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US Sanctions: Weapons of Economic Warfare

July 29, 2021 Editor2 #StopTheEmbargo, Biden, China, Cuba, Cuban Hip-Hop artists, Iran, Jeffrey Sachs, Mark Weisbrot, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), North Korea, Russia, Syria, Trump, US Agency for Global Media, US Agency for International Development (USAID), US blockade on Cuba, US Imperialism, US Sanctions, US State Department, Venezuela

By Donald Monaco – Jul 27, 2021 On July 22, 2021, the Biden regime inflicted punitive economic sanctions on Cuban

International Opinion US/Canada

The US has No Business Lecturing Cuba About ‘Free and Fair’ Elections

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Peter Bolton “free and fair elections”, Biden, Cuba, Francis Suarez, Kevin McCarthy, Marco Rubio, us blockade, US Hypocrisy, US Imperialism, us military, US Sanctions

By Peter Bolton – Jul 27, 2021 In the weeks following the protests in Cuba on July 11 questions about

Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

Cuba’s Cultural Counter-Revolution: US Gov’t-Backed Rappers, Artists Gain Fame as ‘Catalyst for Current Unrest’

July 29, 2021 Max Blumenthal Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, National Endowment for Democracy, Patria y Vida, Samantha Power, San Isidro movement, us blockade, US Sanctions, USAID

By Max Blumenthal – Jul 25, 2021 Painting itself as a grassroots collective of artists fighting for freedom of expression,

International Opinion US/Canada

Western Left Intellectuals and Their Love Affair with the Attempted ‘Color Revolution’ in Cuba

July 28, 2021 Editor2 Alex Callinicos, Ashley Smith, Charlie Post, color revolution, Cuba, Eric Toussaint, Etienne Balibar, Fake Socialism, Frank García Hernández, Gayatri Spivak, Gilbert achcar, Left Intellectuals, Marc Cooper, Noam Chomsky, Paul Le Blanc, Robert Brenner, Suzi Weissman, Tithi Bhattacharya, us blockade, US Imperialism

By Josh Bergeron – Jul 26, 2021 Chicago, IL – Noam Chomsky, Gilbert Achcar, Paul Le Blanc, Suzi Weissman, Tithi

International Opinion US/Canada

Our Solidarity with Cuba on Moncada Day Must Include our ‘Moncada Assault’ on the Mainstream Media

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021 Nino Pagliccia Cuba, Cuban history, Dia de la Rebelion Nacional, Fidel Castro, Jose Marti, mainstream media, Moncada Day, sovereignty, Spanish colonization, US false flag, US Imperialism

By Nino Pagliccia – Jul 27, 2021 Cuba has a harsh and long history from the days of the Spanish

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

From Stroessner to Syngenta: Paraguay’s Soy Conflicts

July 28, 2021 gmsorinoco agribusiness, Colorado Party, exploitation, Federico Franco, Fernando Lugo, Land theft, Neoliberalist Agriculture, Paraguay, Southern Cone, soybean, Soybeanisation, Stroessner, Syngenta

By Owen Schalk – Jul 23, 2021 The ‘soybeanisation’ of the Paraguayan economy has had a devastating impact on the

Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

The Defense of the Cuban Revolution is a Struggle Against Fascism

July 28, 2021 gmsorinoco #LetCubaLive, #SanctionsKill, anti fascist, Biden, Cuba, Defend Cuba, Fascism, Fidel, gusanos, internationalism, Joe Biden, Mario Diaz-Baralt, Proud Boys

By José Luis Granados Ceja – Jul 26, 2021 Both Republican and Democrat administrations are willing to work

Africa International Opinion

The TPLF Attack on Ethiopia Contains the Accumulated Evil of the War

July 28, 2021 Ann Garrison #ShutDownAFRICOM, Abiy Ahmed, AFRICOM, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Isaias Afwerki, Tigray, Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), UN Security Council, US interests in Africa

By Ann Garrison – Jul 23, 2021 The western nations that Ethiopia previously kowtowed to claim national government forces attacked

Opinion Politics

Dialogue Between Venezuelan Government and Opposition in Mexico: Perspectives and Demands

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Mision Verdad dialogue, former deputy guaido, International Community, Mexico, Mexico talks, President Maduro, US and European blockade, US and European imperialism, US government, Venezuela, venezuelan opposition

By Mision Verdad – Jul 27, 2021 President Nicolás Maduro Moros recently stated that he is “ready” and willing to

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

Colombia: An Unusual and Extraordinary Threat to Latin America

July 27, 2021July 28, 2021 Editor2 assassination, censorship, Colombia, Haití, human rights violations, hybrid war, Latin America, mainstream media, massacres, mercenaries, narco-state, Operation Gideon, paramilitary, US, Venezuela

By Corriente Revolutionaria Bolivar y Zamora – Jul 23, 2021 Since 2016, more than 900 social leaders have been killed

Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

US Interference in Nicaragua’s Elections

July 27, 2021 Chuck Kaufman Daniel Ortega, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Nicaragua, Nicaragua Elections 2021, Nils McCune, US Agency for International Development (USAID), US elites, US Imperialism, webinar

By Chuck Kaufman – Jul 22, 2021 This presentation was part of a Nicaragua Network webinar on July 18, 2021,

International Opinion US/Canada

In Pre-Sentencing Letter, Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Says Crisis of Conscience Motivated Leak

July 27, 2021 Editor2 Daniel Hale, Drones, Espionage Act, Liam O'Grady, press freedom, US, War, whistleblower

By Brett Wilkins – Jul 23, 2021 “I came to believe that the policy of drone assassination was being used to

Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

On Cuba’s Historic Connections to Palestinian Liberation

July 27, 2021 Benay Blend Cuba, International Community, Palestine, resistance, US Imperialism

By Benay Blend – Jul 24, 2021 “People be ‘nuancing’ and ‘both-siding,’ then a government is overthrown and a country

Asia International Opinion

Why is OPCW Chief Fernando Arias Afraid of his own Inspectors? (Part II)

July 27, 2021 Aaron Maté Douma, Fernando Arias, OPCW, OPCW Whistleblowers, Syria, white helmets

By Aaron Maté · Jul 11, 2021 Rather than address the concerns of two veteran inspectors about a Syria cover-up,

International Opinion US/Canada

US Dollar — and Washington’s Military Primacy — Lurch Closer Towards Collapse

July 26, 2021 Rainer Shea currency, economics, military, US Dollar, US Imperialism

By Rainer Shea – Jul 24, 2021 Mao, whose legacy of victorious class struggle continues to challenge U.S. imperialism as

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