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Who’s the Dictator – Venezuela’s Maduro or Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

Washington brands Nicolás Maduro a dictator, celebrates Volodymyr Zelenskyy as democratic, and sponsors María Corina Machado to achieve regime change in Venezuela rather than promote genuine democracy. By Roger D. Harris Within the narrow spectrum of establishment punditry, “dictator” functions…

Trump’s interference invalidates the presidential election in Honduras

An extraordinary catalog of US interference – amounting to an electoral coup – may have destroyed what was already a struggling democracy in Honduras. Trump has succeeded in closing the door to progressive government and in all likelihood his preferred…

Rohingya Crisis: The Big Question—What Lies Ahead?

The word Rohingya refugee is about to settle in a dictionary now. Only woes continue for Rohingya refugees and make the atmosphere hostile, dump, nasty, and self-contained interest of some neighboring countries. Above one million Rohingya refugees are now becoming…

US State Department Travel Warning on Venezuela: What Washington Fears Most

Following his earlier threat that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days are numbered, US President Donald Trump announced on social media he was closing Venezuelan airspace. He then immodestly proclaimed the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine, commending his nineteenth century…

Call to Action: Protect Immigrant New Yorkers — Support the NYC Trust Act (Intro 214)

New York City has laws meant to shield immigrant communities from racial profiling, illegal information-sharing, and abusive transfers to ICE. But NYPD and DOC have repeatedly violated these protections — and right now, there is no way for New Yorkers…

Trump Commands Venezuela’s Heavens Closed

US President Trump ordered the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela “closed in its entirety” on November 29. By Roger D. Harris Yet the US has as much legal and moral authority to shutter the skies over Venezuela as the Venezuelans…

Two Peace Prizes: The Nobel Legitimizes the Empire’s War on Venezuela, While the US Peace Prize Honors Resistance

The Nobel Peace Prize was established in 1901. In the decades that followed, Mahatma Gandhi emerged as the international symbol of world peace for resistance to the dominant imperialism of his time – the British Empire. He was never recognized…

Gerry Condon Receives the 2025 US Peace Prize in San Francisco

November 23, 2025 — At a spirited No War on Venezuela rally in San Francisco, the US Peace Memorial Foundation presented the 2025 US Peace Prize to longtime antiwar organizer Gerry Condon, honoring more than five decades of courageous resistance…

Black Alliance for Peace Questions the Relevance and Efficacy of the Conference of Parties (COP) Following its 30th Summit

COP 30 Represents the Latest Failure of Nation States and the United Nations to Effectively Address the Climate Crisis and its Root Causes The failure of the Conference of Parties’ (COP) 30th annual climate change summit to produce an agreement…

It’s not only about Venezuela: Trump intends a wider domino effect

It’s increasingly obvious that the US military threats against Venezuela have a wider agenda. Their game plan is regime change, but not only in Venezuela. This is the objective – on a longer timescale in some cases – across several…

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