Judith Bello

Drop the Charges Against Uhuru!

September 7, 2024 Judith Bello Anti-Imperialism, Lawfare, Legal Struggles, Racism

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, September 4, 2024 Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the Federal Indictments of the Uhuru 3 and Denial of their Fundamental Human Rights to Speech, Association, Information and Political Dissent Tampa, Florida — The process of jury selection on September 3rd, 2024, will mark the beginning of the federal trial of Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of[…]

U.S. rejects China’s Proposal to Ban First Use of Nuclear Weapons

May 21, 2024 Judith Bello Asia, China, Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons

by John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg and Ben Chacko, published on People’s World, May 16, 2024, The U.S. has dismissed Chinese calls for a no-first-use treaty between nuclear weapons states, saying it has questions about China’s “sincerity.” The outright dismissal of China’s proposal followed a major speech in which Biden announced radical tariffs of up to 100 percent, on steel imports[…]

For Whom Is the UCLA Campus to Be Safe?

May 21, 2024 Judith Bello Uncategorized

by Saree Makdisi, published on Socialist Action, May 16, 2024 May 10, 2024 [Editor’s note, Jeff Mackler: We reprint below this detailed Los Angeles Review of Books account, originally entitled “For Whom is the campus to be safe?” of the critical and unprecedented events at the University of California at Los Angeles that began at 11 pm April 30 and[…]

‘The Rule of Law Says That the Islands are Chinese’

April 25, 2024 Judith Bello China, International Law, The Philippines

Global Times interviews Anthony Carty, published April 6, 2024 GT Editor’s Note: The recent tensions between China and the Philippines have been flared up by the Philippines to make illegal claims over South China Sea islands and maritime rights. Nonetheless, a book written by Anthony Carty (Carty), an Irish professor of international law and now a visiting professor at the[…]

“Provoked” NATO Expansion, “Unprovoked” Ukraine War, and the Dire “China Threat”

April 3, 2023 Judith Bello China, NATO, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine

by Felix Abt, published on CovertAction Magazine, March 15, 2023 Claims made by transatlantic politicians and their media partners turn reality upside down—and would baffle even George Orwell. U.S. President Joe Biden, Western politicians and their media partners agree that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “unprovoked.” The president of the country notorious for its numerous unprovoked wars of aggression called[…]

The FBI Wants to Put Me on Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom!

February 26, 2023 Judith Bello Abuses of Empire, Lawfare, Paths to Emancipation, Racism, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

The FBI Wants to Put Me on Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom. Put the Colonial State on Trial! We Will Win!! by Omali Yeshitela, published on Black Agenda Report, January 11, 2023 UNAC circulated a petition in support of Omali and the All African People’s Socialist Party when they were raided on July 29, 2023. We have around 1,300[…]

The Crisis of Western Imperialism and the Imperative of War and Repression

December 10, 2022 Judith Bello Anti-Imperialism, Hybrid Warfare, Resistance

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 30, 2022 Presentation at World Anti-Imperialist Conference Ajamu Baraka, Member of Secretariat, U.S. Peace Council Hanoi, Vietnam, November 25, 2022 History demands: Turn Imperialist wars into wars against imperialism Comrades, brothers, and sisters, As we gather today in Hanoi, Vietnam, less than two months before we enter 2023, the weight of[…]

Russia Begins Preparing for Refugees From Donbass

February 18, 2022 Judith Bello Russia, Ukraine

With a Kiev regime offensive against the breakaway provinces apparently beginning, Russia has begun to prepare for an influx of refugees from Donbass across the border into Russia. by Joe Lauria, published on Consortium News, February 18, 2022 The leaders of the breakaway Lugansk and Donetsk provinces in eastern Ukraine have called on their citizens to flee to Russia ahead[…]

The Great Game of Smashing Countries

August 31, 2021 Judith Bello Abuses of Empire, Afghanistan, Neocolonialism, Occupation, Socialism

by John Pilger, published on CounterPunch, August 25, 2921 As the US leaves Afghanistan in disgrace, it is illuminating to look at the beginning of the story. You have probably heard this story before but it merits retelling. Syria has a similar one, and Iran, and even Iraq though each country has been entangled with US foreign policy and US[…]

South Africa: The Fault-Lines of the World’s Most Unequal Society

July 18, 2021 Judith Bello Protest, Socio-Economic Struggles, South Africa, South Africa

by John Allen, published on All Africa, July 18, 2021 South Africa was born in the clutches of the IMF and the World Bank. It is no surprise that even a government run by a revolutionary party became, after less than 30 years, riddled with corruption, while implementing divestment and impoverishment of the very people from whom they emerged as[…]