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The Right Tool for the Job
For Michael: Physician’s Assistant, FMLN guerilla, jungle surgeon He picks up from the tray Surgical scissors, forceps, a gauze sponge His work heals the body The tools become the work Become his hands Become him In El Salvador in la selva he was a guerilla To heal the body of a country To bring el pueblo Dignity Victory Sovereignty His hands picked up from the dirt A Tokarev pistol An AK-47 rifle A grenade These tools became the work Became his hands Became him All the while he dreamed of...
Bronze Cymbals the Size of Mountains
No, it’s not possible, They said. You cannot stop the Hegemon, they said. It will devour each one: Russia, Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, China… And then it will devour you. There is nothing to be done. We answered, Perhaps that is true. But we know who you are. And what we know Will eventually destroy you. If not you, then your successors. If not your successors, Then their successors.
Democracy is on the ballot
Democracy is on the ballot this year but some things will not be: climate catastrophe; our holocaust in Palestine; our direct and proxy violence in Africa, Latin America, Eurasia; our seige-by-sanctions against a third of the world’s people. Also not on our ballot are some things at home: health care for all; the right to choose; fixing crumbling infrastructure.
Two, Three, Many Holocausts
How close we could look into a bright future should two, three or many Vietnams flourish throughout the world with their share of deaths and their immense tragedies, their everyday heroism and their repeated blows against imperialism, impelled to disperse its forces under the sudden attack and the increasing hatred of all peoples of the world! — Che Guevarra, Message to the Tricontinental, Havana, April 16, 1967 “Two, three many Vietnams,” said Che.
On the Perpetration of Mass-Death Events
Roger Stoll – TRANSCEND Media Service 20 Nov 2023 – The holocaust now visited on Palestine by US/Israel is unique in many ways. Rates of killing and maiming exceed those of previous Israeli assaults on Gaza, the perpetrators announce their genocidal intent with unusual frankness, and Western media and official apologists are especially shameless. But in a world under centuries of West European domination, this particular intentional genocide/mass-death event ought to seem familiar.
On the Perpetration of Mass-Death Events
The holocaust now visited on Palestine by US-Israel is unique in many ways. Rates of killing and maiming exceed those of previous Israeli assaults on Gaza, the perpetrators announce their genocidal intent with unusual frankness, and Western media and official apologists are especially shameless. But in a world under centuries of West European domination, this particular intentional genocide/mass-death event ought to seem familiar.
On The Perpetration Of Mass-Death Events
By Roger Stoll, Popular Resistance. Above photo: Trail of Tears, Robert Lindneu (1942). National Library of Medicine. The holocaust now visited on Palestine by US/Israel is unique in many ways. Rates of killing and maiming exceed those of previous Israeli assaults on Gaza, the perpetrators announce their genocidal intent with unusual frankness, and Western media and official apologists are especially shameless.
Spherical Splendor, Part II: My Chinese Spy Balloon
The Pentagon admitted that a Chinese balloon that crossed into US territory in February was not spying; it was likely blown off course by wind. — Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy Report, September 20, 2023 My Chinese Spy Balloon has been Posthumously busted to weather balloon, A mere meteorological device, Something that rose from the mind Of an aerial engineer, In between her daydreams At a desk in Zhuzhou, Hunan.
Uncle Sam’s Yom Kippur
“[T]he prehistory, formation, expansion, and global ascendancy of the U.S. Empire have required endless holocausts at home and abroad….
Some Jobs Not Eliminated By AI
For Ned Ludd Saint Sinner Dogmatist Blasphemer Romantic Cynic Dreamer Pragmatist Altruist Misanthrope Revolutionary Reactionary Introvert Extrovert Melancholic Euphoric Infant Child Adult Elder Corpse Roger Stoll lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and has published articles, book reviews and political poetry in Black Agenda Report, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Internationalist 360, Jewschool, Marxism-Leninism Today, MintPress News, MRonline, New Verse News, Orinoco Tribune, Popular...
The East Is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century
Roger Stoll | Internationalist 360 - TRANSCEND Media Service Introduction 1 Aug 2023 – Western media never stop warning us of China: it menaces Taiwan, threatens its neighbors and shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and sticks military bases on Cuba. China, we are told, spies on us by the most devious means, through TikTok, Huawei 5G, and weather balloons. And China, say our media, ensnares Africa with debt traps.
