Una guerra contra el mundo y una guerra contra nosotros
Estados Unidos está llevando a cabo otro ataque masivo contra los pueblos de Oriente Medio. Trump ha declarado que va a derrocar al régimen gobernante de Irán. El ejército estadounidense, junto con Israel, ha llevado a cabo bombardeos masivos y ataques con misiles en todo Irán. Israel también está llevando a cabo un bombardeo masivo […]
¡No a la guerra de Estados Unidos e Israel contra el pueblo de Irán!
Junto con Israel, Estados Unidos inició su campaña de bombardeos asesinos contra el pueblo de Irán. Un día después de que comenzaran los ataques, Trump anunció que el líder de Irán, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, había sido asesinado junto con varios otros líderes militares y políticos clave de Irán. Hasta ahora, Estados Unidos e Israel […]
One Month into Trump’s Bloody So-Called “Excursion”
It has been nearly one month since Trump’s administration, together with Israel, launched a war against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Since the war began, the lies and distortions coming from Trump’s mouth have been nearly endless. He declared war, and then said it’s not a war. He called for the overthrow of the Islamic […]
A War on the World and A War on Us
The U.S. is carrying out another massive attack on the people of the Middle East. Trump has declared that he is going to change the ruling regime of Iran. The U.S. military, along with Israel, has carried out massive bombing and missile attacks across Iran. Israel is also carrying out a massive bombing in Lebanon […]
No to U.S.-Israel War on the People of Iran!
Together with Israel, the United States began its murderous bombing campaign against the people of Iran. A day after the strikes began, Trump announced that Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed along with several other key military and political leaders of Iran. Thus far, the U.S. and Israel have bombed over 2,000 targets in […]
Oppose the U.S.-Israel War on Iran!
The decision by the Trump administration to order the bombing of Iran is a criminal act of unprovoked violence. This attack makes the prospect of a wider war in the region, and possibly the world, more likely. Israel began this latest assault on Iran on June 12, claiming it was an act of self defense, […]
NO U.S./Israel War On The Iranian People!
On the night of Thursday, June 12th, Israel launched missile attacks and air raids on Iran, attacking nuclear enrichment facilities, military command centers, and residential areas housing Iranian officials. The attacks killed 78 and injured over 300. Among those that were killed were the lead negotiator in talks with the Trump administration, key leaders within […]
Israel Begins Annexation of Gaza
In late March Israel resumed its war on the Palestinians of the Gaza strip, killing and wounding thousands more Palestinians. Since the war began in October 2023, more than 51,000 Gazans have been killed along with another 115,000 wounded. And now, for the first time since this war began, Israeli political and military leaders are […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: October 21, 2024
Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore)Download .pdf leaflet (Bay Area, California)Download .pdf leaflet (North Carolina) Their Election is Over, Our Future is Up to Us! As of November 4, 2024, people are still casting their votes, and we might not know who officially won the presidential election for weeks. With so much uncertainty, it’s important to look […]
Between Embarrassment and Support, in Spite of Everything, the West is Complicit in the Crimes of the Israeli Army and State
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. On the pretext of bringing home the 60,000 inhabitants of northern Israel who have been forced to take refuge elsewhere in the […]
What is Hezbollah?
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. In March 1979, just a few weeks after Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in Iran, taking over the country where the Shah’s […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: October 21, 2024
Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore)Download .pdf leaflet (Bay Area, California)Download .pdf leaflet (North Carolina) Words Won’t Save Lives, No More Aid to Israel! The situation in Gaza and the Middle East is rapidly deteriorating. Israeli forces are carrying out a relentless military campaign with no signs of stopping. Horrific footage and reports of atrocities flood the […]
Words Won’t Save Lives, No More Aid to Israel!
