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Black People to Attack Revolutionary Governments

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Censorship and Propaganda, Counter Revolution, coup, Cuba, Latin America, Nicaragua

Nicaragua’s Troubles: A View From the Caribbean Coast Mike Phipps reviews: To Defend the Sunrise: Black Women’s Activism and the Authoritarian Turn in Nicaragua, by Courtney Desiree Morris, Published by Rutgers University Press by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 12, 2023 The question of how Black people fare in a particular country can be a legitimate issue[…]

Western NGOs Squander Aid for Yemen Leaving Millions in Misery: Report

December 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Humanitarian Aid, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, Yemen

from the News Desk at The Cradle, published on December 13, 2022 As the Saudi-instigated war in Yemen inches towards its eight year, investigative reports have come to show that billions of dollars in humanitarian aid managed by international organizations have done very little to alleviate the suffering of millions of Yemenis, who often receive as little as 20 percent[…]

Oslo is Long Dead. Time for a New PLO.

November 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Palestine

by Kareem Youssef and Mishlin Mekleh, published on Fightback News, November 12, 2022 The Oslo accords were signed 29 years ago, on 13 September 1993. The Palestinian Authority, its main manifestation, has attempted and failed for nearly three decades to contain the Palestinian people’s resistance and struggle for national liberation. Palestine’s enemy today is not only Israel and its US[…]

Cuba: USAID Versus the Culture of Internationalism

October 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Cuba, Hybrid Warfare, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

By Javier Gómez Sánchez, published on Resumen English, October 27, 2022 The announcement issued last October 18 that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), after the devastation of Hurricane Ian, will make a donation of humanitarian aid valued at two million dollars to Cuba through the International Red Cross, immediately generated a media hullabaloo and a flurry of[…]

US in Latin America: Interference, Extortion and Blackmail in Times of Global Reconfiguration

September 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Latin America, New Cold War, Political Analysis, US Foreign Policy

by Jorge Elbaum, published on Resumen English, August 24, 2022 The disordered and brutal intentionality of the United States to control the political, economic, communicational, military and cultural orientations of Latin America is linked to the loss of its relevance in the region. Last Thursday, the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley, arrogated to himself the right to give his[…]

Reporting and Empire – The Prizewinners and the Outlaws

November 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Nicaragua, Propaganda

By Stephen Sefton, Tortilla con Sal, published on TeleSUR English, August 11, 2021 I am publishing this now, despite the time passed since its original publication because it speaks to the question, ‘Did the Sandanista government imprison his competitors prior to the election, just so he could win?’. And, I don’t think we should ever forget the examples of Julian[…]

Western Aid: Myth and Reality

February 18, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, International Aid and Debt

by Syed Ehtisham, published on Countercurrents, February 13, 2021 The West seeks to preserve present relations, which enable it to make immense profits by exploiting natural and manpower resources of the whole world. It also molds socioeconomic development of neo-colonial states to the purpose, by adopting development models, which will be based on foreign capital for finance, technology and know-how.[…]

Open Society Tries To Stage A Counterrevolution In Cuba

January 18, 2021 Judith Bello Cuba, Soft Power Imperialism

by Javier Gómez Sánchez, published on Popular Resistance, January 8, 2021 On November 28, 2020 Cuban Television abruptly ended the Cuban State media’s reluctance to publicly expose the U.S. attempts to fund and organize a new counterrevolution to bring about a soft coup in the island nation. The TV special was followed by episodes on Mesa Redonda, segments on NTV,[…]

How the US Helped Push Lebanon to The Brink of Collapse

August 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Economic Collapse, Lebanon, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Ben Norton, published on The Grayzone, August 13, 2020 As the people of Lebanon suffer through one of the worst economic crises in their nation’s conflict-ridden history, the Donald Trump administration is exploiting the disaster to force regime change and weaken Lebanese resistance groups. A massive explosion on August 4 devastated Lebanon’s capital Beirut, killing more than 150 people,[…]