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 […]
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.
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. […]
Excerpt from Rania Khalek’s interview with UN expert Alena Douhan. Full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_W6Z8Q77kA
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
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 […]
Presentation by Dr Tim AndersonDirector, Centre for Counter Hegemonic Studies
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 […]