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Obama Colluded With the Surveillance State Against Trump

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 30, 2025 It is true that Barack Obama used the surveillance state apparatus in an effort to undermine the first Donald Trump administration with the Russiagate fraud. What Trump calls “Obamagate” is very real.   “It probably helps him a lot, the immunity ruling. But it doesn’t help the people around him[…]

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U.S. Attack on Iran Reaffirms the Need for a More Effective Global Anti-Imperialist Movement

Statement by U.S. Peace Council, June 22, 2025 The U.S. Peace Council strongly condemns the outrageous, criminal and illegal attack on the sovereign state of Iran by the United States administration of Donald P. Trump. This flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and the Nuremberg condemnation of wars of choice, should serve as a graphic demonstration that U.S. imperialism[…]

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Behind Trump and DOGE’s Reckless Destruction Is a Determination to Crush Workers

by Tyler Walicek, published on Truthout, May 17, 2025 The future of collective bargaining and labor rights in the United States is on the table. Even the most alarmed predictions of left-leaning commentators failed to capture the extremity of the onslaught that flooded forth from the second Trump administration in its first few months. Only recently has the real severity[…]

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L.A. fights back: Mass Resistance Erupts Against ICE Raids and Military Occupation

by Scott Scheffer, published on Struggle * La Lucha, June 10, 205 For three straight days, furious protests rocked Los Angeles as federal ICE gangs terrorized working-class communities. Sunday saw the largest crowds yet, reflecting mounting outrage among broader layers of the population. President Donald Trump branded Los Angeles a city in “state of rebellion” and federalized the National Guard,[…]

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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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Cyril Ramphosa Schools Trump’s Distorted Presentation on Racism in South Africa

by Ranjan Solomon, published on Countercurrents, May 23, 2025 This article is lightly edited. [jb] When it was announced that South African President Cyril Ramphosa was to visit the White House, there was speculation over whether Ramphosa would have to cope with the kind of bombardment and mistreatment that Zelensky went through on his visit to the White House. Trump[…]

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Iranian Diplomats Suspect Trump Using Talks as Instrument of Sabotage

by Max Blumenthal, published on  The Grayzone, May 21, 2025 In Tehran, bewildered diplomats told me they suspect the Trump administration is exploiting nuclear negotiations as a instrument for generating instability to weaken Iran’s economy and foment social strife [Max] With nuclear negotiations between the Trump administration and Iran’s Reformist government at a standstill, I held two separate, lengthy background[…]

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Trump Is the Symptom, U.S. Imperialism Is the Disease

Statement by the U.S. Peace Council, April 28, 2025 Popular resistance to the Trump administration’s erratic, anti-people, and dangerous domestic and foreign policies is growing every day as seen with the massive demonstrations held throughout the country on and after April 5. We welcome these protests and the popular demands raised by them, but we must criticize significant flaws that[…]

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Marco Rubio’s Diplomatic Attack on South Africa is Punishment for Standing Up to Israel

by Ziad Motala, published on Mondoweiss, Marh 15, 2025 The Trump administration’s extraordinary and unprecedented move to effectively expel South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was done for one reason: South Africa had the audacity to hold Israel accountable for the Gaza genocide. In an extraordinary and unprecedented move, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declared South African Ambassador[…]

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