Economic Collapse

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Cuba’s Response to Donald Trump’s Threat of War

February 11, 2026 UNAC Editor Cuba, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony

by René Tamayo León, published on Socialist Action, February 3, 2026 Reprinted from internet@granma.cu, January 31, 2026 [Photo above: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic] “We are living in a time when U.S. imperialism is emboldened and has once again set its sights on Cuba with[…]

Economic Warfare and the imperialist Stranglehold on Iran

January 18, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Iran, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Shortages of Supplies, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Gary Wiilson, published on The Struggle/LaLucha, January 11, 2026 Shuttered stalls in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar amid a rapid collapse of the rial in January 2026, as imperialist economic warfare disrupted daily life and paralyzed trade. On the morning of Jan. 8, Zahra Mohammadi stood in line outside a bakery in southern Tehran for three hours. When she finally reached[…]

Trump Isn’t Planning to Invade Venezuela. He’s Planning Something Worse

December 30, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, International Law, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Social Impact, Venezuela

by Michelle Ellner, published on Common Dreams, December 25 2025 The loudest question in Washington right now is whether Donald Trump is going to invade Venezuela. The quieter, and far more dangerous, reality is this: he probably won’t. Not because he cares about Venezuelan lives, but because he has found a strategy that is cheaper, less politically risky at home,[…]

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[…]

The Economic War Against Syria

December 4, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Economic Collapse, Humanitarian Aid, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, US Foreign Policy

by Roberta Rivolta, published on Counter-Hegemonic Studies, December 4, 2024 As ancient as economic wars may be, the use of embargoes as means of coercion experienced a significant acceleration only at the end of the Cold War. While the collapse of the USSR reduced the risk that a targeted nation could fall into the Soviet Union sphere of influence, the[…]