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Sanctions Kill (SanctionsKill Campaign)

Website:

sanctionskill.org/
Type:

Anti-Sanctions Advocacy Campaign
Formation:

2019
Executive Director:

Sara Flounders

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SanctionsKill Campaign (Sanctions Kill) is a global radical-left activist campaign that uses petitions, webinars, teaching toolkits, direct activism, and social media campaigns to call for an end to all United States-led economic sanctions. 1 2 3 4 5

Sanctions Kill’s founding statement claims United States-imposed sanctions violate international law, are a crime against humanity, and are a weapon of economic warfare. 6 The organization supported protests against Israel on American college campuses, called Israel’s actions in war with Hamas a “genocide,” 7 and has called for the release of convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal. 8

Sara Flounders is the leader of the SanctionsKill Campaign. 9 10 She is a contributing editor of the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Newspaper and a leader of the United National Antiwar Coalition and the International Action Center. 11

History and Leadership

SanctionsKill Campaign was launched in 2019. 12

Radical-left activist Sara Flounders is the leader of the SanctionsKill Campaign. 13 14 She is a contributing editor of the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Newspaper and a leader of the United National Antiwar Coalition and the International Action Center. 15

Activities and Funding

SanctionsKill Campaign is a global 16 far-left activist campaign that uses petitions, webinars, 17 18 teaching toolkits, 19 direct activism, and social media campaigns to call for an end to all United States-led economic sanctions. 20 Sanctions Kill opposes all economic sanctions and has called sanctions “economic warfare” that are implemented in what Sanctions Kill considers “Western greed.” 21

Sanctions Kill’s founding statement claims United States-imposed sanctions violate international law, are a crime against humanity, and are a weapon of economic war that lead to shortages, hyperinflation, famines, disease, and poverty. 22

The organization claims that sanctions have caused some nations to miss their United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda targets 23 and published an article written by two Code Pink activists that called American sanctions “deadly, illegal, and ineffective.” 24

Far-left organization Popular Resistance has used Sanctions Kill’s toolkit to disseminate information about how the organization considers American-led sanctions to be a part of “American economic warfare.” 25

In 2021, Sacntions Kill published a report that calls U.S. sanctions deadly, destructive, and in violation of international law. The report claims that sanctions are a form of deadly aggression that have led to the imprisonment of diplomats in violation of international treaties, collective punishment that undermines international relations, and are designed to maintain U.S. global hegemony. The group also says that sanctions may create potential criminal and civil liability for U.S. authorities that implement sanctions. 26

Policy Activism

In 2024, Sanctions Kill called for the Biden administration to suspend weapons transfers to Israel; to restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA); and to stop attacking militant groups in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria. The organization also urged the Biden administration should listen to the World Court’s policy positions regarding the 2023-2024 Israel-Palestine war. 27

In the spring of 2024, Sanctions Kill supported protests against Israel on college campuses, calling Israel’s actions in the war a “genocide,” 28 a part of an American “imperial project,” and a “terror campaign.” 29

Sanctions Kill has called convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal a “political prisoner” who was “unjustly convicted.” 30 The group has encouraged petitioners to support a petition to George Soros-backed 31  Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) to overturn Abu-Jamal’s murder conviction. 32

Supporters

SanctionsKill Campaign has received support and endorsements from individuals associated with numerous left-of-center and radical-left organizations. These organizations include Black Alliance for Peace, U.S. Peace Council, Alliance for Global Justice, March on the Pentagon, Popular Resistance, International Action Center, National Lawyers Guild, International League of Peoples Struggle, December 12 Movement, Workers World Party, BAYAN USA, International Association of Democratic Lawyers, Code Pink, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Action LA Network, Center for Peace and Justice Studies, Chicago Anti-War Coalition, Common Frontiers, Community Organizing Center, Democratic Socialists of America, Environmentalists Against War, Extinction Rebellion, Hands Off Iran, Industrial Workers of the World, International Movement for a Just World, Latin America Solidarity Committee, Minnesota Peace Action Coalition, National Immigration Solidarity Network, United National Antiwar Coalition, Veterans for Peace, Witness for Peace, World Peace Now, Workers World Party, Communist Party USA, For the People, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Movement 4 Peoples’ Democracy, National Workers Union, and Socialist Action. 33

