Venezuela Jacobin: Documents Show How the US Government Used Social Media to Intervene in Venezuela [Being a pro-Democratic Party publication, Jacobin repeats already disproven propaganda about Russian election interference, and criticizes Maduro “authoritarianism,” yet the article is another example showing how the national security state works with social media corporations for US coup operations.] The … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 11.5.2021: The National Security State – Social Media War on Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela; Alex Saab Update
Venezuela & ALBA News 10.29.21: US Campaigns against Nicaragua election, Disrupts Venezuelan national reconciliation, Instigates rightwing protests in Cuba
Monthly Review: New Era of US Financial Warfare The recent tightening of the economic blockade on Cuba, plus the related economic sanctions directed at Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths there, can be understood only in the context of the new era of financial warfare, which the US has unleashed on targeted countries. … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 10.29.21: US Campaigns against Nicaragua election, Disrupts Venezuelan national reconciliation, Instigates rightwing protests in Cuba
New Era of US Financial Warfare
September 2021 (Volume 73, Number 4)by The Editors, Monthly Reviewhttps://monthlyreview.org/author/monthlyrevieweditors/ In July 2021, popular protests erupted in Cuba for the first time in a generation, in an event that had the mark of Washington all over it (Helen Yaffe, “What’s Actually Going on in Cuba?” Novara Media, July 20, 2021). The immediate background to these protests was the … Continue reading New Era of US Financial Warfare
Is the US Global Empire Actually in Decline?
Stansfield Smith, Chicago ALBA Solidarity, and Roger D. Harris, Task Force on the Americas For all our political lives we have been reading reports of the decline of US global supremacy. It is almost taken for granted, if not an article of faith, in the progressive milieu (e.g., here) that this is the case. Does … Continue reading Is the US Global Empire Actually in Decline?
Venezuela & ALBA News 10.22.2021: Update on US Seizure of Alex Saab; Maduro letter to Spain condemning Spanish genocidal invasion; Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua
Statement from the Free Alex Saab Committee: US Illegally Extradites Venezuelan Diplomat from Cabo Verde to the US The Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was renditioned, kidnapped to the US on October 16 without waiting for a final extradition decision. The action was taken in secret, without notifying his defense team and without relevant documentation. The … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 10.22.2021: Update on US Seizure of Alex Saab; Maduro letter to Spain condemning Spanish genocidal invasion; Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua
The Webinar “Nicaragua: A Leftist Perspective” Advocates Overthrowing the Social and Economic Achievements of the Nicaraguan People, all in the name of “Human Rights”
The webinar “Nicaragua: A Leftist Perspective” is one more example of US regime change propaganda against countries the US corporate national security state considers a challenge to its world rule. William Robinson, in the guise of an objective and serious scholar holding respectable academic credentials, introduced this webinar that virulently attacked Daniel Ortega. (To bolster … Continue reading The Webinar “Nicaragua: A Leftist Perspective” Advocates Overthrowing the Social and Economic Achievements of the Nicaraguan People, all in the name of “Human Rights”
Venezuela & ALBA News 10.1.2021 Report: “The Impact and Consequences of US Sanctions”; Speeches at UN by Bolivia and Nicaragua
Sanctions Kill Report: The Impact and Consequences of US Sanctions Table of Contents: Introduction; Findings; Conclusions; Recommendations;Voices from the Sanctioned; Impact of sanctions on specific countries; Graphics and Photos; Source of information on Sanctions/ Unilateral Coercive Measures Peoples Dispatch: 18 countries issue call for defense of UN charter The group’s members currently are Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 10.1.2021 Report: “The Impact and Consequences of US Sanctions”; Speeches at UN by Bolivia and Nicaragua
Venezuela & ALBA News: 9.24.2021: Presidents Maduro and Diaz-Canel Speeches to UN General Assembly: Historic CELAC meeting
Political Prisoner Alex SaabUltima Noticias: Alena Douhan reiterates that diplomat Alex Saab must be released Douhan stressed that “we are doing everything possible,” that “continuing the media campaign is important,” noting that her office works to promote the release of the Venezuelan diplomat, detained by Cape Verde at the service of the US..VenezuelaAlmayadeen (Ben Norton): … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News: 9.24.2021: Presidents Maduro and Diaz-Canel Speeches to UN General Assembly: Historic CELAC meeting
Alabama Coal Miners’ ongoing Six Month Strike against BlackRock’s Warrior Met; September 28 webinar update with UMWA District 20 Vice President Larry Spencer
Larry Spencer, UMWA District 20 Vice President, represents the 1,100 coal miners in three UMWA locals which on strike against Warrior Met in Alabama since April 1, 2021. He will give an update on the strike in a September 28 webinar. The strikers are fighting to reverse concessions that were foisted on them in 2016 … Continue reading Alabama Coal Miners’ ongoing Six Month Strike against BlackRock’s Warrior Met; September 28 webinar update with UMWA District 20 Vice President Larry Spencer
Venezuela & ALBA News 9.17.2021 #370 Combat Disinformation on Nicaragua; More Questioning of the US Blockade on Venezuela
Nicaragua Tortilla con Sal (Stephan Sefton): Nicaragua: Media Disinformation and Fraudulent Misreporting in Support of US Foreign Policy Interventionism A good illustration why Nicaragua took the self-defense measures it did to stop this new potential contra war. Video Nicaragua against Empire: Sandinistas Speak - Nicaraguans Defend their Revolution Take action to Stop illegal Sanctions on … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 9.17.2021 #370 Combat Disinformation on Nicaragua; More Questioning of the US Blockade on Venezuela
Chicago ALBA Solidarity 