by Celina della Croce This article was originally published in Monthly Review Online. On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the capital of Caracas. He had been waiting for more than twenty-four hours to […]
by Jeff Klein The horrific February 6 earthquake in Southern Turkey and northern Syria has shined a spotlight on the broad-based economic sanctions that the US has imposed on countries with supposedly “hostile” governments. It is not a pretty picture. In Syria, the US has […]
“I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today — my own government.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967 When, and […]
by Renate Bridenthal, Molly Nolan and Prasannan Parthasarathi Sanctions are an economic weapon. They restrict nations from trading in goods and transacting in financial instruments; they prohibit U.S. corporations and banks from dealing with targeted countries; and they limit the economic activities of individuals, organizations, […]
by Tyrin Douangvichit As of January 22, 2021, the Treasury Department had imposed sanctions on roughly 166 Venezuelan or Venezuelan-connected individuals and the State Department had revoked the visas of more than 1,000 individuals and their families (FAS.org, Congressional Research Service). The current discourse on […]
Originally published in The Shoestring by Celina della Croce and Michael Kowalchuk “Our policy towards Venezuela, or any other country, ought not to be motivated by greed.” – Congressman Jim McGovern On Wednesday, March 24th, peace activists gathered outside Representative Jim McGovern’s Northampton district office […]
The US continues to occupy Syrian territory, stealing its oil resources and blockading grain imports. This has had the effect of starving and freezing Syrians as well as impeding initiatives to unite and rebuild the country. We note that US, Turkish, and Israeli bombing of […]
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