Economics

Celebrating The Sandinista Revolution, Ongoing Resistance To US Intervention

July 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, Nicaragua, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance/Clearing the Fog, July 11, 2023 On July 19, Nicaraguans will celebrate the 44th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. This month also marks the fifth anniversary of the defeat of the US-backed coup attempt against President Daniel Ortega. Clearing the FOG speaks with solidarity activist and journalist John Perry, who is based in Masaya,[…]

It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions

July 9, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Economics, War and Peace

by Richard Wolff, published on Countercurrents, July 7, 2023 The contradictions of China-bashing in the United States begin with how often it is flat-out untrue. The Wall Street Journal reports that the “Chinese spy” balloon that President Joe Biden shot down with immense patriotic fanfare in February 2023 did not in fact transmit pictures or anything else to China. White House economists[…]

UNRWA To Stop Services to Palestinian Refugees in August Due to Financial Crisis

July 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Genocide, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Tareq S. Hajjaj, published on Mondoweiss, June 24, 2023 Ahmad Ayyesh, 41 and a father of six children, is standing in a protest in the midday heat on Tuesday afternoon outside the large doors of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Gaza City. He joined the protest to raise his voice and demand that the agency’s[…]

As Venezuela Mends Ties With Latin Neighbors, Western Media Turn Up the Propaganda

June 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Brazil, Latin America, Regional Solutions, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Ricardo Vaz, published on FAIR, June 22, 2023 Venezuela’s Maduro government has slowly and steadily regained its diplomatic standing in recent years, overcoming US endeavors to turn the country into a pariah state as part of its regime-change efforts. Nevertheless, Washington remains hell-bent on ousting the democratically elected Venezuelan authorities, and has kept its deadly sanctions program virtually intact.[…]

Biden’s Nord Stream Pipeline Obliteration

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Austerity, Censorship and Propaganda, Cold War, Germany, Global Trade, Hybrid Warfare, NATO, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, June 14, 2023 “U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline” was the Washington Post’s June 6, 2023 headline. A blatant lie if there ever was one – a corporate media-manufactured lie, in concert with the US government, aimed at covering up US imperialism’s multi billion and trillion dollar[…]

Lebanon Under Occupation, Financial Fraud and Sectarian Political Corruption

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Economic Collapse, International Aid and Debt, Interview, Lebanon, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 18, 2023 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on June 16. One of the items on their agenda was Lebanon, which has close historical and language ties to France. The tiny Mediterranean country has been in financial collapse for several years, and[…]

U.S. Imperialism and Gangsterism in Cuba

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Poverty, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, U.S. Aggression

The United States has declared war against the Cuban people for more than 60 years. Terrorist designations, sanctions and military threats create great suffering in that nation. BAR contributing editor Ajamu Baraka presented these remarks at a recent International People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism on Cuba . […]

U.S. Sanctions are Drowning Syrians

June 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Greece, Migrants and Refugees, Occupation, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, US Foreign Policy

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 16, 2023 Hundreds of Syrian men, women and children have drowned early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece after the sinking of an Egyptian trawler headed for Italy. It is being called one of the deadliest migrant ship disasters in the Mediterranean Sea. As many as 750 persons[…]

Biden Calls Cuba “Terrorist” While The People Demand An End to U.S. Terrorism Against Cuba

June 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Global Trade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

By Calla Mairead Walsh, published on Socialist Action, May 29, 2023 When the Devil rules, no good work goes unpunished. [jb] Thousands of Cubans gather to celebrate the country’s National Rebellion Day, a yearly commemoration of the Cuban revolution. While Biden doubles down on Cuba’s designation as a so-called “State Sponsor of Terrorism,” the US people are increasingly calling for[…]

Escaping Debt Slavery: Ethiopia, Africa, And The IMF

May 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Eritrea, Ethiopia, International Aid and Debt, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Ann Garrison and Robert J. Prince, published on Popular Resistance, May 18, 2023 In 1987, at the Organization for African Unity, Thomas Sankara said, “Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa.” Restructuring associated with WB and IMF loans becomes a millstone around the neck of drowning economies. [jb] The US is holding up Ethiopia’s request for a $2[…]