Economics

Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Reverse Globalization or Resurrect America’s Dying Industrial Base

April 5, 2025 UNAC Editor Global Trade, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Soft Power Imperialism, Trade Wars, US Foreign Policy

by Jon Jeter, published on Black Agenda Report, April 2, 2025 Throughout history, trade restrictions have reshaped economies for good or for ill. As Trump increases tariffs across industries, it is clear that this move will not revitalize the economy as he claims. Rather, it stands to create further hardship for Black and working class people. While it was not[…]

Say No to Trump’s Tariffs and Anti-China Policy

April 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Blowback, China, Global Trade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars, U.S. Hegemony, US Government Action

by Mick Kelly, published on Workers World, March 20, 2025 The following statement has been issued by the Friends of Socialist China U.S. Committee in response to the Trump administration’s announcement of new tariffs on Chinese imports. The statement was posted on socialistchina.org on March 14, 2025. The [Donald] Trump administration’s decision to slap additional tariffs on the People’s Republic[…]

Socialists in Canada, the United States and Mexico say NO to Trump’s Imperialist Bluster

March 31, 2025 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Global Trade, Labor, Migrants and Refugees, The Working Class, Trade Wars, TradeWars, Trumpism, U.S. Aggression

by Socialist Action, March 20, 2025 Workers, women, youth, and allies – Take Direct Action to Stop the Trade War! American President Donald Trump fosters chaos. His aim is to enrich himself and his corporate cronies, even turning against America’s erstwhile capitalist allies. The working class and low-income folks are sure to suffer the most in Trump’s infernal tariff war. […]

VSN Denounces Trump’s Targeting of Venezuelan Migrants

March 29, 2025 UNAC Editor El Salvador, Imperialism, Migrants, Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, US Government Action, Venezuela

Statement by the Venezuelan Solidarity Network, March 2025 The Venezuela Solidarity Network (VSN) denounces President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act against alleged members of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization as an outrageous and illegal action that seeks to criminalize Venezuelan migrants in the context of an ongoing effort to bring about regime change in Venezuela. The VSN[…]

Yemen is Under Attack!

March 19, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Imperial Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Yemen

from Independent Activist on Substack, March 16, 2025 Yemen under imperialist attack Yemen once again faces the wrath of American and British racism. The bombs falling on Yemen from both the USA and Britain exposes once again the white anglo saxon imprimatur of using force to pursue its hegemonic designs in West Asia. A country that has been ravaged by[…]

Plundering Africa – Income Deflation and Unequal Ecological Exchange Under Structural Adjustment Programmes

March 19, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Africa, Colonialism, Commodity Markets, Economics, International Aid and Debt, Neocolonial Economic Dominance

by Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel, published on Black Agenda Report, March 12, 2025 Originally published in ROAPE . During the 1980s and 1990s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank forced governments across Africa to implement neoliberal structural adjustment programmes (SAPs). SAPs compelled post-colonial governments to cut public services and public-sector production, remove labour market regulations and wage[…]

How the Human Rights Industry Manufactures Consent for ‘Regime Change’

March 16, 2025 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, coup, Hybrid Warfare, Nicaragua, Right Wing Extremism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

By John Perry, published on Covert Action Magazine, Jan 2, 2025 In the words of the United Nations, “human rights” range from “the most fundamental—the right to life—to those that make life worth living, such as the rights to food, education, work, health, and liberty.” These rights are supposed to be “inherent to us all.” But this lofty ambition has[…]

Cuba Sends Doctors, the US Sends Sanctions

March 10, 2025 UNAC Editor Cuba, Diplomacy, Global South, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, US Hypocrisy, US Intervention

by Helen Yaffe, published on Jacobin Magazine, March 8, 2024 The United States calls Cuba’s medical internationalism “human trafficking” — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the Global South. On February 25, US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced restrictions on visas for both government officials in Cuba and any others worldwide who are “complicit” with the island nation’s[…]

Where Does the Money Go? A Look at USAID Spending in Haiti

March 3, 2025 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Food Sovereignty, Haiti, Humanitarian Aid, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, U.S. Hegemony, US Hypocrisy

by Jake Johnston, published on Counterpunch, February 10, 2025 When you read this, keep in mind that the people of Haiti do not have a democratically elected government and have not had one since the US flew Aristide to Africa. Also remember that they don’t have jobs, medical services and reliable resources for ordinary living. [jb] “We’re shutting it[…]

Trump’s Policies Intensify Haiti’s Catastrophes

March 3, 2025 UNAC Editor Haiti, Human Rights, Immigration, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Neocolonialism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, February 28m 2025 Half of the population of Haiti — 5.4 million workers — don’t get enough to eat every day. According to the United Nations World Food Program, 2 million Haitians — the Internally Displaced People (IDP) driven from their homes by political violence — are facing extreme food shortages, acute malnutrition[…]