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Protesting RimPac Military Exercises in Hawaii Last Monday, at the Volcano, Hawaii parade honoring Independence Day, a contingent of Peace and sovereignty activists displayed a spirited "Stop Bombing Hawaii" message to the attending crowd and received rousing approval....
Posted: Thu, Jul 7, 2016 3:06am PDT
Akbayan rejects Chinese call for dropping West Philippine Sea arbitration 
With the upcoming commemoration of Philippine Independence, Akbayan party-list today called on government to hold steadfast in pursuing the arbitration case filed on the UNCLOS regarding Chinese occupation of the Scarborough shoal in the West Philippine Sea....
Posted: Mon, Jun 13, 2016 5:31am PDT
A Russian Warning. “A Looming Third World War” Russia is an advanced nuclear power and industrial society. Any provocation of Russia, which the current encirclement of Russia by American military bases and Nazi Ukraine is, could become World War 3. Since Russia's capabilities are not widely known, this article provides the facts....
Posted: Sun, Jun 12, 2016 5:59pm PDT
Protesters tell Cuomo: We will boycott Israel until it ends abuses of Palestinian rights 
Hundreds of New Yorkers demonstrated this evening outside Governor Cuomo’s Midtown offices, outraged by the Governor’s unconstitutional executive order requiring the state to create a blacklist and divest from corporations and institutions that support the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel. Protesters carried signs that read “We will continue to stand for justice and boycott Israel until the Palestinian people achieve freedom, justice, and equal...
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2016 4:31pm PDT
Iran: Mullahs Terrified Of Human Rights Critics 
A recent shocking sentencing of 16-years behind bars issued for renowned human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi is Iran's dismal report card of human rights violations. This mother of two is already suffering from several cases of severely chronic illnesses and such a measure marks a comprehensive assault targeting human rights activists in Iran....
Posted: Sat, May 28, 2016 1:04pm PDT
President Obama Asked to Stop U.S. Military Project That Threatens Endangered Dugong 
OKINAWA, Japan, May 26, 2016 — During President Obama’s visit to Japan for the G-7 summit, the Center for Biological Diversity called on him to abandon his controversial plan to build a large new military base in biologically rich and sensitive Henoko and Oura Bay. The bay is home to the dugong — a marine mammal related to manatees that is an ancient cultural icon in Okinawa — and other endangered species. That project is strongly opposed by residents of the island, which has had a huge U.S. ...
Posted: Thu, May 26, 2016 7:29pm PDT
The Most Important Thing: Reflections on Solidarity and the Syrian Revolution 
“The most important thing,” my friend said on our way home, “is to destroy the state. The Syrian revolution went very far and a big reason for this is that we were able to completely destroy the state in many areas. Even if we can't prevent the counter revolution, destroying the state makes whatever comes after much weaker.”
Text analyzing anarchist solidarity with Rojava and with the Syrian Revolution.
(Sorry for the double post - files didn't attach the first time)...
Posted: Tue, May 24, 2016 10:13am PDT
US policy in Honduras must change 
Since 1982 a single landowner and sweatshop entrepreneur has benefited from US interventions in Honduras.While Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton ignored pleas from Congress to cut off support to Miguel Facusse', who was remembered as a "colorful character" by the LA Times when he passed away last year at the age of 90. Today, I provide background for a new report from International Affairs Review: "¡Basta Ya! The United States is Overdue for a New Policy Approach in Honduras" by Laura Blume...
Posted: Mon, May 23, 2016 1:59pm PDT
House Passes Most Environmentally Destructive Defense Authorization Act in History WASHINGTON, May 18, 2016 — In a partisan vote today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, which, if enacted into law, would gut protections for several endangered species, including the American burying beetle and lesser prairie chicken, and remove the Clean Water Act’s ability to control destructive invasive species. The must-pass legislation now moves to the Senate for further consideration....
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2016 5:20pm PDT
Class War 03/2016: IRAQ 1991 – Class war and bourgeois containment It was a quarter of a century ago, on March 7th, 1991, when the proletarian uprising in Iraq against war showed to the world proletariat the only way forward to eliminate wars forever. As always, on the other side of the social barricade, all the global forces of Capital acted as one body to liquidate the autonomy of our class....
