Economics

“It Can’t be Illegal to Help a People” – The Persecution of Alex Saab

February 26, 2022 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Leonardo Flores, published on CodePink Blog, February 2022 “It’s not a crime to fulfill a diplomatic mission. It’s not a crime to evade sanctions that are harming an entire country. It can’t be illegal to help a people.” Camilla Fabri Saab made these impassioned remarks when explaining the situation behind the illegal arrest and extradition – the kidnapping, in[…]

Afghanistan Update

February 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Economic Collapse, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, Uncategorized

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace The crisis unfolding in Afghanistan remains bleak. With an estimated 23 million Afghans—more than 50 percent of the population—still facing extreme levels of hunger, more people could die of starvation in 2022 alone than from the last 20 years of the U.S.-led occupation. While the duopoly in Washington, D.C., distracts the public with its[…]

Sanctions on Cuban Families: Biden between Lies and Reality

February 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Uncategorized

by Gustavo A Maranges, published on Resumen, February 24, 2022 The rising tension in Europe has not distracted President Biden enough to stop thinking for a while about how to keep the United States government’s foot over Cubans’ neck. He recently found time to stop and sign in a few seconds a measure that will affect the lives of 11[…]

American Overlord Demands Europe Sign Suicide Note

February 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, Russia, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Foreign Policy

by Finian Cunningham, published on Strategic Culture, February 12, 2022 The Anglo-Americans are running a modern-day reworking of Operation Overlord, the June 1944 military invasion plan billed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany. This time around, the billed objective is to “liberate” the European Union from its “tyrannical” dependency on Russian natural gas. In reality, the unspoken objective is[…]

Democrats, the More Effective Evil

February 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Democrats and Republicans, Economic Collapse, Imperialism, U.S. Aggression

by Chris Hedges, published on ScheerPost., February 14, 2022 The title phrase was originally coined by our good friend Glen Ford. Brilliant, in any context. {jb} When all else fails, when you are clueless about how to halt a 7.5% inflation rate, when your Build Back Better bill is gutted, when you renege on your promise to raise the minimum[…]

With Its Doomsday Clock Set at 100 Seconds to Midnight, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Calls for Escalating U.S. Aggression Against Russia

February 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

By Roger D. Harris, Published on Black Agenda Report, February 16, 2022 The venerated Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is not a formation that peace advocates can support. Its recent statements on the US manufactured Ukraine crisis are supportive of US/NATO imperialism. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists emerged after World War II as a voice for peace by some of[…]

New US Strategy in Syria For Regime Change

February 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, U.S. Aggression

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, February 14, 2022 Syria seems forgotten in the U.S. but the Caesar Sanctions, U.S. proxy occupation of the oil wells and wheat fields, and Turkish support for Salafists (including ISIS and many foreigners) in Northern Syria leave the country unable to rebuild or to meet the needs of the people. If our attention[…]

U.S.-EU Hide Their Role in Afghan Hunger Crisis

February 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Zach Kerns, published on International Action Center, February 7, 2022 On Jan. 24, U.S. and European Union representatives met with representatives of the Taliban in Oslo to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. The meeting’s purpose, according to the U.S. State Department, was the “urgency in addressing the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan” and the need to “help alleviate the suffering[…]

The Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the “America COMPETES Act”

February 12, 2022 UNAC Editor Asia, China, Trade Wars

Black Alliance for Peace Press Release February 7, 2022 — On Friday evening February 4th, the US House of Representatives passed the “America COMPETES Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521).” The stated intent of the legislation is to strengthen “America’s national and economic security and the financial security of families, and advance our leadership in the world.” While this claim, found in[…]

‘Death Sentence for Untold Numbers of Civilians’: Biden to Permanently Seize Afghan Assets

February 12, 2022 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, American Exceptionalism, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by John Queally, published on CommonDreams, February 11, 2022 Humanitarians—including those who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks of 2001—responded with condemnation Friday after it was reported that President Joe Biden has decided to permanently seize $7 billion of currently frozen Afghan assets even as the people of the war-torn and poverty-stricken nation suffer a broken economy, a collapsed[…]