Sanctions and Economic Warfare

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,[…]

Independent, Sovereign Eritrea Stays the Course

June 3, 2025 UNAC Editor Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Paths to Emancipation, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, United Nations

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, May 28, 2025 Eritrea remains true to the revolutionary ideals forged during its 30-year War of Independence. On May 24th, Eritrea celebrated its 34th Independence Day. From September 1, 1961, to May 24, 1991, the Eritrean people waged a 30-year war to free themselves from the Ethiopian empire, first under the control[…]

Israel Launches Major Ground Assault on Starving Population

May 22, 2025 UNAC Editor Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by IAK Staff, from If Americans Knew, May 19, 2025 NOTE: The Gaza Health Ministry’s daily casualty figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals, and does not include victims that are under the rubble or elsewhere, where ambulance and civil defense crews can not reach them. Medical sources say Israeli forces killed 151 Palestinians in[…]

Sanctions and Regime Change: The Hypocrisy of U.S. Imperialists and Syrian Reactionaries

May 16, 2025 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, Terrorism, US Hypocrisy, US Intervention

Statement by Bronx Antiwar Coalition, May 13, 2025 Statement by the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, May 13, 2025 Editor’s note: Great statement but I would keep watching this issue. Remember, we are dealing with Donald Trump here, and a country with 3 different zones of occupation controlled by 3 different countries. Congress put the sanctions on Syria and renewed them shortly[…]