Western Tales About China are Just Tales
Introduction Western media never stop warning us of China: it menaces Taiwan, threatens its neighbors and shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and sticks military bases on Cuba. China, we are told, spies on us by the most devious means, through TikTok, Huawei 5G, and weather balloons. And China, say our media, ensnares Africa with debt traps. Meanwhile, the US government and its media-echo decry China’s abuses of its own people.
I See a Great Moon
The doctors let us in to see her. The room was bare, Only a mattress on the floor. They’d bound her hands. She looked up at the ceiling As if she could see the sky. Something about her made us reverent. We waited for her to speak.
The US and Never-ending War
John Rachel, in his book The U.S. and Perpetual War: Interviews and Commentary (Independently published, May 16, 2023, available at Peace Dividend/Books and Amazon) has compiled a unique, concise and astonishingly compelling collection of leading left, liberal, conservative and heterodox thinkers each answering the same fifteen precisely composed questions. The questions concern the current nature of the US empire, putative US democracy, and, most important, what is to be done.
The Narcoleptic Beauty
by Roger Stoll / May 21st, 2023 I I heard her magic tale: a spindle-prick, then frozen in time for a century, her castle ringed by an impassable forest of needle-sharp briars, poison snakes, carnivorous plants, and stiletto-fanged beasts. Only a death wish would call one into these forbidding woods, littered with the bones and crowns of princes just like me. Naturally, I went. Yet it wasn’t hard to get through. The forest parted before me. Beasts, snakes, and all, gave way.
72% of the UN Security Council (by Population) Backed Russia’s Call for a UN Investigation of the Nord Stream Bombing
72 percent of the UN Security Council (by population) Backed Russia’s call for a UN investigation of the Nord Stream bombing (libya360.wordpress.com) International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one. — Ambrose Bierce, The shadow on the dial, and other essays, (ed. 1909); p. 302 in the Gutenberg edition.
Two Thirds of the UNSC Supported Investigation of the Nord Stream Bombing: Rejected
Roger Stoll - TRANSCEND Media Service “International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one.” —Ambrose Bierce “The wicked flee when no man pursueth…” —Proverbs 28:1 (King James Version) A Burning Question On March 27, 2023, the UN Security Council (UNSC) failed to pass a Russia-initiated Resolution calling for a UN investigation into the Nord Stream pipeline bombing.
73% of the World’s Population Did Not Call for Russian Reparations to Ukraine
Roger Stoll | Internationalist 360º - TRANSCEND Media Service 23 Nov 2022 – On November 14, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution (A/ES-11/L.6) calling for Russia to pay war reparations to Ukraine: Here was the vote: [1] Western media report these results as vast international support for the resolution. But measured by world population, this resolution, as well as its predecessors, was decisively rejected by the UNGA.
73% of the World’s Population Did Not Call for Russian Reparations to Ukraine
On November 14, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution (A/ES-11/L.6) calling for Russia to pay war reparations to Ukraine: [The General Assembly…] Reaffirms its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine and its demand that the Russian Federation immediately cease its use of force against Ukraine and that the Russian Federation immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the...
55% of Humanity Does Not Reject the Accession to Russia of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
Roger Stoll | Internationalist 360º - TRANSCEND Media Service 21 Oct 2022 – On 12 Oct 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution rejecting the accession to Russia of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions in Ukraine. The resolution is titled, “Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Defending the Principles of the Charter of the United Nations.” It reads, in part: A majority of the 193 countries of the UNGA voted IN FAVOR of the resolution.
55% of Humanity Does Not Reject the Accession to Russia of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
by Roger Stoll / October 21st, 2022 On October 12, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution rejecting the accession to Russia of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions in Ukraine. The resolution is titled, “Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Defending the Principles of the Charter of the United Nations.” It reads, in part: A majority of the 193 countries of the UNGA voted IN FAVOR of the resolution.
Black Agenda Report
The world needs a new United Nations. Its current formation gives great power to a handful of nations, ignores most of the world, and is ineffectual in addressing issues such as the climate crisis. This article was originally published in MintPress News.
Black Agenda Report
U.S. presidents routinely violate international law and the United Nations Charter. Yet every year they appear before that body and proclaim American innocence. It takes a special kind of hubris for a president of the United States to speak at the United Nations, the place where international law is supposed to be upheld and defended.
