Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Who’s Winning and Losing The Economic War Over Ukraine?

February 23, 2023 UNAC Editor Germany, Militarism, Russia, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, February 21, 2023 With the Ukraine war now reaching its one-year mark on February 24, the Russians have not achieved a military victory but neither has the West achieved its goals on the economic front. When Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States and its European allies vowed to impose crippling sanctions that would[…]

How U.S. Sanctions Block Aid to Earthquake Victims in Syria

February 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Humanitarian Aid, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Ted Kelly, published on Workers World, February 15, 2023 The terrible earthquake that hit a wide area of southeastern Türkiye and neighboring Syria has reportedly killed at least 36,000 people as of Feb. 13, with estimates that this total will reach 50,000. This winter the survivors who lost their housing face freezing and wet conditions, without any alternative shelter,[…]

Free Alex Saab: Report from NLG and IADL Meeting with Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat

February 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

“A Nuclear Bomb would be better. At least with a Nuclear Bomb we die quickly. With the U.S. Sanctions we die every day.” – Alex Saab Members of the National Lawyers Guild (NFL) and International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) met with Venezuelan special envoy and political prisoner Alex Saab this week in the Federal Detention Center-Miami. Audrey Bomse, a[…]

Biden to Syrian Earthquake Victims: DROP DEAD

February 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Humanitarian Aid, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, U.S. Aggression, War on the Poor

Brutally politicizing humanitarian aid, Biden assists Turkey but refuses to mobilize aid and rescue workers to save thousands in northern Syria because of U.S. vendetta against Bashar al-Assad government. Even with GL 23, which gives western banks permission to transmit funds for earthquake assistance, U.S. banks refuse to do so. The risk (from secondary sanctions) is too great, the time[…]

After Earthquake Devastates Syria, US Shows No Interest in Lifting Sanctions

February 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Humanitarian Aid, Natural Disaster, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Dave DeCamp, published on Antiwar.com, February 6, 2023 US sanctions are specifically designed to prevent Syria’s reconstruction. Due to U.S. imposed sanctions, international NGOs generally operate only outside government controlled areas in Syria. [jb] After a devastating earthquake hit Syria and Turkey, killing thousands of people, the US State Department showed no interest in lifting crippling economic sanctions on[…]

Afghanistan News Update

February 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Central Aisia, Interview, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, War on the Poor, Women

Black Alliance for Peace, Published on Black Agenda Report, February 1, 2023 Propaganda continues to justify the U.S./EU-backed economic war on Afghanistan, which the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) has argued constitutes a crime against humanity . That is why the BAP Solidarity Network’s Afghanistan Committee has steadfastly shone a light on the invasion and 20-year war, its devastating consequences,[…]

Biden Launches New Campaign Against Immigrants

February 3, 2023 UNAC Editor Deportation, Haiti, Migrants and Refugees, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, The War at Home, US Borders

by Barry Sheppard, published on Socialist Action, January 19, 2023 On January 5 President Biden “announced a far-reaching crackdown on people who seek refuge at the border with Mexico, dramatically expanding restrictions on asylum in the most aggressive effort of his administration to discourage migrants from crossing into the United States,” reported the New York Times. He expanded a Trump-era[…]

Latin America and Caribbean, Year 2022 in Review – Challenges for a Pink Tide Surging Over a Volatile US Hegemony

January 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Argentina, Colonialism, coup, Democracy and Consent, International Aid and Debt, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Roger D. Harris, published on NicaNotes, January 12, 2023 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. This imperial fiat arrogates to the US the unilateral authority to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states in the Western Hemisphere and to exclude any other power from meddling in what is viewed as Washington’s backyard. Two centuries later, the[…]

The More Than 400 Million of Another Infamy Against Cuba

January 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

by Raúl Antonio Capote, published in Granma, January 12, 2023 After a year recognized as one of the toughest in revolutionary history, a new action has been added to the list of U.S. villainies against the Greater Antilles. After a year recognized as one of the toughest in revolutionary history, a new action has been added to the list of[…]

Threat of More U.N. Sanctions on Haiti

January 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Economic Collapse, France, Haiti, Indigenous peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, January 6, 2023 While the huge social, economic and political problems of Haiti have slipped out of the news, if anything they have intensified over the past few months. According to Helen La Lime, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of BINUH (U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti), “Close[…]