Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

A Voice From Syria on Christmas Day: “All of Us Are Lost.”

by Rick Sterling, published on Syria Support Movement, December 27, 2024 Following are some key points from a discussion with my friend Qusay (not his real name) in Damascus. He is a translator and university professor. The situation in Syria continues to evolve. See the X account of Tim Anderson @TimAnd2037 for videos showing ongoing atrocities which contradict the western[…]

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Will Anybody Stop Israel’s Invasion of Syria?

by Nicolas Davies, published on LA Progressive, December 25, 2024 The United States, Turkey, and Israel all responded to the fall of the Assad government in Damascus by launching bombing campaigns on Syria. Israel also attacked and destroyed most of the Syrian Navy in port at Latakia, and invaded Syria from the long-occupied Golan Heights, advancing to within 16 miles[…]

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From Relative “Peace” to Chaos: The First Phase of a New War Returns to Syria

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, December 12, 2024 The fall of the Syrian government is being heralded by Western liberals and “leftists.” The collapse is not the liberation that is being presented by the US and its corporate media partners.  Liberals and their Western allies, among the social-imperialist left in the U.S. and Europe, are celebrating the[…]

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The Worth of Palestinian Lives

by Susan Abulhawa, published on Workers World, December 6, 2024 The following remarks by Palestinian-American writer and activist Susan Abulhawa were delivered during a debate sponsored by the Oxford Union, Nov. 28, 2024, on the motion: “This house believes Israel is an apartheid state responsible for genocide.” The motion was carried by an overwhelming majority of 278-59. Most members of[…]

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Lenapehoking to Palestine, Genocide is a Crime!

by Joe Piette, published on Workers World, October 25, 2024 Philadelphia – Students, faculty and community activists came out for a Palestine Solidarity Vigil, with signs, banners, chants, speakers and musical instruments, on Indigenous Peoples Day, Oct 14. The vigil took place at the University of Pennsylvania campus, which sits on occupied Lenape territory, known as Lenapehoking. Highlights included a[…]

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The UN Must Use the “Uniting for Peace” Process to Stop Israel

by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, October 20, 2024 The international community is united in their condemnation of the actions of Israel upon the civilians in Gaza, with a death now well over 40,000, and the attacks on Lebanon which have killed and injured civilians who have no connection to Hezbollah. The UN General Assembly has voted for a[…]

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Yahya Sinwar, A Memorial

from Mpho Masomela in South Africa, October 21, 2024 (Translated by Google translate from Arabic) The Will of the Martyr Yahya Sinwar: I am Yahya, the son of the refugee who turned exile into a temporary homeland, and turned the dream into an eternal battle. Last Video of Yahya Sinwar when he was alive Yahya Sinwar Died like real hero[…]

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The Legacy of Martyr Nasrallah and the Zionist Massacre That Won’t Crush Resistance

Statement from The Bronx Antiwar Coalition, published on Workers World, September 30, 2024 Editor’s note: Some time has passed since this was first published, but I think it is increasingly pertinent as the impact of the initial disaster falls away.   Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a deeply buried underground bunker along with some other leaders of Hezbollah and more than[…]

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The Beginning of the End of Israel

by Craig Mokhiber, published on Mondoweiss, October 8, 2024 One year later the flames of genocide still burn, but after decades of persecution and bloodshed we may well be seeing the beginning of the end of the settler-colonial project in Palestine. We have reached a grim milestone. A full year of gruesome Israeli mass murder. A year of epic Palestinian[…]

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Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes on Israel were Legal and in Self-Defense

UNAC Statement, October 3, 2024 Iran executed a legal and legitimate response to provocations by Israel following illegal terrorist attacks by the Zionist regime that targeted Iranian nationals and interests, infringing upon Iran’s sovereignty. In accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, Iran launched over 200 ballistic missiles at military targets in Israel on Tuesday. These strikes directly[…]

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