Neocolonial Economic Dominance

Venezuela: The Limits of Gunboat Diplomacy

January 24, 2026 UNAC Editor China, Colonialism, Monroe Doctrine, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Paths to Emancipation, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, January 14, 2026 January 11. It’s now eight days since U.S. gangsters kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Revolutionary Combatant and former President of the Venezuelan National Assembly Cilia Flores. It’s a month after the Dec. 6 White House release of its National Security Strategy document, with its so-called Trump Corollary to[…]

The United States’ War Against Venezuela began in 2001

January 8, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Democracy, Economic Blockade, Hybrid Warfare, International Law, Monroe Doctrine, Neocolonial Economic Dominance

by Vijay Prashad, published on Socialist Action, December 31, 1025 The United States had no problem with Venezuela itself, nor with the country or its former oligarchy. The problem the U.S. government and its business class have is with the process initiated by President Hugo Chávez’s first administration. In 2001, Chávez’s Bolivarian process passed a law called the Organic Hydrocarbons Law,[…]

Stand with Venezuela

January 4, 2026 UNAC Editor Action!!, Breaking News, International Law, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

Resist US-Led War Movement Stands with Venezuela, Statement, January 3, 2026 The Resist US-Led War Movement stands in solidarity with the people of Venezuela, the Bolivarian revolution and the Venezuelan people’s right to resist and defend their sovereignty! The US’ criminal bombardment of Caracas and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro under the fabricated pretext of “narco-terrorism” is a blatant[…]

UNAC Calls for Hands Off Venezuela

December 2, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Wars, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, Statement, Venezuela

UNAC Statement, 11/13/25 The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) expresses its solidarity with the people of Venezuela as they face down the threat by U.S. imperialism to invade their country. The U.S. billionaire class wants to control the Venezuelan oil and other resources and to replace its government with a puppet government beholden to Washington. This threat is also aimed[…]

No, Israel Does Not Have a Right to Defend Itself in Gaza. But the Palestinians Do.

June 23, 2025 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Colonialism, Human Rights, Hybrid Warfare, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Occupation, Palestine, Resistance, Revolution, United Nations, US Intervention, War Crimes

by Craig Mokhiber, published on Mondoweiss, September 10, 2024 One of the many disturbing revelations that have emerged since the current phase of genocide in Palestine began almost a year ago, is the degree to which U.S. and other Western politicians are prepared to dutifully stick to a script provided by Israel and its Western lobbies, whether the script is[…]

Immigration as a Political Weapon

June 15, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, China, El Salvador, Migrants, Migrants and Refugees, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Political Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela, Venezuela, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by William Camacaro, National co-Coordinator, published on The Alliance for Social Justice, May 24, 2025 Although the primary victims of El Salvador’s neo-fascist prison system are the Salvadorans themselves. Hundreds of migrants have been illegally deported by the US to these infamous prisons, currently there are approximately 110,000 prisoners across the country; approximately 85,000 of these prisoners have been arrested[…]

Famine in Gaza – What Could Be Done

June 8, 2025 UNAC Editor Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Occupation, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Hypocrisy

Commentary by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, June 3, 2025 While protests of the famine have caused handwringing among spokespeople in imperialist capitals, none have taken steps to seriously challenge the Israeli regime and feed the starving people of Gaza. U.S. imperialism is directly complicit in causing the starvation and has relentlessly provided the weapons and funding to continue[…]

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[…]

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[…]