Economic Blockade – Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

In Venezuela 23F ended up ‘one more collapsed coup’

April 5, 2019 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Color Revolutions, Counter Revolution, Economic Blockade, Latin America, Venezuela

Photo: US Solidarity Delegation to Venezuela From Workers World, 3/25/2019 The following are excerpts from an interview by Mario Hernández with Argentine economist and political analyst Claudio Katz published by lahaine.org on March 20. (lahaine.org/bU5s) Translated by Michael Otto. Mario Hernández: You wrote an article in La Haine, “Venezuela defines the future of the entire region.” Why? Claudio Katz: Because[…]

Huge Defeat for Imperialists: The U.S. Broke Its Teeth in Venezuela

March 24, 2019 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Latin America, Poverty and Sanctions, Venezuela, Venezuela

By Alison Bodine, Published on Volume 13, Issue 3 of Fire This Time newspaper The miserably failed “humanitarian aid” delivery into Venezuela on February 23 is another nail in the coffin of the U.S. government’s coup attempt against President Nicolas Maduro and the Bolivarian revolutionary process in Venezuela. Before this day, the U.S. government and their allies, including Canada, thought[…]

U.S. Anti-War Movement Leaders Report from Embattled Venezuela

March 21, 2019 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Economic Blockade, Latin America, Venezuela, Venezuela

by John Catalinotto, Published on Workers World, March 12, 2019 Reports from anti-war delegation members Sara Flounders and Joe Lombardo in Venezuela were used to prepare this article. Leaders of the anti-war movement in the United States arrived in Caracas on March 9 and 10 to find out firsthand the truth of how the government and population are responding to[…]

A Stumble at Hanoi, but Negotiations Remain on the Agenda

March 8, 2019 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Economic Blockade, Korea

by Gregor Elich, Published on Zoom In Korea, March 4, 2019 President Trump’s hasty decision to pull the plug on the Hanoi Summit ahead of schedule came as a stunning surprise. The feeling of disappointment in those who were hoping for success contrasted with the sense of relief in the U.S. foreign policy establishment, which remains steadfastly opposed to any[…]

Sanctions Are Wars Against Peoples

February 4, 2019 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Hybrid Warfare, Venezuela

Painting: Genghiz Khan and his forces laying seige then attacking a walled city by Bernhard, Moon of Alabama, January 28, 2019 A former UN rapporteur says that the numerous US sanctions (pdf) against Venezuela are devastating and illegal: Mr De Zayas, a former secretary of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and an expert in international law, spoke to The[…]

End the U.S. blockade of Cuba!

November 27, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Caribbean, Cuba, Economic Blockade

Image Anonymous, June 8, 2006, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License Posted by Workers World Editor, November 16, 2018 Opinion polls said it. Now the Florida midterm elections show it. Two of three South Florida representatives to the U.S. House who had prioritized hostility to socialist Cuba lost their seats. Ileana Roz-Lehtinen’s hand-picked replacement couldn’t win her former congressional seat; Carlos[…]

UNGA Overwhelmingly Votes Against Cuba Blockade, All US Amendments Defeated

November 7, 2018 UNAC Editor Cuba, Economic Blockade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Image: Billboard in Havana, Cuba that reads in Spanish: “Blockade, the longest genocide in history.” Nov. 1, 2018 | Photo: Reuters TeleSUR reported the following on November 1, 2018. Israel and the United States were once again the only two countries to vote in favor of the brutal economic blockade against Cuba. United Nations member states voted 189 to 2[…]