Economics

As Yellen Dictates Terms to China What We Defend, What Wall Street Wants to Destroy

July 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, Capitalism, China, Global Trade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, July 21, 2023 What is the material basis of the growing hostility on every level of the U.S. ruling class toward China? No great struggle is based on the personalities or aspirations of individuals. At the root is a very concrete, material basis that drives the conflict. Otherwise, meetings, discussions and diplomacy would[…]

Multipolar Maneuvering in Indo-Pacific

July 21, 2023 UNAC Editor Asia, China, Global Trade, U.S. Aggression

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, July 19, 2023 On Monday, while delivering the keynote address at the annual China Business Summit held in Auckland, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins weighed in on the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific. New Zealand’s estimation matters because it is a small country in Southern Pacific, heavily dependent on trade with China[…]

World Hunger and the War in Ukraine

July 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Commodity Markets, Europe, Global Trade, Humanitarian Aid, Russia, Ukraine

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, July 19 2023 The header image gives a little perspective. It says that Ukraine is not in the same class as Russia in terms of the amount of grain it exports. In fact The U.S., Canada, Australia and France all export larger quantities of wheat than Ukraine, but significantlu less than Russia. [jb] On[…]

Nicaraguans Celebrate 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution

July 20, 2023 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Nicaragua, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Uncategorized

Under Stewardship of Original Revolutionary Leader Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua Remains a Beacon for Social Progress Despite Crushing U.S. Sanctions by Lauren Smith, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 19, 2023 In the United States, the word “socialism” has come to have a negative meaning. In that meaning, the word implies the loss of individual sovereignty, rejection of religion and the institution[…]

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[…]