 The Resist US-Led War Movement condemns in the strongest terms the U.S. government’s criminal bombing of Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities, an act of naked aggression that marks a dangerous escalation from proxy warfare to direct imperialist assault.
From the beginning, the U.S. orchestrated this war, arming "Israel" to the teeth, green-lighting its attacks, and only intervening directly when Iran’s fierce resistance proved too much for its puppet forces to handle. As Trump boasts of a "spectacular military success" the reality is clear: The U.S. attack on Iran, a sovereign nation, failed to reach its objectives, as the Fordow nuclear facility was only partially damaged. Trump brazenly stated "Now is the time for peace," while striking at any force that fights for genuine peace in the region. US aggression only fuels more war across West Asia. As said by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: "Everyone must understand that we pursued diplomacy, but the United States and the Zionist regime launched aggressive attacks on Iran." Iran stands in the way of complete US dominance over West Asia. It disrupts the US's oil and gas monopoly and has acted in solidarity with the people of Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and the whole region as a key leader in the Axis of Resistance to Zionist occupation and expansionism. Iran is asserting its independence in a multipolar world while the US reels in crisis and economic downturn as it longs for the days of being the world's unipolar superpower. As Iran targets Tel Aviv, Haifa and other occupied territories it fights and weakens the main enemy of peoples' movements for just peace in the region: the Zionist entity - an outpost of the US in west Asia. For these reasons the US has provoked a war with Iran. The US is repeating the same move that it made in 2003 when it falsely claimed that Iraq was developing nuclear weapons. What followed was a brutal US invasion and occupation that tore the country apart, killed close to 1 million people, devastated the infrastructure including hospitals and schools, and has left the country's people in political chaos and dependency to US oil and development companies to this day. The US wants to see Iran and its people suffer the same fate. But like with Iraq, the US has committed an act that will drag it further down in its own spiraling collapse. The US under Trump, just as under previous regimes, is mired in deep political and economic crisis from being overstretched and engaged in endless wars. This attack on Iran exacerbates the crisis, as the US will pour even more money into waging war, either directly or by continuing to arm the Zionist entity to do its bidding. The people of the world must take to the streets and stand in solidarity with Iran and its people as they assert their self-defense and independence against US and Zionist aggression. We must militantly fight against the US dragging the world into an open war that could escalate even further as the US continues to provoke more wars to protect its position as number one imperialist of the world. Let us broadly unite with all peoples and all nations against the horrific threat of US-led war and together fight for a just and lasting peace. Hands off Iran and the people of West Asia! End imperialist wars! US out of the Middle East! Struggle for just peace!
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 The Resist US-Led War Movement vehemently condemns the attack by the Zionist entity of "Israel" on the Islamic Republic of Iran. With this act, "Israel" has provoked a war of aggression that Iran had no role in starting, and has once again shown itself to be the most dangerous entity in the region and the most utterly fascist and genocidal force in the world today. This action, with full support of the US, has brought the world closer to the brink of full-scale world war.
The attack targeted Iran's civilian, nuclear research stations and military sites. It also targeted leading members of the Iranian Army and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as well as leading nuclear scientists. In "Israel's" trademark fashion, these strikes were launched indiscriminately with no concern for civilian deaths, hitting multiple apartment buildings and other infrastructure like a water treatment plant. The Natanz nuclear site has been confirmed to be leaking radiation after being damaged, with long term health and environmental consequences like so many other U.S.-instigated nuclear disasters. As of the late afternoon on June 13th in Iran, at least 96 people have been confirmed killed and 364 injured. Once again, the Zionists show their utter cruelty in their intention to wipe out any independent nation or people who stands in their way of full domination over the entire region of West Asia. The US was involved in every way with this aggression. Despite official statements from the White House saying that Israel acted "unilaterally," President Trump later admitted that he and others in his Cabinet were informed by "Israel" that this would happen. As its primary military supplier and political backer, the US had every opportunity to try and prevent “Israel” from launching its attacks. Instead, the US used the opportunity to pretend to not be involved to avoid blame. However, the US used the military strikes as leverage to weaken Iran and attempt to bring the country to heel in the ongoing negotiations over US sanctions and Iran's nuclear research program. This was a provocative act of aggression and not a "preemptive" or "defensive" strike as the US and "Israel" have tried to paint it. Iran was not targeted because it is a threat to the world, it was targeted because it was the strongest state standing up to the genocidal expansionism of the Zionist entity and because it is the main roadblock in the way of full US-led domination over West Asia. The so-called "nuclear talks" have never been about diplomacy or finding a common ground on foreign policy goals between two equal states. Instead, the US, one of the largest holders of nuclear weapons in the world and the only state in history to ever use nuclear weapons in warfare, has used the talks to cloud public opinion, obfuscate the facts, and build justification for war with Iran. Trump has said his goals were to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon, but the Islamic Republic has stated throughout its entire political existence that it has no intention to build a nuclear weapon, even up to the day it was attacked. The nuclear talks were just a tool for the US to continue to dominate its rival Iran in its violent quest to remain the most powerful imperialist in the world. The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) "urged restraint" in a public statement, but this clouds the role that the agency played in shielding "Israel" and violating Iran's UN-guaranteed rights as a member state. Recently revealed leaked documents obtained by Iran prove that the IAEA was in secret talks with "Israel" to help hide the facts of its own nuclear weapons program, a violation of the Agency's mandate and position of neutrality. It also showed how the Agency helped pass secret information to the Zionists that assisted in the many assassinations conducted against Iran's nuclear scientists and attacks on its facilities over the years. When the IAEA declared that Iran was not complying with its mandate to cooperate with the Agency regarding its civilian research program, it failed to mention these facts that would justifiably make it untrustworthy for Iran to give it information that could lead to more attacks. The state that should be "restrained" is "Israel," a non-signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) that holds multiple nuclear weapons who blatantly attacked Iran, a state that is signed onto the NPT and has made it clear to all those who would listen that it has no intention of ever building a single nuclear weapon. Iran has every right to develop its nuclear program and, though it has clearly stated it has no intention of doing so, a military nuclear weapons program if it decides it is in the interest of the defense of its people and sovereignty. Calls against the dangers of any new state obtaining nuclear weapons ring hollow if the calls are not directed principally against the US-led nuclear arsenal. The US brought nuclear weapons into the world and then made the decision to arm its allies and attempt to use them to impose its will wherever it pleased. The obtainment of nuclear weapons by states who oppose US imperialist hegemony, such as Russia, China, the DPRK, and Pakistan, has kept the US-led powers in check and prevented further unilateral US aggression across the world. As long as the US holds onto its nuclear arsenal, it is justified for other states to hold onto theirs. The US-Zionist attack against Iran is a complete violation of its sovereignty and therefore Iran holds the right to retaliate in its defense, and any movement for peace should call for this right to be respected internationally in the face of blatant US-Zionist aggression. Iran was targeted because of its assertion of independence from and opposition to US imperialism's designs for the region, with one of Iran's strongest expressions of this being its unwavering support for the Palestinian people, and the historic resistance of Palestine is at the heart of this matter. The Palestinian people have sacrificed likely over 200,000 lives since the start of the Al Aqsa Flood operation in their fight to remain on their land and resist the Zionist occupation. While the news focuses on Iran, Palestine is still being bombed and systematically starved. As the peace-loving people of the world stand with Iran against these blatant attacks, we must continue to join arm and arm with the people of Iran in standing in full solidarity with the Palestinian and regional resistance. Resist US-Led War stands wholeheartedly with the people of Iran and Palestine. These strikes against Iran are only the beginning and more will come. We call on our members and partners around the world to militantly reject the US-Zionist aggression on Iran and to expose and oppose the role of the US in dragging the world into a multipolar world war between nuclear-armed powers, itself the most dangerous of all. Let us be ready to take to the streets and build broad alliances with anyone and everyone struggling for the end of US-led wars and the Zionist occupation of and aggression against West Asia. Resist US-Led War! Fight for Just and Lasting Peace! Hands Off Iran! End Zionism! From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free! 5/28/2025 Journée de la liberté de l'Afrique: Un esprit de résistance anticoloniale face à la machine de guerre américaine.Read NowÀ l'occasion de la 62e Journée de la libération de l'Afrique, le Mouvement de résistance à la guerre dirigé par les États-Unis s'unit aux peuples de tous les pays africains dans un esprit de lutte anticoloniale contre la machine de guerre américaine et ses États fantoches militaristes et fascistes qui mènent des attaques incessantes contre les populations. Née de la Conférence des États indépendants de 1958 à Accra, la Journée de la libération de l'Afrique a révélé le mythe de la liberté postcoloniale, montrant comment les impérialistes ont remplacé les drapeaux par la domination financière – un système désormais imposé par le Fonds monétaire international (FMI), le Commandement des États-Unis pour l'Afrique (AFRICOM) et les seigneurs de guerre qui extraient le cobalt du Congo, l'or du Soudan et l'uranium du Niger. La lutte pour la libération de tous les pays du continent africain est essentielle dans le long combat pour une paix juste et durable à l'échelle mondiale.
