Economics

Blinken: US Policy Is to ‘Oppose the Reconstruction of Syria’

October 18, 2021 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Dave DeCamp, published on Antiwar.com, October 13, 2021 Just in case you were wondering, or perhaps thought this was an accidental side-effect of punishing the much hated government of Syria… [jb] On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US position on Syria is to “oppose” the country’s reconstruction and not support any attempts at normalization with the[…]

U.S. Delegation Demands: Defend Nicaragua!

October 15, 2021 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Nicaragua, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Published on Workers World, October 11, 2021 From Managua, Nicaragua Nicaragua’s Alliance for Global Justice delegation visited Nicaragua to learn about the advances of the Sandinista government over the last 15 years. The object of the visit was to counter the tsunami of false information daily churned out by the U.S. State Department and its allies in the national and[…]

Build Back Better: New Keynesianism or Neoliberal Public Relations Stunt

October 13, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Democrats and Republicans, Legislation, US Government Action, US Politics

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, October 13, 2021 Some provisions of Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation benefit the masses of Black people, but this legislation is a bare minimum effort to blunt some of the sharpest contradictions of the system while attempting to maintain the neoliberal order. For more than a week the country has been caught[…]

Global Supply Chain Crisis: Workers’ Health and Safety vs. Capitalists’ Profits

October 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Economic Collapse, Labor Struggles, Public Health

by Betsey Piette, published on Workers World, October 7, 2021 At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, panic buying seemed to create a shortage of different necessities, including toilet paper. Midway through the COVID-19 pandemic, housing prices started rising drastically, as demand surpassed supply due to shortages of construction materials. As students returned to in-person learning, schools found[…]

Forbes Reveals Why the US Government Is Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab

October 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Lawfare, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Roger Harris, published on Counterpunch, October 6, 2021 I think this is a win-win for the U.S. Whether they manage to extradite him and pump him for information or not, as long as Cape Verde continues to hold him, his life is increasingly threatened by cancer. If he dies in custody, the Venezuelan government will permanently lose his services[…]

Support Alex Saab Defense Team’s Work to Win His Release

October 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Featured, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

Statement by Workers World Party, published on Workers World, October 7, 2021 The U.S. is accusing Alex Saab of a crime related violating the U.S. Unilateral Coercive Economic Measures. Even if these measures were legal, which they are not, Saab is not a U.S. citizen and not subject to U.S. Law. What he was actually doing is arranging to purchase[…]

New Report: The Impact And Consequences Of US Sanctions

October 4, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Featured, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Statement by Sanctions Kill, published on Popular Resistance, September 14, 2021 NOTE: Sanctions Kill also created a toolkit that you can use to educate yourself and others about what sanctions are, why they are illegal and how they impact people within sanctioned countries and the United States. In recent decades, the US has increasingly used sanctions as an instrument of[…]

Reason to Celebrate: Meng Wanzhou Released

September 30, 2021 UNAC Editor China, International Law, Lawfare, Trade Wars, US Government Action

Statement by Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, September 29, 2021 The Cross-Canada Campaign to FREE MENG WANZHOU is very pleased that Madame Meng has been released after nearly three years of unjust detention in Canada and has returned home safely to China, to her family, and to her duties as CFO of Huawei, which employs 1300 workers in Canada.[…]

The Money that Never Arrives in Cuba

September 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Rosa Miriam Elizalde, published on Resumen English, September 4, 2021 With the money she earns cleaning houses in the morning and an office at night, Virgen Elena Pupo, a 47-year-old Cuban migrant, has managed to raise her family in Washington, D.C., but has not been able to help her parents in Holguín, Cuba. She is separated from her parents[…]

Chip War: Can the U.S. Really Gain From China’s Pain?

September 19, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Economics, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars

by Prabir Purkayastha, published on Counterpunch, September 7, 2021 With the U.S. imposing technology sanctions on China, the world’s electronics industry is facing turbulent times. After the sanctions, Huawei has slipped from its number one slot as a mobile phone supplier—which the company held during the second quarter of 2020—to number seven currently. Commenting on this slide, Huawei’s rotating chairman[…]