Canada

Fifty First State? No Thanks!

February 17, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Canada, Socialism, U.S. Aggression

by Barry Weisleder, published on Socialist Action, January 31, 2025 The Canadian ruling elite is imperialist in its own right, commanding some of the biggest corporations in the world, particularly prominent in the fields of banking, mining, energy resources, forestry, retail and manufacturing. Unsurprisingly, American Capital covets that wealth as Washington’s share of global production and its military heft declines[…]

The Panama Canal: from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump

January 30, 2025 UNAC Editor Panama, U.S. Aggression

Editorial from Workers World, December 31, 2025 Just what is motivating President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to take over the Panama Canal, buy Greenland and make Canada the 51st U.S. state? Does he think he can impose a new historic era of U.S. domination, or is he simply following in the footsteps of his imperialist predecessors — Republicans and Democrats alike?[…]

Here’s Why Trump’s Talk of Annexing Canada and Greenland Should Not be Dismissed

January 9, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Canada, Europe, Hybrid Warfare, Neocolonialism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Tarak Cyril Amar, published January 7, 2025 I put a fascinating in-depth discussion of this subject with the author on Kevork Almassian’s Syrianna Analysis at the end of this article. The US president-elect’s “shopping cart” of other countries’ properties should worry all American vassals. Trump and his team of America’s bluntest and briskest can look funny. Their demands are[…]

Three Amigos No More?

September 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Economics, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Mexico, US Borders, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, US Incited Protests, Wall Street

By Nick Corbishly, Naked Capitalism, August 28, 2024 Mexico’s President AMLO responds by refusing to discuss the matter with US Ambassador Ken Salazar while giving the Mexican people a brief history lesson on US interference in Latin America. Well, that was quick. Just a week ago, we wagered that the US and Canadian embassies would soon begin piling pressure on[…]

Israel’s Ambassador Pushes to shut Down Pro-Palestinian Activism

October 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Canada, Censorship and Propaganda, Democracy, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Yves Engler, published on The Canada Files, October 20, 2023 Israel wants Canada to criminalize growing displays of solidarity with Palestinians. In a bid to amplify calls to ban Palestine solidarity marches, Israel’s ambassador Iddo Moed told the Canadian Press on Thursday, “I don’t think that democracies allow people to hate and to incite, and I think that that is something that is[…]

Canada, U.S. and Nazis

September 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Canada, Nazis, US Foreign Policy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 27, 2023 The Canadian government turned what should have been an ordinary photo opportunity with Ukraine’s president into a political debacle when a Ukrainian Nazi collaborator was honored in parliament. Now Canada’s history of admitting Ukrainian SS volunteers is facing new scrutiny as Russia gains the upper hand in the proxy war[…]

A Terrorist Group Coming to Canada

August 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Canada, Iran

by Robert Fantina, published on World Beyond War, August 16, 2023 MEK: From Iraq, to Albania, to Canada The United States support for international terrorist organizations is no secret. The U.S. often finances and sometimes creates terrorists to destabilize and overthrow governments that refuse to follow the U.S.’s marching orders. One such organization supported by the U.S. is the so-called[…]

8 Years of Brutal & Criminal War Against Yemen All Foreign Troops Out of Yemen Now!

March 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Canada, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

by Azza Rojbi, published on Fire This Time, March 26, 2023 March 26, 2023, marks 8 years since the start of the Saudi-led coalition war on Yemen. The coalition airstrikes have destroyed houses, schools, roads, markets, hospitals, water tanks, sanitation facilities, mosques, and other vital infrastructure in the country. Almost 400,000 people have been killed because of the war. Those[…]

UTIER, Independent Puerto Rican Electrical Trade Union Fighting US Neoliberal Privatization

November 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Colonialism, Labor Struggles, Lawfare, Puerto Rico

Statement by Jeanette Graulau, published on Labor Today, November 2022 While some Western countries are planning to re-nationalize their energy industries, the U.S. imposes upon its colony of Puerto Rico a privatization plan to ‘unbundle’ the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), one of the oldest and fully operational electric power corporations of Latin America. Since 2020, LUMA Energy, a[…]

NATO and Imperialism, Two Sides of the Same Coin

August 25, 2022 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Canada, Imperialism, NATO

by Janine Solanki, published in Fire This Time, Volume 16: July, August 2022 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is sold to the public as a defense organization made up of western democracies ensuring safety and security around the world. Until recently, some also viewed NATO as just a Cold War relic and didn’t give it a second thought. However,[…]