Les puissances impérialistes, surtout les États-Unis, continuent d'exploiter l'Afrique comme point de départ pour leurs guerres d'agression à l'échelle mondiale. En même temps, les interventions étrangères dans des conflits internes, comme ceux en Libye, au Soudan et en République démocratique du Congo, ont aggravé l'instabilité et prolongé les souffrances, tandis que les puissances impériales et les forces rivales se battent pour le contrôle des ressources et l'influence stratégique. La Journée de la libération de l'Afrique suit African Lion, le plus grand exercice militaire annuel de l'AFRICOM, qui se déroule au Maroc, au Ghana, au Sénégal et en Tunisie. Plus de 10 000 soldats, y compris des contingents de l'OTAN, prennent part à ces exercices sur le terrain, perturbant les économies locales et nuisant à l'environnement. À travers le continent, des régimes fantoches complices encouragent cette destruction, exploitant leurs populations à des fins personnelles et politiques. En accord avec la stratégie militaire américaine, certains gouvernements africains réactionnaires ont même invité les forces d'occupation israéliennes (FOI) à participer à des entraînements sur la guerre des tunnels durant ces exercices – une tactique actuellement utilisée dans la campagne brutale contre la résistance palestinienne. Au Kenya, le gouvernement de Ruto, soutenu par les États-Unis, utilise l'interdiction des manifestations, les arrestations et emprisonnements injustifiés, les disparitions de militants et les exécutions extrajudiciaires de centaines de personnes pour étouffer la contestation massive contre les taxes exorbitantes sur les produits de première nécessité, imposées à la population à cause de la dette envers la Banque mondiale et le Fonds monétaire international. Les exécutions extrajudiciaires sont courantes autour des bases américaines de Camp Simba, de Manda Bay et de l'aérodrome de Magagoni au Kenya, tout comme les déplacements massifs de population soutenus par l'armée et les opérations de lutte contre la drogue dans les quartiers informels pauvres de la capitale. Cette répression est directement encouragée par l'aide sécuritaire américaine et britannique, qui finance et forme les unités comme l'Unité des services généraux (GSU), une branche paramilitaire de la police et des forces de défense kenyanes, que le régime de Ruto utilise pour réprimer la contestation. Alors que des millions de personnes se rassemblent pour protester contre les réformes économiques, elles réclament également une refonte totale du système d'exploitation soutenu par le régime de Ruto et le profit impérialiste américain. Au Soudan, des groupes armés en guerre ont plongé le pays dans un conflit génocidaire prolongé, ayant déjà coûté la vie à plus de 200 000 personnes. En mai 2025, une frappe aérienne meurtrière sur un quartier civil de Khartoum a déclenché de nouvelles manifestations et une résistance armée à travers le pays. Avec le soutien des États-Unis, des Émirats arabes unis, de l'Arabie saoudite, de la Russie et d'autres nations, des factions rivales exploitent les Forces armées soudanaises (FAS) et les Forces de soutien rapide (FSR) dans une lutte acharnée pour le contrôle des ressources du pays et son influence géopolitique. Pendant que les puissances se partagent le Soudan pour son or, son pétrole et ses ports stratégiques, les Sud-Soudanais subissent des massacres criminels, pris au piège entre des mandataires belligérants, des systèmes d'aide effondrés et des raids de la terre brûlée. En parallèle de ces conflits, un nouveau type de résistance émerge. Des comités de résistance de quartier, des syndicats dirigés par des femmes et des organisations de jeunesse radicales, héritiers du mouvement révolutionnaire qui a renversé le régime d’Omar el-Béchir il y a sept ans, le peuple soudanais continue sa tâche révolutionnaire pour réaliser ses aspirations démocratiques, qui ne pourront être atteintes qu'après la fin de la domination militaire et économique étrangère sur le pays. Rien que l'année dernière, plus de 6 000 Haïtiens ont perdu la vie à cause des escadrons de la mort paramilitaires liés à l'élite haïtienne, tandis qu'un million de personnes ont été forcées de fuir leur domicile. Près de la moitié de la population souffre de faim aiguë, et beaucoup sont au bord de la famine. La majorité des armes puissantes utilisées par ces escadrons de la mort viennent des États-Unis. L'objectif des États-Unis est de maintenir un gouvernement pro-américain au pouvoir, qui bradera les ressources minérales d'Haïti, ouvrira le pays à plus d'investissements étrangers et à des ateliers de confection clandestins, tout en consolidant leur contrôle sur les Caraïbes. Depuis le coup d'État de 2004 contre le gouvernement élu d'Haïti, le Core Group (France, Canada, ONU, OEA) dirigé par les États-Unis a utilisé « l'aide » et le « maintien de la paix » pour écraser la démocratie, privatiser l'économie haïtienne et justifier l'occupation militaire. Au cœur du chaos engendré par les puissances étrangères, les révolutionnaires haïtiens continuent de résister à cette emprise néocoloniale. Le pillage impérialiste de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) et de ses précieuses ressources naturelles a plongé le pays dans une pauvreté extrême et des conflits violents pendant des générations. Des multinationales et des gouvernements étrangers exploitent les ressources minières, finançant des groupes armés, y compris des mercenaires rwandais et ougandais soutenus par les États-Unis, pour maintenir leur emprise et perpétuer la violence à des fins impérialistes. La libération de la RDC ne viendra pas de ceux qui ne cherchent qu'à exploiter le peuple et le territoire. Les organisations de masse et leurs appels pour une paix juste et durable, affranchie de la domination impérialiste, se multiplient et s'inspirent des succès anti-impérialistes à travers toute la région. Dans la lutte pour la libération et la paix sur le continent, nous montrons notre solidarité internationale à l'Alliance des États du Sahel (AES), une coalition souveraine regroupant le Mali, le Niger et le Burkina Faso. Cette alliance a déjà porté de sérieux coups à l'impérialisme et au militarisme occidentaux : elle a expulsé les troupes et les bases françaises et américaines, récupéré les ressources naturelles qui étaient autrefois sous le contrôle de puissances étrangères et mis fin aux accords économiques inéquitables signés par des dirigeants fantoches. L'alliance des États du Sahel et ses actions représentent les revendications anti-impérialistes des populations face à l'exploitation de leurs terres, de leurs ressources et de leurs moyens de subsistance, des objectifs qui s'alignent profondément avec l'appel du Mouvement de résistance à la guerre dirigé par les États-Unis pour construire une paix juste et durable. Pendant cette Journée de la libération de l'Afrique, nous souhaitons que ces luttes et tant d'autres soient un exemple de courage et d'inspiration pour les combats contre la guerre et le militarisme que mènent les États-Unis à travers le monde. Ensemble, les peuples parviendront à une paix juste et durable en Afrique et partout ailleurs ! 5/28/2025 African Liberation Day: A militant spirit of anti-colonial resistance to the US war machineRead NowOn the 62nd Africa Liberation Day, the Resist US-Led War Movement joins the people of every African country in the militant spirit of anti-colonial resistance to the US war machine and its militarist and fascist puppet states waging unrelenting attacks on the people. Emerging from the 1958 Conference of Independent States held in Accra, African Liberation Day unmasked the fiction of postcolonial freedom, tracing how imperialists replaced flags with financial domination—a system now enforced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), and warlords extracting Congo’s cobalt, Sudan’s gold, and Niger’s uranium. The struggle for liberation of all countries in the entire continent of Africa is a necessity in the long struggle for just and lasting peace in the entire world.
