 All across the world, some form of war proliferates. There are active kinetic wars, the preparations for greater war, staging for war, war games, and other forms of militarization that cause devastating effects on peoples' lives and livelihoods. The US is an imperialist power in decline, finding itself more isolated than ever, yet precisely because it is in decline it is desperately trying to cling to its position as the number one hegemon in the world, making it the number one threat to peace and stability in the world. With its economic strength waning and China's rising, it turns to its only other option to cling to power--that is its military, an immense complex that consumes nearly $1 trillion in spending this year and which Trump recently proposed to increase to $1.5 trillion next year, far far larger than the nearly $9 billion of the next 10 largest militaries combined in the world after itself.
All counter-revolutionary wars today are a direct outcome of imperialism. The only way to end these wars is to end imperialism, and to do that, the people must resist and fight against them, up to the waging of revolutionary wars waged by liberation movements to end imperialist exploitation and oppression. This is a just and necessary response to imperialist wars and the exploitative system that they protect. What other option do oppressed peoples and nations have in the face of such a system? Today i will provide a few points of analysis of the contradictions inherent to imperialism to help us understand the root causes of war and militarism toward the building of an international united front for just and lasting peace. The Contradictions of Imperialism and Flashpoints of US-Led War One contradiction is between the workers and the monopoly capitalist ruling class. The latter always seeks to maximize its profit, and this will always be by laying claim to the labor power of workers who sell their labor power in order to survive. In this relationship, workers experience constant skyrocketing inflation, unemployment, food shortages, and forced migration while the profiteers in government hold the power of the state to start new wars for their own gains. Another contradiction of imperialism is that between oppressed nations and peoples on one hand, and the imperialist countries on the other. The imperialist ruling class is never satisfied with exploiting the labor of just the workers within its own countries. Its endless drive for profit pushes it to violently expand. In this way, wars will always be instigated by imperialist states to grab the land and resources of other nations and peoples. In trying to secure more labor to exploit and more land and resources to plunder, the US has installed new puppets or strengthened their sitting lap dogs or ensured chronic instability in countries like the Philippines, Haiti, El Salvador where puppets are more than willing to enter new deals to sell off our land, build new bases, open up special economic zones for the manufacturing of weapons and war technology, or rent out prisons to cage deported migrants from the US and use arms supplied by the US and military trained by the US to violently suppress people who rise up and resist. In its colonies like Puerto Rico and Guahan, the US has drastically increased its military presence, by reopening former installations like Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico where they brought in F-35s and 15,000 troops to stage for the attack on Venezuela; or by increasing the scale and frequency and types of war drills practiced in military exercises in Guahan to practice for a future war with China. To secure their spheres of influence in the neocolonies, the US has updated old frameworks like the Monroe Doctrine in tandem with launching new initiatives like the Shield of the Americas, to regain or hold on to access to land, minerals, transport routes, agricultural production, and cheap labor by formalizing alliances with willing governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to arm and expand military operations under the guise of controlling the flow of migration and drugs. The US has devised new schemes like the Pax Silica initiative, to secure its dominance in chips, AI and high tech by controlling supply chains, critical minerals and industrial hubs in the US and in the allied countries under the guise of mutual economic security, when it is really about subjugating the economies of its puppets and even its imperialist allies to the priorities of Washington. The US has forged a multitude of bilateral Status of Forces Agreement and other multilateral military agreements with countries stretching from the arctic through Europe, down through Latin America and across Asia and the Pacific to ensure US forces can operate, train and even conduct operations on the sovereign soil of other countries with or