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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kenneth Mohammed

Sanctions are not a humane alternative to bombs. They are economic warfare with civilians as collateral damage

Protesters in New York, one wearing a papier-mache pig's head, hold up signs saying 'No blood for oil', 'US out' and 'Defend our Americas'
People at a rally in Manhattan demonstrate against the US bombing of Venezuela and the capture of President Maduro. Photograph: Gina M Randazzo/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Across borders, cultures and faiths, most ordinary people want the same things: the ability to earn a living, put a roof over their heads, feed their families and watch their children grow up with a future. These are not radical ideas, but they are today routinely sacrificed on the altar of geopolitics.

When power and profit take precedence, governments abandon the everyday realities of those they claim to protect and serve, especially when domination of another country’s resources, markets or political direction is at stake.

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