Imperialism

Prioritizing U.S. Imperialism in Evaluating Latin America’s Pink Tide

April 19, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Brazil, Colonialism, Ecuador, Human Rights, Imperialism, Latin America, New Pink Tide, Venezuela

by Steve Ellner, published in The Monthly Review, March Edition Two conflicting leftist positions on Latin America’s wave of progressive governments known as the Pink Tide have become increasingly well-defined over the last two decades. One position is favorable, while the other highly critical, to the extent that Pink Tide presidents—including Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, Bolivia’s Evo Morales,[…]

U.S. Hegemony and It’s Perils

March 6, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Imperialism

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China spells out what is wrong with U.S. foreign policy. While administrations may change, the imperative to dominate doesn’t. U.S. desperate decisions create great dangers around the world. US Hegemony and Its Perils February 2023 Contents Introduction I. Political Hegemony—Throwing Its Weight Around II. Military Hegemony—Wanton Use of Force III. Economic Hegemony—Looting[…]

Liberal Democracy: The Bedfellow of Fascism

November 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Fascism, NATO

by Erica Caines, published on Black Agenda Report, November 2, 2022 Antifascism, as a politic and concept, has grown more appealing in the last 6 years because of the rise of right-wing authoritarianism domestically and globally rooted in patriarchy and ongoing (settler) colonialism. Nonetheless, there remains much confusion about fascism. Earlier this month, I was a featured panelist for a[…]

#HandsOffHaiti #USOutOfHaiti

October 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Featured, Haiti, Statement, U.S. Aggression, United Nations

Statement by United National Antiwar Coalition, October 17, 2022 The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) rejects any and all calls for new occupations of Haiti. United States and Canadian military are already on the ground in the capital of Port-au-Prince under the guise of providing security from gangs when they are in fact repeating the same old playbook, asserting control[…]

The Record: U.S. Imperialism in Haiti

October 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Haiti, Refugees, Reparations, Resistance, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, October 7, 2022 Download our Haiti protest flyer here Haiti’s mighty slave revolution, which declared its independence from France in 1804, horrified racist U.S.rulers, who have sought to crush Haitian independence for over 200 years. The U.S. first occupied Haiti during 1915-1934. U.S. Marines slaughtered thousands during a war of anti-imperialist resistance led[…]

US Invades Syria, Kills People, Claims Self-Defense

August 30, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Imperialism, Israel, Syria, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Bases

Caitlin Johnstone: Numerous Syrian and foreign militants have reportedly been killed and several US troops injured in an escalating exchange of attacks between the American invaders and the people in the country whose territory they are illegally occupying.

The U.S. Legacy in Afghanistan: War Crimes and Imperialist Double Standards

August 30, 2022 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Imperial Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Danny Haiphong: U.S. forces left Afghanistan just as murderously as they came in. Joe Biden’s administration oversaw numerous war crimes during its haphazard “withdrawal” on August 15th 2021. This included a drone strike that killed ten civilians and at least seven children.

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,[…]

Inside Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution: 43 Years Resisting Imperialism

July 31, 2022 UNAC Editor New Pink Tide, Nicaragua, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Revolution

by Benjamin Norton, published on Multipolarista, July 22, 2022 Benjamin Norton reports from inside Nicaragua on the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. This mini-documentary explores the FSLN’s emphasis on social programs, popular participation, anti-imperialism, and internationalism. Transcript LYRICS: This is the war that can’t be held back, the ongoing war against the oppressor. What is the symbol? The people[…]

Ukraine: No to U.S. Orchestrated War and Fascist Coup

July 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, July 24, 2022 We begin with some hard facts and context that are today tragically absent from the assessments of large sectors of the left and antiwar movements in the U.S. and worldwide. 2014 Maidan Square fascist rooftop snipers The Ukraine tragedy began in February 2014 when rooftop fascist snipers opened fire on[…]