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2016 8:49am PDT
We won't fight for any post. Proletarians have no national homeland Our Homeland is our Class...
Posted: Sat, May 7, 2016 4:44pm PDT
Vote Your Hopes, Not Your Fears: Building the Green Party (audio/mpeg 3.4MB) Socialist Alternative, led by Seattle City Councilor Kshama Sawant, and others have called for Bernie Sanders to found an independent left party for the 99 percent and run as an independent, or to appeal to Jill Stein and the Green Party to join their ticket, despite Sanders's oft repeated promise to endorse the Democrats’ nominee. With little time left to get a new party on the ballot in most states, I looked into Green Party ballot access in the 50 states and spoke to Bruce Dixon, Georgia G...
Posted: Thu, May 5, 2016 12:57pm PDT
$40 Billion in Military Aid to Israel Obama Administration Proposes Up to $40 Billion in Military Aid to Israel
The Obama administration has proposed an unprecedented military funding package to Israel that could top $40 billion over 10 years. It is the largest military funding package the U.S. has ever offered to any nation. Israeli officials are reportedly demanding even more funding. The U.S. currently gives Israel $3 billion a year in military funding under a deal slated to expire in 2018....
Posted: Mon, May 2, 2016 2:43pm PDT
Protest at PEN Festival, PEN International Expresses Concern over Israeli Government Funds 
The opening of PEN American Center’s annual World Voices Festival in New York City was met with a protest Monday evening focusing on the call for PEN American Center to reject Israeli government funding for the festival due to Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights and freedom of expression. Also on Monday, PEN International expressed “concern” over the festival’s Israeli government funding, saying it would develop guidelines “regarding funding from countries with a poor record on fr...
Posted: Wed, Apr 27, 2016 8:28am PDT
Rights advocates meet PEN Director to discuss call to drop Israeli government funding 
A delegation from Adalah-NY, O/R Books and Verso Books held an impromptu meeting with PEN American Center Executive Director Suzanne Nossel on Tuesday regarding the call for PEN to reject Israeli government sponsorship of the World Voices Festival due to the Israeli government’s human rights abuses and suppression of Palestinians’ freedom of expression....
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2016 10:35am PDT
22 Writers Explain Why PEN American Center Should Reject Israeli Government Sponsorship Twenty-two literary figures who signed a letter calling on the PEN American Center to reject Israeli government sponsorship of its World Voices Festival due to Israel’s human rights abuses have elaborated on their decision in quotes below. The Festival is being held in New York City from April 25-May 1....
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2016 9:10am PDT
26 Arrested at Drone War Base in Nevada 
During the second annual SHUT DOWN CREECH event where David Rovics performed for folks at Camp Justice on US Highway 95, a week of vigils and education led to 26 people getting arrested while trying to enforce a shut-down of the drone war base known as Creech at Indian Springs, Nevada. Anyone interested in more information can call Robert Majors of NevadaDesertExperience.org at 702-646-4814...
Posted: Sat, Apr 2, 2016 11:41pm PDT
OSU Divest Responds to Efforts by Members of Congress to Intervene in Campus Divestment 
Students at Ohio State University respond to efforts by members of Congress to intervene in campus divestment proceedings.
#OSUDivest writes, "Although you profess an interest in promoting 'lasting peace in the Middle East,' your letter’s inaccurate and misleading characterizations of the nonviolent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement suggest quite the opposite. Such a peace can only be achieved when tomorrow’s leaders are free to debate and discuss the merits of proposals aim...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2016 10:16am PDT
Hillary Clinton and Justin Trudeau united behind Israel, against BDS (audio/mpeg 1.8MB) There is now a full-fledged national movement to counter the BDS movement, with AIPAC-supported bills moving forward not only in Congress but also in two dozen state legislatures. These bills mimic legislation passed by the Israeli Knesset in 2014 and a resolution passed by Canada’s House of Commons, by a vote of 229 to 51, on Feb. 22 this year....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2016 1:01pm PDT
60 Years of Resistance to the German Army Today more and more people say Without Us! The German army is filled with so much contradiction that we can be very hopeful we will become a country without an army. We should debate this today. Always only saying yes accomplishes nothing.
Go Bernie Go!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2016 12:23pm PST
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