Hybrid Warfare

Nicaragua Targeted for US Overthrow in 2020-21

August 9, 2020 UNAC Editor Democracy, Hybrid Warfare, Nicaragua

by S. Brian Willson, published on The Internationalist, August 3, 2020 The USA failed State continues to seek destruction of NICARAGUA (among other nations such as Venezuela, Cuba, Syria and Iran, who refuse to obey US demands for neoliberal privatization that enrich the already rich. George Washington, who waged scorched Earth warfare Against the Iroquois Indigenous in the 1770s, 1780s,[…]

Hong Kong’s Pro Democracy Movement Allied with Right Wing Against BLM

June 21, 2020 UNAC Editor Hong Kong, Hybrid Warfare, Protest

by Ajit Singh, published on The Grayzone, June 9, 2020 A leading Hong Kong “pro-democracy” figure, Jimmy Lai, has denounced nationwide protests in the United States against police brutality and systemic racism, which were sparked by the police killing of an African-American man, George Floyd. Lai’s views reflect a significant segment of the city’s protest movement, who affirm the exceptionalist[…]

Defiance Against US Dollar War and Caesar Act Sanctions

June 20, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Hassan Nasrallah, published on Centre for Counter Hegemonic Studies, June 16, 2020 Extract from the translation of a speech on June 16, 2020. He is talking about the effects of the increasing US economic war on Lebanon (and also Syria). This is interesting as it is an international reflection of the struggles of domestic resistance to the US racist[…]

Deadly New Sanctions on Syria

June 12, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Middle East Wars, Syria

by Judith Bello On May 20, President Trump signed into law the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. Embedded in this bill, a housekeeping bill of sorts where yearly “defense” appropriations and priorities are spelled out, was the basic text of the 2019 Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act. Perhaps they were buried here because they didn’t have bipartisan support, but there[…]

Western Governments Collectively Punishing Syrian Civilians with Criminal Economic Embargoes

June 7, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

By Tom Duggan and Mark Taliano, published on Global Research, June 4, 2020 The Syrian Government is trying to keep medicine at an affordable price for the consumer by limiting the price of medicines, but the pharmaceutical industry inside Syria needs to raise the prices to sustain production. This is due to two main factors: Sanctions and economy. Some factories[…]

Connecting the Dots on the Assault of the Cuban Embassy

May 20, 2020 UNAC Editor Cuba, Hybrid Warfare, Political Corruption

by Rosa Miriam Elizalde, posted on Resumen, May 14, 2020 A few hours before the attack on the Cuban Embassy in Washington, a woman wearing a red raincoat, dark glasses, mask and hood, was photographing the facade of the 16th Street mansion in the Adams-Morgan neighborhood. The security cameras recorded her in broad daylight and, despite her disguise, officials at[…]

CIA Doctrine Made Official Policy

May 20, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Syria

by ZeroHedge, Published on Global Research, May 13,2020 Like with the disastrous Iraq quagmire years before the US war machine came to Syria under Obama, Washington’s rationale and justification for occupying the Syrian Arab Republic has shifted and changed drastically multiple times over. When ultimately what started as US covert regime change efforts targeting Assad failed (based ostensibly in “protecting civilians”),[…]

As US Reels From COVID-19, Trump Turns to Sanctions, War Making and Threats

May 17, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Collapse, Hybrid Warfare, Propaganda, War on the Poor

by Alan MacLeod, published on Mintpress News, May 15, 2020 Presiding over by far the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the world, the Trump administration is making it a key priority to escalate hostilities with its perceived international enemies. Last night President Trump suggested that he might “cut off” all trade with the People’s Republic of China. “Now, if you did,[…]

Pivot To Peace Must Replace US Pivot To War With China

May 11, 2020 UNAC Editor Asia Pivot, China, Ending War, Hybrid Warfare

by Margaret Flowers & Kevin Zeese, published on Popular Resistance, May 10, 2020 The Trump administration, in seeking to divert attention from its bungled response to the COVID-19 pandemic and mishandling of the economic collapse, is escalating the bipartisan anti-China policy, which has a long history. This increases the potential of military conflict and economic war between our countries. President[…]

Interview With Tom Burke of FRSO on Trump’s War Moves Against Venezuela

April 15, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Wars, Venezuela

by FRSO Staff, published by FRSO, April 13, 2020 Fight Back! interviewed Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) Organizational Secretary Tom Burke, who led the FRSO labor delegation to Venezuela on March 8. Francisco Torrealba, president of the Venezuelan Transport Workers Federation, elected Venezuelan National Assembly member, and important leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) invited Burke and[…]