Imperialist powers, especially the US, continue to use Africa as a launching ground for their wars of aggression around the world. Meanwhile, foreign intervention in internal conflicts, such as those in Libya, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have intensified instability and prolonged suffering, as imperial powers and competing forces vie for control over resources and strategic influence. African Liberation Day comes on the heels of African Lion, AFRICOM's largest annual military exercise, hosted across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal, and Tunisia. The drills involve more than 10,000 troops, including NATO contingents, and feature field exercises that disrupt local economies and harm the environment. Complicit puppet regimes across the continent enable this destruction, furthering the exploitation of their people for personal and political gain. In alignment with U.S. military strategy, reactionary African governments have even welcomed Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) to participate in tunnel warfare training during the exercises — a tactic currently used in the brutal campaign against the Palestinian resistance. The US-backed Ruto regime in Kenya is using protest bans, unwarranted arrests and imprisonment, disappearances of activists, and extrajudicial killings of hundreds of people in an attempt to crack down on widespread dissent against the crushing taxes on basic necessities being imposed on the people due to debt from World Bank and International Monetary Fund loans. Extrajudicial killings are endemic around US bases at Camp Simba, Manda Bay, and Magagoni Airfield in Kenya, as well as widespread military backed displacement and drug war operations inside the capital's urban poor informal settlements. This repression is directly enabled by U.S. and UK security aid, which funds and trains the very units, like the The General Service Unit (GSU) a paramilitary wing in the Kenya Police Service and Kenya Defence Forces, that Ruto’s regime deploys to crush dissent. As millions take the street to protest the economic reforms they also demand a comprehensive overhaul of of the system of exploitation upheld by the Ruto regime and US imperialist profit. In Sudan, warring militarized factions have plunged the country into prolonged genocidal war that has already claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people. In May 2025, a deadly airstrike on a civilian neighborhood in Khartoum sparked renewed protests and armed defiance across the country. With backing from the U.S., UAE, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and others, rival factions weaponize the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a brutal struggle for control of the country’s resources and geopolitical leverage. While empires carve up Sudan for its gold, oil, and strategic ports, South Sudanese are being criminally killed—trapped between warring proxies, collapsed aid systems, and scorched-earth raids. Alongside the strife, a new type of resistance grows. From neighborhood resistance committees, women-led unions, and radical youth organizations to the revolutionary movement that toppled the regime of Omar al-Bashir seven years ago, the people of Sudan continue on their revolutionary task of fulfilling their democratic aspirations that can only be won after an end to the foreign military and economic stronghold in the country. In the past year alone, over 6,000 Haitians have been killed by paramilitary death squads aligned with sectors of Haiti’s elite while over one million people have been driven from their homes. Close to half the population is suffering from acute hunger, with many on the brink of starvation. The vast majority of the high-powered weapons used by these death squads have been smuggled in from the US. The US goal is to maintain a pro-U.S. government in power that will sell off Haiti’s mineral resources, open up the country to more foreign investment and garment sweatshops, and help solidify U.S. control over the Caribbean. Since the 2004 coup against Haiti’s elected government, the U.S.-led Core Group (France, Canada, UN, OAS) has weaponized "aid" and "peacekeeping" to crush democracy, privatize Haiti’s economy, and justify military occupation. In the midst of the chaos created by foreign powers, Haitian revolutionaries still resist this neocolonial stranglehold. Imperialist plunder of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its rich natural resources has subjected the country to abject poverty and bloody war for generations. Multinational corporations and foreign states exploit mineral resources, funding armed groups including US-backed Rwandan and Ugandan mercenaries to maintain control and prolong violence for imperialist gain. DRC’s liberation will not come from those who's only interest is to exploit the people and land of country. The mass organizations and their demands for a just and lasting peace, free from imperialist domination, are growing and being inspired anti imperialist wins across the region. In the fight for liberation and peace across the continent, we extend international solidarity to the Alliance of Sahel States (AES); the sovereign coalition of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. The alliance has already dealt serious blows to western imperialism and militarism - kicking out French and US troops and bases, taking back natural resources once controlled by foreign powers and braking off with unequal economic agreements set by puppet officials. The alliance of Sahel States and their actions are the embodiment of people's anti imperialist demands against the exploitation of their land, resources and livelihood, goals deeply aligned with the Resist US-Led War Movement's call for building just and lasting peace. On this African Liberation Day, let these struggles and many others stand as a beacon of courage and inspiration to the struggles against US-led war and militarism the world over. Together, the people will win and just and lasting peace throughout all of Africa and the entire world! On Friday, May 16, and Sunday, May 18, the Resist US-Led War Movement officially launched the Second Edition of the Anti-Militarism Agenda (AMA). Over 200 participants joined the online sessions across both days to learn about the updated structure and expanded content of the Agenda.
