Sanctions and Economic Warfare

A Weak Left Stands By as Russia Stands Up for Cuban Sovereignty

April 1, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, Russia, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Intervention

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 1, 2026 Russia finally makes good on promises to help Cuba, but its level of commitment is unclear. The left are clearly immobilized, even as Iran demonstrates how to fight back. Donald Trump recently bragged that he was “on a roll” after kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela and beginning the[…]

Cuba is Not Alone – Working Women Against the Imperialist Blockade

March 14, 2026 UNAC Editor Cuba, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Women

Statement of WFTU Women’s Committee, March 12, 2026 Cuba is not alone – WFTU International Week of Solidarity from 6 to 12 April The Women’s Commission of the World Federation of Trade Unions expresses its full and militant solidarity with the Cuban people and the working women of Cuba, who for over sixty years have been resisting with dignity, determination[…]

U.S. “Weaponization of Starvation”

February 22, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Cuba, Economic Blockade, Humanitarian Aid, Hybrid Warfare, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Washington’s “Humanitarian Aid Package” to Gaza and Cuba by Nuvpreet Kaivra, published on Global Research, February 10, 2026 Last week, the US government announced it would be sending $6 million in aid to Cuba, on top of the $3 million it sent in January after Hurricane Melissa. This aid package might appear contrary to the significant escalation of the 66-year-long[…]

Cuba’s Response to Donald Trump’s Threat of War

February 11, 2026 UNAC Editor Cuba, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony

by René Tamayo León, published on Socialist Action, February 3, 2026 Reprinted from internet@granma.cu, January 31, 2026 [Photo above: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic] “We are living in a time when U.S. imperialism is emboldened and has once again set its sights on Cuba with[…]

Venezuela: The Limits of Gunboat Diplomacy

January 24, 2026 UNAC Editor China, Colonialism, Monroe Doctrine, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Paths to Emancipation, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, January 14, 2026 January 11. It’s now eight days since U.S. gangsters kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Revolutionary Combatant and former President of the Venezuelan National Assembly Cilia Flores. It’s a month after the Dec. 6 White House release of its National Security Strategy document, with its so-called Trump Corollary to[…]

The Bolivarian Legacy, from Hugo Chávez to Nicolás Maduro

January 19, 2026 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Book Review, Colombia, Democracy and Consent, Resistance, Revolution, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 14, 2026 Attorney Dan Kovalik is an attorney representing Colombian President Gustavo Petro. He is also author of The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil. Skyhorse Publishing brought the paperback book back into print after the US kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.[…]

Economic Warfare and the imperialist Stranglehold on Iran

January 18, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Iran, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Shortages of Supplies, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Gary Wiilson, published on The Struggle/LaLucha, January 11, 2026 Shuttered stalls in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar amid a rapid collapse of the rial in January 2026, as imperialist economic warfare disrupted daily life and paralyzed trade. On the morning of Jan. 8, Zahra Mohammadi stood in line outside a bakery in southern Tehran for three hours. When she finally reached[…]

Stand with Venezuela

January 4, 2026 UNAC Editor Action!!, Breaking News, International Law, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

Resist US-Led War Movement Stands with Venezuela, Statement, January 3, 2026 The Resist US-Led War Movement stands in solidarity with the people of Venezuela, the Bolivarian revolution and the Venezuelan people’s right to resist and defend their sovereignty! The US’ criminal bombardment of Caracas and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro under the fabricated pretext of “narco-terrorism” is a blatant[…]

Trump Isn’t Planning to Invade Venezuela. He’s Planning Something Worse

December 30, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, International Law, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Social Impact, Venezuela

by Michelle Ellner, published on Common Dreams, December 25 2025 The loudest question in Washington right now is whether Donald Trump is going to invade Venezuela. The quieter, and far more dangerous, reality is this: he probably won’t. Not because he cares about Venezuelan lives, but because he has found a strategy that is cheaper, less politically risky at home,[…]

Who’s the Real Outlaw at Sea? Trump’s Tanker Grab vs. the Houthis’ Anti-Genocide Blockade

December 25, 2025 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Hybrid Warfare, International Law, Piracy, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela, Yemen

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, December 22, 2025 The United States has now intercepted multiple Venezuelan oil tankers as part of its escalating aggression against Venezuela, while also destroying dozens of small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific under the banner of “drug enforcement,” killing over 100 people whose identities the U.S. has obscured. At the same time, the Trump administration has threatened a naval[…]