Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, April 16, 2024 The Israeli online magazine +972 has published a detailed report on Israel’s use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system called “Lavender” to target thousands of Palestinian men in its bombing campaign in Gaza. When Israel attacked Gaza after October 7, the Lavender system had a database of 37,000 Palestinian[…]

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Rejecting the Facade: Unveiling the Ecological Toll of War and Genocide

by Melissa Garriga, April 20, 2024 As Earth Day approaches [Actually it was a few days ago -jb], prepare for the annual spectacle of U.S. lawmakers donning their environmentalist hats, waxing poetic about their love for the planet while disregarding the devastation their actions wreak. The harsh reality is that alongside their hollow pledges lies a trail of destruction fueled[…]

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Philadelphia pro-Palestine Protests Target Weapons Manufacturers

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, April 9, 2924 The Palestine Federation of Trade Unions has requested that workers around the world carry out protests against companies that manufacture the weapons used by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza. In response, opponents of the Israeli offensive protested in early April against two weapons manufacturers headquartered in Philadelphia. Ghost Robotics, which[…]

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Widening War Can’t Fix This – Zionism’s Unsolvable Predicament

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, January 30, 2024 The Jan. 22 explosion in Gaza that killed 21 Israeli soldiers and left 33 wounded, 11 critically, happened as they were attempting to lay down explosives to demolish a block of housing units. The explosion brought the buildings down on top of them, burying them under tons of rubble. It[…]

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The Legal Case Against Joe Biden for Enabling Israel’s Genocide Against Gaza

Murtaza Hussain interviews Katherine Gallagher of the Center for Constitutional Rights, for Intercepted, January 17, 2024 Editor’s Note: This is an important case.  The fact that the judge is allowing it to go forward is a significant step in US jurisprudence.   The hearing began on January 26, and can be seen HERE. A panel of judges at the International Court[…]

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Genocide, Sex Extortion, and a Peoples Movement

by Mazin Qusiyeh, writing in Bethlehem, Occupied Palestine, published on Popular Resistance, January 26, 2024 What is the story with UNRWA? If Israel succeeds in liquidating the Palestinian cause, will the whole globe be at risk of a global war that ends humanity? And what does sex extortion and people movement have to do with it? Read on for this serious[…]

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Yemeni Missiles Force US Navy to Turn Back From Bab al-Mandab Strait

from the News Desk at The Cradle, published on January 25, 2024 This and the 2 accompanying posts give a brief picture of the current situation between the US and Ansarallah in the Red Sea.  [jb] The Yemeni armed forces announced late on 24 January that intense clashes took place with several US warships escorting two commercial vessels attempting to[…]

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Iran Accuses Israel Of Using ‘Blind Terrorism’ To Cover Up Its Failures

by  People’s Dispatch, published on Popular Resistance, January 22, 2024 Israel Has Been Carrying Out Air Strikes in Lebanon and Syria. Allegedly targeting Hezbollah and Iranian targets in clear attempts to provoke a regional war. Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian accused Israel of using “mindless terrorism” to cover up its losses in its war on Gaza. Abdollahian’s statement on[…]

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Veterans for Peace Condemns U.S. Bombing of Yemen

Statement by Veterans for Peace, January 10, 2023 Calls for an Immediate, Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza Veterans For Peace unequivocally condemns the US/UK bombing in Yemen, which constitutes a dangerous widening of the war. Instead of pressing for a Ceasefire in Gaza, the Biden Administration is using its military forces to facilitate Israel’s genocide. The Houthis have clearly stated that[…]

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