The events featured speakers from global members and allies of the network who shared on their struggles and campaigns and how people can act in solidarity with their fights — demonstrating how a united mass movement can confront and dismantle the shared enemy of U.S. imperialism. Speakers from groups Madres Contra La Guerra, Lutte Pour le Changement, Prutehi Guåhan, Korea Peace Now, ILPS Canada, the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature, and VETO highlighted the devastating impacts of U.S. militarism on communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Palestine, the Netherlands, Guåhan (Guam), Korea, Canada, and beyond. They shared a wide range of resistance strategies—from grassroots organizing, advocacy, mass campaigns against military alliances to armed struggle—showing how people across different contexts are fighting back, grounded in their histories, experiences, and local conditions. Speakers emphasized that in every war, it is the people—especially the working class and oppressed communities—who bear the heaviest burdens. Meanwhile, those who profit are government officials, military generals, arms manufacturers, bankers, and corporate elites. U.S.-led wars displace Indigenous peoples, destroy farmland and food systems, exacerbate the climate crisis, and uphold global economic domination by the U.S. “In Guåhan, our decolonization has been stalled for over 126 years, and our people have endured countless harms since the United States took colonial control of our land,” said Naek Flores of Prutehi Guåhan. The launch showcased both the diversity of tactics and unity in the goal of dismantling US militarism of the global anti-war movement and demonstrated how campaigns on the ground are actively addressing the 14 core calls to action of the AMA which reflect years of collaboration and lived struggle. “While we do see the U.S. war machine growing more violent and vicious, it is only because it is becoming more desperate to survive. It may boast of high-tech advancements, but no weapon or tactic has ever truly defeated the people,” said Rhonda Ramiro, from the Resist US-Led War Movement Secretariat. Reflecting on the successes of the first edition of the campaign—where members and allies mobilized against the Rim of the Pacific military exercises, NATO summits, arms fairs and expos, transnational weapons corporations, and overseas U.S. bases—the second edition of the AMA emerges as an even stronger tool for mass movement building. It aims to interconnect and strengthen struggles against war and militarism worldwide, in the urgent and necessary fight for a just and lasting peace. You can rewatch the launch at our YouTube channel on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv3Eq2m4Whc Download and read the AMA 2025 at: https://www.resistusledwarmovement.com/antimilitarismagenda2025.html Register an Action for the Anti-Militarism Agenda: https://forms.gle/Mr8HJ11Meaby5o3w5 Engage in speakers' calls to action: https://drive.proton.me/urls/G192FBT2DM#Ds272sUdS5UK 5/16/2025 Support the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination and Just Peace on the 77th anniversary of the nakbaRead NowOn the 77th anniversary of al-Nakba, the Resist US-Led War Movement stands in unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle against settler colonialism, Zionism, and the war of aggression waged by the Zionist entity of "Israel" and the United States against their very existance as a people.
Resist US-Led War on the Palestinian People On May 15, 1948, nearly 750,000 Palestinians were violently displaced from their homes, and over 20,000 were brutally killed. This day, known as al-Nakba — "the catastrophe" — marks the beginning of a relentless campaign of ethnic cleansing and occupation. Since then, the Zionist regime has continued its war of annihilation against the Palestinian people, propped up by the United States, the primary funder of Israel’s military machine. Today in Gaza, the Nakba continues through the current genocide, armed to the teeth with high tech weapons for mass killing paid for by US foreign military financing and arms sales. "Israel" is the largest recipient of US military aid in history. Since October 7, 2023 alone, the US has provided over $30 billion in military assistance to support Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza. This aid supplies Israel with lethal weaponry from major US arms manufacturers such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. As recent as November 2024, Israel signed a $5.2 billion deal with Boeing to acquire 25 F-15 fighter jets — aircrafts that, along with Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, have been used extensively to strike civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and schools, during Israel’s renewed genocide campaign following Palestinian resistance operation of al-Aqsa Flood. Just between October and November 2023, "Israel" received 2,000 Hellfire missiles which have been regularly deployed by the Israeli Air Force in its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. These companies shower "Israel" with weapons so as to see them tested and advertized to other militaristic states, making them all complicit in the genocide. Support the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination and Just Peace Just as they rose in resistance in 1948, the Palestinian people continue to fight back against Zionism and US imperialism. Their armed resistance and any form of protest is branded as “terrorism” by the same imperialist powers that have historically vilified peoples' revolutionary movements. But the ongoing genocide against Palestinians exposes the real terrorists: the "Israeli" state and its chief sponsor and the number one terrorist in the world, the US. In the face of brutal oppression, the Palestinian people have taken up arms in a just struggle for liberation, sovereignty, and self-determination. These aspirations and the Zionist drive to suppress them are at the center of the conflict, making the Palestinian resistance a genuine force for just and lasting peace. We call on all peace loving people around the world to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, a resistance rooted in the fight for a just peace, an end to Zionism and US-backed aggressive forces in the region. From rallies and protests to actions targeting weapons manufacturers profiting from the ongoing genocide in Palestine, we build a movement against US-led war and affirm the right of all nations and oppressed peoples to defend themselves against reactionary violence and imperialist aggression. Engish below, Español abajo, Português abaixo, Français en dessous
No to imperialist war! Workers of the world, unite for a just and lasting peace! On this International Workers’ Day, Resist US-Led War Movement uplifts the struggles of workers around the world against wars for plunder and profit! Workers and War Growing inter-imperialist conflicts and wars of aggression have unleashed widespread brutality and suffering on workers and other toiling people, subjected semi-colonial countries to greater national oppression and further intensified the exploitation of the workers in all countries. The imperialist countries are now preparing to fight for the re-division of the world. The US, as the main imperialist power, has directly financed wars of aggression and counterinsurgency against the working people of Palestine, Philippines, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and so many more just in the past year. The U.S is now also preparing for hot war with China, the biggest threat to its hegemony since WW2. Factories and fields are bombed, infrastructure is destroyed, and workers are left to rebuild amid rubble. Workers are the first to suffer from sanctions, inflation, and austerity imposed to fund war, while the same governments slash wages and social programs. We reject the lie that imperialist war brings security. Especially in times of acute economic crisis, war is seen as a way out for the imperialists. They whip up nationalist chauvinism against so-called "enemies", resort to war, genocide and fascist killing and displacing millions, to divert people's attention from the crumbling economic and political crisis. Militarization and war have always been a profitable business for the monopoly capitalists. Preparations for war include a sharp increase in the budgets for "defense" in all imperialist countries and their puppets. The same governments that slash social programs and suppress workers’ rights pour billions into militarization, diverting resources from healthcare, education, and infrastructure. The war profiteers like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrup Grumman, thrive on this exploitation, conscripting workers to produce instruments of death while denying them fair wages, safe conditions, and rights. Meanwhile, the weapons they build are made from minerals extracted through brutal exploitation methods that break the bodies of workers and devastate the environment in the communities they live in. From factory floors to mining communities to battlefields, workers are used as pawns in a profit-driven machine for war and militarism. Workers and the fight for Just Peace Workers are confronting mass unemployment, skyrocketing inflation, and cuts to social services that come in the wake of every war economy even as they are the first to be targeted for military conscription for wars they did not choose and do not want. Working people of the world shoulder the struggle