without the establishment of formal bases. And the US continues to try to impose its vision of a new middle east and greater israel, using its zionist attack dog to commit genocide of the Palestinian people and wage war on Lebanon and Iran. All of this fuels poverty, starvation, and lack of jobs and livelihood--and forces people to flee and migrate to Europe, Canada and here to the US. As I look around this hall, I see many people who are here as a result of these conditions, members of diaspora communities driven here because of imperialist greed and then subjected to the fascist repression faced by all the working people in this country. Nations will never take this blatant oppression lying down forever, and so another inherent contradiction of imperialism is that between the imperialist states and those asserting their national independence from foreign aggression and wars of intervention. Under this imperialist system, in just the last year we have seen the drastic escalation of this contradiction. This has looked like the bombings and invasions, kidnappings or assassinations of resistant leaders with the intent to install leaders more willing to comply with the US dictates. We saw the attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro and First Combatant Cilia Flores; the US-Zionist ongoing war on Iran; the extreme strangling blockade on Cuba and aggressive threats to invade and take over the country; the threats against Nicaragua and Colombia and the meddling in the elections of the latter. On the flip side, we have also seen nations in the Sahel--Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger – taking advantage of weakness of French imperialists to eject their former colonizers. Since these countries are actively pushing back against unilaterally imposed sanctions, attempted coups, and other destabilization machinations of the imperialists, both the workers of the world and oppressed nations striving for liberation can find a friend in these states keeping imperialism at bay. Iran especially has shown that the US can be checked, as Trump scrambles to eek out a win against a country he has not been able to defeat. Finally, we see the intensifying competition between the biggest imperialist powers heightening all of the other contradictions. In fact, the key contradiction in the world that is driving US-led wars and aggression is the US competition with China. As they battle for land, resources, markets and labor power, they engage in tariff wars, proxy wars, propaganda wars, wars of aggression, wars of counterinsurgency against resistance in various countries, and fascist repression of their own people and by their puppets, all of which further immiserates the masses in their wake. For example, The Korean Peninsula is one of the key flashpoints in the US's war drive in the Pacific. The US is infuriated that it has not been able to defeat the DPRK's socialist construction for nearly 75 years. 62 military bases in the South facilitate a massive US aggression conducting 274-275 military exercises a year. The Demilitarized Zone between South Korea and the DPRK is the most militarized border on the planet, with the US-backed Korean War between the two never having formally ended. Despite years of advocacy for peaceful reunification from the DPRK, the US puppet regime in Seoul has constantly prepared for war for decades. The South China Sea is the other key flashpoint in the Pacific. As China expands its influence over the key trading routes and basing areas of the waterways, the US goads Southeast Asian countries into accepting its patronage to drag them into an open war with China. The Philippines is the key US outpost in this regard. Drawing on the revolutionary spirit of the historic anti-US resistance, the Filipino people waged a long campaign that successfully closed all the US bases in the former US colony. However, Philippine laws like the Visiting Forces Agreement and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement brought the US military presence back. Recent military sites under the legal auspice of EDCA are nearly all in line with the First Island Chain's path through the coasts of the country facing China. Japan's recent bilateral mutual defense treaty with the Philippines and the trilateral JAPHUS treaty including the US also shows Japan's willingness to bolster the US presence on the archipelago, and just last month for the first time since WWII, Japan sent troops to the Phlippines to participate in the annual US-led multi-lateral war exercises Balikatan, trainings which include rehearsals for beach landings of Taiwan. And a recent launching of a Tomahawk missile across the archipelago. Around these sites of militarization, communities mobilize to fight back against the killings of peasants and people in fishing communities, violence against women, and the de facto