Economics

Supply Chain Crisis: Driven by Deregulation

November 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Labor

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, November 4, 2021 Corporate media and the Biden administration have focused on major West Coast ports, specifically Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., as the pivot points in the global supply chain crisis impacting the U.S. But the problem is far more complex. It involves points of production, methods of global transport, points[…]

Workers Rise Up in Strike Wave

November 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Labor Struggles

by Malik Miah, published on Socialist Action, November 3, 2021 Thousands of workers are on strike right now in the United States, in what is being dubbed “Striketober”. In some cases, bosses are using “replacements” (scabs) to cross picket lines and keep the profits flowing. Strikers are fed up with poor working conditions, forced overtime, 16-hour shifts, low wages, and[…]

Black Alliance for Peace Condemns RENACER ACT on Nicaragua as Bipartisan Criminality

November 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Black Alliance for Peace Statement, November 4, 2021 The Black Alliance for Peace condemns the efforts of Congress to manipulate the electoral process in Nicaragua through illegal sanctions, subversion and the coordination of a deliberate misinformation campaign meant to delegitimize the country’s elections even before they take place. As part of that effort the U.S. House of Representatives passed the[…]

U.S. role exposed Masses resist Sudan coup

November 5, 2021 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Austerity, Civil Resistance, Economic Collapse, International Aid and Debt, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Sudan

by Sara Flounders, published on International Action Center, November 2, 2021 Incredible exposure of U.S. actions to humiliate and impoverish the Sudanese people and destabilize Sudan. And the hypocrisy of it all. The U.S. wants Sudan to pay sanctions to U.S. victims of their wars when they don’t have money to eat. Of course the US would never consider doing[…]

Alex Saab’s Statement Before Being Extracted from Cape Verde by United States Regime

October 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

Letter from Alex Saab, published on Orinoco Tribune, October 21, 2021 Editorial note: This letter was read—with tears in her eyes—by Camila Fabri, Alex Saab’s wife, during a demonstration in repudiation of the second kidnapping of the Venezuelan diplomat from Cape Verde by the US, held in Caracas’ Plaza Bolívar on Sunday, October 17, attended by a crowd of indignant[…]

Biden is No FDR and Build Back Better Legislation Proves It

October 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Big Pharma, Capitalism, War on the Poor

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, October 27, 2021 It has to be said that this is the only possible explanation for the assertion that 2 people can block the Democrat majority in congress from doing what they have to do to keep their majority through the next general election. [jb] The idea that Joe Biden is the[…]

Nicaragua, with Free Health Care and Education, Challenges U.S. Domination

October 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Economics, Nicaragua, Public Health, Socialism

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, October 20, 2021 The reason Nicaragua is labeled an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security of the U.S.” – a military corporate superpower – became abundantly clear to a delegation visiting the country Oct. 3 to 10. The delegation was organized by the Alliance for Global Justice/Nica Network. Nicaragua, a small[…]

The United States Is Doubling Down On Deadly Sanctions

October 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Featured, Human Rights, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

Produced by Sanctions Kill and Popular Resistance, published on Popular Resistance, October 21, 2021 New Treasury Report Ordered by President Biden Shows US is Intensifying its Economic Warfare Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic. Washington, DC – The 2021 Sanctions Review Report released by the United States Department of the Treasury on October 18 is an ominous warning. This unsigned report should[…]

The Syrian Charity Scam

October 20, 2021 UNAC Editor International Charities, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Paul Larudee, published in Covert Action Magazine, October 20, 2021 Are major charitable organizations supporting terrorist organizations through tax-deductible donations while denying aid to those they claim to serve? Doctors Without Borders, the Syrian Emergency Task Force, the International Rescue Committee, the Syrian American Medical Society, the White Helmets, Syrian Forum USA, Islamic Relief USA, CARE, the Syrian American[…]

U.S. Illegally Extradites Venezuelan Diplomat from Cabo Verde to the U.S.

October 20, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

News Release from the Free Alex Saab Committee, published on Workers World, October 18, 2021 The Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was renditioned and kidnapped to the U.S. on October 16 without waiting for a final extradition decision. The action was taken in secret, without notifying his defense team and without relevant documentation. Saab had been imprisoned in Cabo Verde since[…]