for just peace and lead the fights for liberation against US military oppression, towards national liberation and sovereignty. Workers resist by refusing to load weapons onto ships, holding solidarity strikes with peoples resisting militarization, and directly fighting back against the attacks on their communities during military aggression. As the global anti-war movement rebuilds its strength, we must link arms with workers, in a united front against US-led war. Together, we can wage mass resistance to disrupt the war machine and win a just peace, refusing to fund, build and deploy the weapons to fight wars for the rich. No to imperialist war! Workers of the world, unite for a just and lasting peace! Español ¡No a la guerra imperialista! Trabajadores del mundo, ¡únense por una paz justa y duradera! ¡En este Día Internacional de los Trabajadores, Resist US-Led War Movement levanta las luchas de los trabajadores de todo el mundo contra las guerras por el saqueo y el lucro! Los trabajadores y la guerra El aumento los de conflictos interimperialistas y las guerras de agresión han desatado la brutalidad y el sufrimiento de los trabajadores, han sometido a los países semicoloniales a una mayor opresión nacional y han intensificado aún más la explotación de los trabajadores en todos los países. Los países imperialistas se preparan ahora luchar por el nuevo reparto del mundo. EEUU, como principal potencia imperialista, ha financiado directamente las guerras de agresión y la contrainsurgencia contra el pueblo trabajador de Palestina, Filipinas, Somalia, Siria, Yemen y tantos otros sólo en el último año. Los EE.UU. ahora también se está preparando para la guerra activa con China, la mayor amenaza a su hegemonía desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Se bombardean fábricas y tierra agrícola, se destruyen infraestructura y se deja a los trabajadores reconstruir entre los escombros. Los trabajadores son los primeros de sufrir las sanciones, la inflación y los impuestos de austeridad para financiar la guerra, mientras los mismos gobiernos recortan los salarios y los programas sociales. Rechazamos la mentira de que la guerra imperialista aporta la seguridad. Especialmente en tiempos de crisis económica extrema, la guerra se ve como una salida para los imperialistas. Provoca el chovinismo nacionalista contra los llamados «enemigos», recurren a la guerra, al genocidio y a la matanza fascista y desplazan a millones de personas, para desviar la atención de la gente de la crisis económica y política que se desmorona. La militarización y la guerra siempre han sido un negocio para los capitalistas monopolistas. Los preparativos para la guerra incluyen un fuerte aumento de los presupuestos para «defensa» en todos los países imperialistas y sus países títeres. Los mismos gobiernos que recortan drásticamente los programas sociales y suprimen los derechos de los trabajadores invierten miles de millones en la militarización, desviando recursos de la salud, la educación y la infraestructura. Las empresas que lucran de la guerra, como Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX y Northrup Grumman, prosperan con esta explotación y reclutan trabajadores para producir instrumentos de muerte mientras les niegan salarios justos, condiciones seguras y derechos. Mientras tanto, las armas que construyen están hechos con minerales extraídos mediante brutales métodos de explotación que destruyen los cuerpos de los trabajadores y perjudica al medio ambiente de las comunidades en donde viven. Desde las fábricas, a las comunidades mineras, a los frentes de batalla, los trabajadores son utilizados como peones en una máquina de guerra y militarismo impulsada por el lucro. Los trabajadores y la lucha por una paz justa Los trabajadores se enfrentan al desempleo masivo, a una inflación desorbitada y a los recortes de los servicios sociales que acompañan a toda economía de guerra, incluso cuando son los primeros que son elegidos para el reclutamiento militar en guerras que no elijan ni desean. Los trabajadores del mundo siguen adelante en la lucha por una paz justa y dirigen las luchas por la liberación contra la opresión militar estadounidense, hacia la libertad y la soberanía nacional. Los trabajadores resisten por rechazar a cargar armas en los barcos, celebrar huelgas de solidaridad con los pueblos que se resisten a la militarización y luchar directamente contra los ataques a sus comunidades durante la agresión militar. A medida que el movimiento mundial contra la guerra reconstruye su fuerza, debemos de unir nuestras armas a las de los trabajadores, en un frente unido contra la guerra dirigida por Estados Unidos. Juntos, podemos avanzar una resistencia masiva para desbaratar la maquinaria de guerra y conseguir una paz justa, negándonos a financiar, construir y desplegar las armas para luchar guerras para los ricos. ¡No a la guerra imperialista! Trabajadores del mundo, ¡únense por una paz justa y duradera! Português Não à guerra imperialista! Trabalhadores do mundo uni-vos , por uma paz justa e duradoura! Neste Dia Internacional dos Trabalhadores, o Movimento Resist US Led War exalta as lutas dos trabalhadores em todo o mundo contra as guerras por exploração e lucro! Trabalhadores e Guerras Os crescentes conflitos interimperialistas e as guerras de agressão desencadeam brutalidade e sofrimento generalizados contra trabalhadores e outras classes produtiva, submetem os países semicoloniais a uma opressão nacional ainda maior e intensificam a exploração dos trabalhadores em todos os países. Os países imperialistas preparam-se agora para lutar pela redivisão do mundo. Os EUA, como principal potência imperialista, financiaram diretamente guerras de agressão e contrainsurgência contra os trabalhadores da Palestina, Filipinas, Somália, Síria, Iêmen e muitos outros, apenas no ano passado. Os EUA também se preparam para uma guerra direta com a China, a maior ameaça à sua hegemonia desde a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Fábricas e campos são bombardeados, a infraestrutura é destruída e os trabalhadores são abandonados para reconstruir em meio aos escombros. Os trabalhadores são os primeiros a sofrer com as sanções, a inflação e a austeridade impostas para financiar guerras, enquanto os mesmos governos cortam salários e programas sociais. Rejeitamos a mentira de que a guerras imperialistas trazem segurança. Especialmente em tempos de crise econômica aguda, a guerra é vista como uma saída para os imperialistas. Eles incitam o chauvinismo nacionalista contra seus "inimigos", recorrem à guerra, ao genocídio e ao fascismo, matando e deslocando milhões de pessoas, para desviar a atenção da população da crises econômica e política. A militarização e a guerra sempre foram um negócio lucrativo para os capitalistas. Os preparativos para a guerra incluem um aumento acentuado nos orçamentos para "defesa" em todos os países imperialistas e seus fantoches. Os mesmos governos que cortam programas sociais e restringem os direitos dos trabalhadores investem bilhões na militarização, desviando recursos que poderiam ser investidos nas áreas da saúde, educação e infraestrutura. Os especuladores da guerra, como Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX e Northrup Grumman, prosperam com essa exploração, recrutando trabalhadores para produzir instrumentos de morte, negando-lhes salários justos, seguridade e direitos. Enquanto isso, as armas que eles constroem são feitas de minerais extraídos por meio de métodos brutais de exploração que destroem os corpos dos trabalhadores e devastam o meio ambiente nas comunidades em que vivem. De fábricas a comunidades de mineração e campos de batalha, os trabalhadores são usados como peões em uma máquina movida pelo lucro para a guerra e o militarismo. Trabalhadores e a luta pela Paz Justa Os trabalhadores enfrentam desemprego em massa, inflação galopante e cortes nos serviços sociais que caraterísticas de todas economias de guerra, mesmo sendo os primeiros a serem alvos de recrutamento militar para guerras que não escolheram participar e não desejam lutar. Os trabalhadores do mundo todo assumem a luta pela paz justa e lideram as lutas pela libertação contra a opressão militar dos EUA, com o objetivo da libertação nacional e à soberania. Os trabalhadores resistem recusando-se a carregar armas em navios, realizando greves de solidariedade com os povos que resistem à militarização e combatendo diretamente os ataques às suas comunidades durante agressões militares. À medida que o movimento global contra guerra reconstrói sua força, devemos unir forças com os trabalhadores, em uma frente unida e ampla contra a guerra liderada pelos EUA. Juntos, podemos construir uma resistência em massa para desmantelar a máquina de guerra norte americana e conquistar uma paz justa, recusando-nos a financiar e construir as armas para lutar na guerra dos ricos. Não à guerra imperialista! Trabalhadores do mundo, unam-se por uma paz justa e duradoura! Français Non à la guerre impérialiste ! Travailleurs du monde entier, unissez-vous pour une paix juste et durable ! En cette Journée internationale des travailleurs, Resist US-Led War Movement soutient les luttes des travailleurs du monde entier contre les guerres extractivistes et impérialistes ! Les travailleurs et la guerre Les conflits inter-impérialistes croissants et les guerres d'agression ont déclenché une brutalité et une souffrance généralisées sur les travailleurs et les classes dominées. Ils soumettent les pays semi-coloniaux à une plus grande oppression nationale et intensifie