Abuses of Empire

Immigration as a Political Weapon

June 15, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, China, El Salvador, Migrants, Migrants and Refugees, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Political Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela, Venezuela, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by William Camacaro, National co-Coordinator, published on The Alliance for Social Justice, May 24, 2025 Although the primary victims of El Salvador’s neo-fascist prison system are the Salvadorans themselves. Hundreds of migrants have been illegally deported by the US to these infamous prisons, currently there are approximately 110,000 prisoners across the country; approximately 85,000 of these prisoners have been arrested[…]

Behind Trump and DOGE’s Reckless Destruction Is a Determination to Crush Workers

June 14, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Austerity, Labor, Labor Struggles, Socio-Economic Struggles, US Government Action

by Tyler Walicek, published on Truthout, May 17, 2025 The future of collective bargaining and labor rights in the United States is on the table. Even the most alarmed predictions of left-leaning commentators failed to capture the extremity of the onslaught that flooded forth from the second Trump administration in its first few months. Only recently has the real severity[…]

Report on the Freedom Flotilla Volunteers Held in Israeli Custody

June 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Civil Resistance

Punitive measures being taken against Triago and Rima. Please let your networks know. Adalah Update on Freedom Flotilla Volunteers Held in Israeli Custody 11 June 2025, 6pm Jerusalem Time Today, Adalah’s lawyers visited the detained volunteers. During the visit, they received updates on the conditions of detention, including recent punitive measures taken against them. The Israeli authorities transferred two of[…]

Iran, Venezuela and their Anti-Imperialist Alliance

June 8, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism

by Cira Pascual Marquina, published on Resumen English, May 2, 2025 Both Iran and Venezuela have stood firm for decades in defense of their sovereignty and self-determination in the face of relentless US aggression. From cultural collaboration to strategic cooperation in the energy sector, the ties between these countries have deepened since the beginning of the Bolivarian Process. In this[…]

The US Blockade on Cuba

June 8, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cuba, Imperialism, Resistance, Revolution, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Adam Kendall, published on Resumen English, May 28, 2025 For many Canadians, the US blockade on Cuba is thought to be a relic of the Cold War, either a product of the Soviet era or something eased under Obama’s “Cuban thaw.” This misconception allows American imperialism to go unchecked and obscures the enduring reality of one of the longest[…]

Syria: A Case Study in the Devastating Effects of Economic Coercive Measures on a Population

June 6, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, coup, Featured, Statement, Syria, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

Statement by SanctionsKill and Syria Support Movement International SanctionsKill and the Syria Support Movement welcome the statement by US president Donald Trump ordering the lifting of economic sanctions on Syria.1 As stated in the Verdict of the International People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism, economic coercive measures are: “inherently violent, designed to maintain economic inequality, continue the theft of wealth from[…]

The Camouflaged U.S. Invasion of Panama

May 13, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Imperialism, Panama, U.S. Hegemony

by Gary Wilson, published on Resumen English, April 13, 2025 Panama’s opposition parties accused the U.S. of launching a “camouflaged invasion” amid escalating tensions over the U.S. military presence in the country. Following U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent visit, President Donald Trump confirmed troop deployments, stating, “We’ve moved a lot of troops to Panama.” Hegseth cited the need to[…]

The Black Alliance for Peace Calls for International Mobilizations To Stop Israel’s Genocidal Campaign to Starve Palestinians to Death!

May 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Featured, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Legal Struggles, Occupation, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, War Crimes, Zionism

The Israeli state’s starvation campaign in Gaza—backed by the U.S. and Europe—is a livestreamed genocide. As malnutrition ravages children and the West vetoes ceasefires, the ‘rules-based order’ reveals its truth: Palestinian lives are expendable. Liberation demands more than appeals to hollow institutions. It requires global anti-imperialist resistance to stop the siege before Israel’s ‘final solution’ is complete. The North-South Project[…]

The Real Outrage in Yemen

April 21, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Yemen

by Kathy Kelly, published on The Progressive, March 28, 2025 The war on Yemen began in 2014. If you wonder why Yemen, gives unconditional support to Gaza, think about what you read here. [jb] As Democrats decry the Trump Administration’s national security lapse, the United States is engaged in an actual killing campaign. (In fact, Trump brushed off complaints of[…]

Appalled at Funding Genocide, Over 2,000 US Taxpayers Turn to the UN for Redress

April 21, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Protest, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, US Law

by Marjorie Cohn, published on TruthOut, April 14, 2025 Desperate initiatives by people in the United States to get justice from the system that they have been indoctrinated to believe in have consistently been dismissed by courts under seemingly sympathetic and clearly hostile judges as threats to political power. New approaches to activism will have to circumvent “the system”, which[…]