Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

Gaza Resistance Exposes Limits of U.S. Power

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, November 7, 2023 The audacity of the coordinated Palestinian resistance, which began with a surprise operation on Oct. 7, was not only a shock to the Zionist military machine and its vaunted intelligence network, but is also sending shockwaves through the U.S. empire. Both Israel and the U.S. rulers are now relying on[…]

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Ambassador Chas Freeman Puts The Gazan Breakout into Context

by Charles W. Freeman, Jr, published on Just World Educational Blog, October 9, 2023 This war puts paid to israeli-Saudi normalization but that was never a real prospect. The Israeli ministry of strategic affairs (i.e. “hasbara” or propaganda) has touted normalization as a “game changer for the Middle East.” Not so. It would, however, be a game changer for both[…]

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Peace comes with Justice, not War

CODEPINK Statement on the Call for War in Palestine, October 8, 2023 CODEPINK strongly opposes Secretary Lloyd J. Austin’s just-announced plan to send troops to the Eastern Mediterranean – including U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and defense munitions. Escalating the violence in Palestine is not the path to peace, it’s the path to destroying any chance the Palestinians have for peace,[…]

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Palestinian Resistance in Gaza Launches Unprecedented Surprise Attack on Israel

by Tareq S. Hajjaj and Mondoweiss Editors, published on Mondoweiss, October 7, 2023 At around 6:30 a.m., Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza launched a surprise attack on Israel from land, sea, and air, as thousands of rockets have been launched into Israel and reportedly dozens of Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed and abducted by the resistance. In the early[…]

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WWP Statement World Solidarity With Palestine

Statement by Workers World Party, published on Workers World, October 8, 2023 The Israeli regime’s murders, seizures of territories, illegal settlements and occupation made a response from the Palestinian people and their liberation organizations as inevitable as it was justifiable. Palestinians have once again, under the most difficult circumstances, provided a heroic example for people longing for liberation from imperialism[…]

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Nicaragua: the Path to Independence

by Roger McKenzie, published in Morning Star, August 4, 2023 The years under neoliberalism in Nicaragua saw trade union rights stripped away, collective bargaining agreements junked and, as trade union strength waned, living standards plummeted. The 1980s saw massive investment in essential services after the 1979 revolution by the Sandinistas. This brought about major advances in education and healthcare as[…]

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A Canadian Left View on Cuba’s July 26 Moncada

by Arnold August, published on The Canada Files, July 26, 2023 In 1953, when virtually all the progressive and revolutionary forces in Cuba offered no viable solution to oppose the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship, Fidel Castro and his comrades did indeed work out a path. It was a route characterized by game-changing statements coupled with exceptionally courageous deeds, out of which[…]

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Meaning of Solidarity in the Time of a New Palestine

by Ramzy Baroud, published on Countercurrents, July 24, 2023 [Along with other intellectuals, I was asked by a New Zealand solidarity group to share a few ideas on what meaningful solidarity with Palestine entails. This talk inspired the article below.] It is a new era in Palestine. This new era is taking shape before our very eyes, through the blood,[…]

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Nicaraguans Celebrate 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution

Under Stewardship of Original Revolutionary Leader Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua Remains a Beacon for Social Progress Despite Crushing U.S. Sanctions by Lauren Smith, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 19, 2023 In the United States, the word “socialism” has come to have a negative meaning. In that meaning, the word implies the loss of individual sovereignty, rejection of religion and the institution[…]

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