Foreign ‘Aid’

The US Response to the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Seize and Privatize

September 24, 2022 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Economic Collapse, Economics, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Andrés Arauz, published on Counterpunch, September 19, 2022 A deep explanation for the technically inclined of where Afghanistan’s frozen wealth derives from and why they can’t be dismissed as an “asset” of the Taliban government. It also explains how frozen accounts related to unilateral coercive measures on other countries distort their economies. [jb] On August 10, more than 70[…]

The Staggering Cost of Israel to Americans

April 24, 2020 UNAC Editor Israel, Political Corruption

*Featured Image: A stack of 3.8 billion dollar bills would reach the International Space Station. The new package to Israel will give Israel ten times that much money. An Israeli official gloated that the package was obtained “despite budget cuts, including defense cuts, in the U.S.” (Image by If Americans Knew) By If Americans Knew, April 12, 2013, Updated: December 22, 2019[…]