martial law of the fascist US-armed Philippine military. The many Pacific Island nations, caught in the iron web of the US "Island Chains", face massive expansion of military bases and live-fire exercises and dwindling social spending. With new exploration contracts being offered for deep sea mining and claims by large plundering seafood corporations of "illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)" fishing against small fisherfolk, the US in particular has heavily militarized the area, providing state of the art coast guard boats, helicopters and training services to local militaries, mostly through the US colonial presence on the Marshall Islands US Coast Guard base. Yet the many people of these strong island nations have banded together over the many years to challenge base construction and the expansion of exercises at every step of the way through coordinated advocacy and mass mobilization. While these conflicts already cause great violence, instability, and displacement for people in the countries in which they occur, this rivalry also has the potential to turn regional wars of aggression into full-blown world war in the direct clash for endless profit. Together, these many flashpoints of struggle demonstrate the vast spread of the US war machine. But it also shows how this machine, at every single stage that it rears its ugly head, can be confronted and is challenged by the people of the region, arm in arm with an international movement against US-led war. The contractions of imperialism continue to heighten and the people stir and unite as US imperialism finds itself stretched beyond control. The exploited working and toiling classes of the people are confronting their exploiters in each of their countries. The oppressed nations are hammering at their imperialist chains and confronting the puppet regimes gatekeeping their liberation. The independent countries of the world are holding fast to their sovereignty against all forms of imperialist intervention. Together, they all find themselves in a common fight for peace and self-determination as inter-imperialist competition and rising peoples' movements drive the US towards its inevitable downfall. Along with wide scale mass mobilizations against US bases, joint exercises, and US-led counterinsurgency campaigns, armed liberation movements against the fascist regimes carrying out the will of US-led war fight on fiercely in the Philippines, Palestine, India, West Papua, and beyond. The time is ripe to bind our struggles together, wage militant struggle in each country to win a just and lasting peace. Together, we will break and shatter the US's overstretched "Island Chains" and Donroe Doctrines and forge new bonds of peace, liberation, and international solidarity. 5/28/2026 ¡No al Estado de Sitio en Bolivia! ¡Rodrigo Paz, Marioneta de Trump, Renuncia Ya!¡Solidaridad con el Pueblo Boliviano en Pie de Lucha!Read Now  El pueblo boliviano, particularmente los trabajadores, campesinos y pueblos indígenas, ha estado movilizándose, bloqueando carreteras y resistiendo durante más de tres semanas. Se levantan como pueblos indígenas que rechazan el saqueo de su tierra por parte de extranjeros como una continuación del colonialismo. Las protestas han convergido en la exigencia de la renuncia del presidente Rodrigo Paz, quien asumió el cargo en las elecciones de agosto de 2025 después de que Evo Morales fuera inhabilitado para postularse debido a un caso penal dirigido políticamente en su contra.
El conflicto escaló desde las protestas contra el Decreto Neoliberal 5503, que eliminó los subsidios a los combustibles, agravando la crisis económica y de combustible, y después contra la Ley de Tierras 1720, que atentaba contra la propiedad de los pequeños productores, hasta convertirse en una exigencia generalizada de renuncia del presidente, hasta el momento se presume que 4 campesinos perdieron la vida durante los desbloqueos y sólo el pasado martes, unos 25 arrestados. Aun así, el pueblo continúa exigiendo la renuncia del presidente Paz. El expresidente Evo Morales, quien proviene de una familia aymara indígena de campesinos de subsistencia en Isallawi, Cantón Orinoca, y fue líder de un sindicato campesino, logró importantes reformas en la sociedad boliviana en apoyo a los sectores pobres y oprimidos. Durante los 14 años de su presidencia (2006-2019), la pobreza extrema en Bolivia se redujo a más de la mitad, aumentó la matriculación en la educación primaria y secundaria, y las lenguas indígenas pasaron a formar parte del currículo escolar. Nacionalizó la industria del gas natural, desafiando a las multinacionales que explotaban el país y redistribuyó esa riqueza para financiar servicios sociales e infraestructura, reformando fundamentalmente las estructuras neoliberales y racistas de Bolivia, dictadas por la clase dominante blanca neocolonial según