Economics

Sanctions Kill! End US Sanctions on Nicaragua

March 3, 2020 UNAC Editor Action!!, Latin America, Legislation, Nicaragua, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Chuck Kaufman, published on NicaNotes, February 26, 2020 When we hear the word sanctions, most Latin America solidarity activists think immediately of Venezuela. But Nicaragua is also the target of unilateral coercive measures illegally imposed by the US and the most serious sanction, the NICA Act, can’t be blamed on the Trump regime since it was imposed by Congress.[…]

Puerto Ricans Protest Undistributed 2017 Supplies Unearthed by 2020 Quakes

February 7, 2020 UNAC Editor Austerity, Government Corruption, Poverty, Protest, Puerto Rico

By Betsey Piette posted on Workers World, January 29, 2020 Still grappling with the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, Puerto Ricans reacted with protests when they learned Jan. 19 that massive amounts of vital material aid have been warehoused since 2017. The aid arrived after two major hurricanes struck the Puerto Rican archipelago that year. The donated aid included generators, emergency[…]

The World Must End The US’ Illegal Economic War

January 16, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, January 12, 2020 The United States is relying more heavily on illegal unilateral coercive measures (also known as economic sanctions) in place of war or as part of its build-up to war. In fact, economic sanctions are an act of war that kills tens of thousands of people each year[…]

U.S. war on the defenseless / Sanctions harm one-third of world’s people

January 3, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Sara Flounders, published on International Action Center, December 3, 2019 The most insidious and pervasive form of modern warfare by Wall Street and the Pentagon, acting in coordination, is passing largely unnoticed and unchallenged. This calculated attack is rolling back decades of progress in health care, sanitation, housing, essential infrastructure and industrial development all around the world. Almost every[…]

US-China Trade War Aggravated by Uyghur and Hong Kong Support

December 8, 2019 UNAC Editor China, Featured, Hong Kong, Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, Terrorism

by Stephen Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, December 5, 2019 The Uyghur people are an ethnic group of Muslims in western China and they speak the ancient Turkic language, which is the root of the modern Turkish language. Their province is Xinjiang, and their capital city is Urumqi. China is a huge country, and to keep peace and harmony all[…]

U.S. Role in Lebanon’s Crisis Goes Unrecognized

December 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by As’ad Abukhalil, published on Consortium News, December 24, 2019 Of all the underlying causes of Lebanon’s current crisis, the role of the U.S. remains the least recognized, not only by Western media but also that of Lebanon. Search “Lebanon crisis” under “news” on Google and you are unlikely to find any headlines mentioning the U.S. A more targeted search[…]

Iran’s Only Crime is ‘We Decided Not to Fold’

December 6, 2019 UNAC Editor Iran, Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Pepe Escobar, published on Asia Times, November 2019 Just in time to shine a light on what’s behind the latest sanctions from Washington, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a speech at the annual Astana Club meeting in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, delivered a searing account of Iran-U.S. relations to a select audience of high-ranking diplomats, former presidents and analysts.[…]

Whitewashing Neoliberal Repression in Chile and Ecuador

November 17, 2019 UNAC Editor Austerity, Censorship and Propaganda

by Lucas Koerner, published on FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) October 23, 2019 Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, people are rising up against right-wing, US-backed governments and their neoliberal austerity policies. Currently in Chile, the government of billionaire Sebastian Piñera has deployed the army to crush nationwide demonstrations against inequality sparked by a subway fare hike. In Ecuador,[…]

End Sanctions — Act of War — on Zimbabwe

November 9, 2019 UNAC Editor Africa, Indigenous peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Zimbabwe

By Stephanie Hedgecoke published on Workers World, November 2, 2019 October 25 was declared “A Day of Action” by the South African Development Community to end the economic sanctions on Zimbabwe. SADC is comprised of 16 countries in the Southern African region. These sanctions — an act of war imposed by the U.S. and other Western imperialist countries 20 years[…]

URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Support the UN Resolution Against Unilateral Coercive Measures

November 9, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Posted by People’s Mob Dear Friends of Peace and Justice, As you are well aware, for decades the U.S. government and its European allies have been illegally using unilateral economic sanctions (“Unilateral Coercive Measures”) as a weapon of war and mass destruction to topple governments that do not submit to the U.S. and European states’ domination of their country. The[…]