Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

The Tragic U.S. Choice to Prioritize War Over Peacemaking

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, April 3, 2023 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. – Matthew 5:9 In a brilliant Op-Ed published in the New York Times, the Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi explained how China, with help from Iraq, was able to mediate and resolve the deeply-rooted conflict between Iran[…]

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The ICC Is A US-Controlled Kangaroo Court

by Jaqueline Luqman, published on HoodCommunist, March 23, 2023 The Washington Post, or the Pentagon Post, as Eugene Puryear aptly named the paper this Saturday, printed a bizarre “key update” on the official visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The update reads: “Chinese President Xi Jinping claims to have come to Moscow as[…]

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UN Complicity in Terrorism – The Case of Nicaragua

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla Con Sal, March 27, 2023 Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been a feature of international relations since the very founding of the United Nations and the time of the Korean War. In[…]

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China, COVID Origins and War Propaganda

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, March 15, 2023 A human cause of covid-19 is possible, but anti-China rhetoric is war propaganda, not scientific evidence.   “I was the first governor to take action to ban Tik Tok here in our state and we saw over two dozen different states take action and congress after that. So we’re thankful[…]

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The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, March 15, 2023 March 19th marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this day, but it also looms large over the current crisis in Ukraine, making it impossible[…]

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Liquified Natural Cash

How Methane Exports Reverse Climate Progress, Harm Consumers and Endanger Communities The problem analysis here is very informative.  The policy recommendations, however, are framed as “President Biden should” do this; “President Biden should” do that.  Of course, President Biden will not do any of these things, and if he appeared to do so, it would be a “feint” because President[…]

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How US Exceptionalism Has Spawned War in Ukraine and Syria

by Rick Sterling, published on Antiwar.com, February 25, 2023 The following is an adapted version of the presentation made at the webinar “Connecting Dots” on 2.25.2023. Other speakers were Dr. Marwa Osman and Dr. Atif Kubursi. Introduction Syria has been at war since 2011. The conflict is in a stalemate. US troops control nearly a third of the country. The[…]

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East Palestine, Ohio and the Oligarchy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, March 1, 2023 A freight train derailment brought environmental catastrophe to a small Ohio town. While the circumstances are somewhat unique, events followed a predictable pattern in a country run by and for the ruling class. The U.S. is an oligarchy. Stating this fact explains events that may seem mysterious if this[…]

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

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[…]

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