Global Divide: 76% of Humanity (and Nearly All Poorer Nations of Color) Did Not Vote to Kick Russia off the UN Human Rights Council
Introduction On April 7 the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution intended to signal support for the US/NATO effort in Ukraine. This gesture of support came in the form of a resolution removing Russia from its seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).1 Just as with the March 2 UNGA resolution condemning Russia’s military intervention of February 242 (passed by countries representing just 41% of world population3 ), the April 7 vote is dizzyingly lopsided.
Black Agenda Report
When a new international order came into being with the organization of the United Nations in 1945, African people proposed their own visions for the post war world. As World War II came to a violent and shuddering end in 1945, plans were drawn up for a new international order, ostensibly to maintain peace and global security while promoting global economic development. The United Nations was at the center of these plans.
Divided World | Dissident Voice
The UN Condemnation of Russia is Endorsed by Countries Run by the Richest, Oldest, Whitest People on Earth But Only 41% of the World’s Population On March 2 of this year the UN General Assembly met in an Emergency Session to pass a non-binding resolution condemning Russia’s February 24 intervention in Ukraine.1 141 countries voted for the resolution, 5 voted against, 35 abstained, and 12 did not vote.
Black Agenda Report
Leaked stories from the Pentagon have exposed how mainstream media reports Russia’s conduct in the Ukraine war, in a bid to counter propaganda intended to get NATO into the conflict. This article was originally published in Consortium News. The Pentagon has been engaged in a consequential battle with the U.S. State Department and the Congress to prevent a direct military confrontation with Russia, which could unleash the most unimaginable horror of war.
US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine And The Whiteness Of Empire By Roger Stoll, Popular Resistance. March 15, 2022 US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine And The Whiteness Of Empire2022-03-152022-03-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/nato-wwiii-e1647378855491.jpg200px200px Above photo: Anti-NATO protest in Chicago, 2012. Julie Dermansky.
Black Agenda Report
Why Defending Nicaragua is Important The U.S. effort to destabilize Nicaragua is an ongoing crime against that nation's people. Anti-imperialists must defend their right to self-determination. This article first appeared in Resumen Latinoamericano. Since at least the start of the 21st century, if not earlier, two global trends have emerged very clearly.
Black Agenda Report
Government of Nicaragua Rejects Interference by the OAS The Organization of American States (OAS) is a U.S. puppet organization that is poised to delegitimize Nicaragua's upcoming election and attack that nation's sovereignty. This article originally appeared in Telesur. On Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua stated that it rejects the interference actions orchestrated by the Organization of American States (OAS), threatening national sovereignty.
Black Agenda Report
U.S. Congress Outlines New Phase of Economic Attacks and Hybrid War on Nicaragua’s Sandinista Government The US Congress invited neoconservative regime-change strategists to discuss the next stage of hybrid warfare on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government.
Black Agenda Report
An international delegation released this statement supporting the rights of the Nicaraguan people to live free of U.S. interference. Statement of the International Delegation to Nicaragua, July 18-25 2021 We have come to Nicaragua this week to see for ourselves the lived reality of the Nicaraguan people. We are here from the United States, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico.
Black Agenda Report
U.S. attack on Nicaragua targets its Black community. There is a page in the playbook for U.S. imperialist regime change in Latin America that includes exploiting the identity politics of Blackness. A recent example was the unrest in Cuba a month ago that included a sophisticated attempt to paint the Cuban revolution, its government, and anyone in solidarity with it, as ignoring the interests of Afro-Cubans.
BAR Book Forum: Jennifer Goett’s Book, “Black Autonomy” | Black Agenda Report
The author examines postwar violence through the activism of Afro-Nicaraguan women and men from the Caribbean coast of the country. “Gendered Black practices are sites of oppositional consciousness that drives resistance to the state and racial capitalism.” In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Jennifer Goett.
Nicaragua's Benedict Arnolds – Political Opposition as Organized Crime | Black Agenda Report
Under Nicaraguan law, it is a crime to seek foreign interference in the country's internal affairs.
Unconventional US Warfare Won’t Stop Nicaragua’s Revolution
Republican strategist Karl Rove often advised his clients to attack not the enemy’s weaknesses but its strenghts. The bipartisan US foreign policy disinformation machine has taken Rove’s advice with tedious devotion. So, to attack Nicaragua, the machine’s fabrications and propaganda have targeted some of that country’s strengths: gender equity, Indigenous rights and autonomy, democracy, sovereignty, and a successful response to the pandemic, as well as the Sandinista government’s great popularity.
