Cuba: the island of resistance, a people who refuse to be defeated
Cuba’s defiant struggle against the longest economic siege in modern history, is a story of ingenuity, dignity, and moral victory against US imperial cruelty.
Gaza famine photos are NOT staged
In response to Israeli regime claims, reported in Bild, German state media Deutsche Welle debunked the idea that Gaza starvation photos were staged. https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-gaza-famine-photos-not-staged/a-73626929 Anwar Ashraf08/15/2025August 15, 2025 Images of starving children and desperate families in Gaza have […]
The Economic war against Syria
by Roberta Rivolta, December 2024 The Economic war against Syria By Roberta Rivolta As ancient as economic wars may be, the use of embargoes as means of coercion experienced a significant acceleration only at the end of the […]
Economic world war: US has sanctions on 1/3rd of all countries, 60% of poor nations
The US government has imposed sanctions on one-third of countries on Earth, including 60% of poor nations. This economic warfare has killed millions of civilians in Iraq, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Syria, etc. — but is now fragmenting the financial system as China and Russia create alternatives.
The Israeli role in the US Siege on Syria
By Hekmat Aboukhater, original post here: https://popularresistance.org/deconstructing-h-r-3202-the-israel-lobbys-persistent-role-in-sanctioning-syria/ On February 13, the U.S. House of Representatives deliberated on Resolution 3202, the “Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023.” The following day, the House passed the bill with a 389 to 32 bipartisan majority. […]
How ‘targeted’ U.S. illegal sanctions on Syria become attacks on entire sectors like health, education, transport.
Excerpt from Rania Khalek’s interview with UN expert Alena Douhan. Full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_W6Z8Q77kA
Sanctions? عقوبات أم حرب حصار؟
Sanctions or Siege? PPTs for a presentation by Dr Tim Anderson. English and Arabic materials. Sanctions as Siege Warfare, chapter three of Axis of Resistance (2019) by Tim Anderson
Lebanon and Syria under Siege
By Tim Anderson, original post here: https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/lebanon-and-syria-under-siege While the peoples of both countries have common origins, a key problem is, as many politically conscious Lebanese say: in Syria, there is a state, while in Lebanon there is a […]
Sanctions or Siege Warfare?
Presentation by Dr Tim AndersonDirector, Centre for Counter Hegemonic Studies
Sanctions as siege warfare
By Tim Anderson Chapter 3 of: Axis of Resistance: towards an independent Middle East (Clarity Press, 2019). Full text below, PDF here: This paper studies the persistent use of economic ‘sanctions’ as a measure of hybrid warfare, and […]