If you want peace, prepare the revolution!
December 1, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. After Fabien Mandon, the [French] army’s chief of staff, declared that we must be ready to “accept losing our children,” [President] Macron announced the return of the military service as early as 2026—on a voluntary basis. Designated volunteers: children of […]
Trump’s Military Parade Flop
On Saturday, June 14th, Donald Trump held a military parade in Washington to celebrate his 79th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the formation of the U.S. Army. The parade featured armored tanks, helicopters, and historical military equipment. It had more than 6,000 uniformed troops, dozens of tanks and howitzers, hundreds of armored vehicles and […]
The Federal Budget – Costs of the Empire
Tax day is coming up soon, which along with every time we look at our paychecks, is a reminder of how much we pay each year – and for what? Despite how much we pay in taxes, everything around us seems to be falling apart, not just roads but bridges and other infrastructure and social […]
Biden’s Budget: It Does Nothing for Workers, and It Won’t Inconvenience the 1%
When President Biden sent his proposed Tax and Budget proposal to Congress on March 11th, he claimed it would end the so-called “trickle down” government economic policies which favor the rich and big corporations. His actual proposals, however, show a huge gap between his rhetoric and the real policy of his administration. To manage the COVID […]
U.S. Airman Sacrifices His Life to Free Palestine
Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC captured the attention of the world. The active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force, disillusioned by the military and U.S. government, morally rejected the U.S. government’s support for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. The U.S. has provided Israel with the weapons and intelligence to carry out […]
United States: Violent Enabler of More Violence
Does it seem like in the past few months someone is shooting up the neighborhood (in this case, our world)? If it seems that way to you, you’re not wrong. And if it seems like the U.S. is the shooter, you’d be right. The U.S. has many hundreds of military bases, installations, facilities, storage centers, […]
Biden and U.S. Government Back Up Israel with Military Muscle
As Israel has begun its savage response to Hamas’s attacks, the United States government under President Biden has shown Israel that the U.S. has its back. This began with the Pentagon sending the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, the newest and most technologically advanced aircraft carrier in the world, to the eastern Mediterranean. Its attack […]
Sudan: Heading Towards a New Civil War?
This is a translation of an article that appeared in Prensa Obrera on April 17, 2023, the website of the Trotskyist Party, Partido Obrero of Argentina, (Workers’ Party). The armed clashes which broke out this weekend in Sudan aroused fears of a new civil war in this African territory. The army, under the command of […]
NFL Uses Pat Tillman’s Name to Advance Nationalist Agenda
The NFL used Pat Tillman’s image at the Super Bowl to promote the U.S. military, despite Tillman own opposition to war and being used as a PR tool.
China and U.S. International Rivalry – So Much More than A Few Balloons
The incidents with balloons are a symptom of a deeper conflict between world powers.
Forgiving Student Debt = Reducing the Leverage of the Military?
Attorneys from six states in the U.S. are now trying to block the implementation of student debt cancellation, shortly after the application to have debt cancelled was released. The original plan would cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for qualifying households. While this is an inadequate amount, considering the average borrower owes about […]
The U.S. Military Murdered Innocent Civilians in Syria and Covered It Up
A recently published a report that shows the U.S. military covered up war crimes in Syria in 2019 when it dropped bombs on a crowd of civilians, killing about 80 people.
Memorial Day: Exploiting Victims of the Ruling Class’s Wars
Memorial Day is supposedly a solemn occasion to remember Americans who died fighting in wars, a serious subject if ever there was one. So why is it typically celebrated with beach parties and consumer product sales
A World of War = A World for Profits
We are living in a world dominated by war. For those in the middle of the wars it is a life of chaos and crisis. In the U.S. and other countries distant from the fighting, the wars have other impacts. Regardless of what we are told, the wars have the same underlying cause. They are […]
The United States – The Cop of the World
The U.S. government acts like the cop of the world. It claims that when it wages war, it is protecting people. Politicians do their best to mask U.S. military violence in the language of humanitarian intervention and the promotion of democracy. But just like cops, the real role of the U.S. military in the world […]