[Statements by Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard and by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) responding to Zionist Israeli’s interception and capture of at least 39 vessels and Israel’s detention of dozens of crew members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was attempting to break Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver essential humanitarian aid … Continue reading “Israel’s unlawful interception of Global Sumud Flotilla illustrates its determination to continue deliberately starving Palestinians in Gaza” →

By Jeff Mackler, National Secretary, Socialist Action President Donald Trump’s first-term Secretary of State, former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, notoriously called Trump a “f*****g moron.” Tillerson’s remark was recorded after Trump left a National Security Council meeting where he had proposed increasing the nation’s tactical nuclear weapons arsenal one hundredfold. During that same first term, … Continue reading Donald Trump: “F*****G” Moron or Crisis-Ridden U.S. Capitalism’s Ultimate Solution? →

[Reprinted from Aljazeera, September 21, 2025] The US senator recognizes the genocide of the Palestinian people but ends up blaming them for it. By Ahmad Ibsais U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 4, 2025 [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters] After almost two years of horrendous atrocities … Continue reading The problem with Bernie Sanders’ ‘It’s Genocide’ Admission →

By Marc Wutschke The second annual National People’s Conference for Palestine, held in Detroit, Michigan, from August 29 to 31, attracted more than 4,000 pro-Palestinian activists. The conference was endorsed by over 300 groups, ranging from national organizations such as the National Lawyers Guild, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Code Pink, ANSWER, and Jewish Voice … Continue reading DETROIT PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE:  MUCH HEAT, BUT NO FIRE →

By Barry Sheppard In late August President Trump met with his son-in-law Jared Kushner and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss plans for a postwar Gaza. A month before, staff members of a think tank set up by Blair met with Israeli business leaders in developing a postwar Gaza plan that included the … Continue reading Trump’s Gaza Riviera and Israel’s War →

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, Executive Editor and Senior Columnist 17 September 2025 Apple CEO Tim Cook presented Donald Trump with an Apple plaque sitting on a 24-karat gold base. Getty Images The power structure in the U.S. can be boiled down to a system of might, and white, making right. Donald Trump has exposed … Continue reading White Power, By Margaret Kimberely, Black Agenda Report →

[Reprinted from Democracy Now.  Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez interview Jeremy Scahill] Global condemnation is mounting after Israel bombed Qatar’s capital Doha, attempting to take out senior Hamas leaders who had gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a Gaza ceasefire. Hamas leadership survived the strike, which killed six. We speak with Jeremy Scahill, co-founder … Continue reading “America Is Bankrolling This”: Jeremy Scahill on Israel’s Bombing of Hamas in Qatar →

10 Sep 2025, Reprinted from Black Agenda Report [Photo above: Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and US President Donald Trump] The treachery of the Black misleadership class knows no bounds. While Trump’s latest racist dog whistle about “born criminals” is condemned, double-talking scoundrels may pretend to be horrified while giving legitimacy and assistance to the … Continue reading Super Predators, Born Criminals, and the Black Misleadership Class By Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist →

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 07: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) bids farewell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he leaves the White House after a meeting on April 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump was meeting with Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to release Israeli hostages from Gaza and newly imposed U.S. tariffs. … Continue reading Trump’s Gaza Riviera and Israel’s War →

All the elements, especially US impunity, are in place to eventually attempt a decapitation strike eliminating the South American nation’s leadership. ROGER D. HARRIS AND JOE EMERSBERGER President Donald Trump euphorically concluded his White House press conference on September 2 with breaking news: the US military had just blown up a small motor vessel in the middle of the … Continue reading All Elements in Place for a US Decapitation Strike on Venezuela →

By John Pottinger [Photo above: Zohran Mamdani with NYC liberal Democrat Zionist Comptroller Brad Lander who cross endorsed with Mamdani during the NYC Democratic Party primary, assuring Mamdani’s victory]   On June 25 Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, came out of nowhere to beat Andrew Cuomo and several … Continue reading Mamdani and the Sisyphean Task of Reforming the Democratic Party →

No to US Wars Against Working People At Home and Abroad! Free Free Palestine! Socialist Action ZOOM webinar with Cristobal Cavazos, Immigrant Solidarity, DuPage • Gabriela Hernandez Chico, Co-director, Immigrant Solidarity, DuPage • Jeff Mackler, Administrative Committee, United National Antiwar Coalition, National Secretary, Socialist Action • Joe Lombardo, National Coordinator, UNAC Thursday, September 4th, 4 … Continue reading The Fight For Immigrant Rights in the Face of Trump and ICE →

