Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

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[…]

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The Story of China’s Pandas Aid Supporting the People of Gaza

Report by Lee Siu Hin (李小轩) from Our Fourth Trip to Egypt for Organize Medical Humanitarian Mission to Gaza, Egypt March 30-April 5, 2025 Panda Aid: www.PandaAid.org Gaza Watch www.GazaWatch.net April 14th, 2025 Chinese: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/PandaAid/March2025Report-CHN.html English: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/PandaAid/March2025Report-ENG.html This is a little long but it is interesting as a description of what happens to aid intended for the starving people of Gaza  “on the ground”.  We[…]

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Where Does the Money Go? A Look at USAID Spending in Haiti

by Jake Johnston, published on Counterpunch, February 10, 2025 When you read this, keep in mind that the people of Haiti do not have a democratically elected government and have not had one since the US flew Aristide to Africa.  Also remember that they don’t have jobs, medical services and reliable resources for ordinary living.  [jb]   “We’re shutting it[…]

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The Truth About Trump’s Dismantling the Government Bureaucracy and the “Constitutional Crisis”

By John Pottinger and Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, February 23, 2025 The Truth Abut Trump’s Dismantling the Government Bureaucracy and the “Constitutional Crisis” A Marxist Assessment That President Trump has dismantled or significantly gutted some dozen or more government agencies, frozen the allocation of trillions of dollars in the federal budget allocated to run the country, fired multiple[…]

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How USAID Paved The Way For Syria’s Jihadist Takeover

by Alexander Rubenstein, published on PopularResistance, December 26 2024 (Originally published on MintPress News) Black Money, Black Flags. As the designated terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) establishes its proto-government in Idlib, notoriously corrupt NGOs are stepping in to fill the gaps in public services, with some even defecting to work alongside the group. The United States, which spent two[…]

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The Economic War Against Syria

by Roberta Rivolta, published on Counter-Hegemonic Studies, December 4, 2024 As ancient as economic wars may be, the use of embargoes as means of coercion experienced a significant acceleration only at the end of the Cold War. While the collapse of the USSR reduced the risk that a targeted nation could fall into the Soviet Union sphere of influence, the[…]

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Black Agenda Report Joins in Gaza Relief Effort

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, November 15, 2023 Corporate media excel at misdirection and telling outright lies. Independent media must have a seat at the table when opportunities arise to cover events such as relief efforts for the people of Gaza.  “We’ve come to Egypt to speak to the world directly from the border of Gaza, which we were not[…]

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AMLO: US Blockade Against Cuba and Venezuela Behind Migration Crisis

from Orinoco Tribune, October 4, 2023 Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blamed the United States’ sanctions and blockade policy against Cuba and Venezuela as the cause of increased regional migration. During his daily press conference on Monday, October 2, López Obrador directly linked US imperialist foreign policy in Latin America to the 10,000 daily arrivals of migrants at the[…]

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World Hunger and the War in Ukraine

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, July 19 2023 The header image gives a little perspective.  It says that Ukraine is not in the same class as Russia in terms of the amount of grain it exports.  In fact The U.S., Canada, Australia and France all export larger quantities of wheat than Ukraine, but significantlu less than Russia.   [jb] On[…]

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