Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

The United States’ War Against Venezuela began in 2001

by Vijay Prashad, published on Socialist Action, December 31, 1025 The United States had no problem with Venezuela itself, nor with the country or its former oligarchy. The problem the U.S. government and its business class have is with the process initiated by President Hugo Chávez’s first administration. In 2001, Chávez’s Bolivarian process passed a law called the Organic Hydrocarbons Law,[…]

Read more

The Sham Trump/UN Peace Plan: Rebranding Genocide By Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges, published on Socialist Action, December 15, 2025 The Genocide in Gaza has not stopped. It has been rebranded. And that is enough of a linguistic subterfuge to get the world to ignore it. See No Evil Hear No Evil Speak No Evil First, it was Israel’s right to defend itself. Then it was a war, even though,[…]

Read more

Who’s the Real Outlaw at Sea? Trump’s Tanker Grab vs. the Houthis’ Anti-Genocide Blockade

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, December 22, 2025 The United States has now intercepted multiple Venezuelan oil tankers as part of its escalating aggression against Venezuela, while also destroying dozens of small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific under the banner of “drug enforcement,” killing over 100 people whose identities the U.S. has obscured. At the same time, the Trump administration has threatened a naval[…]

Read more

The Double Tap on Venezuela

U.S. sanctions, violence, threats, and theft are war crimes waged against Venezuela for decades. A scandal about a “double tap” killing should not be the focus of attention. The first United States SEAL Team 6 air strike on a boat allegedly engaged in Venezuelan drug trafficking took place on September 2, 2025. All 11 people on board were killed. The[…]

Read more

Trump Threatens U.S. Invasion of Venezuela

by Roger D. Harris, published on Socialist Action, October 16, 2025 Washington has persistently interfered in the internal affairs of Venezuela, pouring millions of dollars to rig elections. Yet, the perpetually divided and unpopular US-fostered opposition is more isolated and discredited than ever. Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the[…]

Read more

I Am In Malta With The Gaza Flotilla Ship ‘Conscience’ Bombed By Israel

by Ann Wright, published on Popular Resistance, May 3, 2025 I am in Malta with the group ready to board the Gaza flotilla ship “Conscience” which was bombed by Israel yesterday. As one of the organizers of the US Boats to Gaza and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla coalition, we have been working for months to bring activists from 22 countries[…]

Read more

As Hunger Crisis Grows, 3 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Bread Stampede

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff We can’t forget Gaza despite the catastrophe in Syria.  The Genocide continues.  ~jb The Gaza civil defense on Friday said as many as 100 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks and massacres in northern Gaza in the past 24 hours. 75 of the victims were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes in Beit Lahia,[…]

Read more

Smash Zionist Israel’s Genocide! End All US Aid! Free Free Palestine!

Statement by Socialist Action US, November 14, 2024 The eyes of the world are riveted on Palestine. After 13 months of a genocidal bombardment and invasion of Gaza, and now Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iran and Iraq, the Zionist state has killed at least 50,000 people, two-thirds of whom are women and children, leaving over 100,000 injured, and at least 10,000[…]

Read more

Cuba: Blackout And Blockade

By La Jornada editorial on October 21, 2024 Cuba is going through its greatest energy crisis, with practically the entire island and 10 out of 11 million inhabitants deprived of electricity. The blackouts that have been occurring with increasing frequency and duration for some time now, turned into a total collapse of the electrical system as a result of the[…]

Read more

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[…]

Read more