Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

They Lied About Gaza And They Are Lying About Syria

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Substack, November 30, 2024 Al-Qaeda affiliates with a history of receiving western funding have reactivated in Syria along with Turkish-backed fighters to recapture significant amounts of territory in the war-ravaged nation. It’s hard to say exactly what’s happening in the moment, but I will say it’s mighty convenient how Russia being tied up in Ukraine[…]

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U.S. Shooting Itself in the Foot With Info Warfare in Africa

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, September 25, 2024 US efforts to control information in Africa will ultimately backfire, says African journalist, author, and filmmaker David Hundeyin. On September 13, Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a press conference in which he accused the Russian media outlet RT of covertly disseminating Kremlin-produced content and messaging, not only in[…]

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Your Mind Is A Battlefield: Decolonize It To Prevent Global Catastrophe!

by K.J. Noh, published on Popular Resistance, October 2, 2024 The rise of China is one of the greatest success stories in the history of human civilization. Talk delivered for the event “Changes Not Seen in a Century: 75th Anniversary of Founding of PRC”. Friends, Colleagues, Comrades, It’s a great honor for me to join you in this extraordinary, historical moment of[…]

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NYT’s Warmonger Bret Stephens Says the U.S. Must Attack Iran: Some Necessary Iran-US history

by Joseph Palermo, published on Socialist Action, October 8, 2024 Reprinted from The LA Progressive [Editor’s note, Jeff Mackler: We reprint below Joseph Polermo’s Los Angeles Progressive factual account obliterating NYT’s rightwing editorialist Bret Stephen’s call for a punishing US war against Iran for its recent retaliatory firing of missiles on the genocidal Zionist Israeli entity. Polermo more than adequately[…]

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Fascism and War Cannot Be Voted Out

by Ellen Isaacs, published on Countercurrents, September 23, 2024 Editor’s Note: Another much needed perspective that has been in the queue for too long. [jb] Many progressive friends declare they will “hold their nose” and vote for Harris, if only to prevent Trump from instituting fascism. “Bad as she is” – intolerable on Palestine, flipflopping on the environment and health[…]

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We Must Not Surrender to Totalitarianism

Statement from Black Alliance for Peace, October 17, 2024 Resistance to Oppression is a Human Right The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) recognizes that we are in a moment of increased and increasingly dangerous political repression. Peoples’ resistance to oppressive, militaristic, and genocidal policies enacted by the U.S. national security apparatus are once again being met with persecution, marginalization, violence,[…]

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Is It a Crime to Tell the Truth? The Trial of the Uhuru 3

by Dianne Mathiowetz, published on Workers World, September 11, 2024 Sept. 9, 2024 The trial of the Uhuru 3 — Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party; Penny Hess, chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee; and Jesse Nevel, Uhuru Movement member — began on Sept. 3 in a Tampa, Florida, federal courtroom. The three are being charged[…]

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Jury Issues Mixed Verdict in Federal Governments Case Against the Uhuru 3

by Janiah X, published on The Final Call, September 16, 2024 MIAMI—For at least two years, the U.S. government said the Uhuru Movement has been fighting for Russia. But during the federal trial in Tampa, Florida, prosecutors failed to prove the four defendants worked as agents of Russia. The Department of Justice alleged Russians “recruited, funded and directed U.S. political[…]

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Race, Rights and Repression: The Moral and Political Dilemma of the Capitalist Dictatorship

by Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 4, 2024 BAR Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley talks to Ajamu Baraka, BAR Editor and Columnist about the upcoming presidential election and how the outcome will impact international and domestic policy. Ajamu provides his analysis on Palestine, the Ukraine/Russia war, U.S. imperialism in Africa, police militarism, and the federal[…]

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