Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

Steps You Can Take to Stop the Ongoing Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza

by Abdul Jabbar, published in Countercurrents, December 27, 2023 It is the duty of everyone in the world and especially those who live in the United States to take action to stop the ongoing genocide of the besieged and helpless Palestinians in Gaza. This brutal slaughter of Palestinians started on October 7, 2023, when Israel retaliated against the horrific Hamas[…]

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Did Israel Kill Iranian Commander to Provoke a Wider War?

by Trita Parsi, published on Responsible Statecraft, December 26, 2023 Iran’s top commander in Syria, Seyed Razi Mousavi, was assassinated Sunday by an Israeli airstrike in a Damascus neighborhood, according to Iran’s official news agency IRNA and Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. This has led Tehran to call for reprisals, ratcheting up fears that this[…]

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US pushing Red Sea Into War Zone to Protect Israeli Genocide in Gaza

by Al Mayadeen English, December 19, 2023 French shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM announced on Monday that it would reroute some of its vessels through the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa due to increased Yemeni operations in the Red Sea. “The CMA CGM Group remains deeply concerned about the attacks on commercial vessels unfolding in the Red[…]

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In the Face of Repression, Resistance Thrives

Statement by Students for Justice in Palestine at George Washington University and George Washington University Student Coalition for Palestine, published on Mondoweiss, December 15, 2023 It has been over two months since the beginning of the Zionist regime most recent stage of genocide against the steadfast people of Gaza, in which almost 20,000 of our people have been slaughtered by[…]

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The United Arab Emirates is Destroying the Biodiversity of a Yemeni Archipelago.

by Mouna Hashem and Martha Mundy, Published on Counterpunch, December 1, 2023 Environmental destruction entails two intertwined processes: climate change and the destruction of biodiversity, which mutually reinforce each other. Both are human-caused. Climate change is not the lead driver of biodiversity loss; it is human overexploitation of natural resources and habitat destruction. Protecting biodiversity protects against climate change. Nowhere is the[…]

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Yemeni Movement’s Solidarity With Palestine

Statement published on Workers World, December 20, 2023 Below is a statement by Ansarallah (called the Houthi movement in the imperialist media) spokesperson, Mohammed Abdul Salam, which was posted on Resistance News Network on Dec. 16.  The accompanying news is that the largest shipping company in the world, the Swiss-Italian MSC, has decided to cease all shipments in the Red[…]

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Ret. Col. Ann Wright Unmasks the Truth in Arms Transfer Debate

by Ann Wright, published on Countercurrents, December 13, 2023 In a heated session at the United Nations Security Council, diplomats engaged in a vigorous debate over the provision of arms to Ukraine amid the protracted war with Russia. The eleventh meeting on this pressing issue since Russia invaded in February of 2022 drew sharp criticisms from multiple speakers, who accused[…]

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Largest Union Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza

by Rose Lemlich, published on Left Voice, December 2, 2023 The UAW International union has joined calls for a ceasefire and is exploring how to divest from Israel. This is a step which should inspire union activists to take up the fight to bring their union into the fight against Israel’s attack on Gaza and the struggle against imperialism. At[…]

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When Genocide is No Longer Genocide

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, December 13, 2023 Some of Israel’s defenders want to do away with the concept of genocide in hopes of washing away its war crimes. Any redefinition would allow the U.S. to disappear the many genocides it has committed domestically and internationally. “We maintain, therefore, that the oppressed Negro citizens of the United[…]

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Musings from the Margins #4: Black Lackeys, White Social Democrats, Human Rights and Empire’s Decline

Black Agenda Report Editor and Columnist Ajamu Baraka has thoughts on Black Misleadership, faux Human Rights, the Decline of the Empire, White Social Democrats and other issues. What makes the white supremacy so incredibly dangerous is what I call the psychopathology of white supremacy. It is a racialized narcissistic cognitive disorder that centers so-called white people’s and European civilization and renders the afflicted with[…]

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