Economics

How Iran Will Survive New ‘Draconian Sanctions’

August 27, 2026 UNAC Editor Iran, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, August 24, 2026 How will Iran survive the latest round of what President Donald Trump calls “draconian sanctions” that promise to be the most extreme strangulation ever imposed? Iran has developed highly sophisticated, high tech, asymmetric, low-cost, well hidden weapons to defend their country against U.S.-Israeli bombing. Now even the U.S. corporate media[…]

The New McCarthyism, Cuba and Communism

August 16, 2026 UNAC Editor Cuba, Fascism, Featured, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism

A UNAC Statement, July 20, 2026 A new McCarthyism is being designed in Washington that puts all democratic rights in jeopardy. The House Ways and Means Committee has issued subpoenas demanding that three peace and justice organizations turn over internal communications, membership lists and financial records. This demand came 1 day after the release of a State Department report called “Cuba:[…]

Pentagon Turns Earthquake into Occupation of Venezuela

July 19, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Human Rights, Hybrid Warfare, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Occupation, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Hegemony, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Gary Wilson, published on The Struggle/La Lucha, July 9, 2026 Editor’s note: It is concerning to send in the U.S. military in a time of disaster. Remember the earthquake in Haiti where U.S. military “aid workers” lived in country clubs an got first use of food and medical aid entering the country. But bringing in the White Helmets, al-Jolani/al-Sharaa’s[…]

Destabilization of Haiti Made in the United States

July 19, 2026 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Haiti, Human Rights, Imperialism, Migrants and Refugees, Neocolonial Economic Dominance

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, April, 15, 2026 Editor’s note: Last week the Trump administration removed Temporary Protected Status from refugees from Haiti an Syria. Starvation and violence in Haiti, mass murder by Syria’s terrorist government are irrelevant. It is the United States that deliberately created both scenanrios. I lost track of this article but it is[…]

Resisting Regime Change in Cuba

July 17, 2026 UNAC Editor Cuba, Humanitarian Aid, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela, Venezuela

by Marjorie Cohn, published on Socialist Action, May 22, 2026 Since the 1959 Cuban Revolution, the U.S. government has sought to foment regime change in Cuba. In 1961, the C.I.A. orchestrated the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, when C.I.A.-trained Cuban exiles landed at Playa Girón, on Cuba’s southern coast. They were defeated within two days by Cuban military forces. Over the[…]

Elián González: “However Tired the Cuban People May Be, They Know Where the Evil Lies”

July 16, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cuba, Economic Blockade, Monroe Doctrine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, Venezuela, War on the Poor

By Aníbal Malvar, published on Resumen English, July 11, 2026 Elián González, little Eliancito, the rafter child who saw his mother die during the crossing from Cuba to Miami in 1999 and made headlines in newspapers around the world, is today, 32 years old, and a deputy in the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba. “I didn’t get involved[…]

Despite US’ Backdoor ‘Diplomacy’, UNGA Once Again Heard Condemnations Of US Blockade On Cuba

July 11, 2026 UNAC Editor Cuba, Diplomacy, International Institutions, International Law, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, United Nations, US Intervention

by Pablo Mariguet of Breakthrough News, published on Popular Resistance, July 11, 2026 The overwhelming majority of countries supported Havana’s call to debate the situation on the island. Despite US diplomatic pressure and votes against it from its allies. Last week, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez announced that the island nation was bringing a pressing debate to the floor of[…]

Solidarity With The People of Venezuela Amidst Disaster! Out With U.S. Imperialism!

July 3, 2026 UNAC Editor Humanitarian Aid, Natural Disaster, Natural Disaster, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, Venezuela

Statement by ILPS (International League of Peoples’ Struggles) The International League of Peoples’ Struggle stands in solidarity with the people of Venezuela affected by the back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquake, particularly in Caracas, Miranda, La Guaira, Aragua, Carabobo, and Falcón. Initial reports indicate at least 164 people have died with more than 1000 injured along with 14,000+ missing, but the[…]

Walking the Tightrope and Threading the Needle: Strategic Adaptation Under Siege

July 1, 2026 UNAC Editor Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, Socio-Economic Struggles

Walking the Tightrope and Threading the Needle: Cuba’s Strategic Adaptation Under Siege: Cuba’s Economic Reforms and Defense of Socialist Sovereignty by Isaac Saney, published on Black Agenda Report, June 24, 2026 The announcement of Cuba’s new package of economic transformations has generated intense debate both within Cuba and among supporters of the Revolution internationally. Some have expressed concern that aspects[…]

U.S. Sends War Force Under Cover of Venezuela Earthquake Relief

June 30, 2026 UNAC Editor Humanitarian Aid, Natural Disaster, Occupation, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Gary Wilson, published on The Struggle/La Lucha, June 27, 2026 Twin earthquakes tore through Venezuela’s northern coast the night of June 24, 2026, killing at least 920 people and injuring at least 3,360, according to figures released by Venezuelan officials June 26. More than 50,000 people were reported missing, though the number was expected to fall as duplicate filings[…]