Colonialism

UTIER, Independent Puerto Rican Electrical Trade Union Fighting US Neoliberal Privatization

November 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Colonialism, Labor Struggles, Lawfare, Puerto Rico

Statement by Jeanette Graulau, published on Labor Today, November 2022 While some Western countries are planning to re-nationalize their energy industries, the U.S. imposes upon its colony of Puerto Rico a privatization plan to ‘unbundle’ the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), one of the oldest and fully operational electric power corporations of Latin America. Since 2020, LUMA Energy, a[…]

#HandsOffHaiti #USOutOfHaiti

October 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Featured, Haiti, Statement, U.S. Aggression, United Nations

Statement by United National Antiwar Coalition, October 17, 2022 The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) rejects any and all calls for new occupations of Haiti. United States and Canadian military are already on the ground in the capital of Port-au-Prince under the guise of providing security from gangs when they are in fact repeating the same old playbook, asserting control[…]

Haiti and the Debt of Independence

October 23, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Economic Collapse, Haiti, Imperial greed, Indigenous peoples, International Aid and Debt, Racism

by Yves Engler, published on Countercurrents, September 4, 2022 In the vast history of imperialist exploitation few episodes match the depravity of Haiti’s debt of independence. Military blackmail of a small country by a superpower, prioritizing “property rights” over human rights, racial capitalism, a sellout “light skinned” local bourgeoise and the way our past haunts the present are all part[…]

The “Leftism” of the Americas Collapses at the Door of Haitian Sovereignty

October 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Colonialism, Haiti, Latin America

by Jemima Pierre, published on Black Agenda Report, September 28, 2022 While many are celebrating the potential rise of another “Pink Tide” in Latin America and the emergence of a truly multipolar world, it seems clear that the fight for Haitian sovereignty will continue to be outside of “leftist” imaginations. It is an exhilarating time for the “leftists” of the[…]

Israel kills 4 teens in rampage across West Bank

October 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine

by Tamera Nassar, published on Electronic Intifada, October 9, 2022 If you let this article sit open for a bit, all kinds of images and videos appear in the tweets. [jb] A Palestinian resistance operation in occupied East Jerusalem killed an Israeli soldier and injured several others on Saturday evening. The person who carried out the shooting at a military[…]

The Democratic Republic of Congo Has Effectively Been Recolonized by Western Capital

August 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Canada, Colonialism, Congo

by Owen Schalk, published on CovertAction Magazine, August 3, 2022 The United States does the heavy lifting, but Canada provides consistent behind-the-scenes support to enable the plunder of Congo and other nations in the Global South. On October 14, 2004, a group of ten armed men took control of the city of Kilwa in the eastern Katanga province of the[…]

World’s Largest Imperial Power Sponsors Calls for Russia to ‘Decolonize’

July 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Imperial Lies and Liars, Imperialism, Lawfare, Russia, US Foreign Bases, US Hypocrisy

by Daniel Kovalik, published on Orinoco Tribune, July 2, 2022 I’m a little late with this, but U.S. hypocrisy is palpable and this clarification is notable. [jb] On June 23, 2022, an organization funded by the US Congress, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe – also known as the Helsinki Commission – held a virtual conference calling for the “decolonizing of[…]

NATO and Africa: A Relationship of Colonial Violence and Structural White Supremacy

July 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Africa, Colonialism, Imperialism, NATO

by Djibo Sobukwe, published on Black Agenda Report, February 27, 2022 Considering the public media attention and concern about possible expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), it is worth reminding people about NATO’s bloody history in Africa. NATO was founded in 1949 after WWII at a time when African countries were still under the yoke of colonialism. In[…]

#Nakba74 Day of Palestinian Struggle: Palestine Resists for Victory, Liberation and Return!

May 15, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

From Samidoun, May 14, 2022 As we commemorate 74 years of ongoing Nakba targeting the Palestinian people, inside all of occupied Palestine and everywhere in exile and diaspora, we also recall and celebrate 74 years of ongoing Palestinian resistance, revolution and struggle to liberate Palestine and confront imperialism, Zionism and reaction. In homes, community centers and the streets of cities,[…]

In Palestine, to Stand With the Truth Makes You a Target

May 12, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Ahmed Abu Artima, published on Mondoweiss, May 12, 2022 On Wednesday May 11th, 2022, Israeli occupation forces killed veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin Camp while she was reporting on an Israeli aggression there. Journalist Shatha Hanaysha who was with Abu Akleh when she was shot shared what she saw: “We were a group of journalists all[…]