The situation in Gaza and the Middle East is rapidly deteriorating. Israeli forces are carrying out a relentless military campaign with no signs of stopping. Horrific footage and reports of atrocities flood the media: people burned alive in hospital beds in Gaza, Israeli soldiers shooting U.N. peacekeepers, and entire neighborhoods in Gaza reduced to rubble. […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: October 7, 2024
Download .pdf leafletDownload .pdf leaflet (Baltimore)Download .pdf leaflet (California)Download .pdf leaflet (North Carolina) Solidarity with Palestinians and the Oppressed October 7 marks one year since Israel’s escalation of attacks on Palestine, allegedly in response to an attack by Hamas. But this date represents only a small chapter in a much longer history. The October 7, […]
Event Video (Sun. Oct. 20): STOP THE US/ISRAELI WAR ON THE MIDDLE EAST
A Speak Out Socialists Public Meeting Speak Out Now organizes regular public townhalls as a means to present our ideas and activities. We frequently invite speakers who have an expertise in their field, which we do not have, or activists who have participated in social struggles where we were not present. We have had speakers […]
Israel Took the World to the Brink, and Backed Off, Only to Prepare a New Attack in Gaza
On April 19, Israel launched its attack on Iran. Israel was responding to Iran’s April 14 attack on Israel, which was itself a retaliation for the Israeli assassination of an Iranian general two weeks earlier. Luckily for the world, Israeli officials decided to make a most limited and symbolic strike on Friday. Drones as well […]
El genocidio de Gaza pone en riesgo una guerra generalizada en Medio Oriente
Un helicóptero militar Houthi sobrevuela un carguero en el Mar Rojo, fuente: Reuters La guerra genocida de Israel contra el pueblo palestino se ha prolongado por más de tres meses. Más de 23.000 palestinos han muerto, casi 10.000 de ellos niños. La ONU calcula que 1,9 millones de palestinos, más del 80% de la población […]
Silencing Pro-Palestinian Dissent on Campus: A New McCarthyism?
In the days following Hamas’s sudden attacks on Israel and Israel’s response, sealing off Gaza to keep food, water, electrical power, and all humanitarian aid from its residents and threatening an all-out military invasion against Gaza’s civilian population, protests against Israeli and U.S. policy erupted around the world, including on many college and university campuses […]
Solidarity with the Palestinian People!
Israel is responding to Hamas’s attack by further oppressing the Palestinian population in Gaza.
The Tunisian Tinderbox – A Society Set to Explode
In 2011, the Tunisian people overthrew the regime of Ben Ali, the long-standing and corrupt ruler of Tunisia. Today, a decade and a half later, little has changed, though the country has passed through elections, strikes, demonstrations, and more upheaval. Underneath the surface, the main problem persists. Unemployment is over 16%, and inflation has hit […]
China Makes a Deal with Iran and Saudi Arabia — A Challenge to U.S. Dominance of the Middle East
On Friday, March 10, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced that they would open up diplomatic relations following a meeting brokered by China. The two regional powers had not carried out diplomacy since they cut ties in 2016. The announcement came suddenly, and unexpectedly, and there is no doubt that U.S. politicians and oil companies feel […]
For Sama, a Documentary that Gives a Candid Look at Civilians in War
The people of Syria and Turkey continue to endure the devastation from the earthquakes that have killed over 47,000 people and made millions homeless in the middle of a freezing winter. And this March 15 will be the 12th anniversary of the start of the horrific Syrian civil war. It’s important to learn from the […]
We Are All Palestinians!
Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza has entered its second week, continuing a total bombardment of Palestinians. So far, Israel has killed nearly 200 Palestinians, including 58 children, and destroyed over 500 homes in Gaza, leaving 40,000 Palestinians homeless, without access to clean clothes, water, and basic necessities. Thousands of Palestinians have been stopped at checkpoints […]
Yemen: Killing in the Name of Profit
American-made weapons are still killing thousands of innocent people in Yemen, a country experiencing one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises
Iraq: Mass Protests Flare Again in Spite of COVID-19
Mass protests have broken out again in Iraq after the nomination of a new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi.
Lebanon: Massive Protests Continue Despite Pandemic
Huge, often violent, protests have rocked Lebanese cities in recent days. While the COVID-19 crisis may be a contributing factor, they are in fact a continuation of
No to US War on Iran!
The U.S. drone strike on January 3 that assassinated Iran’s top military general, Qassim Suleimani, along with five other commanders of the Iran-backed militias in Iraq, has led us to the brink of war. Iran launched a careful response – more than a dozen missiles at U.S. bases in Iraq, killing no one and attempting […]
The Middle East in the Era of Trump – Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil
Revolutionary University October 2018 The Middle East in the Era of Trump The Middle East is in turmoil – the Syrian War rages, Israel continues its murder of Palestinians, Egypt’s military regime has tightened its grip and Saudi Arabia is starving and bombing the people of Yemen. U.S. imperial interests, in competition with Russia and […]
Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil: Syria and the Conflict in the Middle East
Revolutionary University, March 2016 Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil, Professor of Political Science at CSU Stanislaus and author of Saudi Arabia and the U.S. (angryarab.blogspot.com)
Syria – Still in the Crosshairs of the U.S.
Today Syria is being torn apart by a bloody civil war. Since 2011 the ruling regime of Bashar Al-Assad’s Ba’ath Party has faced an uprising that has threatened to overturn his rule. Since the beginning of the conflict, over 100,000 people have been killed in the fighting, and about 2 million or ten percent of […]