Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

Ret. Col. Ann Wright Unmasks the Truth in Arms Transfer Debate

by Ann Wright, published on Countercurrents, December 13, 2023 In a heated session at the United Nations Security Council, diplomats engaged in a vigorous debate over the provision of arms to Ukraine amid the protracted war with Russia. The eleventh meeting on this pressing issue since Russia invaded in February of 2022 drew sharp criticisms from multiple speakers, who accused[…]

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Israel Declares Most of Humanity Illegitimate and Irrelevant

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, November 1, 2023 After 120 members of the 193 members of the UN General Assembly called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Israel demonstrated its increasing isolation by declaring the UN illegitimate and irrelevant. Both the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly continue to grapple with the Israel/Hamas War, also[…]

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It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions

by Richard Wolff, published on Countercurrents, July 7, 2023 The contradictions of China-bashing in the United States begin with how often it is flat-out untrue. The Wall Street Journal reports that the “Chinese spy” balloon that President Joe Biden shot down with immense patriotic fanfare in February 2023 did not in fact transmit pictures or anything else to China. White House economists[…]

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Antiwar Message Is Raised At Norfolk’s Annual NATO Parade

by Phil Wilayto, published on Popular Resistance, April 23, 2023 The North American Treaty Organization, or NATO, has two Strategic Commands – one in Belgium, the other in Norfolk, Virginia. And every year Norfolk holds a NATO Festival, complete with a parade, to honor the U.S-led military alliance that supported Portugal in its wars against African anti-colonial liberation movements; led[…]

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The Tragic U.S. Choice to Prioritize War Over Peacemaking

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, April 3, 2023 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. – Matthew 5:9 In a brilliant Op-Ed published in the New York Times, the Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi explained how China, with help from Iraq, was able to mediate and resolve the deeply-rooted conflict between Iran[…]

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There Has Never In History Been A Greater Need For A Large Anti-War Movement

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on CaitlinJohnstone.com, February 27, 2023 Things are escalating more and more rapidly between the US-centralized power structure and the few remaining nations with the will and the means to stand against its demands for total obedience, namely China, Russia, and Iran. The world is becoming increasingly split between two groups of governments who are becoming increasingly[…]

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Scott Ritter Uncanceled: Rage Against the War Machine Speech (Updated with Video)

by Scott Ritter, published on Scott’s Substack, February 9, 2023 [Note: I was going to speak at the Rage against the War Machine rally, scheduled for February 19 at the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C. For personal reasons, I will no longer be speaking. In short, I have decided to take one for the team. I wish all participants and[…]

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Protests on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Raise Hopes For Revitalization of Antiwar Movement

by Dee Knight, published on CovertAction Magazine, January 25, 2023 Demonstrators in 50 cities ( 88 actions in 72 cities ~jb ) invoke King’s legacy in denouncing U.S. war machine It has been a year of nearly unprecedented war hysteria—remarkable in a country that has been gripped in continuous war hysteria for generations. The memories of mainstream media publishing major exposures[…]

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How Aligned Is the Atlantic Alliance?

by Ted Snider, published on Antiwar.com, December 7, 2022 The Ukraine war has caused some cracks in NATO.  Maybe we’ll get lucky and it will break.  [jb] The war in Ukraine is stretching the NATO alliance. The pull is still gentle and the cracks still small. But the potentially endless duration of the war, the economic suffering it has caused[…]

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Italians Protest Against Arms Shipment to Ukraine

from TeleSUR English, November 7, 2022 Protesters held banners, placards, and rainbow flags, demanding diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis in Ukraine. Tens of thousands of Italians gathered in Rome yesterday to protest against PM Giorgia Meloni’s decision to send weapons to Ukraine. Italians are fed up with Italian Prime Ministers kowtowing to Brussels and NATO. Take a look: pic.twitter.com/cCfhebO6Bs[…]

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