Economics

Venezuela Under Siege: Defending the Bolivarian Revolution Against U.S. imperialism

June 4, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Hybrid Warfare, Peoples' Movements, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony, Venezuela

by Roger D. Harris and Francisco Dominguez, published on Workers World, originally from Resumen Latinamerica, May 26 In response to recent developments in Venezuela under imperialist siege, international solidarity activists should adopt a stance that does not inadvertently reinforce Washington’s drive for domination. Our central responsibility is not to adjudicate every tactical decision made under siege conditions, but to oppose[…]

Trump’s Humiliating Visit and China’s Warning

May 22, 2026 UNAC Editor China, Diplomacy, Taiwan, Trade Wars

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, May 19, 2026 The grand visit of U.S. President Donald Trump with a powerhouse entourage of a dozen top CEOs and billionaires confirmed China’s President Xi Jinping’s welcome to the U.S. delegation. In a glaring and public way, Xi cautioned the U.S. delegation at the welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the[…]

Sanctions Kill. I Have Watched Them Do It.

May 22, 2026 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Humanitarian Aid, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by an Anonymous Cuban Surgeon, published on Counterpunch, May 21, 2026 I am a surgeon in Havana, Cuba. I will not use my name — not because I fear my government, but because I fear yours and what it can do to those I love. Last month, I operated on an elderly man with a perforated peptic ulcer. The surgery[…]

Unilateral Coercive Measures And The War On Women

May 21, 2026 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Women

by Vijay Prashad, published on Popular Resistance, March 21, 2026 Despite being among the most impacted by economic war, women continue to foster a sense of solidarity, care, and hope in humanity. In 1945, when the United Nations Charter was drafted, its authors and those who first adopted it carefully crafted language on how to deal with armed conflict in[…]

Stop All Illegal Threats Against Cuba!

May 21, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cuba, Featured, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Statement by U. S. Peace Council, May 20, 2026 The U.S. Peace Council sharply condemns the Trump administration for repeatedly threatening to militarily invade Cuba, bomb and destroy schools and hospitals — as the U.S. did to Serbia, Iraq, Libya, Iran and many other states that assert their sovereignty and defy U.S. imperialist diktats, and overthrow Cuba’s socialist state —[…]

The Imperial Order to Kill the Cuban People Without Bullets

May 21, 2026 UNAC Editor Cuba, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

by Norland Rosendo Ganzález. published on Resumen, May 8, 2026 The United States government has reinforced its lines of fire against the Cuban people, even without firing a shot, following the signing of the May 1st executive order that intensifies the collective punishment. On the same day that more than five million people took to the streets across the island[…]

Panama’s President Sticks to His Denial of Economic Lawfare While China Retaliates

May 10, 2026 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, China, Economics, Hybrid Warfare, Lawfare, Panama, TradeWars, US Intervention

by Miguel Santos Garcia, published on Global Research, April 20, 2026 After a series of calibrated Chinese retaliatory actions including tightened shipping inspections, frozen infrastructure projects, international arbitration and disrupted agricultural exports, Panama’s economy began feeling real pain from its decision to exit the Belt and Road Initiative and seize the Hong Kong operated port concessions through lawfare. Facing mounting[…]

U.S. War on Iran has Worldwide Deleterious Effects

May 10, 2026 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Iran, Resistance, U.S. Aggression

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, May 7, 2026 The war which President Donald J. Trump, with assistance from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, blithely began Feb. 28 with a decapitation strike on the leadership of Iran, has had deleterious effects on billions of workers, particularly in Africa, Latin America and East Asia. Workers in Europe and North America[…]

Cuba: An Unusual and Extraordinary Threat!

April 20, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cuba, Economic Collapse, Human Rights, U.S. Aggression

Editorial by Lisímaco Velasco, published on Labor Today International, April 17, 2026 The President of the United States, who claims to possess the best and most advanced weapons in the world, who boasts of carrying out highly sophisticated military missions like the one on January 3rd in Venezuela, who says that no one is capable of doing what he and[…]

Iran’s Drones, the Strait of Hormuz and the New World Order

April 11, 2026 UNAC Editor Asia Pivot, Cost of War, Featured, Global Trade, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Iran, Middle East Wars, Paths to Emancipation, Resource Wars, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, US Government Action, War Crimes

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, April 10, 2026 On April 8, the people of Iran celebrated. And as Iran’s government announced, their military will keep its finger on the trigger. This implies not a moment of trust of U.S. imperialism, which violates every agreement it makes. A ceasefire based on Iran’s 10 points and a refusal to concede[…]