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Book Review: Border Crossings by “Manuel Tiago” (Alvaro Cunhal), reviewed by Peter Lownds

‘Border Crossings’: Small episodes of the epic fight against fascism in Europe by Peter Lownds Local L.A. activist and writer Eric A. Gordon’s recent translation, Border Crossings (New York: International Publishers, 2021) is one of a series of fictional books written by Manuel Tiago, the nom de plume of Álvaro Cunhal (1913-2005), a beloved radical who held various posts in the Portuguese Communist Party, both before and after the fall of the [...]

By |2022-03-07T23:31:47-05:00March 7th, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Book Reviews, Books, Europe, Historical, Movements, Reviews, Russia, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Blood on their Hands

War in Ukraine: US, NATO Share the Blame with Putin by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-LA https://antiracist.org/blood-on-their-hands/ Putin's valid criticism of a US "Empire of Lies" and of NATO war-making and warmongering do not add up to a justification of the Russian invasion. Consortium News shares Putin’s rationale here: https://consortiumnews.com/2022/02/24/what-putin-says-are-the-causes-aims-of-russias-military-action/  I recommend reading it to understand Putin's rationale, not to support it. Much of Putin’s condemnation of US and NATO aggression since the [...]

By |2022-03-02T01:50:37-05:00March 2nd, 2022|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Biden, Europe, Human Rights, Independent Media, Movements, National Security, News, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Russia, Security and Insecurity, Socialism, Solidarity, War|0 Comments
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After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump’s Foreign Policy?

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies President Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of President Trump’s foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden would quickly remedy its worst impacts. As a senior member of the Obama administration, Biden surely needed no schooling on Obama’s diplomatic agreements with Cuba and Iran, both of which began to resolve long-standing foreign policy problems and provided models for the renewed emphasis [...]

By |2022-02-01T16:21:21-05:00February 1st, 2022|Activism, Biden, China, Climate Change, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Elections, Europe, Immigration/Migrant rights, Medea Benjamin, National Security, News, Nicolas Davies, Obama, Palestine, Peace and War, Politics, Russia, Security and Insecurity|0 Comments
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The High Stakes of the US-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies https://www.codepink.org/the_high_stakes_of_the_us_russia_confrontation_over_ukraine A report in Covert Action Magazine from the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine describes grave fears of a new offensive by Ukrainian government forces, after increased shelling, a drone strike by a Turkish-built drone and an attack on Staromaryevka, a village inside the buffer zone established by the 2014-15 Minsk Accords. The People’s Republics of  Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk (LPR), which [...]

By |2021-12-02T01:35:06-05:00December 2nd, 2021|Biden, Commentary, Europe, Historical, Medea Benjamin, National Security, News, Nicolas Davies, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Russia, Security and Insecurity, War|0 Comments
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Day One: Demilitarize US Foreign Policy

Ten Foreign Policy Fiascos Biden Can Fix on Day One by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies Here are ten things Biden can do by Executive order as soon as he takes office. Each one can set the stage for broader progressive foreign policy initiatives, which we have also outlined.   1)  End the U.S. role in the Saudi-led war on Yemen and restore U.S. humanitarian aid to Yemen. Congress already [...]

By |2020-12-01T20:57:27-05:00December 1st, 2020|Activism, Afghanistan, Africa, Europe, Iraq, Saudi Arabia|0 Comments
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Free Press in the Dock: Assange Railroad Nears Terminal

This court case is like the 'Pentagon Papers' on steroids.  And yet: Only five people (including Craig Murray) are being allowed into the public gallery at the Old Bailey. The mainstream media are suppressing details of the case and the court proceedings. The magistrate in charge is acting like a CIA agent - railroading Assange to be extradited. You will not get a clearer report of the court proceedings than in Craig [...]

By |2020-10-03T18:17:12-05:00October 1st, 2020|Democracy, Europe, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Iraq, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Movements, National Security, News, Peace, Peace and War, People, Politics, Prisons, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, Surveillance, Veterans, War, Whistleblowers|0 Comments
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Kosovo: Key US Ally Indicted for War Crimes at Hague

Key U.S. Ally Indicted for Organ Trade Murder Scheme by Nicolas J S Davies   When President Clinton dropped 23,000 bombs on what was left of Yugoslavia in 1999 and NATO invaded and occupied the Yugoslav province of Kosovo, U.S. officials presented the war to the American public as a “humanitarian intervention” to protect Kosovo’s majority ethnic Albanian population from genocide at the hands of Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. That narrative has [...]

By |2020-08-01T18:24:28-05:00August 1st, 2020|Activism, Europe, Historical, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Movements, National Security, Nicolas Davies, Peace, Peace and War, War, Writers|0 Comments
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King Joe and the Round Table: Biden’s USA in a Multi-Polar World 

King Joe and the Round Table: Biden’s USA in a Multi-Polar World  by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies In an article in Foreign Affairs in March titled, “Why America Must Lead Again,” Joe Biden claimed that “the world doesn’t organize itself,” and promised to “put the U.S. back at the head of the table” among the nations of the world. But the premise that the world can only organize itself [...]

By |2020-08-01T18:23:50-05:00August 1st, 2020|Activism, Afghanistan, China, Donald Trump, Economy, Europe, Historical, Latin America, Medea Benjamin, National Security, Nicolas Davies, Obama, Palestine, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Russia, Solidarity, Syria|0 Comments
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The Futility of Capitalist Planning for a Global Coronavirus Pandemic

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-L.A. The videos linked to here are from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation/Bloomberg School of Public Health "table-top" exercise planning for a novel corona-virus global pandemic (Center for Health Security planning exercise that took place in October 2019), urging governments and private businesses to work together to allocate and distribute medical supplies and treatments and deal with other aspects of such a pandemic. https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/videos.html These videos illustrate [...]

By |2020-03-29T03:07:11-05:00March 29th, 2020|Anti-capitalism, Capitalism, China, Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Economy, Europe, Health, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Internet, Michael Novick, News, Politics, Socialism, Wall Street|0 Comments
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Global Pandemic: Notes From Italy’s ‘Red Zone’

Notes From Italy's 'Red Zone' by Anthony Cristofani, Special to Change Links I moved to Italy two months ago because I thought it would be a more reasonable government under which to live and work for change.  After the COVID-19 outbreak friends and family started writing and calling me with great worry in their voices, asking how bad it was here.  In truth, I’m all the more grateful I moved here, and far [...]

By |2020-03-25T17:09:42-05:00March 25th, 2020|Beyond Capitalism, COVID-19, Economy, Europe, Health, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Homelessness, Independent Journalism, Italy, Jails, Labor, News|0 Comments
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