From War Crimes and Genocide Abroad to Moral, Constitutional, and Debt Crises at Home:

Why Congress must reject the NDAA’s U.S.-Israel military and intelligence merger by Dennis Kucinich [excerpts] https://scheerpost.com/2026/06/30/war-crimes-war-powers-and-american-sovereignty-the-usa-israel-the-department-of-forever-war/ [Change-Links note: On a very close vote, with most but not all Democrats opposed, and most but not all Republicans in favor, the House has already voted to keep Section 219 described below in the National Defense Authorization Act, which also increases the budget of the so-called Department of War by over 60% to more than $1.5 [...]

Pax Silica

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART) https://antiracist.org/pax-silica/ Talk about Orwellian Double-Speak. Pax Silica is a US-led initiative to put Artificial Intelligence, which is still primarily driven by military and surveillance tech, at the center of an international geo-strategic economic development and national security alliance directed at countering China and protecting US economic, political and military dominance in the second quarter of the 21st Century. It is being [...]

Stop US Attacks on Cuba in 2026

Analysis of Possible Scenarios: Cuba-US in 2026 By Raúl Antonio Capote on February 21, 2026 from Havana During the rest of 2026, the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba will be at a point of maximum tension and strain, which will escalate depending on the critical factors that are developing today. The Executive Order entitled “Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Cuba,” signed by the president of that [...]

Keep Space for Peace Week

October 4-11 2025 Oppose Trump's “Golden Dome” The US military preparations for global war continue – on land, at sea, in the air, and in space. Wars cannot be fought these days without support from space systems, and the aim of the U.S. Space Force is to ensure that it controls outer space and the Earth below. Trump’s provocative plan to build a ‘Golden Dome’ umbrella over North Amrica would cost several [...]

Cold War Truth Commission:

Putting the U.S. Cold War on Trial produced by Rachel Bruhnke, Cold War Truth Commission; Frank Dorrel, Addicted to War; and CodePINK Women for Peace. ISBN 979-8-218-80213-4; Paperback, 234 pp. San Pedro CA, $20. reviewed by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-LA   This invaluable just-published volume features more than 50 testimonies and expert analyses compiled and transcribed from the Cold War Truth Commission hearings in 2017 in-person in Los Angeles and in 2021 [...]

Advice to the Democratic Party and its National Leadership

Dear Change Links, The below letter appeared on some social media platforms, falsely attributed to Liz Cheney (a Republican). Here's Snopes' analysis of the letter:  [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/liz-cheney-letter-to-democrats/] Seems to me that even though the letter forged Cheney's name, it has compelling ideas for opposing fascism and should be discussed. --- Ross Plesset Here's the letter as I came across it on Facebook: Dear Democratic Party, I need more from you. You keep sending [...]

Is This the Beginning or the End of a New Cold War?

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies When European Union leaders met in Brussels on February 6th to discuss the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron called this time “a turning point in history.” Western leaders agree that this is an historic moment when decisive action is needed, but what kind of action depends on their interpretation of the nature of this moment. Is this the beginning of a new [...]

Trump Gives Peace a Chance in Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies As we approach the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a monumental shift is taking place that might just lead to the end of this calamitous war. This is not a breakthrough on the battlefield, but a stark reversal of the U.S. position from being the major supplier of weapons and funding to prolong the war to one of peacemaker. Donald Trump [...]

What Massive Fire Losses Mean For Angelenos 

"When “I" becomes “We", even Illness becomes Wellness.” --Malcolm X by Maureen Cruise It is deeply saddening to lose our Palisades home of 50 years and everything in it, except for a car, cell phone, a computer and a gym bag of clothes. Some of those things lost in the fire were irreplaceable, attached to deep memories and had special meanings. We loved that home and neighborhood where we raised a family [...]

Addicted to War

The US is not just a junkie, a war-addict, but a pusher, a drug-dealer getting others addicted to the fix of war and weaponry. by Ray Jones The US House of Representatives passed a measure last month requiring the automatic registration of men aged 18 to 26 for "selective service" -- that is, for potential military conscription.. It was part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets out the [...]

The International Criminal Court Takes on Israel and the US Congressional Mafia

by Medea Benjamin Senator Lindsay Graham was bursting with contempt for the International Criminal Court (ICC) when he grilled Secretary of State Blinken at a May 21 Congressional hearing. Wagging his finger, he warned that, if the ICC gets away with issuing arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, “we are next.” The audience at the hearing, stacked with CODEPINK pro-Palestine supporters, burst out in applause [...]

A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender

A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies 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 men with suspected links to [...]

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