From Iran to Cuba, Trump’s Sanctions Have Hurt People More Than Governments
The US says “sanctions” are about regime change, but in practice they are economic warfare against entire populations.#Palestine conference canceled by #USM over speaker’s sanctions has new location
The academic discussion called the ‘#ConsequenceOfPalestine’ will take place at #FirstParishCongregationalChurch in #GorhamME
by Riley Board, February 26, 2026
"A conference on Palestine scheduled for Saturday has found a new venue after the University of Southern Maine said it would no longer sponsor the event because one of the planned speakers is subject to sanctions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
"The 'Consequence of Palestine' event will now be hosted at the First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham, and is scheduled to proceed on the same date, organizers with the #MaineCoalitionForPalestine and #MaineVoicesForPalestinianRights announced Thursday.
"University officials told organizers late last week they could no longer use Hannaford Hall on the USM’s Portland campus for the event after learning that speaker #FrancescaAlbanese is on the Office of Foreign Assets Controls’ #SanctionsLlist.
"#Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on #HumanRights in the #OccupiedPalestinianTerritories, was slapped with sanctions in July after she wrote letters to several major American businesses, telling them she planned to name them in a U.N. report for contributing to human rights violations by #Israel; the #StateDepartment called the letters campaigns of political and #EconomicWarfare. U.S. businesses and entities are prohibited from doing business with Albanese.
"Albanese was scheduled to speak at the conference remotely, and organizers said they received guidance that her participation was permitted so long as they did not engage in any financial transaction with her or offer an honorarium for her participation.
"Organizers also say they offered to remove Albanese from the schedule, but the university said it still could not host the event because it needed, 'time to assess the risk and put in place measures to ensure compliance with all federal and state laws and university policies.'
"More than 300 people had registered for the event as of Tuesday.
"Albanese is still slated to speak at the conference, an organizer confirmed. The USM Department of Criminology and Sociology, previously a co-sponsor of the event, is no longer involved."
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#MainePol #Capitulation #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #IsraeliWarCrimes #USWarCrimes #FreeGaza #Gaza #GazaGenocide #LandTheft #Colonialism #FreePalestine #BibiIsAWarCriminal #MaineVoicesForPeace
“From Blockade to Asphyxiation”
by Manila de Los Santos in Savage Minds on Substack
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“On 29 January 2026, the Trump administration transformed a long-standing campaign of pressure into a blunt instrument of #suffocation. With an executive order, it weaponized the US tariff system against any nation, including countries like #Mexico, that dares to sell oil to Cuba”
https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/from-blockade-to-asphyxiation
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Economic statecraft in action!
With OFAC & Treasury, the "Maximum Pressure" on Iran is working but banks failing, currency in freefall, and the economy buckling. No shots fired, just results.
https://salmanmehdi.substack.com/p/tariffs-as-pressure
#AmericaFirst #EconomicWarfare #MaximumPressure #Iran
@bloomberg @profiles-bloomberg that's where @EUCommission 's #Zensursula is wrong:
This is not a #mistake, but purposefully planned #provocation an #EconomicWarfare!
@taoeffect #ASIC|s will get outlawed first simply because they are irredeemably harmful to the envoirment and trivial to identify.
#Monero at least is inherently #decentralized and able to thrive because of it.
Cuz #Banksters that can throw Billions around can make fetch happen…
Because unlike with #AntiPrivacy-Shitcoins, people can actually buy shit with Monero!
Monero will outlive all the #Scamcoins because it is an actual #currency, not a #Memecoin!
#shutdown #EconomicWarfare #ClassWar #FoodInsecurity #hunger #CrueltyIsThePoint
"Exclusive: USDA says it can't use emergency funds for food stamps
The Agriculture Department says it can't use contingency funds to pay for food stamps during the government shutdown — and that states won't be reimbursed if they cover the expenses on their own, according to a new memo obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: Starting next month, about 42 million low-income people won't get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if Congress doesn't agree to a deal to fund and reopen government.
The big picture: Now in its 24th day, the shutdown threatens to take a real toll not just on federal workers who are going without paychecks, but also many of the nation's neediest citizens.
• The SNAP freeze could kick in as an increasing number of Americans are going hungry and relying on food banks as the economy cools.
• Senate Democrats essentially shut down the government by demanding that the Republicans who control Congress extend Affordable Care Act subsidies. Without the subsidies, health care costs could soar for 22 million Americans on ACA plans.
• Now the shutdown could pit the needs of those 22 million ACA enrollees against those of the 42 million who could go without food assistance starting Nov. 1.
(. . .)
What they're saying: The liberal group Center for American Progress released an analysis Thursday that argued Trump has a legal obligation to continue funding SNAP, and accused him of cruelty.
• 'From terminating funding used to purchase food for schools and food banks to passing the largest cuts in SNAP history, the administration has made it clear that its goal is to take food away from hungry families — and that sentiment is extending to the USDA's approach to the shutdown,' it wrote."
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