l'exploitation des travailleurs dans tous les pays. Les pays impérialistes se préparent aujourd'hui à imposer une nouvelle division du monde. Les États-Unis, en tant que principale puissance impérialiste, ont directement financé au cours de l'année écoulée des guerres d'agression et de contre-insurrection contre les travailleurs de Palestine, des Philippines, de Somalie, de Syrie, du Yémen et de bien d'autres territoires. Les États-Unis se préparent également à un conflit armé avec la Chine, qui constitue la plus grande menace pour leur hégémonie depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Les usines et les champs sont bombardés, les infrastructures sont détruites et les travailleurs doivent reconstruire au milieu des decombres. Les travailleurs sont les premiers à souffrir des sanctions, de l'inflation et de l'austérité imposées pour financer la guerre, tandis que les mêmes gouvernements réduisent les salaires et les services sociaux. Nous refusons le mensonge selon lequel la guerre impérialiste apporte la sécurité. En période de crise économique, les impérialistes considèrent la guerre comme une issue de secours. Ils attisent le chauvinisme nationaliste contre de prétendus « ennemis », recourent à la guerre, au génocide et au fascisme, tuent et déplacent des millions de personnes, afin de détourner l'attention des politiques réactionnaires et d'austérité. La militarisation et la guerre ont toujours été des activités lucratives pour le capitalisme. Préparer la guerre requiert une forte augmentation des budgets de « défense » dans tous les pays impérialistes et chez leurs pantins. Les mêmes gouvernements qui réduisent les services publics et suppriment les droits des travailleurs déversent des milliards dans la militarisation, détournant les ressources allouées à la santé, l'éducation et aux infrastructures publiques. Les profiteurs de guerre comme Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX et Northrup Grumman s'enrichissent sur cette exploitation, en enrôlant des travailleurs pour produire des armes tout en leur refusant des salaires équitables, des conditions de vie dignes et des droits. Pendant ce temps, les armes qu'ils construisent sont fabriquées à partir de minerais extraits selon des méthodes d'exploitation brutales, brisant les corps des travailleurs et dévastant l'environnement des communautés dans lesquelles ils vivent. Des usines aux communautés minières en passant par les zones de guerre, les travailleurs sont utilisés comme des pions dans une machine de guerre et de militarisme axée sur le profit. Les travailleurs et la lutte pour une paix juste Les travailleurs sont confrontés au chômage de masse, à l'inflation galopante et aux réductions des services publics qui accompagnent toute économie de guerre, alors même qu'ils sont les premiers à être visés par l'enrôlement militaire pour des guerres qu'ils n'ont pas choisies et qu'ils ne veulent pas. Les travailleurs du monde entier prennent en charge la lutte pour une paix juste et mènent les combats de libération contre l'oppression militaire etats-unienne, en faveur de la libération et de la souveraineté nationales. Les travailleurs résistent en refusant de charger des armes sur les navires, en organisant des grèves de solidarité avec les peuples qui résistent à la militarisation et en luttant directement contre les attaques dont leurs communautés font l'objet lors d'agressions militaires. Alors que le mouvement anti-guerre mondial reprend des forces, nous devons unir aux travailleurs pour former un front uni contre la guerre menée par les États-Unis. Ensemble, nous pouvons mener une résistance de masse pour enrayer la machine de guerre et obtenir une paix juste, qui refuse de financer, de construire et de déployer des armes pour mener des guerres pour les élites. Non à la guerre impérialiste ! Travailleurs du monde entier, unissez-vous pour une paix juste et durable ! 4/6/2025 U.S. Out of Asia and the Pacific! Joint Statement from Pacific Islander and East Asian movements against US Secretary of defense Pete Hegseth’s War TourRead Now The Resist US-Led War Movement, Asia-Wide Campaign Against US-Japanese Domination of the Pacific, BAYAN Philippines, Micronesia Climate Change Alliance, Our Commonwealth 670, and the Hoʻopae Pono Peace Project came together to oppose the first official “Asian Tour’ of US minister of Defense Pete Hegseth. The tour proved to be another provocative US-led move to further build up to war against China, putting the livelihood of working people in these occupied lands and countries at dire risk, only to achieve the US’s long term military and political interests, over which the US is rapidly losing its grip.
This tour included travel to Hawai’i, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Guam, Philippines, and Japan. It consisted of a series of bilateral meetings with heads of state, top military leadership, and photos with rank and file military personnel to make Hegseth appear to care for the well being of the soldiers being prepared to be sent into the slaughterhouse of war. It led to significant military and economic deals signed to further entrench US-led militarization and de facto colonialism in some of the areas, as well as to fill the pockets of imperialist multinational corporations. Yet, at every step of the way, people protested with militant rage and showed that Hegseth and the US military are not welcome in their lands. HAWAI'I- A primary area of focus for Hegsethʻs Hawaiʻi visit was to urge the expedited construction of Dry Dock 5 at Puʻuloa (“Pearl Harbor”), for the primary purpose of accommodating greater nuclear submarine capacity, in the continued escalation of the undersea nuclear arms race. Specifically, Dry Dock 5 is designed to accommodate the largest “Ohio” and “Columbia” classes of nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered submarines; each holding up to 24 Trident missiles with the destructive capacity of 240 Hiroshima blasts that could trigger a global nuclear winter. This capacity also restores Oʻahuʻs status as the primary “US” target in the event of a Pacific war. Hesgethʻs visit was marked by multiple highly spirited protests. An action at the Navy Pacific Fleet HQ near the proposed dry dock featured banners demanding an end to the prolonged illegal US occupation of Hawaiʻi and offerings of sacred kou flowers to Kaʻahupahau, the shark goddess upon whose home Dry Dock 5 is being built. “The construction of a war dock for nuclear-armed submarines in the very home of Ka’ahupahau, who is the protector of O’ahu and the keeper of peace itself, should not be acceptable to anyone,” said Laulani Teale of Hoʻopae Pono Peace Project. “It is time to end colonialism everywhere, before we all die of it.” PHILIPPINES- From Hawai`i, Hegseth traveled to the Philippines, where he was met by more protesters, who condemned the US's plans to increase its militarization of the Philippines under the false pretense of mutual defense. Prompted by the visit, Philippine Army Chief of Staff Galido commanded troops to prepare for war should China take military action against separatist moves from Taiwan. Following the visit, the US State Department announced on Wednesday, April 2, that it had approved the “possible” sale of F-16 aircraft to the Philippines. In total, the 20 aircraft will cost an estimated $5.58 billion. The visit was a stark reminder that the expansion of US bases, the deployment of troops and weapons of mass destruction, and the provocative joint military drills in north Luzon are not meant to beef up the security of the Philippines but to support the war posturing of the US. The real aim of the visit, as is the aim of the Trump administration in general, was to stoke conflict in the region and exploit it to weaken US rivals and remain the top imperialist power. The declarations of "peace" and "defending the sovereignty of the Philippines" or any other country rang hollow against the backdrop of the US's consistently aggressive behavior. The not-too-distant memory of the 1991 people's victory expelling US bases from the Philippines, while not acknowledged by Hegseth or any Philippine military official, adds urgency to the Filipino people's patriotic duty to call for the immediate expulsion of US bases and troops, in a rejection of the notion that the Philippines should ever be used again as a staging ground to attack another territory. JAPAN- In Japan, the US Defense Secretary's visit was greeted with mass protests, with calls not just for him to leave the country but boldly declaring, "Oppose the Japan-US Military Alliance!" As people took to the streets, Hegseth took part in the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, a World War 2 battle with mythological importance to the US projection of power in the Pacific region. During his speech, Hegesth stated, "the U.S.