Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

What We Forget and What We Don’t Say About Ukraine

by Dimitris Scarpalezos, published on Defend Democracy, November 13, 2025 Note: A European perspective The memory of a goldfish has always been the weapon of regime propaganda, and often distinguished progressive commentators settle into this stunted memory to be pleasing both to progressives and to their overlords. The war in Ukraine is a case where this stunted memory leads to[…]

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Unmasking Imperial Hypocrisy: Trump’s 2025 Venezuela Escalation Is a Sham for Oil

by Gloria Giullo, published on CovertAction, October 27, 20225 n October 16, 2025, Donald Trump’s second term ignited a reckless campaign against Venezuela, greenlighting covert CIA operations, deploying 4,000 Marines and F-35 jets to the Caribbean, and launching strikes on Venezuelan vessels that have killed more than 27 people—all framed as a fight against drugs and migration. This is no noble mission: It[…]

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Trump Threatens U.S. Invasion of Venezuela

by Roger D. Harris, published on Socialist Action, October 16, 2025 Washington has persistently interfered in the internal affairs of Venezuela, pouring millions of dollars to rig elections. Yet, the perpetually divided and unpopular US-fostered opposition is more isolated and discredited than ever. Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the[…]

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“We Will Blow You Out of Existence”, Trump’s Caribbean Spectacle

by Carlos Ron, produced by Globetrotter,  October 3, 2025 On 23 September 2025, US President Donald Trump delivered a dramatic address, explicitly threatening those allegedly involved in drug trafficking to the United States with being blown “out of existence”. This statement, taken as a blatant disregard for international law and due process, made reference to the latest escalation in the[…]

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‘An Egregious Abuse of Power’: Trump Orders Troops to Portland, Ore; OKs ‘Full Force’

by Olivia Rosane, published on Common Dreams, September 27, 2025 “This unilateral action represents an abuse of executive authority, seeks to incite violence, and undermines the constitutional balance of power between the federal government and states,” Oregon lawmakers wrote. In his latest attempt to turn the US military on an American city, President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he[…]

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Epstein Survivors: ‘This is Not a Hoax’

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, September 18, 2025 Survivors of sexual crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein held a news conference on Sept. 3 outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C. They were demanding Congress pass a bill to force the Trump administration to release all of its investigative material on Epstein and that every person who received sexual favors[…]

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China is a Force for Peace and Progress, That’s Why the World Needs China

by Carlos Martinez, published on Friends of Socialist China,  June 27, 2025 Friends of Socialist China was among the organisers of a hybrid event in Portland, Oregon (US), held on 22 June 2025, discussing Kyle Ferrana’s important book Why the World Needs China. In his speech (delivered via Zoom), Carlos Martinez endorsed the central thesis of the book, arguing that[…]

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Ukraine Terrorism and the Question of U.S. Involvement

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, June 4, 2025 The U.S has been involved in every aspect of Ukraine’s military activity against Russia. The recent drone attacks and sabotage were likely committed with U.S. help. Of course, it is possible that president Trump was aware, but if past history is a guide, he may also have been circumvented[…]

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Propaganda Watch: Kagame is Not Traoré

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, May 21, 2025 A recurring social media trope casts Rwandan President Paul Kagame as a defiant African hero, like Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré, resisting the West’s dictates, but nothing could be further from the truth. Anti-imperialists, socialists, and peace and justice communities across Africa and the world are inspired by the newly[…]

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What It Is Going On in Iran (Video)

Judge Andrew Napolitano and Alastair Crooke, published on Judging Freedom/Youtube, May 12, 2024 Alastair talks about the political state of mind in Iran, but also the current social context.   His comments undermine the current propaganda, including NIACs assertions.   Good just to bring your blood pressure down if Trump and Netanyahu have you worried about Armeggedon.   Not to say that the[…]

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