Imperialism

World Police: Washington Seeks to Imprison Foreign Businesspeople for Violating Illegal US Sanctions

May 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Global Economics, Imperialism, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Stansfiield Smith, published on The Grayzone, April 27, 2021 In violation of international law, the US is seeking to extradite and imprison foreign business people for circumventing its unilateral sanctions. Washington’s targets include Venezuelan national Alex Saab, North Korean Mun Chol Myong, and Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. (Aquí se puede leer este artículo en español.) The United States[…]

How Syria Divided Palestine Solidarity

April 27, 2021 UNAC Editor Featured, Imperialism, Interview, Israel-Palestine, Syria

Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley interview Rania Khalek for Electronic Intifada Podcast, April 23,2021 This is a very important topic that people are more likely to argue about than discuss, although the hard line has somewhat softened recently. It is especially important because the propaganda and lies are once again being ramped up in the press. Rania Khalek, an Arab[…]

Cuba and the Historic Generation that the U.S. Could Not Kill

April 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Imperialism, US Foreign Bases

By Alejandra Garcia, published on Resumen English, April 20, 2021 This Monday, Cuba closed the doors of its most important political event of 2021: the eighth Congress of the Communist Party (PCC). Following four days of sessions, 60 years after the failure of the US invasion of the island, the historic generation of the Revolution took the podium to announce[…]

The US Can’t Control the World

April 15, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperialism, US Foreign Policy, US Government Action

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 7, 2021 Slow-witted Joe Biden appears to think that we’re still in the age of the sole superpower, when in fact that era has come and gone. “China’s Belt and Road Initiative involves countries on every continent and provides opportunity where the western nations offer only debt and subjugation.” As this columnist[…]

Ukrainian President Zelensky calls on NATO as Russian Press Warns of War

April 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Nuclear War, Russia, Ukraine

by Clara Weiss, published on World Socialist Website, April 6, 2021 Seems like there is a dangerous situation brewing here. NATO -under U.S. leadership- is encouraging, and maybe even planning to openly participate in a new war on Russia’s border, possibly on Russia (Crimea is now Russian Territory). Talk about playing brinkmanship:This is insanity. [JB] On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr[…]

A Cold War Re-Education in 8 Minutes

April 11, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Nuclear Weapons, Propaganda, War on the Earth

by David Swanson, published on Let’s Try Democracy, March 21, 2021 from Remarks by David Swanson at the Cold War Truth Commission The Cold War didn’t have a hard and fast beginning that transformed the world or that turned heroic anti-Nazi Soviets into Satanic Commies on a particular afternoon. The rise of Nazism had been facilitated in part by[…]

Reject the Innocence and Siege Politics of the United States

April 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperialism, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, March 31, 2021 The U.S. was founded in the belief that Black and indigenous people were a threat to the existence of a “democratic” and “liberty”-loving colonial and capitalist society. “Any force that dares to stand up to the U.S.’s bullying is subject to villainization.” The GOP, what Black Agenda Report calls[…]

Imperialism and Poverty

March 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Imperialism, India

by Justin Podur, published on CounterPunch, March 16, 2011 I published the first half of this article here, because it so clearly explains the devastating effect of ‘modernization’ on colonized populations throughout the last couple of centuries. It is important to remember this when we look at the current wars intended to force developing nations to develop in the righteous[…]

Biden’s ‘Plan’ for Central America

March 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Latin America, Nicaragua, Venezuela

by Ben Norton, published on Consortium News, March 10, 2020 The Biden administration has prioritized Central America in its foreign policy, developing a comprehensive plan that pledges $4 billion in funding for the impoverished region, along with foreign corporate investment, in return for aggressive neoliberal “free market” reforms. According to the Biden administration’s program, Central American governments will be required to[…]

AntiAsian Racism Never Stopped Being an Outgrowth of US Imperialism

March 11, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Racism

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, March 10, 2021 Scant attention has been placed on the context of anti-Asian racism and its roots in the history of U.S. imperialism. “The rise of China has placed the hegemony of U.S. imperialism into question on the highest stage possible.” “Gimme that ball, gook.” “Can you see with those eyes, chink?”[…]