Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Freedom Rider: Stand With Venezuela and Iran

April 11, 2020 UNAC Editor Iran, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

The Trump administration wants a hot war with Iran or Venezuela, or both, and those of us claiming to be anti-war must be on our guard and ready for action. “The Democrats who say Trump must ask permission before killing people will in all likelihood give him the approval he seeks.” The Donald Trump administration hasn’t given up its dream[…]

Capitalism Is the Virus! Bail Out Working People, Not the Corporate Elite!

April 3, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Economics, Healthcare, Public Health, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action. The U.S. Senate’s March 25, $2 trillion 97-0, COVID-19 corporate bailout vote gifted the ruling rich an amount never exceeded in world history. The overwhelming portion went directly to the coffers of the billionaire elite for whom the lives of literally millions of Americans are subordinate to their horror at seeing their casino[…]

US Blockade Prevents Medical Supplies from Reaching Cuba

April 2, 2020 UNAC Editor Cuba, Human Rights, Public Health, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Published on TeleSUR English, April 1 , 2020 It is interesting to note that Jack Ma also donated masks and ventilators to the United States.[ed] Jack Ma, a Chinese entrepreneur and founder of Alibaba, allocated a donation of masks, rapid diagnostic kits, and ventilators. This aid was intended for the patients affected by COVID-19 and the medical staff on the[…]

Statement of Condemnation of the Decision of USA Against Venezuela

March 28, 2020 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, Venezuela

The WPC Secretariate, March 26, 2020 The World Peace Council condemns strongly the decision of the US Attorney General, on behalf of the US administration, to announce criminal charges against the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and other high-ranking officials with the pretext of their alleged involvement in international drug trafficking. The US General Attorney threatens to designate[…]

US Should Lift Economic Sanctions to Avoid More Deaths From Pandemic

March 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Iran, Public Health, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), published on TeleSUR English, March 18, 2020 The U.S. government should immediately lift economic sanctions against Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, and other countries to avoid unnecessary deaths and more extensive propagation of the pandemic, said economist Jeffrey Sachs, professor, and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. While sanctions already[…]

Media Struggle to Defend Washington’s Cruelty Toward Venezuela and Iran as Coronavirus Spreads

March 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Iran, Propaganda, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Joe Emersberger, published on FAIR, March 25, 2020 An Associated Press article (New York Times, 3/17/20) headlined “IMF Rejects Maduro’s Bid for Emergency Loan to Fight Virus” declared: The request is an about-face for Maduro, who for years refused to share economic data with the Washington-based lender and just last month condemned it as a tool of US imperialism.[…]

Why Sanctions During a Pandemic are Cruel and Mean Spirited

March 22, 2020 UNAC Editor Economics, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Vijay Prashad and Paulo Estrada, published on MROnline, March 16, 2020 Swiftly moves the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), dashing across continents, skipping over oceans, terrifying populations in every country. The numbers of those infected rises, as do the numbers of those who have died. Hands are being washed, tests are being done, and social distance has become a new phrase.[…]

Lift Syrian Sanctions Before Coronavirus Creates a Perfect Storm

March 21, 2020 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, War on the Poor

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Middle East Discourse, March 16, 2020 The US and EU sanctions on Syria have taken a toll on the health and welfare of the Syrian people for many years. They were designed to ‘hurt’ the Syrian government, but have only hurt the innocent unarmed Syrian civilians caught in the middle of a US-NATO-EU attack on[…]

End Sanctions on Iran Petition

March 21, 2020 UNAC Editor Iran, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Iran is suffering terribly from the the combination of a serious outbreak of the novel coronavirus and US sanctions which make it difficult if not impossible for the Iranian state to acquire the resources necessary to fight the virus. The result is a high death toll. Meanwhile, just this week, the US (Congress and the Trump Administration) increased the severity[…]

To Help Stem Coronavirus, Lift Sanctions on Iran

March 21, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold, published on Countercurrents, March 13, 2020 This is overall a good piece, but I nearly didn’t publish it because of the paragraph towards the end which begins- the Iranian government “grossly mishandled the beginning of the outbreak.” What is the point of this hostile and unnecessary statement? I suppose people like to have a[…]