-Japan Alliance remains the cornerstone of peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and beyond." An official White House memo stated that Hegseth and his Japanese counterpart Nakatani, "discussed concrete steps to deepen defense cooperation across a range of areas, including through enhancing bilateral training and exercises, strengthening Alliance force posture and presence, including in Japan's Southwest Islands, and promoting defense equipment and technology cooperation." Finally, Hegseth and Nakatani announced "Phase One" of the Joint Force Headquarters between the US and Japan, ultimately cementing further joint military exercises and operations between the US and Japan, before Hegseth visited US troops at Yokota Air Base. This comes as Japan-US military cooperation is threatening the lives of the Okinawan people and others living near US bases and missile systems that paint a target on these communities' backs, especially after over a century of Japanese colonialism and war crimes against the people of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Archipelago. Hegseths' visit will further entrench the recently signed trilateral agreements between the US and Japan with South Korea and the Philippines, skyrocketing the militarization of the South China Sea and Korean Peninsula for nothing but the benefit of US and Japanese imperialists. The silent transfer of THAAD missile systems from Japan to the Persian Gulf where the US has begun a rapid military build-up posture towards Iran is a sign that Hegseth's visit to the country could have dire implications not just for the Pacific but for US aggression in West Asia as well. CNMI / Commonwealth for the Northern Mariana Islands - During Hegseth’s recent March 2025 visit, he did not disclose to local media that he was coming to Guam and refused to answer questions when confronted. The community has historically been largely left in the dark until military plans are already finalized. No community consent outside of government and agency level involvement is part of this process. While the islands undergo a number of major plans including the use of Tinian Island as a “divert airfield” in the event that Guahan (Guam) is inaccessible, the community is now being informed that yet another island, Rota, will also now be used as a storage facility, including to store fuel for the Pentagon. During Hegseth’s tour, he stated: “We are not here to debate or talk about climate change, we are here to prepare for war,” skirting and exempting the Pentagon from local and federal environmental regulations necessary to protect the people of the Marianas and throughout the Pacific in favor of “national security.” The CNMI is undergoing accelerating militarization as the United States prepares for a future war on our islands in the name of national defense. Fear is being used strategically to garner public support for more military planning as the islands face a dire economic outlook. This perspective ignores diplomacy and disarmament, diplomatic approaches to geopolitical posturing and conflict that are absolutely necessary to maintain peace in the region. This militarization is happening against the backdrop of a long history of U.S. colonialism motivated by imperial ideologies in the region, while the Indigenous Peoples of the Marianas remain underserved, economically dependent on U.S. aid and whose lives and environments are continuously transformed by U.S. “defense” goals and priorities over human health and genuine security. The lives of Chamorro and Refaluwasch peoples remains an afterthought in the overall military buildup. GUAHAN - During U.S. Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth to Guam, he reaffirmed Guam’s strategic importance for national security and regional stability, but failed to address the real, detrimental impacts of the hyper militarization of our homelands. As our lands are destroyed and water threatened by ongoing military projects, our community continues to push for conversations around genuine security, and what that really means to those of us who have to bear the burden of military activities, including the clearing of 900 football fields of our land for buildings and parking lots, a marine base and 700-acre firing range complex above our island’s main water source and over the ancestral lands of Chamoru families at Tailalo’ and Litekyan. At this critical time, the conversation must shift from U.S. strategic defense to Indigenous self-determination and environmental justice. These are issues that remain overshadowed by military interest without free, prior, and informed consent of the Chamoru people. How much more must we sacrifice of our security on the ground for “national interests” as we continue to be caught in the crosshairs of wars not of our own making? As one of 17 colonies left in the world, we demand political self-determination and the return of ancestral lands. The expansion of military infrastructure, including the live-fire training range at familial ancestral lands of Tailalo’ and Litekyan (Ritidian), threatens sacred sites, endangered species, and groundwater resources. Original landowner families for more than a decade have been actively resisting the firing range complex, and thousands upon thousands in our community opposed further destruction to our lands and contamination of our water source, yet the U.S. continues to prioritize military objectives over the voices of our people. Rather than accepting the visit as a routine military engagement, Guam’s decolonial movement sees it as a reminder of the urgent need for political and land rights, environmental protection, and the dismantling of militarized colonial rule. Fight against the US-led militarization of Asia and the Pacific As the US works to put in motion ever more military agreements in Asia and the Pacific with the help of its partner imperialist and puppet governments like Japan and the Philippines, the peace loving people of the world must unite and show our mass opposition to US-led war. The fact that Hegseth's visit was met at every step of the way by protests and militant cries against US military aggression proves that the people of the Pacific see through the lies of "peace and security" that the US peddles in its build-up to war against China. A war of such proportion would instead be a nightmarish assault against all the peoples of the world as the US would rather set the whole world on fire than lose its position as the number one imperialist superpower. War is not inevitable on our islands or any of the homelands of our sibling nations and peoples, and we refuse to comply with self-serving decision-makers who use fear to promote political ideologies and ignore humanity to promote violence. Our self-determination and sovereignty are non-negotiable, and our peoples' aspirations for peace drive us to resist any move by the US or their lackeys in our government offices to propel us to kill and die in wars that they declare but none of us want.  Israel resumes the genocide and unilaterally ends the Ceasefire
The US-backed Zionist entity has resumed its genocidal war on Gaza, killing children, babies, women, and men, with intense airstrikes still ongoing. Over 100 airplanes have dropped US-made bombs on Palestinians in schools, refugee camps, mosques and residential buildings. As of the 18th of March, Gaza's Civil Defense spokesperson, Mahmoud Basal, stated that over 400 people have been martyred, while between 300 to 600 others have been injured, warning that many may succumb to their wounds due to the severity of their injuries. All this less than 2 weeks after the US sent $12 Billion in Foreign Military Financing to line the pockets of war manufacturers arming the Zionist entity tooth and nail. Since the Ceasefire was declared in January the Zionist entity has repeatedly violated it, killing at least 155 Palestinians through airstrikes and blocking all humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip, while bragging openly to the international public about doing so. Counter to Netanyahu's blatant lies "that Hamas refused every deal aimed at securing a truce and prisoner releases, leaving Israel with no choice but to restart its campaign," the united Palestinian resistance organizations announced that communication with mediators is ongoing and that it is keen to complete the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire deal. When the Palestinian resistance pointed out the violations of the ceasefire agreement and refused to continue the release of Zionist settler hostages until the regime carried out their end of the agreed-upon deal, the Zionists, in collaboration with the US, spread lies about the Resistance’s actions, painting them as the ones holding up the ceasefire agreements despite clear adherence on the part of the resistance every step of the way. In truth, the Resistance has not once violated the ceasefire agreements nor retaliated against the Zionist war criminals. Israel systematically undermined ceasefire negotiations to justify restarting its genocidal war to further escalate the occupation. This month was also marked by rifts in US-Israel relations. For the first time the US engaged in secret direct negotiations with Hamas without Israel with the objective to secure the release of US soldier prisoners and explore longer term agreements. Following the exclusion of Israel from the negotiating table, Netanyahu actively worked to derail the US deal to secure the release of US soldiers. An Israeli insider admitted, “We were shocked and never expected the US to go this far.” This signals the deepening crisis of the Zionist entity as the Palestinian resistance continues to be steadfast in the fight against the colonial project, and the Israel genocidal war on the Palestinian people continues to become increasingly unpopular amongst Israelis and the international community, with ongoing protests against war profiteers and in support of the Palestinian people continuing around the world. Israel's expansion and occupation in Syria and Lebanon In addition to violating the Gaza ceasefire, Israel has continued to violate the ceasefire with Lebanon every single day since signing it November 2024. They have continued to occupy the South of Lebanon while