los dictados de Estados Unidos. La presidencia de Morales marcó una nueva constitución y declaró a Bolivia como un Estado Plurinacional, reconociendo su diversidad indígena y enfatizando la descolonización del país. Contexto: Del golpe de 2019 a la crisis actual En 2019, un golpe inconstitucional derrocó a Evo Morales, involucrando a Jeanine Áñez, Luis Fernando Camacho (oligarquías agroindustriales de Santa Cruz), Carlos Mesa y Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga (conocido operador y colaborador de la CIA). El gobierno transitorio de Añez, generó una crisis económica aún mayor, corrupción, desmanteló empresas estatales y saboteó sectores nacionalizados, desviando la riqueza del país lejos de las necesidades del pueblo. 2020: Tras el golpe contra Morales, la derechista Jeanine Áñez, asumió como presidenta interina, hasta que la movilización popular forzó nuevas elecciones, en la que tuvo que presentarse Luis Arce Catacora quien ganó el proceso electoral representando al MAS, llegando al poder Arce se encargaría de la proscripción de Evo Morales. Hoy, las protestas responden a amenazas urgentes contra el sustento y la dignidad del pueblo boliviano. Medidas económicas y privatización: Tras varias semanas de marchas masivas y bloqueos de carreteras, los trabajadores bolivianos lograron forzar al recién inaugurado gobierno neoliberal de Rodrigo Paz a derogar el controvertido Decreto 5503, conocido popularmente como "gasolinazo", que eliminaba los subsidios a los hidrocarburos en Bolivia, elevando los precios hasta un 162%. Privatización de la tierra y aumento de precios: Sin embargo, el gobierno de Paz respondió con nuevos Decretos 5516, 5517, 5518 y 5598, que privatizan recursos estratégicos individualmente, dividiendo la privatización por sectores, buscando dividir el movimiento. Una medida rechazada por el sector campesino fue la Ley 1720 (Marinkovic), que permitiría la confiscación de pequeñas propiedades campesinas como garantía bancaria, beneficiando a los grandes empresarios agroindustriales de Santa Cruz que llevaron a cabo el golpe de 2019. Fue impulsada y aprobada en tiempo récord en la Asamblea Legislativa en aproximadamente 10 días, sin consultar a los campesinos que se verían drásticamente afectados por esta ley. Crisis de servicios básicos: Los precios de la gasolina subieron un 100% (de 3,74 a 6,96 bolivianos) y la mala calidad dañó los motores. El Banco Central anuló toda la Serie B de billetes tras un accidente aéreo, provocando pánico económico. El costo de los alimentos básicos se disparó tras la eliminación de subsidios y se permitió la importación de productos extranjeros, socavando la soberanía. En comparación con las políticas de nacionalización del gobierno de Evo Morales, el país experimenta una crisis de servicios básicos porque el gobierno quiere vender el país a empresas transnacionales en lugar de proteger a su población. Corrupción e inestabilidad: Autoridades del Gobierno terminaron implicadas en el denominado caso de tráfico de cocaína escondida en volúmenes de exportación de madera conocido como el caso de la "Narco Madera", Asimismo, en el caso de 32 maletas llenas de Cocaína ingresadas con supuestos pasaportes diplomáticos en el aeropuerto de Viru Viru, la impunidad de estos casos también generó rechazo en la población. Por otro lado, en el proceso de captura de el Narcotraficante paraguayo Sebastián Marset que gozaba de la protección del Gobierno Boliviano de Arce y Rodrigo Paz, personal de la policía boliviana, fiscales y jueces, se vieron involucrados en la desaparición de cajas fuertes, relojes y dinero pertenecientes a Marset, todo esto a la fecha no se ha esclarecido completamente y no hay responsables, mostrando una total impunidad del narcotráfico y la corrupción del gobierno. Esto motivó aún más al pueblo boliviano a seguir luchando. Movilización popular y creciente unidad y militancia de la lucha Primera fase fue la Marcha por la Tierra en donde Miles de indígenas marcharon desde Pando (norte de Bolivia, frontera con Brasil) hasta La Paz, en el occidente boliviano: campesinos e indígenas caminaron miles de kilómetros durante tres semanas defendiendo la tierra y la vida. Llegaron con niños, ancianos y adultos mayores; el pueblo de La Paz se solidarizó con comida, albergue y curaciones. El gobierno se negó a negociar con ellos, calificándolos de "desestabilizadores y vándalos con fines políticos". Escalamiento de la lucha: La Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) se unió, con la demanda del incremento salarial y contra la privatización de ENDE (que provee electricidad). Tras dos semanas de protesta constante en las ciudades de La Paz y Cochabamba, las clases populares de la ciudad de El Alto (que tiene una historia revolucionaria desde la Guerra del Gas de 2003) lanzaron los bloqueos de protesta y rodearon La Paz, extendiéndose luego