References

  1. “Endorsers.” SanctionsKill Campaign. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://sanctionskill.org/endorsers/.
  2. “Sanctions Kill.” Sanctions Kill Facebook Page. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/SanctionsKill/.
  3. Dunkel, G. “SanctionsKill Coalition holds nationwide meetings.” Workers World. December 22, 2022. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.workers.org/2022/12/68340/.
  4. “Sanctions A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy.” UNAC YouTube Profile. December 12, 2022. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ro7VTvOc8.
  5. “Sanctions Kill Slideshow.” Google Docs. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rY9pj9g3nMSrRfSap5bdcs3CpPkjj5VI3E7m1ALbQjM/edit#slide=id.gb9c5a1e4dd_0_7
  6.  “Founding Statement.” SanctionsKill Campaign. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://sanctionskill.org/.
  7. “Facebook Post.” Sanctions Kill Facebook. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/SanctionsKill/posts/pfbid02wHtGxvjjdeEAEbfusSM6kfEjseBeNmNLPSkYCdAAACEWUrK6nqjtUes6ECFzLU4ul.
  8.  “Facebook Post.” Sanctions Kill Facebook Page. April 22, 2024. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/SanctionsKill/posts/pfbid037S6EBjNyfykyostsMVAt7G6aA7Md9VgdDDCXs2o5C6o95Hsd7UxnP7n3HBbBpJRel.
  9. “Speakers.” UNAC Conference 2024. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://unacconference2024.org/speakers/.
  10. “A lesson from Russia-Ukraine conflict: not to go along with US provocations to create crisis.” Global Times. April 14, 2023. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202304/1289163.shtml.
  11. “Book Launch: “The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century”.” International Action Center. May 13, 2023. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://iacenter.org/2023/08/14/book-launch-the-east-is-still-red-chinese-socialism-in-the-21st-century/.
  12. “Founding Statement.” SanctionsKill Campaign. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://sanctionskill.org/.
  13. “Speakers.” UNAC Conference 2024. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://unacconference2024.org/speakers/.
  14. “A lesson from Russia-Ukraine conflict: not to go along with US provocations to create crisis.” Global Times. April 14, 2023. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202304/1289163.shtml.
  15. “Book Launch: “The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century”.” International Action Center. May 13, 2023. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://iacenter.org/2023/08/14/book-launch-the-east-is-still-red-chinese-socialism-in-the-21st-century/
  16. “Sanctions Kill.” Sanctions Kill Facebook Page. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/SanctionsKill/.
  17. Dunkel, G. “SanctionsKill Coalition holds nationwide meetings.” Workers World. December 22, 2022. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.workers.org/2022/12/68340/.
  18. “Sanctions A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy.” UNAC YouTube Profile. December 12, 2022. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ro7VTvOc8.
  19. “Sanctions Kill Slideshow.” Google Docs. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rY9pj9g3nMSrRfSap5bdcs3CpPkjj5VI3E7m1ALbQjM/edit#slide=id.gb9c5a1e4dd_0_7.
  20. “Endorsers.” SanctionsKill Campaign. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://sanctionskill.org/endorsers/.
  21. “Photo.” Sanctions Kill Facebook Page. Uploaded December 4, 2019. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/SanctionsKill/photos/pb.100069093494485.-2207520000/116029696536353/?type=3.
  22. “Founding Statement.” SanctionsKill Campaign. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://sanctionskill.org/.
  23. Prashad, Vijay. “The World Does Not Need Illegal Sanctions – The World Needs Peace and Development.” SanctionsKill Campaign. November 8, 2023. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://sanctionskill.org/2023/11/08/the-world-does-not-need-illegal-sanctions-the-world-needs-peace-and-development/.
  24. “U.S. Sanctions: Economic Sabotage That Is Deadly, Illegal, and Ineffective.” SanctionsKill Campaign. June 17, 2019. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://sanctionskill.org/2023/09/21/u-s-sanctions-economic-sabotage-that-is-deadly-illegal-and-ineffective/.
  25. “Sanctions Kill Toolkit Tutorial.” Popular Resistance YouTube Profile. Uploaded 2021. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jYOf9G8FX8.
  26. “US Sanctions Deadly, Destructive and in Violation of International Law.” Sanctions Kill Campaign. September 1, 2021. Updated May 2022. Accessed via Web Archive. May 18, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240102050324/https://chrysalis.pwebarchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SanctionsImpactReport_v62c-3.pdf.
  27. “Petition To: President Biden, Secretary of State Biden.” SanctionsKill Campaign. February 19, 2024. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://sanctionskill.org/2024/02/19/petition_feb2024/.
  28. “Facebook Post.” Sanctions Kill Facebook. Accessed May 18, 2024.https://www.facebook.com/SanctionsKill/posts/pfbid02wHtGxvjjdeEAEbfusSM6kfEjseBeNmNLPSkYCdAAACEWUrK6nqjtUes6ECFzLU4ul.
  29. “Statement for SanctionsKill Campaign.” October 19, 2023. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://sanctionskill.org/2023/10/20/sanctionskill-campaign-exposes-u-s-responsibility-for-israeli-war-crimes-of-collective-punishment/
  30. “Facebook Post.” Sanctions Kill Facebook Page. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/SanctionsKill/posts/pfbid02zLogYV3jS28phN2vzCEHPq1rwwNgFQmY7DTiKsABt5ZgUYYMG95rNCApdZgkr2Xhl.
  31. Davies, Dave. “Soros put nearly $1.7 million in Philly DA’s race.” WHYY Philadelphia. June 21, 2017. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://whyy.org/articles/soros-weighed-in-with-even-more-money-in-das-race/
  32. “Facebook Post.” Sanctions Kill Facebook Page. April 22, 2024. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/SanctionsKill/posts/pfbid037S6EBjNyfykyostsMVAt7G6aA7Md9VgdDDCXs2o5C6o95Hsd7UxnP7n3HBbBpJRel.
  33. “Endorsers.” Sanctions Kill Campaign. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://sanctionskill.org/endorsers/.
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