Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

China and Progressive Latin America Share a Project of Solidarity

by Carlos Martinez, published on Friends of Socialist China, March 14, 2023 Friends of Socialist China co-editor Carlos Martinez was invited by the World Anti-imperialist Platform to speak on 4 March 2023 at Bolívar Hall, London, alongside the ambassadors of Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela, at an event marking the 10th anniversary of the death of comrade Hugo Chávez. Carlos addressed[…]

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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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U.S. Military Out of the Philippines

by by Seiji Yamada, Arcelita Imasa, and Richard Rothschiller, Published on Counterpunch, March 7, 2023 In January, the Philippine and US governments announced plans to allow U.S. military access to four additional bases in the Philippines. This agreement to base more U.S. military assets in the Philippines poses a threat to peace. Signaled by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton writing[…]

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U.S. Shoots Itself in the Foot in Africa

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, March 8, 2023 In Africa as in the rest of the world, US machinations undermine its goals and bring other nations together as they seek to protect themselves from a desperate empire. The US can’t seem to understand that the rest of the world, including Africa, doesn’t like to be pushed around. African nations’ refusal[…]

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Why Biden Snubbed China’s Ukraine Peace Plan

By Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd, Wei Yu, March 2, 2023 There’s something irrational about President Biden’s knee-jerk dismissal of China’s 12-point peace proposal titled “China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis.” “Not rational” is how Biden described the plan that calls for de-escalation toward a ceasefire, respect for national sovereignty, establishment of humanitarian corridors and resumption of[…]

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U.S. Hegemony and It’s Perils

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China spells out what is wrong with U.S. foreign policy. While administrations may change, the imperative to dominate doesn’t. U.S. desperate decisions create great dangers around the world. US Hegemony and Its Perils February 2023 Contents Introduction I. Political Hegemony—Throwing Its Weight Around II. Military Hegemony—Wanton Use of Force III. Economic Hegemony—Looting[…]

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5 Reasons Why Much of the Global South Isn’t Automatically Supporting the West in Ukraine

by Krishen Mehta, produced by Globetrotter, February 24, 2023 Krishen Mehta is a member of the Board of the American Committee for U.S.-Russia Accord (ACURA), and a Senior Global Justice Fellow at Yale University. This article is distributed by Globetrotter in partnership with ACURA. In October 2022, about eight months after the war in Ukraine started, the University of Cambridge in the UK[…]

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“Stop US interference”: Interview with the Labour Party of Taiwan

by Wim De Ceukelaire Interview with Wu Rong-yuan, published on No Cold War, February 2023 For those who are interested in a deeper understanding of the history of  multiple occupations of Taiwan throughout the 20th century and U.S. intervention to use Taiwan as a control point and block Chinese independence.   I hope many will take the trouble to ready this. […]

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