Economics

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[…]

Biden’s Debt Ceiling Betrayal is a Democratic Tradition

May 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Austerity, U.S. Budget, US Politics, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, May 24, 2023 Joe Biden is continuing the ignoble tradition of colluding with republicans while pretending to fight them. The latest debt limit drama is another betrayal of the people. When Joe Biden was first elected president his propagandists and their friends in corporate media told us that he was “the most progressive[…]

Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Deal Attacks Social Programs to Pay for War

May 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Economics, US Politics, War and Weapons, War on the Poor

by Berry Grey, published on the World Socialist Website, May 28, 2023 The debt ceiling agreement announced Saturday night by President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is the outcome of a bipartisan conspiracy, using a manufactured crisis to intensify the assault on social programs and make the working class pay for the war against Russia and war[…]

Taking the Capitalist Road Was the Wrong Choice For Ukraine, Says Ukraine Expert

May 17, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Color Revolutions, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Russia, Shortages of Supplies, Socialism, Ukraine, US Incited Protests

by Natylie Baldwin, published on CovertAction Magazine, May 5, 2023 Renfrey Clarke is an Australian journalist. Throughout the 1990s he reported from Moscow for Green Left Weekly of Sydney. This past year, he published The Catastrophe of Ukrainian Capitalism: How Privatisation Dispossessed & Impoverished the Ukrainian People with Resistance Books. In April, I had an email exchange with Clarke. Below is[…]

Venezuela: “The Theft of CITGO is the Robbery of the Century”

May 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colombia, Hybrid Warfare, Latin America, Multipolar World, Poverty, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, TradeWars, Venezuela

by Geraldina Colotti, published on Resumen English, May 6, 2023 There is much confusion about the selling off of Citgo; this article clarifies how this new form of lawfare is an escalation of the empire’s economic war against revolutionary Venezuela . – editorial/Resumen Venezuela is mobilizing against the U.S. decision to auction the shares of the parent company of the[…]

Stop U.S. Harassment of Anti-Imperialist Activists!

May 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Austerity, Censorship and Propaganda, Cuba, Hybrid Warfare, Migrants and Refugees, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Arjae Red, published on Workers World, May 10, 2023 With the workers’ movement on the rise in the U.S. and around the world, May Day activities for 2023 were in full swing over the last few days. Also in evidence were attempts by the U.S. government to repress those individuals who believe in expressing international solidarity with the working[…]

The U.S role in fomenting violence in Haiti

May 8, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Austerity, Deportation, Economic Blockade, Gun Violence, Haiti, Identity Politics, International Aid and Debt, Public Health

by G. Dunkel, posted on Workers World, May 5, 2023 María Isabel Salvador, the author of the April 25 report from the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) to the U.N. Security Council on the current situation in Haiti emphasized “the urgent need for the deployment, authorized by the Security Council, of an international specialized force.” Based on the last[…]