By Elizabeth Byce 10,517 Canadian Union of Public Employees flight attendants working for Air Canada won a pitched battle in their struggle for a collective agreement. A tentative agreement was reached after an historic and courageous fight that inspired labour unionists and their allies across the country.  CUPE urged their members, early on August 19, to … Continue reading Canadian Flight Attendants Uphold Right to Strike →

By Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist August 20, 2025 [Reprinted from Black Agenda Report News, commentary and analysis from the black left.] [Photo above: Washington Commanders majority owner Josh Harris, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announce using public money to build a football stadium. Image: Washington Business Journal] … Continue reading Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Epitomizes Black Misleadership →

Below we reprint the recent article from the August 24, 2025  Chris Hedges Report that recounts in some detail the real history of Palestine, focussed on its colonization by the Zionist settlers with the support of British colonialism/imperialism justified by the infamous 1917 Balfour Declaration.  Socialist Action’s 1988 pamphlet, The Hidden History of Zionism by Ralph Schoenman covers … Continue reading Israel’s Assassination of Memory: From The Chris Hedges Report →

By Malik Miah In a long rant of over 70 minutes in a news conference on August 10, President Trump claimed that the nation’s capitol, Washington, D.C. “has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs, and homeless people. And we are not going to take it anymore.” … Continue reading Trump deploys military to Washington, D.C. based on racist demagogy and lies about rising crime →

[Above: Jeff Mackler, National Secretary, Socialist Action, twice Socialist Action’s candidate for the U.S, presidency] [Photo above: Zohran Mamdana, Democrat and Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) 2025 candidate for Mayor of New York City] Join us! Friday, August 15 at 11am PST Zoom connection here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9137010764?omn=81593854033  

August 9, 2025 Reprinted with permission by Chris Hedges Author and attorney Jennifer Harbury describes the “Silent Holocaust” in Guatemala and its links to the genocide in Gaza, using “any methods of barbarity necessary.” NA/Harbury 3/18/02 – Lawyer-activist Jennifer K. Harbury leaves the Supreme Court after arguing her case before the court today. ORG XMIT: … Continue reading Chris Hedges Report: Israel Also Sponsored a Genocide in Guatemala →

Isaac Saney Haitian women having their blood pressure taken at a mobile clinic staffed by a Cuban medical brigade in Salomon market in Port-au-Prince. The Cuban revolution endures despite more than 60 years of U.S. attacks. One system exploits the people, while the other prioritizes their needs. Which nation deserves the label of “failed’? In an … Continue reading Who Is the Failed State? Cuba, Revolutionary Ethics, and the Moral Bankruptcy of Western Capitalism →

By Barry Sheppard The recent highly lethal flash flood in Texas, where a river rose 26 feet in 45 minutes, was another example occurring throughout the world of increasing major disasters, including floods, droughts, fires, heat waves and more, due to climate change resulting from global heating. It was also an example of the lack … Continue reading Climate Change: Capitalism’s Floods, Droughts, Fires — Mitigation and System Change   →

The New Democratic Party Socialist Caucus proudly announced on July 7 the nomination of Yves Engler, a distinguished Montreal-based author and activist, as its candidate for federal NDP leader. Engler brings to the contest a fearless commitment to global peace, democratic accountability, workers’ rights and socialism.Born in Vancouver in 1979 to union-organizer parents who were deeply … Continue reading Montreal Author and Political Activist Yves Engler Campaigns to Lead Canada’s New Democratic Party →

By Jeff Mackler As a teenage Superman fan of yesteryear, in the 1950s, I recall that Superman was described on radio as a “strange visitor from another planet.” I couldn’t resist going to my local Oakland movie theater to see the latest iteration starring David Corenswet as Superman. I was surprised. While the July 20 … Continue reading Democrat Zohran Mamdani and Superman the Movie: Billionaire’s Debate Damage Control as U.S. Opinion Increasingly Rejects Zionist’s Palestine Genocide →

On March 8, Mahmoud Khalil—a prominent pro-Palestine activist and legal U.S. resident—was effectively disappeared. After his arrest, he was flown to Louisiana, far from his lawyer, his wife, and his community of supporters. Khalil, a green card holder, is protected by the U.S. Constitution and cannot be deported for exercising his First Amendment rights. Yet the … Continue reading Bipartisan Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Activism From Encampments to Deportations: Mahmoud Khalil Disappeared for Dissent: By John Pottinger →