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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[…]

UN Expert: Crippling US Sanctions on Syria

January 16, 2021 UNAC Editor Interview, Poverty and Sanctions, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Aaron Mate, published on Syria Solidarity Movement, January 15, 2021 (originally published on The Grayzone, January 14) Crippling US sanctions imposed under the Caesar Act are decimating war-ravaged Syrian civilians, are illegal, and should be lifted, the UN Special Rapporteur on sanctions says. An independent United Nations expert is calling on the US to lift its crippling sanctions[…]

The Syria Charity Scam

January 6, 2021 UNAC Editor NGOs, Poverty and Sanctions, Syria

by Paul Larudee, from Syria Solidarity Movement, January 5, 2020 Doctors Without Borders, the International Rescue Committee, the Syrian American Medical Society, the White Helmets, Islamic Relief USA, CARE and other major tax-deductible charities all advertise that they are providing humanitarian aid to Syrians. Their ads can be found in Facebook, Twitter and other social media on a regular basis.[…]

Muslim Philanthropist Dr. Rafil Dhafir Released From Prison After 17 Years

May 24, 2020 UNAC Editor Iraq, Islamophobia, Political Prisoners, Poverty and Sanctions

by Jack Cohen-Joppa, Published on The Nuclear Resister, May 15, 2020 On the morning of May 15, Dr. Rafil Dhafir was released to home confinement from the Allenwood federal prison in central Pennsylvania. The Iraqi-American physician who has worked internationally with Doctors Without Borders has been in federal prison since the day of his arrest more than 17 years ago[…]

Canadian media attacks labour leader for Syria solidarity

September 21, 2019 UNAC Editor Labor, Middle East Wars, Poverty and Sanctions, Propaganda, Syria

by Dave McKee, published on People’s Voice, September 19, 2019 One hundred trade union delegations from around the world gathered in Damascus on September 8-9, for the Third International Trade Union Forum in Solidarity with Syrian Workers. The purpose of the meeting was to build opposition to imperialist intervention against Syria and the economic sanctions against Syria. The forum was[…]

Briefing: The Effects of the Economic Blockade of Venezuela

July 16, 2019 UNAC Editor Poverty and Sanctions, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

from the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, The blockade in context The U.S. has been pursuing a strategy of ‘regime change’ through destabilising Venezuela dating back to the early years of Hugo Chávez’s presidency. This led George W. Bush’s administration to support the failed coup d’état against Chávez in 2002 and also the right-wing management lock-out in the oil industry. The lock-out,[…]

How the Coup in Venezuela and the US Housing Crisis are Inextricably Connected

June 25, 2019 UNAC Editor Poverty and Sanctions, US Government Action, Venezuela, War on the Poor

by by Ajoke Williams and Kei Pritsker, Published on Mint Press News, June 18, 2019 The United States economy is organized such that all commodities, including both weapons and housing, drive the lion’s share of profits upward, into the pockets of a wealthy elite class, at the expense of the masses of working people who generate those profits through their[…]

SYRIA: U.S Clings to “Regime Change” Fantasy

April 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Poverty and Sanctions, Syria, U.S. Aggression

by Peter Ford, from 21st Century Wire, April 2, 2019 With the military situation largely frozen, the last two months have been marked mainly by developments involving the US – the ending of the ISIS caliphate in the US-controlled part of Syria, Trump’s U-turn over keeping US forces in Syria, and US recognition of Israel’s annexation of the Golan. US[…]

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[…]

Pelosi Sabotages Medicare for All but Corporate Media Pretend Not To Notice

February 14, 2019 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Journalism, Legislation, Medicare for All, Political Corruption, Poverty and Sanctions

by Glen Ford, published on Black Agenda Report, February 14, 2019 When the top Democrat secretly plots to subvert a proposal supported by the vast majority of her party, that’s supposed to be news — unless the corporate media decide otherwise. “The plutocrat-owned press is protecting Pelosi from the extreme embarrassment.” Thanks to Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid in 2016, his[…]