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UNACpeace@gmail.com           518-227-6947             www.UNACpeace.org Charleston Shootings Expose Systemic Racism in the United States It is systemic racism that killed the nine Black church members in Charleston, South Carolina just as it is systemic racism that killed Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and other Black victims, perhaps as many as two per day in 2015.  The mainstream media and the politicians will deny this and claim it is the act of a lone, crazy individual or due to the lack of gun control laws, not the system that has accepted South Carolina flying the confederate flag at its Capitol. The shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was reminiscent of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four children in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, prior to the end of Jim Crow in the South.  Has the U.S.  moved back to that period in our history?  Are the killings of Blacks today any different than the lynchings of several decades ago?  Just as the Birmingham bombers of 1963 were initially not prosecuted by the racist justice system, not one cop has been convicted for the many killings of unarmed Blacks, some caught on video. [Read more...] Join the Million People's March Against Police Brutality, Racial Injustice, and Economic Inequality July 25, 2015, Lincoln Monument, Newark, NJ With the recent killings of members of the AME Church in Charleston, SC, we need to redouble our efforts to join and help organize support for this important march and rally.  UNAC is helping to organize a national conference call for Tuesday, June 30 at 9:00 PM EST with People's Organization for Progress chairman, Lawrence Hamm.  Dial 712-432-6100 to join the call, when asked, use 41853116# as the pass code. There will be a mass organizing meeting for the march in New York City during the first week of July.  Please check back to the UNAC web site for details when they are available (http://UNACpeace.org) For more information: http://njpop.org/wordpress/ Join the Facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/418074548350082/ UNAC supports the International Peoples' Tribunal being organized by BAYAN, USA, a coalition of Filipino groups along with other organizations.  The tribunal will take place in Washington, DC, July 16 - 18.  The Tribunal will hear testimony about crimes against the Filipino people by President Benigno S. Aquino and the U.S. Government as represented by President Barack Obama. For information on the proceedings, the Jurors, the cases to be heard, the human rights and social justice