Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

On Israel’s Most Recent Bombing of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Statement by the U.S. Peace Council, June 15, 2025 The US Peace Council denounces the reckless escalation of the already dangerously volatile situation in the Middle East precipitated by Israel’s most recent bombing of the Islamic Republic of Iran. We uphold the right of Iran to self-determination and self-defense. This unprovoked act of war was perpetrated with the complicity of[…]

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Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ proposal is a continuation of Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative.

Global Network Statement On Golden Dome, published on Popular Resistance, June 6, 2025 To add your name to this statement, email globalnet@mindspring.com. Trump calls it a ‘layered defense shield, safeguarding the American homeland with unwavering precision, ensuring the security and resilience of our nation’. Trump shared few specifics in the May 20 news conference, saying “Golden Dome will be capable[…]

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Race, Rights and Repression: The Moral and Political Dilemma of the Capitalist Dictatorship

by Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 4, 2024 BAR Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley talks to Ajamu Baraka, BAR Editor and Columnist about the upcoming presidential election and how the outcome will impact international and domestic policy. Ajamu provides his analysis on Palestine, the Ukraine/Russia war, U.S. imperialism in Africa, police militarism, and the federal[…]

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Biden Returns Empty-handed, Except for a Huge Bill for the U.S. Taxpayers

By Ralph Nader, World BEYOND War, October 22, 2023 If President Joe Biden were a pony, instead of a perennial warhorse (e.g., gung-ho for Bush/Cheney’s criminal destruction of Iraq), he would have his tail between his legs on his return from a one-day trip to Israel. He failed to achieve any immediate, critical objectives while the ongoing destruction of Gaza[…]

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Ukraine vs Israel: Can the West Arm Both?

by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, October 11, 2023 Just three days after the Hamas-led Palestinian resistance launched an unprecedented military offensive against Israeli military posts and settlements by land, sea, and air, Israeli officials began begging their US sponsors for additional weapons. Politico reported on 10 October that according to a senior Pentagon official, “The Biden administration is surging[…]

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Where Will 12 New Destroyers at BIW Be Sent?

by Bruce Gagnon, published on Organizing Notes, August 29, 2023 In an article in the mid-coast Maine publication called the Forecaster (August 18) it was reported that Bath Iron Works (BIW) had just reached agreement with the Machinists Union Local S6 on a new contract. The union represents 4,250 of the shipyard’s 6,500 workers. The article concluded by reporting that[…]

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Response to “Spinning Illusions: The Anti-American Left and the Ukraine war” – a New McCarthyism

by Joe Lombardo and Sara Flounders, published on UNACPeace.org, August 25, 2023 Recently, articles have appeared on the front page of the New York Times that smear Code Pink, The People’s Forum and TriContinental for allegedly taking money from an alleged Chinese agent. After the Times article was published, Senator Marco Rubio issued a statement calling for an investigation of[…]

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Biden’s Debt Ceiling Betrayal is a Democratic Tradition

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, May 24, 2023 Joe Biden is continuing the ignoble tradition of colluding with republicans while pretending to fight them. The latest debt limit drama is another betrayal of the people. When Joe Biden was first elected president his propagandists and their friends in corporate media told us that he was “the most progressive[…]

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Capitalism’s Looming Crises: From Budget Debt Hyperbole to Banking Disaster

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, March 24, 2023 President Joseph Biden presented his third annual budget proposal at $6.8 trillion on Thursday, March 9. A day later Silicon Valley Bank (SVP), in Santa Clara, California, the nation’s 16th largest, declared bankruptcy, followed days later by New York City’s Signature Bank. A half dozen others faced similar and immediate[…]

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