Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

Putin Praises Friendly Russian-US Negotiations in Riyadh

by Sputnik, published on Defend Democracy, February 20, 2025 We don’t often get to read/hear what Putin has to say directly.   It is particularly important when we don’t entirely trust our own leaders that we are familiar with the story from both sides. [ jb] ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he had[…]

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Mineral and Riviera Deals can never be A Substitute for Proper Peace Diplomacy

by Bhagrat Dogra, published on Countercurrents, February 22, 2025 “The (Ukraine) war is all about money. People don’t talk much about it. But you know, the richest country in all of Europe for rare earth minerals is Ukraine. Two to seven trillion dollars (worth) of minerals that are rare earth minerals, very relevant to the 21st century… Donald Trump is[…]

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Opening Up a Struggle Against the Dictatorship Of the Billionaires

by Larry Holmes, published on Workers World, February 18, 2025 The plans that Trump and his inner circle of billionaires and extreme-right reactionaries have for saving U.S. imperialism’s world domination and the capitalist system will not work. They will blow up in Trump’s face and split the ruling alliance that he has patched together, probably sooner rather than later. Trump[…]

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Congo Activists to NBA: Black Lives Matter in DRC, Cut Ties With Rwanda

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, February 19, 2025 As Rwandan troops tightened their grip on the capitals of DRC’s Kivu Provinces, activists protested the National Basketball Association’s close collaboration with the Rwandan regime. Activists protested the National Basketball Association’s close relationship with Rwanda outside the NBA All Star Game at San Francisco’s Chase Center on Sunday, February[…]

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As Winter Storm Approaches, International Coalition Denounces Israel’s Ceasefire Violations

by the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, published on Popular Resistance, February 19, 2025 Demands immediate entry of ALL aid to Gaza. Palestinians continue to starve and die from exposure to severe weather due to blockade of necessary supplies mandated in the ceasefire agreement. Washington, DC – Strong winter winds and heavy rains, particularly in Northern Gaza, are[…]

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Trump Aims to Erase Palestine

by Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah, published on Socialist Action, February 10, 2025 With a smiling Benjamin Netanyahu at his side, Trump announced the Palestinians in Gaza would be displaced (ethnic cleansing), and then the U.S. would take over Gaza and turn the Strip into a beachfront Riviera on the Mediterranean Sea. Israeli government officials took turns praising Trump. Opponents[…]

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What Is Trump Really Up To With His Foreign Policy?

by Joe Lombardo, published on Facebook, February 18, 2025 Many people are happy to see that Trump is talking to the Russians and seems to be moving in the direction of ending the war in Ukraine. I think he is, but why? Well, for one thing, it is a lost war. Biden’s proclamations that we will destroy Russia with sanctions[…]

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Leonard Peltier is Released, Finally!

Press Release from the NDN Collective, published on Workers World,  February 18, 2025 Sumterville, Florida – This morning, Leonard Peltier was released from over 49 years of wrongful incarceration. Mr. Peltier is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and will reside on his tribal homelands in North Dakota. Upon Peltier’s request, NDN Collective is bringing[…]

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Venezuelan President Criticized for Not Being a Proper Dictator

by Roger D. Harris, published on Internationalist 360°, February 2, 2025 Hot off the newswires are shocking tales of democratic elections in Venezuela, grassroots organizations forming food cooperatives, and repatriation of migrants. What will one of the media establishment’s most demonized “authoritarian regimes” do next? Bloomberg approvingly quotes an opposition-supporting Venezuelan living in Chile that Venezuela’s scheduling of parliamentary and[…]

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