Neo-Colonialism

The Facts about ECOWAS by The Black Alliance for Peace Africa Team

June 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Colonialism

Statement by The Black Alliance for Peace, June 1, 2024 The US and EU states work with intergovernmental regional organizations like the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a geo-strategy to give cover for neo-colonialist interests. As developments in Africa have reached a crucial point, it becomes more important to critically understanding the origin of ECOWAS and its[…]

Latin America and Caribbean, Year 2022 in Review – Challenges for a Pink Tide Surging Over a Volatile US Hegemony

January 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Argentina, Colonialism, coup, Democracy and Consent, International Aid and Debt, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Roger D. Harris, published on NicaNotes, January 12, 2023 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. This imperial fiat arrogates to the US the unilateral authority to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states in the Western Hemisphere and to exclude any other power from meddling in what is viewed as Washington’s backyard. Two centuries later, the[…]

Indirect Colonialism: US Role in Pakistan’s Political Crisis

July 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Hybrid Warfare, Pakistan, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Abdul Jabbar, published on Multipolarista, April 25, 2022 In 2012 I joined a peace delegation to Pakistan to meet with Drone victims. The delegation was sponsored by Imran Khan and his PTI party. We were warmly welcomed at a party event, where we met some of the people. I remember there were elections within the party for various positions[…]

NATO and Africa: A Relationship of Colonial Violence and Structural White Supremacy

July 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Africa, Colonialism, Imperialism, NATO

by Djibo Sobukwe, published on Black Agenda Report, February 27, 2022 Considering the public media attention and concern about possible expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), it is worth reminding people about NATO’s bloody history in Africa. NATO was founded in 1949 after WWII at a time when African countries were still under the yoke of colonialism. In[…]

Is the THAAD Missile Crisis in South Korea Escalating?

May 30, 2020 UNAC Editor Korea, Nuclear Agendas, Resistance, US Foreign Bases

by KJ Noh, published on Popular Resistance, May 30, 2020 Why are thousands of South Korean Riot Police Bashing Anti-THAAD Protestors? According to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, on May 28th, 2020, “The Ministry of National Defense and the USFK (United States Forces in Korea) engaged in a transportation operation in the middle of the night to bring equipment to[…]

The Black Working Class Will Never Abandon Venezuela!

February 12, 2019 UNAC Editor Latin America, Racism, Venezuela

Statement from The Black Alliance for Peace “The struggles of the Black working-class, united around a national program must have international solidarity and must be understood within the context of an anti-imperialist struggle against global capitalism and the US-led imperialist global economic, military and political infrastructure. For the Black working-class and the Black liberation movement not to struggle against capitalism, is not to be engaged[…]

Samir Amin, Imperialism and the ‘Arab Spring’

January 23, 2019 UNAC Editor Socialism, Syria

Photo: Mideast Crisis in Manbij Syria, 01/02/2019, ~Reuters Editor’s Note: Anderson explores the basis of the political fracture of ‘the left’ over the Syrian war. Don’t be dismayed if you aren’t a Marxist or don’t know the authors he cites. The issues are clearly stated and the point is that this dialog cuts across the antiwar movement and undermines the[…]

Haiti Seethes with Anger!

December 16, 2018 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Haiti, Protest, Resistance

Photo from TellerReport.com, Haitian youth demonstrate against the people in power. ~from TellerReport News by Marty Goodman, from Socialist Action, November 11, 2018 Beginning Nov. 18 and for some six days, rebellion gripped Haiti. The Haitian masses jammed the streets, shutting down schools, transportation and businesses, some lighting bonfires of rubber tires at street corners or torching symbols of authority[…]

Democratic Republic of Congo Elections Increase Imperialist Interference

December 16, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Africa, Congo

Members of the Congolese community in Toronto protest 2011 election results in Congo-Kinshasa, in which President Joseph Kabila was named the winner. Toronto, Ontario, Canada ~Wikimedia, CreativeCommons By Carlos Lopes Pereira posted to Workers World, December 13, 2018 The Legacy of Joseph Kabila The U.S. and the European Union see Africa through the prism of colonialism. Statements by EU Commissioner[…]

Puerto Rico Tribunal Verdict: U.S. Is Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity

October 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Featured, Protest, Puerto Rico

Image: Header from Puerto Rico Tribunal Facebook Page Editor’s note: This post is composed of information from the Puerto Rico Tribunal Facebook Page, from information circulated by the Black Alliance for Peace, and from posts on The International Action Center ( IAC) website (prologue) and Popular Resistance Newsletter (followup). The following is a summary of the indictment prepared by Agusto[…]