Economics

World Police: Washington Seeks to Imprison Foreign Businesspeople for Violating Illegal US Sanctions

May 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Global Economics, Imperialism, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Stansfiield Smith, published on The Grayzone, April 27, 2021 In violation of international law, the US is seeking to extradite and imprison foreign business people for circumventing its unilateral sanctions. Washington’s targets include Venezuelan national Alex Saab, North Korean Mun Chol Myong, and Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. (Aquí se puede leer este artículo en español.) The United States[…]

Killing Yemen

April 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Imperial Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Yemen

by Yanis Iqbal, April 16, 2021 The Yemeni city of Marib is in the thick of fighting between Houthi rebels and loyalists of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi’s government. Marib is the capital of Marib Governorate, lying roughly 100 miles northeast of the country’s capital in Sana’a. It was established after the 1984 discovery of oil deposits in the region and contains[…]

EU-UN Conference Raises Donations to Maintain Syrian Stalemate

April 2, 2021 UNAC Editor International Aid and Debt, Migrants and Refugees, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, April 2, 2021 The European Union has co-chaired with the United Nations a conference on ‘Supporting the Future of Syria and of the Region‘, March 29-30. This is the fifth EU donor conference on Syria claiming to pursue a peaceful and sustainable future for all Syrians. However, the actual focus is not on[…]

Yemen Can’t Wait!

March 31, 2021 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Yemen

by Azza Rojbi, published on Medium, March 29, 2021 February 15, 2021, marks one year since the Saudi-led coalition’s horrific air raid on a residential area in Yemen’s northern province of al-Jawf. The bombing killed 35 people, including 25 children, and 18 children were amongst the 23 injured. According to the Yemen Data Project, “During 2020, air raids in #Yemen[…]

Venezuela Denounces Freezing of Its Assets for Acquiring COVID-19 Vaccines

March 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

Published on Resumen LatinAmerica, March 25, 2021 The government of Venezuela presented a report this Wednesday concerning the looting of Venezuela’s assets located in other countries, a situation that has made acquisition of vaccines against COVID-19 more difficult, and which was caused by the machinations carried out by Juan Guaido. Venezuelan Executive Vice-president Delcy Rodriguez stated that the blockade of[…]

Imperialism and Poverty

March 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Imperialism, India

by Justin Podur, published on CounterPunch, March 16, 2011 I published the first half of this article here, because it so clearly explains the devastating effect of ‘modernization’ on colonized populations throughout the last couple of centuries. It is important to remember this when we look at the current wars intended to force developing nations to develop in the righteous[…]

Ending Poverty in the United States

March 18, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Democrats and Republicans, Political Analysis, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, March 17, 2021 President Franklin Roosevelt made profound changes in the US political-economic structure, while Joe Biden only does temporary patchwork on the late-stage capitalist carcass. “There isn’t even a pretense of ending poverty in the United States.” The propaganda campaign is in high gear on behalf of Joe Biden and the[…]

U.S. calls Europe to Arms Against China, Russia

March 16, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Trade

by Manlio Dinucci, published on Workers World, March 12, 2021 The EU-China Agreement on investments, signed Dec. 30 by the European Commission, may be rejected by members of the European Parliament on the grounds that Beijing violates human rights. This is the pretext behind which the real reason is hidden: the growing pressure exerted by the United States on Europe[…]

SSM: Remarks on the 10th Anniversary of the Syrian War

March 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

Expanded Statement by Ken Stone on behalf of Syria Solidarity Movement, March 12, 2021 The February 25th, 2021, US bombing of Syria signaled the new US regime’s intention to continue its war of attrition on Syria. It is merely the latest stage of a hybrid war that began when the Arab Nationalist Movement came to power in 1963. Since 2011, Washington[…]

The Crucial Amazon Union Vote in Alabama

March 10, 2021 UNAC Editor Economics, Labor, Labor Struggles

by Sam Pizzigati, published on Consortium News, March 9, 2020 Most every morning this winter, starting about 3:30 a.m., pro-union workers have been gathering on a stretch of public sidewalk outside Amazon’s gigantic year-old warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. They stand by a traffic light. They wait for the light to turn red — and the chance to urge their fellow Amazon workers[…]