http://www.4thmedia.org/2016/09/non-aligned-movement-holds-17th-summit-in-venezuela-while-the-global-crisis-of-capitalism-worsens/

http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/

“Marking the 55th anniversary of its founding, the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) held its 17th Summit on Margarita Island in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This meeting was held under the theme of “Peace, Sovereignty and Solidarity for Development…”

On September 23rd from 11 a.m. -3 p.m., come on out and enjoy FREE games and learn about social justice issues and how to get involved! There will be a raffle and one prize is a CASH PRIZE!!! Raffles, snacks, and t-shirts will be sold the day of. Half of the proceeds raised from the raffle tickets will go towards the Coalition of Justice.

https://www.unacpeace.org/home.html

UNAC supports the resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline being led by Standing Rock Sioux and other Native American Tribes

UNAC expresses its solidarity with those resisting the Dakota Access pipeline.  Members of UNAC groups, including UNAC administrative committee member Sara Flounders, co-director of the International Action Center, have gone to Standing Rock to be with the Earth and Water protectors.  UNAC has sent the resisters the following video in solidarity with their struggle: https://youtu.be/ze7j7r32AvE.

Please help in this important struggle by going to the web site at: http://sacredstonecamp.org/faq, show your support and make a financial contribution.

SELF-DETERMINATION FOR THE SYRIAN PEOPLE

The US war for regime change in Syria has taken a new and dangerous turn with the recent bombing of Syrian forces, which were fighting ISIS extremists.  The bombing led to a temporary victory for ISIS and fireworks between the U.S. and Russia at the UN. This has been coupled with an increase in war propaganda, which usually means an escalation of war.

UNAC is calling for actions in opposition to this escalation.  We will be joining with others  at the UN  Headquarters in New York City on Wednesday, 9/21, 9 AM – 11 AM at East 47 St & 2nd Ave.  See the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1834362000118202/ .  Please join us.

We also support an action in Boston  on Saturday,  9/24 at  1 PM at the Park Street  Station.  Please  see the  Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/623831724443590/?ti=icl.  

No War 2016: Real Security Without Terrorism

September 23 – 25 and March to the Pentagon on September 26

(for more information on the Pentagon protest, please go here: http://worldbeyondwar.org/must-go-pentagon-september-26-2016/)

WEST POINT ANTI-WAR PROTEST SET FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 26

In solidarity with the protest at the Pentagon, a “Stop the U.S. Imperial Wars” protest will be held Monday, September 26, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the West Point United States Military Academy’s Thayer Gate in downtown Highland Falls, NY, the same day as the first U.S. presidential debate.

The West Point protest is calling on the United States to totally disengage militarily from wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Syria and Libya and for a halt in all U.S. drone attacks.

For more information: nickmottern@gmail.com or (914) 806-6179

Friday and Saturday events will be livestreamed at TheRealNews.com and videos posted there within three days after. All events, including Sunday’s, may possibly be livestreamed by American University.

We have a capacity of 160 on Friday and have reached it. We can accept no more registrations to attend on Friday.

We have a capacity of 200 on Saturday and Sunday, 300 Sunday evening, and unlimited on Monday. You can still register to attend Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

To attend, you must register: Register to attend.

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Keep Space for Peace Week

International Week of Protest to

Stop the Militarization of Space

October 1-8, 2016

No Missile Defense

Stop Drones Surveillance & Killing

No to NATO

End Corporate Domination of Foreign/Military Policy

Convert the Military Industrial Complex

Deal with climate change and global poverty

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Maryland and District of Columbia AFL-CIO

Executive Board

September 17, 2016

A Resolution

THE ENSLAVEMENT OF AFRICANS IN THE UNITED STATES WAS WRONG!

Whereas, between 1619 and 1865, millions of Africans and their descendants were enslaved in the 13 colonies and the United States; and

Whereas, this system of slavery is recognized as being the most brutal, dehumanizing and humiliating known to history, as people were sold at auction as chattel, killed at will and families torn apart; and

Whereas, after 246 years of legally sanction slavery and the end of the Civil War and the passage of the 13^th Amendment, prohibiting slavery except as punishment for a crime; and after emancipation, African Americans saw the hope and promises of ‘freedom’ diminished by “Jim Crow” and a system of Black Codes that established a horrific system of race separation and segregation in all areas of American life; and

Whereas, African Americans still suffer from the evils of slavery and “Jim Crow”, as evidenced negatively in social and economic indicators, resulting in the loss of income, quality of life and dignity; and,

Whereas, the realities of slavery and ‘Jim Crow’ and their lingering practices and effects must not be purged or left out of the telling of our American story, or the progress of its peoples; and

Whereas, in 2003, President Bush appropriately stated that:  ‘Slavery was .… one of the greatest crimes of history….And many of the issues that still trouble America have roots in the bitter experience of other times.  But however long the journey, our destiny is set:  liberty and justice for all”; and

Whereas, the National AFL-CIO in 2015 established its Commission on Race and the Economy, acknowledging that:  “America’s legacy of racism and racial injustice has been and continues to be a fundamental obstacle to workers’ efforts to act together…..We have to find a way to see with each other’s eyes, and address the facts and realities….The fight against racism is about whom we choose to be….To that end, it is time for a frank and thoughtful discussion on racial inequality;”

Now Therefore Be It Resolved, that the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO commits to the furtherance of that discussion and will seek to enhance that discussion, and strengthen the unity among workers, by acknowledging and stating unequivocally that the Enslavement of Africans in the United States of America Was Wrong! And,

Therefore Be It Finally Resolved, that we will popularize this acknowledgement at all levels of the union movement and in our communities, using this acknowledgement to help guide us in our continuing discussions and the search for equitable solutions to our country’s ongoing racial challenges.

(adopted at the MD/DC AFL-CIO September 17, 2016 Executive Board meeting)

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http://fergusonresponse.tumblr.com/

Peoples Power Assemblies

September 24, 2015 Madison

http://blackagendareport.com/

Also: http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/

http://www.ueunion.org/

The UE National Officers on Sept. 12 issued the following statement in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux people of North Dakota in their struggle to protect their land and water from the oil industry. United Electrical Workers (UE)

“UE joins others in the labor movement in condemning the ongoing violent attacks on the Standing Rock Sioux nation and others who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. These attacks by a private security company bring back horrific memories of the notorious Pinkertons, who used clubs, dogs and bullets to break up peaceful worker protests.

As delegates to UE’s 74th National Convention said in the resolution “Protect Our Planet for Future Generations” in August 2015: “The energy profiteers want a world where both labor and environmental standards are in a race to the bottom. If they get their way, we get poverty and a poisoned planet. To defeat them and ensure the right of all people to live, work, and play in safe, healthy, and clean environments, we need to form stronger alliances.”

More information: #NoDAPL