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US Lawmaker Revives PAGER Act Demanding Lebanon ‘ End Any Recognition of Hezbollah’

from the News Desk at The Cradle, March 5, 2025 On 5 March, US Representative Greg Steube reintroduced to Congress the Preventing Armed Groups from Engaging in Radicalism (PAGER) Act, which seeks to condition US financial aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) until Beirut ends “any official recognition of Hezbollah and its allies.” According to the text of the[…]

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Fear and Loathing in the “New” Syria

by Daniel Kovalik, published on Defend Democracy, February 15, 2025 During her confirmation hearing for Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard was grilled about having been a purveyor of “Putin’s talking points” about the U.S. supporting al-Qaeda in Syria. Of course, Gabbard responded, there can be no doubt about the veracity of such claims. Thus, Gabbard cited the fact that[…]

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Trump’s First 7 Days: The Framework for Presidential Dictatorship

by the Socialist Equality Party, published on Defend Democracy Press, January 27, 2025 I don’t know anything about this organization, but the article makes many good points about the Trump administration.    [jb] In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ever attempted: overturn the[…]

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As Trump’s War on Migrants Transcends Borders, Resistance Grows in Latin America

by Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, published on Truthout, February 2, 2025 Colombia, along with Mexico, Brazil and Honduras, are already resisting the Trump administration’s neo-imperial regional aspirations. Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a former political prisoner who played a leading role in Colombia’s revolutionary movement, is the first head of state both in the region and globally who has challenged Donald Trump directly,[…]

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Behind the Scenes of the Plan to Deport Palestinians

by Fouad Baker, published on Workers World, January 30, 2025 By Fouad Baker The following article was submitted to Workers World on Jan. 29, 2025, by Fouad Baker, a Palestinian politician and human rights activist. The article was lightly edited. The Trump plan to deport the Palestinian people from Gaza and the West Bank cannot be viewed in the same[…]

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U.S. and Israel are Pushing the World to the Brink of WW III — Their Crimes Against Humanity Must Be Stopped Immediately!

Statement by The U.S. Peace Council, October 7, 2024 Just short of one year since Israel’s criminal attack and invasion of the Gaza Strip and brutal bombardment and genocide of Palestine, the Zionist state committed yet another crime against humanity, on September 23, 2024. Israel carpet bombed Lebanon and assassinated the top leaders of the Resistance Front, including Seyyed Hassan[…]

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Trump Keeps His Promises While Democrats Must Be Abandoned

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report Trump begins his term delivering on promises, but compromised and colluding democrats have ready excuses for betraying their voters. “Yet, with the return of Trump, opportunists in our communities and beyond are telling us that the real culprits in our oppression and the targets for opposition are Trump and republicans.” Black Alliance[…]

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No Popular Revolution is Launched with Imperialism’s Backing

by Bahman Azad, published on Workers World, January 10, 2025 The message below, from U.S. Peace Council President Bahman Azad, was read by Saher Al Khamash of the Bronx Anti-War Coalition at a webinar on the U.S. role in Syria, organized by the United National Antiwar Coalition, on Dec. 28, 2024.  Please forgive me for not being personally present at[…]

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Taxpayers Suing Congress members For Funding Genocide Speak Out

by Marjorie Cohen, published on Popular Resistance , January 4, 2025      (originally published on Truthout) Editor’s Note: Our elected officials ignore our concerns, and dismiss our demands.  Time to up the ante!  The issue of genocide is too big to let them off. “We Have to Act.” Plaintiff Tarik Kanaana says the lawsuit “has given people something to rally[…]

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