Hybrid Warfare

On Venezuela, From a Non-Western Perspective

February 3, 2026 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Peoples' Movements, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony, Venezuela

by Takis Politis, published on Defend Democracy, January 31, 2026 Western mainstream media continue their partial, misleading, and defamatory “journalistic” coverage of news about Venezuela. Unfortunately, this coverage is often reproduced uncritically by left-wing media and left-wing journalists. The National Assembly of Venezuela approved, at first reading, the program for the partial reform of the Organic Law on Hydrocarbons [1].[…]

Trump Defends the Dollar in Venezuela and Democrats Are Glad

February 3, 2026 UNAC Editor Cuba, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, UNAC on the Road, Venezuela

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 28, 2026 The US invaded Venezuela and kidnapped Nicólas Maduro to defend the dominance of the US dollar. Venezuela had been selling oil to China in China’s currency, the yuan. Trump just sold $500 million worth of the oil the Navy has stolen from Venezuela at sea. Magnanimous guy that he[…]

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[…]

Venezuela’s Revolution Still Stands: Debunking Trump’s Psyop

January 10, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Democracy and Consent, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples, LandGrabs, Political Analysis, Propaganda, Resistance, Socialism, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Manolo De Los Santos, published on People’s Dispatch, January 5, 2026 In the aftermath of the illegal US operation against Venezuela, a deliberate misinformation campaign has been waged to sow doubt about the survival of the country’s revolution. The events of the past 72 hours represent a qualitative escalation in the 25 years of regime change operations by the[…]

Venezuela, Even More Than Palestine, Is the Linchpin of a Consistent Radical Left in the Era of Global Neofascism Led by the U.S.

January 10, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Fascism, Genocide, Hybrid Warfare, Indigenous peoples, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Political Analysis, Socialism, Venezuela

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, January 7, 2026 Solidarity with Palestine tests morality, but solidarity with Venezuela tests politics. The recent U.S. intervention demands a radical left moving from moral outrage to a material confrontation with its own state. Palestine is the moral heart of global anti-colonial politics. It exposes the brutality of settler colonialism in its[…]

Venezuela, Palestine, And The End Of International Law

January 9, 2026 UNAC Editor Genocide, Global South, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, International Law, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Political Analysis, Racism, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Craig Mokhiber, published on Popular Resistance, January 8, 2026 Ushering In The Age Of Impunity. On January 3, 2026, without provocation, cause, or legal justification, the U.S. bombed Venezuela, invaded its capital, killed dozens of people, and violently abducted the President and First Lady of the country, binding, blindfolding, and spiriting them off to the United States. Surely, such[…]

The United States’ War Against Venezuela began in 2001

January 8, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Democracy, Economic Blockade, Hybrid Warfare, International Law, Monroe Doctrine, Neocolonial Economic Dominance

by Vijay Prashad, published on Socialist Action, December 31, 1025 The United States had no problem with Venezuela itself, nor with the country or its former oligarchy. The problem the U.S. government and its business class have is with the process initiated by President Hugo Chávez’s first administration. In 2001, Chávez’s Bolivarian process passed a law called the Organic Hydrocarbons Law,[…]

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,[…]

The Sham Trump/UN Peace Plan: Rebranding Genocide By Chris Hedges

December 26, 2025 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Genocide, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, Occupation, Palestine

by Chris Hedges, published on Socialist Action, December 15, 2025 The Genocide in Gaza has not stopped. It has been rebranded. And that is enough of a linguistic subterfuge to get the world to ignore it. See No Evil Hear No Evil Speak No Evil First, it was Israel’s right to defend itself. Then it was a war, even though,[…]

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[…]