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Palestinians Starve While White House Feast Honors Kenya’s Killer President Ruto: Biden Backs 1000 Kenyan Troops to Enforce US-imposed Haitian Dictatorship

July 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Haiti, Imperialism, Kenya, US Government Action, US Politics

by Joe Allen, published on Socialist Action, July 11, 2024 [Editor’s note, Jeff Mackler (of SA): We reprint here Joe Allen’s CounterPunch account of “Genocide Joe” Biden’s May 23 White House state dinner with 500 dignitaries invited to honor Kenyan President William Ruto. Allen’s article was originally entitled, “Brandon Johnson [ChicagoMayor] Dines with Biden, While Protests at the DNC Loom on[…]

Haiti: An Anatomy of an Invasion

June 3, 2024 UNAC Editor Haiti, Neocolonialism, Racism, United Nations

by Jemima Pierre, published on Black Agenda Report, May 29, 2024 The US is behind the multinational military invasion and occupation of Haiti. How did we get here? As all eyes are on the genocide in Gaza, Haiti is undergoing a full scale foreign military invasion. As of May 16th, thirty large transport planes have landed at Toussaint Louverture International[…]

The Price of Freedom

November 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Occupation, Palestine, Resistance, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Ana Hurtado, published on Resumen English, November 23, 2023 The dictatorship of the multinationals. We can call it by various names. Also of capital. Of the civilized world. If Luis Buñuel were to come back to life and take a look at the world we live in today, he would have material for thousands and thousands of films. He[…]

Palestine: History Will not Forgive the Indifferent, and We Will not be Among Them

November 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

by Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of Cuba, published on Resumen English, October 28, 2023 Sixty-three years ago, in a historic speech before the United Nations General Assembly, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, said and I quote: “Wars, since the beginning of humanity, have arisen, fundamentally, for one reason: the desire of some to dispossess others of[…]

Denounce the Molotov Cocktail Bombing Of Cuba’s Washington, D.C. Embassy!

October 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Terrorism

Statement by Socialist Action’s National Committee, published on Socialist Action, September 27, 2023 Statement by Socialist Action’s National Committee Terrorists attacked the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. in the late evening of Sunday, September 24, deploying two Molotov cocktails. Fortunately no one was hurt. The responsibility for this horror resides solely with the U.S. government that has conducted, encouraged, and[…]

Treatment of Severe Mental Illness in the U.S. and Cuba – a Comparison

September 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Public Health, The War at Home

by Sue Harris, published on Workers World, September 26, 2023 Two hundred years ago, people with serious mental illness (SMI) were often placed in prison because society didn’t know how to care for them. After reformers fought for more humane treatment for the mentally ill, their care moved to mental institutions in the 1800s. However, these large mental asylums were[…]

CUBA Statement from Iranian Friends at HOLA

September 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Cuba, Iran, Terrorism, The War at Home, United Nations

Statement by HOLA, September 25, 2023 Statement of the House of Latin America (HOLA) on the terrorist act against Cuban embassy in Washington Hours after more than thousand of people gathered in a meeting in New York city – with the presence of the Cuban president – to express solidarity with Cuban people and demand an end to brutal sanctions[…]

Haiti: U.N. Sanctioned Occupation is a Done Deal

August 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Collapsed States, Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Haiti, Hybrid Warfare, Kenya, Poverty and Sanctions, United Nations, US Foreign Policy

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, August 18, 2023 The U.S. government has finally found a country in the Global South willing to lead a U.N.-approved intervention “to assist Haitian police in restoring security.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Aug. 1 on X (formerly Twitter): “We commend the government of Kenya for responding to Haiti’s call.” Since Kenyan[…]

In Haiti, Kenya Chooses Imperialist Servitude Over Pan African Solidarity

August 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Haiti, Kenya, US Hypocrisy, White Supremacy

by Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team, published on The Black Alliance for Peace, August 09, 2023 AUGUST 3, 2023—The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) condemns in the strongest possible terms Kenya’s proposal to lead what amounts to a foreign armed intervention in Haiti. Kenya has offered to deploy a contingent of 1,000 police officers to help train and assist[…]

No To U.S. Occupation of Haiti

August 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Corruption, Counter Revolution, Democracy and Consent, Haiti, Imperialism, Occupation, US Hypocrisy

by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, August 4, 2023 US imperialism now has a willing partner in yet another imperialist contemplated occupation of Haiti. On July 29, Kenya’s Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua volunteered to do Washington’s dirty work in Haiti. He promised to lead an armed intervention with 1,000 Kenyan police officers. On July 14, the United Nations Security[…]