Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

Putin Praises Friendly Russian-US Negotiations in Riyadh

by Sputnik, published on Defend Democracy, February 20, 2025 We don’t often get to read/hear what Putin has to say directly.   It is particularly important when we don’t entirely trust our own leaders that we are familiar with the story from both sides. [ jb] ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he had[…]

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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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Why Hasn’t the UNSC Sanctioned Rwanda or Referred Its President to the ICC

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 29, 2024 The UN Security Council (UNSC) has never sanctioned Rwanda or referred its president to the International Criminal Court (ICC), despite decades of UN documentation of their international crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On December 27, Rwanda’s M23 militia claimed to have seized Goma, the capital[…]

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Israel’s Holiday Village in Gaza: The Grotesque Reality behind the Genocide

by Jeremy Salt, published on Palestine Chronicles, January 1, 2024 Israel’s latest actions in Gaza, from setting up a holiday village for soldiers to the destruction of hospitals, highlight a grotesque disconnection from human suffering. The real news of the day is not that the Israeli army has set up a holiday village for tired soldiers on the coast of[…]

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How the U.S. and Its Allies Destroyed a Sovereign State

by Bronx Antiwar Coalition, published on Workers World, December 30, 2024 The Bronx Anti-War Coalition posted the following article on its website on Dec. 27, 2024. A version of this article was presented on a webinar on Syria organized by the United National Antiwar Coalition. The fall of Syria as a sovereign state and the chaos engulfing the country are[…]

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War Propaganda and the Fall of Syria

by Margaret Kimberly, published on Black Agenda Report, December 11, 2024 A succession of U.S. presidents have been committed to regime change in Syria. That long-held goal has been achieved in part through a sustained campaign of war propaganda. “AQ [Al Qaeda] is on our side in Syria.” Senior Policy Adviser Jake Sullivan’s 2012 email to Secretary of State Hillary[…]

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Ukraine’s Leaders Discuss Continued War Against Russia, Plans to Transform Country into Western Colony

by Dmitri Kovalevich, published on Defend Democracy Press, November 25, 2024 Dissenting evaluation of the Ukrainian war by a member of the Ukrainian opposition. After Donald Trump’s election victory on November 5, the Ukrainian authorities and media are visibly concerned about a possible change of policy in Washington. During the recent presidential and Congress elections, US media close to the[…]

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Syria Support Movement Stands In Solidarity With Syria and Its People

Syria Support Movement Statement, published on syriasupportmovement.org, December 3, 2024 The Syria Support Movement stands with the people of Syria and its democratically-elected government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, in the face of the current aggression by terrorist mercenaries of HTS, the latest iteration of Al Qaeda, and by the Free Syrian Army, both of which are foot soldiers of[…]

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Resistance Grows as West Asia War Widens

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, November 20, 2024 For over a year, the capitalist media has falsely portrayed Israel’s genocidal war against the people of Palestine as a war between Israel and Hamas, the resistance group that launched the Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023. The Flood was a heroic challenge to apartheid conditions imposed on Palestinians since[…]

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Dozens Killed by Israeli Air Strikes and Ground Assaults Across Gaza and Lebanon

by Kevin Reed, published on World Socialist Website, November 12, 2024 Israeli air strikes across Gaza and Lebanon killed dozens of people on Sunday, including at least 20 children, as the Israeli regime intensified its genocide of Palestinians and expanded its wider war in the Middle East. Health officials reported at least 30 people were killed in northern and central[…]

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