Economics

U.S. and Israel Bomb Syria Again: Oil Piracy Continues

September 4, 2022 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, U.S. Aggression

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, September 2, 2022 In the latest violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, eight U.S. F-16 and F-15E fighter jets hit nine targets in Syria Aug. 25. The U.S. military still maintains 19 terrorist training camps in Syria and has seized Syria’s oil fields. Even as the U.S./NATO-provoked war in Ukraine threatens nuclear[…]

America’s Real Adversaries Are Its European and Other Allies

August 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Belt and Road, Cold War, Economics, Europe, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars

by Michael Hudson, published on Naked Capitalism, February 7, 2022 I feel like I’m in a time warp today. I keep finding good articles, timely in the sense that they talk about the forces that govern our current situation, but they aren’t technically ‘current’. So, take a chance and read on. [jb] The Iron Curtain of the 1940s and ‘50s[…]

The U.S. Legacy in Afghanistan: War Crimes and Imperialist Double Standards

August 30, 2022 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Imperial Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Danny Haiphong: U.S. forces left Afghanistan just as murderously as they came in. Joe Biden’s administration oversaw numerous war crimes during its haphazard “withdrawal” on August 15th 2021. This included a drone strike that killed ten civilians and at least seven children.

While Cuba Deals with the Matanzas Fire, the U.S. Watches and Waits

August 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Cuba, petroleum, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Toxic Chemicals

by Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan and Medea Benjamin, published on Resumen-English, August 10, 2022 By now, the images of the oil explosion that erupted in the Cuban province of Matanzas on Friday, August 5 that has just been extinguished has been seen around the world. When lightning struck an oil tank in Cuba’s largest oil storage facility, it quickly exploded and[…]

Call Me – Washington’s Generosity

August 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Isaac Saney and Cheryl LaBash, published on Socialist Action, August 11, 2022 While various countries such as Mexico and Venezuela were concretely assisting Cuba in overcoming the unprecedented disastrous fire consuming the Mantanzas oil storage facility, the United States cynically sat on its hands, instead asking Havana to call them. As Mexico, for example, sent 16 flights with over[…]

US Corporations Own Around 30% of Ukrainian Arable Land

August 7, 2022 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, International Aid and Debt, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

by Drago Bosnic, published on InfoBRICS, August, 2022 This is how the U.S. treats its friends; pretty much the same as it treats enemies. [jb] The destruction and plunder of Ukraine have been old news for quite some time now, unfortunately. However, the media and the public have only scratched the surface of the sheer scale of this process. With[…]

The Plunder of Ukraine

July 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, International Aid and Debt, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Drago Bosnic, published on InfoBRICS, July 25, 2022 The plunder of Ukraine has been going on for over 3 decades now. Since the unfortunate events of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the country has been the target of various entities from the political West. The economy, scientific potential, natural resources and the people of Ukraine themselves have been[…]

Feeding a Stalemate in Syria

July 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, Terrorism, United Nations

by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, July 12, 2022 The UN Security Council has agreed to extend a system for cross-border aid to Idlib, Syria until January 2023. The US and its allies had demanded a year-long extension, but Russia used its veto on Friday. UN and other NGO aid delivery trucks will cross from Turkey into Syria at[…]

U.S. Undermines Sri Lankan Sovereignty to Usurp Chinese BRI Investment

July 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Asia, Austerity, Belt and Road, China, Hybrid Warfare, International Aid and Debt, Propaganda

by Kiji Noh, published on Organizing Notes, July 28, 2022 Good big picture analysis by Andy Boreham [in the video above]. But the “debt trap diplomacy” trope here is not just information warfare to attack and delegitimate China. It is to ensure that any subsequent government Sri Lanka (SL) breaks or reduces ties with China. SL is very likely a[…]

Cuba Should Be Removed from the U.S. List of State Sponsors of Terrorism

July 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Roger Waters, Vijay Prashad & Manolo De Los Santes, produced by Globetrotter, July 8, 2022 The United States maintains a list of countries that it considers as “state sponsors of terrorism.” There are currently four countries on that list: Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria. The basic idea behind this list is that the U.S. State Department determines that[…]