killing dozens and destroying homes even after they were rebuilt. This has been to keep Hezbollah from continuing its solidarity strikes against the Zionist entity to stop the genocide of Gaza, even though Hezbollah has been focused solely on helping Lebanese communities in the South rebuild from Israel's recent invasion. At the same time, Israel continues to illegally occupy and destroy swaths of Syria. Israel destroyed over half the military infrastructure of the Syrian government, even as Bashar al-Assad's forces were being overthrown by US- and Turkish-backed Salafist paramilitaries in December. Israel's illegal destruction of Syrian infrastructure along the entire Southern part of the country also gives a free pathway for invading Iran, and Israel has openly claimed this is their ultimate goal. It also immediately expanded the occupation of the Golan Heights to Mt. Herman, Syria's highest peak, and has used it for surveillance and strategic planning ever since. The new Syrian regime has continued the violence that Syria has seen nonstop for over a decade, under complete support from the US. It has targeted ethnic minorities, especially Alawites. A total of 4,711 civilians have been killed, including 1,805 executed on the battlefield, since the regime came to power on December 8th. Israel inflamed tensions between the regime and Druze religious minority, helping install a Druze separatist group in the new areas of Syria it now occupies. This has allowed Israel to control more Syrian land around Palestine and Lebanon while the country's people suffer from ethnic violence. In this way, Israel engineered a situation where the anti-Hezbollah Jolanni regime initiated border clashes with Hezbollah and Lebanese military along the Southeastern Lebanese border, near Hezbollah's stronghold, aiming to deter Hezbollah from being able to intervene and continue its assault against the US-Zionist entity. US retaliation against Yemeni resistance The US's imperialist aims in the region become even more clear with its response to Yemen’s blockade of commercial ships into Zionist ports so as to break the siege and genocide. For leading the world in showing what it really means to boycott and sanction Israel, and for causing severe damage to the economy of the Zionist entity, Trump ordered the US military to launch airstrikes against Yemen, killing 50 people already with hundreds more injured. Contrary to his election promises of bringing peace, Trump ranted on his private social media site Truth Social, "We will use overwhelming lethal force ... hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever seen before." Unfazed, Yemen's ruling Ansar Allah movement struck back, targeting the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman with cruise missiles and drones, continuing the months-long confrontation that US Central Command has called its most intensive naval operations since the end of World War 2. All out against the Zionist onslaught in West Asia! As long as the US can rely on Israel as an outpost for US imperialism in the region, they will fund, back and defend the genocide against Palestine and regional aggression of Israel whatever the cost. While Trump aspires for seaside resorts on the graves of a rebuilt Gaza, Netanyahu aspires to expand the zionist project to "Greater Israel." Ultimately US and Israeli moves in the region, while not fully moving at the same pace, serve the same purpose - to conquer the whole of West Asia, which can only be done by completing the genocide of Palestine. Israel's expansionist aggression is only exposing more and more its essence as a genocidal project, and forces across the region are rising against it every day. Meanwhile, the anti-war movement must continue to struggle for an end to the occupation beyond any ceasefire deal that the US and Israel have always intended to violate. We must keep fighting against every front of US-Led war and mobilize all out to join the Palestinian people for the full realization of their rights and liberation on their historic land. The Resist US-Led War Movement joins the millions of Filipinos worldwide celebrating the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte, on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity. Duterte's arrest is a victory that was only made possible because of the relentless fight for justice and accountability waged by the Filipino people. Resist resolutely supports the people's pursuit of both accountability for the past crimes of the Duterte regime, as well as an end to those of the current president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who continues his predecessor's militarization of rural villages, aerial bombings, strafing, hamletting and other human rights violations in his US-armed and funded counterinsurgency campaign.
Duterte's war on the Filipino people Under the guise of his "war on drugs," Duterte orchestrated the killing of an estimated 30,000 people, waging a war on the poor and working people of the country while continuing to serve as an imperialist puppet. He did this all with US-provided weapons given to the Philippine National Police or in some cases directly into the hands of Duterte's private death squads. Anchored on Duterte’s Executive Order 70, which established the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, the Armed Forces of The Philippines and Philippine National Police implemented the joint counterinsurgency plan “Kapanatagan” (“Security”), unleashing vicious attacks on any person they deemed to be “communist” and organizations tagged as “communist fronts.” The anti-people policies spearheaded by Duterte and modeled after U.S. counterinsurgency strategies led to tens of thousands enforced disappearances, extra judicial killings and victims of torture and harassment by state forces. In 2017 Duterte declared Martial Law in the Bangasamoro region of Mindanao under the justification of the US's own designation of Mindanao as the so-called "Eastern Front of the War on Terror" by former US President Bush. Duterte oversaw five months of ruthless aerial bombardment, displacement, curfews, checkpoints, among other increased human rights violations. These acts displaced more than 200,000 people and paved the way for US imperialist exploitation of the natural resources in the region which holds the largest deposits of oil and natural gas in the Philippines worth hundred of billions in US dollars. Marcos: New puppet, continued attacks on the people Like his predecessor, Marcos Jr continues Duterte's legacy of terror on the people and subservience to his US warlords. His whole of nation approach to national security and counter-insurgency, another strategy model from US counter-insurgency doctrine, calls for the militarization of civilian agencies and functions, subsuming all the branches of government to military objectives and national security goals. Under Marcos, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and fascist terror continue to be a nationwide policy. Marcos came to power with full support from his US backers. What he needed to steamroll his Presidential campaign to victory was to build an unsteady relationship with the Duterte family to win over Duterte’s voter base. Upon consolidating power, Marcos decided to dispose of Duterte by prosecuting the arrest warrant of the ICC. This amounts to the US puppet Marcos cutting the strings with Duterte so that he can make full use of the ruthlessly militaristic state machinery that he inherited from Duterte, who in turn inherited it from decades of US overlordship. In April 2024 during the Trilateral Summit in Washington DC attended by the Philippines, Japan, and the US, Biden revealed his budget request for $128 million for Military infrastructure projects under the Enhanced Defense cooperation Agreement (EDCA)— Far more than the $109 million allocated by the U.S. in the last 10 years combined - with all bases being built in strategic locations facing China, including a military site being built at ground zero in Marawi City seven years after the siege ended. This skyrocketing militarization of the Philippines at the behest of the US war machine is the mantle that Marcos has willingly taken up to protect his own semi-feudal, semi-colonial economic and political interests using the Filipino people and land as a pawn in the US strategy of war against China in the process. The people’s fight for justice continues Just as the anti-US base movement of the Filipino people led decades of systematic campaigns against US military presence and formally ousted the US bases in 1992, the struggle for National Democracy and for an end to US military occupation of the Philippines continues to be one of the biggest obstacles to the US strategy of directing its puppet government to aid in its build-up to war against China. With the expansion of US military presence in the Philippines under Marcos, the peace-loving people of the world must stand and unite with the Filipino people's struggle against their country being used as a pawn of US-led war. While Marcos may have been the one to execute the arrest warrant against Duterte for his own political interests, it was the people who fought against every blow of the overwhelming fascist offensive of Duterte to bring this case to reality. It is the people, and only the people, who will realize justice, accountability, and lasting peace. Justice for the victims of the drug war! Cut military aid to the US-Marcos regime! US out of the Philippines! |
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