Abuses of Empire

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[…]

The Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran

March 1, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Iran, Iran, U.S. Aggression

Statement by The Black Alliance for Peace, February 28, 2026 The Black Alliance For Peace condemns, in the strongest terms, the recent U.S.-Israeli bombing of Tehran and other cities in Iran, which included the bombing of an all-girls school in Minab, which reportedly killed at least 50 students. This military attack is a flagrant violation of the most fundamental principles[…]

The Propaganda Assault: A Tale Of Two Venezuela(n)s

February 27, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Censorship and Propaganda, Propaganda, Venezuela

by Yader Lanuza, published on Popular Resistance, February 21, 2026 After the Trump administration illegally kidnapped the legitimate president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on January 3, 2026, we saw two distinct and divergent responses from Venezuelans. On the one hand, the Venezuelan diaspora, especially in the United States, celebrated President Maduro’s kidnapping and bombing of[…]

Standing with Iran

February 26, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Censorship and Propaganda, Democracy, Iran, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Pro-war Left, U.S. Aggression

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, February 25, 2026 The task of the left, of all anti-imperialists, is to oppose U.S. aggression around the world. A military attack against Iran is imminent and cannot be opposed on theoretical grounds. The people of Iran and their state must be supported without hesitation or apology. The United States has been[…]

U.S. “Weaponization of Starvation”

February 22, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cuba, Economic Blockade, Humanitarian Aid, Hybrid Warfare, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Washington’s “Humanitarian Aid Package” to Gaza and Cuba by Nuvpreet Kaivra, published on Global Research, February 10, 2026 Last week, the US government announced it would be sending $6 million in aid to Cuba, on top of the $3 million it sent in January after Hurricane Melissa. This aid package might appear contrary to the significant escalation of the 66-year-long[…]

What Does Venezuela Have to Do With Taiwan?

January 24, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Imperial Lies and Liars, Imperial Wars, Taiwan, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Biljana Vankovska, produced by Globetrotter, January 12, 2026 The New Year did not begin with hope or joy, except for the arms dealers. More precisely, for the military-industrial-media-academic-NGO complex that feeds on permanent war. Orders are flowing, profits are booming, and blood has once again become a growth sector. For any normal society, pirates belong in adventure films, not[…]

U.S. Racist Immigration Policy Toward Haiti Reinforces Imperialism and Weakens Popular Sovereignty

January 21, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Haiti, Political Analysis, White Supremacy

Black Alliance for Peace Backgrounder on Haiti, published December 2025

Economic Warfare and the imperialist Stranglehold on Iran

January 18, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Iran, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Shortages of Supplies, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Gary Wiilson, published on The Struggle/LaLucha, January 11, 2026 Shuttered stalls in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar amid a rapid collapse of the rial in January 2026, as imperialist economic warfare disrupted daily life and paralyzed trade. On the morning of Jan. 8, Zahra Mohammadi stood in line outside a bakery in southern Tehran for three hours. When she finally reached[…]

Breaking the Silence Revisited: Gaza, Venezuela and the Enduring Relevance of Dr. King’s Critique of Empire

January 18, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Blowback, Colonialism, Ending War, Featured, Genocide, Imperialism, Latin America, Political Analysis, Racism, U.S. Aggression

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, January 14, 2026 The annual ritual of sanitizing Martin Luther King Jr. serves to obscure his radical anti-war politics, which are urgently needed to challenge U.S. imperialism. Every year in the U.S., what has emerged as a cynical ritual around the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King takes place, where the state[…]

Renee Good, Keith Porter and the Normalization of Violence

January 15, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Gun Violence, Police Brutality, Political Analysis, US Hypocrisy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 14, 2026 Law enforcement in the United States are responsible for more than 1,100 deaths in a typical year. This level of bloodshed goes unnoted even when police killings are deemed newsworthy and attract public attention. Police impunity is accepted and normalized by millions of people. The fatal shooting of Renee[…]