Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
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by Barry Sheppard, Published on Socialist Action, March 14, 2019 Chelsea Manning, a transgender U.S. soldier who blew the whistle on U.S. war crimes and spent 2013 to 2017 in an army stockade as a result, is back in prison again. This time, it is because she refuses to join a bipartisan campaign against Wikileaks that seeks to bring Julian[…]
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Editor’s note: Colombia is a long time U.S. ally, and now is somehow partnered with NATO. This article is a reminder that while all eyes are focused on the problems of countries targeted by the U.S. for regime change, U.S. allies are committing crimes against the people with impunity. Alliance for Global Justice call, March 14, 2019 There is a[…]
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On Friday, 24th of August, Return demonstrated from the Eastern side of the Gaza fence in solidarity with the weekly Great March of Return in Gaza, which took place for the 22nd Friday in a row. Return activists were quickly forcibly removed from the area, but got to a hill where they waved multiple Palestinian flags and were seen by[…]
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Published by a guest author on Workers World, March 7, 2019 The following are excerpts from an interview with Stalin Pérez Borges, a union leader and veteran socialist militant in Venezuela. He is a member of the Unitarian Unionist Chavista League (LUCHAS) and of the Bolivarian Socialist Workers’ Central (CBST) Advisory Council. The original appeared in Spanish on Feb. 7[…]
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by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, March 10, 2019 One of the lessons from our recent visit to Iran as a Peace Delegation is that Iran is a mature country. It is 2,500 years old, ten times as old as the United States and one of the world’s oldest continuous major civilizations with settlements dating back to 7,000[…]
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By Editor, Published on Media Lens, March 6, 2019 One of us had a discussion with an elderly relative: ‘He can’t be allowed to become Prime Minister.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘It’s so awful…’ ‘What is?’ ‘The way he hates the Jews.’ The last comment was spoken with real anguish, the result of continuous exposure to just two main news sources: the[…]
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Photo: From Venezuelanalysis, 11/12/18 Venezuela’s electrical grid continues to struggle with blackouts as the country’s economic crisis continues. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins) By Marco Terrugi posted to Workers World on March 10, 2019 Article published in pagina12.com.ar on March 9. Translation by Michael Otto. Caracas, Venezuela – At 5 p.m. on March 7, almost all of Venezuela was in the dark.[…]
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Image: Soldier walks by heap of expended ammunition, from BrightHub.com: What is Solid Waste by Ciela S Cantoria Editor’s note: Yes. This article is 2 years old, and was published under what is likely a pseudonym on a libertarian blog. But, the facts are lined up so clearly and the documentation is so reliable that once I saw it, I[…]
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Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Assange demonstrate in front of presidential palace regarding his Ecuadorian citizenship in Quito | Photo: REUTERS file photo by John Pilger, Published on TeleSUR English, March 3, 2019 Whenever I visit Julian Assange, we meet in a room he knows too well. There is a bare table and pictures of Ecuador on the walls. There is[…]
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by Gregor Elich, Published on Zoom In Korea, March 4, 2019 President Trump’s hasty decision to pull the plug on the Hanoi Summit ahead of schedule came as a stunning surprise. The feeling of disappointment in those who were hoping for success contrasted with the sense of relief in the U.S. foreign policy establishment, which remains steadfastly opposed to any[…]
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