U.S. Aggression

Paris and Kiev Aim to Destabilize the Sahel

November 14, 2024 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Mali, Terrorism, The Sahel, U.S. Aggression

by Carlos Lopes Pereira, published on Workers World, November 14, 2024 Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso will buy satellites from Russia to better fight terrorism and promote peace and development in the region. In 2023, the three African countries formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a collective defense pact. The purchase of the equipment was agreed to between the[…]

Cuba’s Economic Crisis: US Sanctions and the Problem of ‘Overcompliance’ 

November 7, 2024 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Collapsed States, Cuba, Global South, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Joy Gordon, published on LaMonde Diplomatique, October 7, 2024 Cuba has faced many economic crises, but the current one is different. It is far worse than even that of the early 1990s, when Cuba lost all trade with the Soviet bloc, and at the same time the US imposed severe new economic measures against the island nation. In the[…]

Sanctions Kill Campaign Calls for a More Just U.S. Foreign Policy at UN Panel on the Impact of Economic Coercive Measures on the Right to Development

November 6, 2024 UNAC Editor Global South, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

Representing the SanctionsKill Campaign, UNAC AC Member, Sara Flounders speaks at UN Press Conference on Unilateral Economic Coercive Measures. These measures, usually referred to as “Sanctions” are a form of siege warfare that cause as much harm as bombs and bullets to targeted nations. Nations of the Global South want to emphasize that Economic Coercive Measures not only oppress[…]

Cuba: Blackout And Blockade

October 22, 2024 UNAC Editor Cuba, Economic Blockade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy

By La Jornada editorial on October 21, 2024 Cuba is going through its greatest energy crisis, with practically the entire island and 10 out of 11 million inhabitants deprived of electricity. The blackouts that have been occurring with increasing frequency and duration for some time now, turned into a total collapse of the electrical system as a result of the[…]

How the U.S. Destabilized the Horn of Africa

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Somalia, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, October 2, 2024 In 2018, the leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia signed a regional cooperation agreement that raised great hope in the Horn, but now, six years, later, it lies in tatters. The Horn of Africa and its key waterways are the geostrategic interface between Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have[…]

Your Mind Is A Battlefield: Decolonize It To Prevent Global Catastrophe!

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, American Exceptionalism, Anti-Imperialism, Asia Pivot, Capitalism, Censorship and Propaganda, China, Cold War, Economic Blockade, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Taiwan, Trade Wars, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Visions of a Future

by K.J. Noh, published on Popular Resistance, October 2, 2024 The rise of China is one of the greatest success stories in the history of human civilization. Talk delivered for the event “Changes Not Seen in a Century: 75th Anniversary of Founding of PRC”. Friends, Colleagues, Comrades, It’s a great honor for me to join you in this extraordinary, historical moment of[…]

Five Things We’ve Learned Since October 7

October 11, 2024 UNAC Editor Genocide, Imperialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, U.S. Aggression

by Noura Erakat, Published on Mondoweiss, October 8, 2024 Editor’s Note: This is the transcript of a speech delivered by Noura Erakat on August 30, 2024 in Chicago as part of a panel titled, “All Eyes on Palestine,” at the Socialism conference in Chicago. It is being repurposed here as part of the Mondoweiss Reflections on a Genocide series. It[…]

Ukraine in the Sahel

October 11, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Mali, Niger, Resistance, Revolution, The Sahel, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

Black Alliance for Peace AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #53, August 26, 2024 Since Niger and Mali exposed that Ukraine, a nation heavily reliant on the United States for military and economic support, is supporting terrorism in the Sahel, this has starkly exposed the contradictions inherent in AFRICOM’s mission on the African continent. AFRICOM was established under the premise of combating terrorism[…]

Julian Assange to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

October 10, 2024 UNAC Editor CIA, Free Speech, Government Corruption, Imperialism, International Law, U.S. Aggression, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy

by Julian Assange, Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, October 1, 2024 Julian Assange: “I want to be totally clear. I am not free today because the system worked. I am free today after years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism. I pled guilty to seeking information from a source. I pled guilty to obtaining information from a[…]

The U.S. and Israel are Pushing the World to the Brink of World War III

October 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Censorship and Propaganda, Civil Resistance, Colonialism, Imperialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, U.S. Aggression

Statement by The U.S. Peace Council, October 7, 2024