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Why Peace in Gaza Matters to All of Us
The images from Gaza are impossible to ignore: destroyed homes, terrified children, overwhelmed hospitals, families torn apart. Whether or not we have personal ties to the region, we must recognize that what is happening in Gaza is not just a regional conflict—it is a human crisis, and peace is not a luxury, it is a…
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Why is a Christian school promoting an arms company?
Please Note: This is a reprint from the War Resisters’ International site: Countering the Militarisation of Youth from 14/11/2014. It should be noted that there are no less than Four BAE facilities currently in San Diego; number one in Rancho Bernardo; number two and three in the Clairemont Mesa area, and a fourth at the…
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Will we resuscitate international criminal justice or watch it die?
English Women’s Rights Palestine – Gaza – Dr. Amrita Kapur “The entire world watches a daily live broadcast of massacres, displacement, starvation and brutality. The occupier openly violates international law. At the same time, governments and institutions claiming to champion human rights, shield Israel, distort our image, demonize our voices and even supply the occupation with weapons that support…
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Record number of protests against Armed Forces Day across the UK
Author(s): ForcesWatch and the Peace Pledge Union A record number of demonstrations and other actions to challenge Armed Forces Day took place in towns and cities across the UK last weekend. Protest organisers report a three-fold increase compared with 2024, with demonstrations, vigils, stalls and flyering in over fifty locations this year. Celebrations to mark Armed…
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Opinion: Measuring intelligence – Little black ants vs neo-cons
Ants and neoconservatives are not comparable entities when it comes to measuring intelligence. Little Black Ants (Monomorium minimum): Neoconservatives: Why the comparison is inappropriate: In conclusion, while ants demonstrate remarkable collective intelligence and problem-solving abilities within their ecological context, neoconservatism is a human political movement characterized by its own set of ideas and values. They…
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‘We’re Building a New Way of Life’: A Conversation with National Assembly Candidate Albanys Montilla – Venezuelanalysis
May 24, 2025 / Cira Pascual Marquina / Venezuela Analysis The Venezuelan youth has faced special hardships under the US blockade. The new parliament could help. Albanys Montilla is a 27-year-old communard from rural Trujillo state. Born into a working-class family deeply committed to the Bolivarian Revolution, she became politicized early in life through grassroots…
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The American Political Regime in a Post-neoliberal Moment
June 26, 2025 / leftvoice / Daniel Kóvacs Crisis from above and class struggle from below are reshaping a fraying bipartisan regime in a post-neoliberal moment, opening paths toward authoritarianism and increased activity by the working class and oppressed. These tensions come to the fore as the remnants of the old political order brush against…
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The real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, explained
Jun 17, 2025 / Ben Norton / Geopolitical Economy Report – The United States and Israel are waging war on Iran, but why? What are their real goals? Ben Norton explains the imperial strategy to impose US hegemony in West Asia (aka the Middle East), destroy the Axis of Resistance, colonize Palestine, destabilize the revolutionary…
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As Trump Sets Military Against Civilians, Service Members Have Duty to Disobey
The Marines are trained in combat, not crowd control. People are likely to get hurt. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout PublishedJune 11, 2025 Four and a half months after his inauguration, Donald Trump is exercising his authoritarian chops, targeting immigrants in the state he most despises — California. Making good on Trump’s nativist pledge to deport millions of…
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Reminds Us How Civil Liberties and Collective Action Go Hand in Hand
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is one of the most important and dynamic champions of worker power in U.S. history. For nearly six decades, from 1906 to 1964, she devoted herself to what she called “the working-class movement.” Inspired by the Irish freedom struggle and appalled by the exploitation and grinding poverty she saw around her, Flynn…