Lebanon

After Explosion, Imperialists Pressure Lebanon; Iran, China Send Aid

August 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Lebanon

by Karin Leukefeld posted on Workers World, August 19, 2020 It was only last January — in response to the street protests — that the technocratic government of the engineer and former university professor Hassan Diab was sworn in in Lebanon. One week after the explosions in the capital Beirut, this government resigned on Aug. 10. Diab, who has no[…]

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[…]

Technocracy Now! The US Is Working to Turn Lebanon’s Anti-Corruption Protests Against Hezbollah

December 28, 2019 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Hybrid Warfare, Lebanon

by Rania Khalek, published on The Grayzone, December 1, 2019 Lebanon erupted in massive protests this October. The demonstrations transcended sect and class, and quickly spread across the country. The movement was spurred by the levying of regressive taxes and the persistence of a corrupt neoliberal order that has mismanaged the economy and hollowed out the public sector while enriching[…]

U.S. Role in Lebanon’s Crisis Goes Unrecognized

December 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by As’ad Abukhalil, published on Consortium News, December 24, 2019 Of all the underlying causes of Lebanon’s current crisis, the role of the U.S. remains the least recognized, not only by Western media but also that of Lebanon. Search “Lebanon crisis” under “news” on Google and you are unlikely to find any headlines mentioning the U.S. A more targeted search[…]

Secret Document Reveals US Plans for Civil War in Lebanon, False Flags and Israeli Intervention

November 28, 2019 UNAC Editor Lebanon, Middle East Wars

Yes, this article was published in April. However, the plan in question is flowering now. Though the extreme US and Israeli goals of this plan are unlikely to result, the protests like so many around the world, are being hijacked. They are mutating, becoming violent, rejecting the resolution of their original demands, and calling for the destruction of popular leadership[…]

Beirut is Burning

November 1, 2019 UNAC Editor Lebanon, Protest

by Andre Vltchek, published on Countercurrents, October 30, 2019 Tires are burning, smoke is rising towards the sky. It is October, the 18th day of the month, the capital city of Lebanon, in the past known as the “Paris of the East”, is covered in smoke. For years I was warning that the country governed by corrupt, indifferent elites, could[…]