Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

The Plan to Carve Up Russia

by Mike Whitney, published on The Unz Review,  January 5, 2023 Warning: The illustrations in this article are quite fantastic.   The header image is real, an expression I suppose, of Obsessive Compulsive disorder.   The U.S. expenditure on the military, Paranoia.  The modified map of Russia below, pure psychosis.  In fact the only one that makes any sense is the map[…]

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White Lives Matter More in Ukraine

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 4, 2023 The open white supremacy and fascism exhibited in Ukraine are conveniently swept under the rug. Nazis are bad, unless they serve the interests of the U.S. state. The accuracy of this commentary’s title is borne out by statements made and actions taken by the Ukrainians themselves. In 2020 millions of people around[…]

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Congressional Amendment Opens Floodgates for War Profiteers and a Major Ground War on Russia

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, November 13, 2022 If the powerful leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senators Jack Reed (D) and Jim Inhofe (R), have their way, Congress will soon invoke wartime emergency powers to build up even greater stockpiles of Pentagon weapons. The amendment is supposedly designed to facilitate replenishing the weapons the United[…]

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Trump Calls for Peace in Ukraine While the Democrats Make Support for War a Midterm Campaign Issue

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, October 12, 2022 Donald Trump is no peace maker, but his stance on negotiations to end the war in Ukraine is in stark contrast to that of the democrats, who fully support continuing the dangerous proxy war against Russia. Anti-war forces must step up and struggle for peace. Since the U.S. sponsored coup[…]

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Surviving the Killing Fields: a Worldwide Challenge

by Nick Mottern and Kathy Kelly, published on Counterpunch, October 12, 2022 Compare the romanticized image of a drone above to the reality of the attack in the first couple of paragraphs below, of the victim of a ‘kinder‘ ‘gentler‘ drone bomb.   We can’t buy this bull sh*t.  The only option is to take to the streets.  [jb] Awaiting discharge[…]

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The Most Bloated Military Budget in U.S. History and the Oklahoma’s Mega Hawk

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on Covert Action, August 11, 2022 2023 NDAA represents swan song in Senate of a long-time stalwart of the radical right The ghosts of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan must be looking down with pride on their devoted acolyte, Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, known as “the hawk’s hawk.” He recently succeeded in pushing through a[…]

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The Inflation Reduction Act is a Poison Pill for Black and Indigenous Communities

by Anthony Rogers-Wright, published on Black Agenda Report, August 19, 2022 Among other problematic issues, the so-called climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act allow for more oil drilling on federal lands. Greenwashing and Democratic party duplicity are nothing to celebrate for Black and Indigenous communities. The brother El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) once explained, “If you’re not[…]

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The Ominous Omnibus: Pentagon Wins, Workers Lose

Editorial, published on Workers World, March 15, 2022 A $1.5 trillion “omnibus” spending bill, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign, passed the House and Senate March 10. Over half the money in the Consolidated Appropriations Act — $782 billion, a $42 billion increase over fiscal 2021 — is going for Pentagon spending. Of course NATO, the Pentagon’s proxy[…]

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Activist Explains Why Anti-war Movement Wants U.S. out of Ukraine

by Staff, published on Fightback News, February 27, 2022 Minneapolis, MN – Fight Back! News interviewed Meredith Aby-Keirstead, a founding member of the MN Anti-War Committee, on February 27 for her anti-war perspective on the crisis in the Ukraine and the proxy war developing between the U.S./NATO and Russia. Fight Back!: Why should Americans join with the anti-war movement right[…]

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Biden’s Real Challenge is Not Russia or China, but Poverty in America

by Ramzy Baroud, published on CounterCurrents, February 22, 2022 Mainstream US media continues to celebrate the supposed strength of the US economy. Almost daily, headlines speak of hopeful numbers, sustainable growth, positive trends and constant gains. The reality on the ground, however, tells of something entirely different, which raises the questions: Are Americans being lied to? And for what purpose?[…]

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