Sanctions and Economic Warfare

End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!

October 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony, United Nations

Editorial from Workers World, October 23, 2025 Since 1992 the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted annually on the criminal U.S. blockade of socialist Cuba, which began in 1962. Each year the vote has been overwhelming for ending this blockade as a weapon wielded by U.S. imperialism. It prevents businesses in the U.S. and other countries from trading vital[…]

Unmasking Imperial Hypocrisy: Trump’s 2025 Venezuela Escalation Is a Sham for Oil

October 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colombia, Monroe Doctrine, Paths to Emancipation, Propaganda, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Gloria Giullo, published on CovertAction, October 27, 20225 n October 16, 2025, Donald Trump’s second term ignited a reckless campaign against Venezuela, greenlighting covert CIA operations, deploying 4,000 Marines and F-35 jets to the Caribbean, and launching strikes on Venezuelan vessels that have killed more than 27 people—all framed as a fight against drugs and migration. This is no noble mission: It[…]

Trump Threatens U.S. Invasion of Venezuela

October 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Economic Blockade, Imperialism, Latin America, Propaganda, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Roger D. Harris, published on Socialist Action, October 16, 2025 Washington has persistently interfered in the internal affairs of Venezuela, pouring millions of dollars to rig elections. Yet, the perpetually divided and unpopular US-fostered opposition is more isolated and discredited than ever. Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the[…]

Unilateral And Illegal Sanctions Kill Half A Million Civilians Per Year

August 2, 2025 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Global Economics, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Government Action, War and Weapons

by Vijay Prashad, from the Tricontinental Institute, published on Popular Resistance, August 1, 2025 Deadly Sanctions Are Mainly By The United States. A study in The Lancet estimates that unilateral sanctions have caused as much death as wars, with an estimated half a million deaths per year. Those who do not live in war zones or in suffocated countries are[…]

Francesca Albanese Deserves Nobel Prize, Not US Sanctions, Says Ex-UN Special Rapporteur

July 27, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, United Nations, US Politics

by Marjorie Cohn, published on the LA Progressive, July 15, 2025 The US is punishing UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her scathing reports on Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Note that all of Albanese’s recent reports are linked in this article. [jb] The day after Donald Trump welcomed indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States[…]

Cuba Proposes Global Health Alliance At BRICS Forum In Brazil

June 26, 2025 UNAC Editor Cuba, Hybrid Warfare, International Institutions, Multipolar World, Organizing, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Resumen English, published on Popular Resistance, June 8, 2025 During the 11th Parliamentary Forum of BRICS, a bloc initially composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and recently expanded, Cuban deputy Alberto Núñez strongly rejected Washington’s blockade against the island, which he described as a “suffocating economic war.” At the beginning of his speech, Núñez conveyed the[…]

Immigration as a Political Weapon

June 15, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, China, El Salvador, Migrants, Migrants and Refugees, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Political Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela, Venezuela, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by William Camacaro, National co-Coordinator, published on The Alliance for Social Justice, May 24, 2025 Although the primary victims of El Salvador’s neo-fascist prison system are the Salvadorans themselves. Hundreds of migrants have been illegally deported by the US to these infamous prisons, currently there are approximately 110,000 prisoners across the country; approximately 85,000 of these prisoners have been arrested[…]

The US Blockade on Cuba

June 8, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cuba, Imperialism, Resistance, Revolution, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Adam Kendall, published on Resumen English, May 28, 2025 For many Canadians, the US blockade on Cuba is thought to be a relic of the Cold War, either a product of the Soviet era or something eased under Obama’s “Cuban thaw.” This misconception allows American imperialism to go unchecked and obscures the enduring reality of one of the longest[…]

Famine in Gaza – What Could Be Done

June 8, 2025 UNAC Editor Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Occupation, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Hypocrisy

Commentary by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, June 3, 2025 While protests of the famine have caused handwringing among spokespeople in imperialist capitals, none have taken steps to seriously challenge the Israeli regime and feed the starving people of Gaza. U.S. imperialism is directly complicit in causing the starvation and has relentlessly provided the weapons and funding to continue[…]

Trump and Rubio Tighten the Noose on Cuba

June 6, 2025 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Cuba, Global South, Imperial Wars, Paths to Emancipation, Poverty and Sanctions, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Foreign Policy

by Manolo De Los Santos, produced by Globetrotter, June 6, 2025 The impacts of a tightened US blockade, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the return of Trump with a vindictive Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, have deepened the crisis in Cuba, making international solidarity with the island more important than ever. Cuba is once again facing a severe, multi-faceted crisis,[…]