The False Equivalence of the Colonized and Colonizer
Choosing to focus on denouncing Palestinian violence is akin to asking them to passively accept their fate—to die quietly and not resist.
Still from The Battle of Algiers, 1965 © British Film Institute/Rialto Pictures.
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Yemeni helicopter closes in on Israeli ship. From video released by Yemen's Armed Forces on November 20, 2023 (Courtesy of PressTV)
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Resistance Regionalizes as Yemeni Navy Seizes Israeli-Linked Vessel
Israel’s continued escalation of its genocidal campaign in Gaza, the operations by the resistance fighters against the IDF, and the growing involvement of the regional resistance movements make a regional war seem possible.
John Gast 1872 painting,
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The Issue is Not Racism But the Pan European White Supremacist Colonial/Capitalist Patriarchy!
Racism should not be thought of as a matter of personal feeling or opinion, but of an exploitative system that is hundreds of years old.
Father with body of his child killed by Israeli shelling in Khan Younis, October 10, 2023 (Photo: AFP)
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The Demand For a Ceasefire is Necessary But Not Sufficient: The Demand Must Be for Decolonization and Palestinian Self-Determination
The people of Gaza are in desperate need of a cease fire, but ultimately they need decolonization and self-determination.
Yaroslav Hunka, center front row, with his Waffen SS unit. Volodomyr Zelensky and Justin Trudeau applaud him in Canada's parliament. (Image: Zero Hedge)
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Canada, Ukraine, and Nazis
The Canadian government turned what should have been an ordinary photo opportunity with Ukraine's president into a political debacle when a Ukrainian Nazi collaborator was honored in parliament. Now Canada's history of admitting Ukrainian...
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Case studies: US Military Assistance in Africa Doesn’t Work
Authors of a new report worry that Washington won’t heed their warnings but double down in an era of Great Power Competition.
Originally published in Responsible Statecraft .
The recent series of military coups...
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RESPONSE TO: Lawrence S. Wittner’s “Spinning Illusions: The Anti-American Left and the Ukraine War” – a new McCarthyism
Recently articles have appeared on the front page of the New York Times that try to smear Code Pink, The People’s Forum and TriContinental as Chinese agents. The Times article was followed by a statement from Senator Marco Rubio...
US Senators Republican Chuck Grassley and Democrat Dick Durbin flank ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan in Washington, May 2023.
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How Washington Shapes ICC To Its Own Aims
The International Criminal Court is itself criminal in its selective prosecutions and obedience to Washington's directives. In turn, the U.S. specifically prohibits aid to the Palestinian Authority if it pursues investigations of Israel.
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You Can’t Project Power When the World Knows You Are Weak
Every empire falls and the fantasy of American exceptionalism doesn't exempt the U.S. from inevitable decline. Yet the failing hegemon behaves as though it still controls events, and in so doing creates dangers for the whole...
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Peruvian De Facto Minister of Defense Travels to DC Solidifying US Militarization of Country Clau O'Brien Moscoso 16 Aug 2023
Peru's coup regime enhances its alliance with the U.S. with visits to Washington and arms supplies to Ukraine.
National Strike, Day 217
As the political crisis in Perú deepens eight months after the parliamentary coup...
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Germany and Namibia: A Mockery of Reconciliation and Justice
European nations refuse to acknowledge their crimes committed against colonized people. Germany's genocide against the Namibian people is just one such example of unconvincing apologies and refusal to compensate those who were victimized.
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SPEECH: French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara, Tawia Adamafio, 1960
A reminder of when Accra was at the center of struggles against nuclear imperialism. African people have always been at the forefront of peace and sanity.
There are a few small but somewhat important details missing from director...
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Russo-Ukrainian War: The Wagner Uprising
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Private Military Company, openly denounced the Russian Ministry of Defense and declared a march on Moscow. Western corporate media continued pushing war propaganda narratives that shed no light on the...
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U.S. Imperialist Gangsterism and Cuba
The United States has declared war against the Cuban people for more than 60 years.
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Cuba: “Defeat the Blockade Without Waiting For It to Be Lifted”
Joe Biden has intensified the relentless U.S. attacks on Cuba, with disastrous results for the people of that nation. But the Cuban people are…
(Photo: AP/Vadim Ghirda)
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The U.S. Pushes Kiev Into a Suicidal Military Counter Offensive As the Country Scrambles to Launch Its Vital Grain Growing Season
U.S. imperialism demands a fight until the last Ukrainian. The proxy war continues to devastate the people of Ukraine.
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Reimagining Arms Control After Ukraine
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Reimagining Arms Control After Ukraine
Having used arms control to gain unilateral advantage over Russia, the cost to the U.S. and NATO in getting Moscow back to the negotiating table will be high.
From Crisis to Catastrophe? What is to be Done in Eastern Europe.
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From Crisis to Catastrophe? What is to be Done in Eastern Europe.
The end of the cold war was the beginning of the America unipolar moment. But the "end of history" was followed by contradiction and arrogance which brought the conflict in Ukraine into being.
US Hegemony and Its Perils
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US Hegemony and Its Perils
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China spells out what is wrong with U.S. foreign policy. While administrations may change, the imperative to dominate doesn't. U.S. desperate decisions create great dangers around the world.
The Global South Refuses Pressure to Side With the West on Russia
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The Global South Refuses Pressure to Side With the West on Russia
The Ukraine project is an obsession of the "collective west" but global south nations are resisting intimidation and making their own decisions in regard to the conflict.
No to War, No to NATO: North American Perspectives on Ukraine, Russia, and NATO
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No to War, No to NATO: North American Perspectives on Ukraine, Russia, and NATO
Margaret Kimberley was a panelist on a February 19 webinar entitled “No to War, No to NATO: North American perspectives on Ukraine, Russia, and NATO” which was hosted by the organization World Beyond War. These are her remarks.
From Crisis to Catastrophe? What is To Be Done in Eastern Europe
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From Crisis to Catastrophe? What is To Be Done in Eastern Europe
According to Dr. Gerald Horne, greed and shortsightedness convinced the U.S. that it could achieve the strategic objectives of undermining German economic power by controlling the European market, substituting U.S. fracked gas for Russian natural gas, and weakening Russia to make it a less effective partner for China.
Who bombed Palestine this time?
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Who bombed Palestine this time?
Who bombed Palestine this time?
Who bombed Palestine this time?
MOAB: Mother of All Bombs?
2 miles long—32,000 gallon payloads?
Locomotives pivoting on twisting tracks;
Railcars teeter-tottering on rotted ties,
wobbly rails—bunny-hopping over
intersections— washed out regularly like
Regulations?;
Why And How to End the War in Ukraine
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Why And How to End the War in Ukraine
Jacqueline Luqman was a panelist on the February 16, 2023 webinar Why and How to End the War in Ukraine, which was sponsored by Chicago Area Peace Action. These were her remarks.
The American Empire is a Sore Loser That Will Get Us All Killed
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The American Empire is a Sore Loser That Will Get Us All Killed
The US is like a drug dealer getting high on his own supply. It believes in its hype of exceptionalism and endangers the world when it is thwarted in any way.
