Sanctions & Embargoes only Hurt the People
In light of the economic collapse and ongoing social and political unrest in Venezuela and Iran, we must examine U.S. economic sanctions and how they contribute to and exacerbate these dynamics.
Although framed as something much more innocuous or even righteous, sanctions are a form of economic warfare used to enforce U.S. & Western empire.
What Sanctions Are
Sanctions block a country’s sovereign ability to act freely in a global world. They restrict trade, banking, investment, and access to global markets.
Despite the myth of “free markets,” sanctions show how capitalism really works: Markets are only free when they serve power.