Abuses of Empire

Venezuela Under Siege: Defending the Bolivarian Revolution Against U.S. imperialism

June 4, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Hybrid Warfare, Peoples' Movements, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony, Venezuela

by Roger D. Harris and Francisco Dominguez, published on Workers World, originally from Resumen Latinamerica, May 26 In response to recent developments in Venezuela under imperialist siege, international solidarity activists should adopt a stance that does not inadvertently reinforce Washington’s drive for domination. Our central responsibility is not to adjudicate every tactical decision made under siege conditions, but to oppose[…]

Stop All Illegal Threats Against Cuba!

May 21, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cuba, Featured, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Statement by U. S. Peace Council, May 20, 2026 The U.S. Peace Council sharply condemns the Trump administration for repeatedly threatening to militarily invade Cuba, bomb and destroy schools and hospitals — as the U.S. did to Serbia, Iraq, Libya, Iran and many other states that assert their sovereignty and defy U.S. imperialist diktats, and overthrow Cuba’s socialist state —[…]

Could Trump’s Iran Fiasco Be America’s Suez Crisis?

May 12, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Egypt, Imperialism, Iran, Israel, The British Empier

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, May 11, 2026 This is an interesting perspective on the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis. All the more interesting with Trump going to China this week. [jb] Empires rise and fall. They do not last forever. Imperial declines follow a gradual shifting of the economic tides, but are[…]

U.S. Global Lawlessness and Security Concerns for Non-White Nations and Their Fans Intensify Concerns that the U.S. is Not Appropriate Venue to Host World Cup

April 20, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, International Institutions, Organizing, US Hypocrisy

Statement by the Black Alliance for Peace, April 7, 2026 For Immediate Release Contact: communications@blackallianceforpeace.com (201) 292-4591 On April 6th, the Anti Fascist Football Coalition, a group of grassroots organizations in the three World Cup host countries – the U.S., Mexico, and Canada – delivered a petition to FIFA (signed by prominent individuals and organizations from every part of the[…]

Cuba: An Unusual and Extraordinary Threat!

April 20, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cuba, Economic Collapse, Human Rights, U.S. Aggression

Editorial by Lisímaco Velasco, published on Labor Today International, April 17, 2026 The President of the United States, who claims to possess the best and most advanced weapons in the world, who boasts of carrying out highly sophisticated military missions like the one on January 3rd in Venezuela, who says that no one is capable of doing what he and[…]

Trump and Hubris Undid the Plan for Iran’s Destruction

April 11, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Imperialism, Iran, Middle East Wars, U.S. Aggression, War Crimes

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 8, 2026 The U.S. has been temporarily rattled in its regime change effort against Iran. Iranian resistance, hubris on the part of the U.S., and Donald Trump’s personal instability combined to undo a twisted fantasy of conquest. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t[…]

Snakebit From the Jump: U.S. Air Crew Rescue Turns to Disaster in Iran

April 7, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Air Wars, U.S. Aggression, US Intervention, War Crimes, War on the Earth

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Organizing Notes, April 5, 2026 The US evacuated the 2nd crew member from Iran and blew up its own planes doing so. The American weapons crew officer hid amongst the mountains and escaped from Iran. After moving away from where he landed with his parachute, the weapons officer activated the tracking devices he had with[…]

The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Imperialism and the Hubris of White “Supremacy” Ideology

April 6, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Capitalism, Corporatism, Trumpism, White Supremacy

by Anthony Kareefa Rogers-Wright, published on Black Agenda Report, April 1, 2026 Completely stripped of its democratic veneer, U.S. imperialism has been exposed as a system of monopoly capitalism driven by white supremacist psychopathology. Last week, New York Times columnist Carlos Lozada in a piece entitled, Pax Americana, Meet Lax Americana, remarked, “We had a good run – some eight decades[…]

A Weak Left Stands By as Russia Stands Up for Cuban Sovereignty

April 1, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, Russia, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Intervention

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 1, 2026 Russia finally makes good on promises to help Cuba, but its level of commitment is unclear. The left are clearly immobilized, even as Iran demonstrates how to fight back. Donald Trump recently bragged that he was “on a roll” after kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela and beginning the[…]

Socialist Action Statement on Defeating the U.S. Imperialist Beast: U.S. Hands Off Iran, Venezuela, Cuba and Palestine!

March 7, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cost of War, Cuba, Ending War, Human Rights, Iran, Palestine, Statement, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela, War Crimes, Zionism

Statement by Socialist Action, March 2, 2026 The U.S. imperialist beast is at war again, again, and again. Last month it was against the people of Venezuela, whose president Nicolás Maduro and First Combatant Cilia Flores were abducted and 100 Cuban and Venezuelan defenders in Caracas murdered in a high tech attack demonstrating once again imperialism’s ever more sophisticated military[…]