Abuses of Empire

Syria: Exposing Western Radical Collaboration With Imperialism

October 31, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, US Hypocrisy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, October 16, 2019 “Western radicals must take a consistent anti-imperialist position despite the internal contradictions or problems that existwithin a state in the Global South.” Despite so many self-defined radicals’ reading and claims to understand Gramsci’s corrective to Marxism-Leninism’s mechanistic understanding of the relationship between the base and the ideological superstructure, the ease[…]

Assange Displayed Signs of Torture in Courtroom Farce

October 27, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Whistleblowers

By Craig Murray, Published on Consortium News, October 22, 2019 I was deeply shaken while witnessing yesterday’s events in Westminster Magistrates Court. Every decision was railroaded through over the scarcely heard arguments and objections of Assange’s legal team, by a magistrate who barely pretended to be listening. Before I get on to the blatant lack of fair process, the first[…]

US Sanctions and the Birth of the Multipolar World Order, an Analysis

September 21, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Syria, UNAC on the Road

by Judith Bello, September 17, 2019 The comments below were inspired by the comments of various speakers at the conference and especially the optimistic speech by Syrian President Bashar Assad on the morning of September 9th before the participants in the 3rd International Trade Union Forum in Solidarity with Syrian Workers and Syrian people. ~jb This week I participated in[…]

A Brief History of U.S. Concentration Camps

July 4, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Immigration, Indigenous peoples, Native American Genocide, Prisoners, Racism

by Brett Wilkins, published on Black Agenda Report, June 26, 2019 concentration camp (noun): a place in which large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. – Oxford English Dictionary Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has ignited a[…]

Gangster Politics: U.S. War Threats Intensify on Iran

May 23, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Featured, Iran, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Image from US Embassy Correspondence, Tiblisi, Georgia by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World and IAC blogs, May 21, 2019 May 20 — Another U.S. initiated crisis reached an ominous level this past week with President Trump’s announcement that Iran suddenly presented a new, unspecified threat, serious enough to send a U.S. Naval aircraft carrier battle group churning toward the[…]

An Open Letter to District of Columbia Authorities

May 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Breaking News, Featured, Police Corruption, Protest, Resistance, Venezuela

by Rich Whitney, Published on Medium, May 13, 219 In allowing coup supporters to lay siege to the Venezuelan embassy, D.C. Police are violating the First Amendment and District of Columbia law At this writing, a rightwing mob of supporters of Juan Guaido, (the self-described, U.S.-named “interim president” of Venezuela, who has no legitimate, lawful claim to that office) has[…]

An Open Letter to the State Department from the Embassy Protection Collective

May 13, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Venezuela

To: US State Department Venezuelan Foreign Ministry From: Embassy Protection Collective Re: Exiting the Venezuelan Embassy Date: May 13, 2019 This is the 34th day of our living in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC. We are prepared to stay another 34 days, or however long is needed to resolve the embassy dispute in a peaceful way consistent with[…]

Hurricane of Colonialism Ravages Puerto Rico

May 9, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Neocolonialism, Puerto Rico

Photo: Blue tarps cover damaged roofs in San Juan, Puerto Rico seen from above on March 4, 2018 ~Lorie Shaull By Makasi Motema posted on Workers World, April 16, 2019 When a hurricane smashes into an island, it destroys everything in its path and carries the remains out to sea. But hurricane damage is trivial compared to the devastation caused[…]

Pompeo’s Truth About Lies

May 5, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Government Corruption, US Hypocrisy

by Margaret Kimberley, from Black Agenda Report, April 24, 1019 “Pompeo is too stupid to keep his mouth shut.” “When I was a cadet — What’s the cadet motto at West Point? You will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do. I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It’s – it was like[…]

Breaking News: Military Coup Underway in Venezuela

April 30, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Breaking News, Featured, Hybrid Warfare, Venezuela

Photo: Self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaido speaking to press during an attempted coup on April 30. (Reuters) This is the report from Venezuelanalysis at about 12:20 PM on Tuesday, April 30. You can find updates at the link posted for Venezuelanalysis. I will try to post Updates through the day, but they are my source. A military uprising is[…]