Black Agenda Report
The Cuban Revolution has shown that when limited resources are distributed equitably and with an emphasis on people and prevention, public health outcomes previously unimaginable can be achieved. “Income generated by vaccine sales abroad will pay for healthcare, education, and pensions in Cuba.” “They have discovered smart weapons. We have discovered something more important: people think and feel”— Fidel Castro.
The Right to Live in Health and Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution: A Review | Black Agenda Report
The Right to Live in Health and Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution: A Review Cuban medical professionals created a project to join science and statecraft and secure health as a fundamental right of citizenship. “There are deep historical roots to the island’s twenty-first century medical exceptionalism.” Cuban medicine has long captured the imagination of those living in the Americas.
Mexico: First the Poor
Por el bien de todos, primero los pobres (“For the good of all, first the poor.”) — AMLO Mexico is a semi-colony with a population of 129 million. Its political, financial and business elites are bound to the US, which receives 80% of Mexican exports. International corporations feast on Mexico’s cheap labor and resources, from the maquilas in the north, to the central mines and the coffee lands of the south. Walmart is Mexico’s biggest employer.
Cuban Spies Disguised as Doctors
The European Union now excludes travelers from the COVID-ridden U.S., but welcomes those from the virtually COVID-free Cuba. Cuba, the country that sends doctors and infectious disease specialists around the world to fight the pandemic, the country the U.S. has held in contempt for 60 years, villified with every epithet and sanctioned and embargoed and blockaded to within an inch of its life.
China's Detection and Reporting of the Covid-19 Outbreak
While the US took two-and-a-half years to identify HIV/AIDS after the discovery of the first symptomatic case in the country, China discovered, identified and contained COVID-19 within a few months. In the US, over half a million people have died of HIV/AIDS; worldwide that same number die every year.
The Truth About China's COVID-19 Response
While the U.S. took two-and-a-half years to identify HIV/AIDS after the discovery of the first symptomatic case in the country, China discovered, identified and contained COVID-19 within a few months. In the U.S., over half a million people have died of HIV/AIDS; worldwide that same number die every year. Even now, in the U.S., 13,000 die each year of the disease.
“If the US truly wanted an humanitarian operation in Venezuela, it would’nt intentionally cut people off from medicine and food”
17 Jul 2019 La Rédaction In his last book on Venezuela, Daniel Kovalik, a lawyer and a long standing friend of latin american people in countries such as Colombia and Central America, is tearing away the veil of propaganda war : “the humanitarian part of the intervention is now barely a fig leaf for the real and usual intention – the control of another country’s oil supplies“. To know more about the ins and outs of “The Plot To Overthrow Venezuela”, we have interviewed his author Mr. Kovalik.
Empire’s War under the Radar: Nicaragua
In April of 2018 armed and unarmed proxies of the US in collaboration with Nicaraguan elites launched a war against the Nicaraguan state, its government, its economy and its people. It disrupted transportation and communications throughout the country and sabotaged the economy.
Nicaragua: The War of 2018
Nearly all US regime-change wars (Venezuela, Syria, Honduras, Ukraine, Libya, Yugoslavia, etc.) are wars of deception, fabrication, propaganda, coups and false flags. Sometimes there is a direct US military assault, more often not.
Grenada: 40th Anniversary of the Revolution
Forty years ago this March, the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, population 110,000, made a revolution. Prime Minister Eric Gairy had for years headed a neocolonial dictatorship on behalf of Grenada’s minute capitalist class and British and US interests. A private and brutal militia known as the Mongoose Gang was tasked to silence Gairy’s political opponents. Though the island was rich in agricultural resources, like nutmeg, mace, cacao and bananas, too much of its population lived in poverty.
Flashpoints | Dissident Voice
Review of Follow the Money: Radio Voices for Peace and Justice by Dennis J. Bernstein I was just listening to Dennis Bernstein’s Flashpoints, a news and analysis interview program airing every weekday from 5 to 6 PM on Pacifica Radio’s KPFA. Dennis’ guests were three political analysts and academics talking about the Korea summit, including the politics and history of US-Korea relations. South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s political background came up.
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