the
U.S. has housed at its Ramstein base in Germany. Learn more about this
campaign on Actions Reports, where The Call,
actions across the U.S., an Open Letter to Angela Merkel from
American Activists, and links to other information re posted.
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Saturday, June 27, 2015
From United National Anti-War Coaliton
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