Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

Is China’s Foreign Policy ‘Good Enough’?

by Danny Haiphong, published on Workers World, December 17, 2025 The question in the title may seem hyperbolic, but it is one that comes up in one form or another across the U.S. political spectrum. U.S. elites slam China’s foreign policy as riddled with “debt traps” for poorer countries in the Global South. The Western corporate media asserts that China[…]

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Venezuela’s Revolution Still Stands: Debunking Trump’s Psyop

by Manolo De Los Santos, published on People’s Dispatch, January 5, 2026 In the aftermath of the illegal US operation against Venezuela, a deliberate misinformation campaign has been waged to sow doubt about the survival of the country’s revolution. The events of the past 72 hours represent a qualitative escalation in the 25 years of regime change operations by the[…]

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End the abuse! Free Dr. Aafia Siddiqui!

by Tania Siddiqi, published on Workers World, December 19, 2025 This is a sad story that only gets sadder and more gruesome.   You can read about her case and how she came to be wrongly convicted and incarcerated at Bagram, and then at Carswell on this blog HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. For over two decades, political prisoner Dr. Aafia[…]

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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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