a otras ciudades como Sucre y Potosí y Santa Cruz. Todos los sectores se unieron a la lucha y comenzaron a movilizarse, incluidos transportistas, mineros, campesinos, la clase media y maestros. La resistencia está organizada y unida. Hubo un pacto entre trabajadores, campesinos y sectores movilizados de que nadie traicionaría la lucha hasta el final. Por ejemplo, cuando el gobierno comenzó a negociar bonos con los maestros, las bases de los profesores rechazaron el acuerdo de la dirigencia y continuaron participando de la movilización. El, 27 de mayo, las madres salieron a las calles declarando: "¡Cuando el pueblo tiene hambre, las madres salen a luchar!" Otras tácticas incluyen huelgas de hambre, movilizaciones obreras y marchas diarias al Congreso. El pueblo está en lucha y ha pasado un punto de no retorno para exigir sus derechos y derrotar al régimen neoliberal de Paz y sus conspiradores. Represión letal contra el pueblo respaldada por el fascismo estadounidense En lugar de dialogar y negociar con los dirigentes sindicales y las organizaciones populares, el gobierno emitió órdenes de arresto contra dirigentes de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), tratándolos como "vandalos" y "desestabilizadores". Actualmente, el ejecutivo de la COB enfrenta una orden de captura, que supuestamente no sería ejecutada por el Gobierno para facilitar el diálogo, pero no existen garantías reales porque la orden de aprehensión sigue vigente, y el pueblo no cree en la palabra del Gobierno. Hubo tres intentos de represión y desbloqueo por parte del Gobierno: el 14 de mayo, en Rioseco, y el 16 de mayo en la ciudad de El Alto, ambos derrotados por las protestas populares. El 23 de mayo, el gobierno intentó abrir un llamado "corredor humanitario" para romper los bloqueos, pero llegó armado por los militares y masacró a varios campesinos que eran parte de las protestas. Aunque el gobierno niega haber asesinado a los campesinos, ha sido probado por informes forenses y otras pruebas contundentes la victima del comunario de Aroma, y el pueblo se ha indignado aún más, radicalizando aún más la lucha. Desde que iniciaron los conflictos existen al rededor de 100 detenidos, y solo el martes pasado se registraron 25 nuevos arrestos. También existen organizaciones de derecha como la Unión Juvenil Cruceñista, la Resistencia Juvenil Cochabamba y la Resistencia Kilómetro Cero, compuestas por jóvenes fascistas que creen y buscan la supremacía política y racial de las élites blancoides. Han comenzado a hacer amenazas. La comisión de derechos humanos ordenó al Estado boliviano desmantelar estos grupos tras el golpe de 2019, pero ellos continúan rearticulándose y amenazando al pueblo, incluso intentando despejar caminos enfrentándose a los campesinos. Debido al ocultamiento y cerco mediático, la prensa informa sobre ataques contra el gobierno y retrata a los dirigentes sindicales como vándalos, pero oculta la represión y las muertes de manifestantes. Espacios urgentes de lucha en este momento Estado de excepción: El gobierno prepara un inminente estado de excepción. El 25 de mayo, el gobierno anuló la Ley 1341, que protegía los derechos fundamentales durante los estados de excepción (pero limitaba la duración a 60 días y requería aprobación legislativa). Esta anulación permite declarar un Estado de Sitio sin garantías constitucionales, otorgando impunidad para reprimir con el ejército y la policía. El día de ayer 27 de mayo en la noche, se denunció la llegada de un Avión militar del Gobierno Estadounidense al aeropuerto de Cochabamba, y se procedió al corte de luz en toda la región del Trópico de Cochabamba, lugar donde se encuentra resguardado el Ex Presidente Evo Morales. Por estas razones el movimiento popular que realiza una vigilia nocturna en Lauca Ñ, redobló los esfuerzos de seguridad para proteger la vida del exmandatario y líder cocalero. Si se declara un estado de sitio, el Gobierno de Paz encajaría en la figura de dictadura. Amenaza a Evo Morales y las Federaciones campesinas del Trópico de Cochabamba: Tras quedar en evidencia el proceso de Proscripción de Evo Morales y el movimiento campesino, él permanece protegido por organizaciones sindicales en el trópico cochabambino. Y corre el riesgo de ser capturado y extraditado a Estados Unidos por casos armados de narcotráfico y otros; algunos informes ya indican que la DEA estadounidense está colaborando con el gobierno boliviano en planes de "extracción" ilegal, similar al caso del presidente Maduro en Venezuela. Sin embargo, la movilización y rebelión del pueblo boliviano en las calles aún impiden realizar está invasión extranjera en territorio boliviano, lo que protege el futuro y la tierra de los pueblos oprimidos en la sociedad boliviana. Exigencias del movimiento:
Para más información, sigue la página de Facebook de la Asamblea Popular Itinerante API y el ILPS Bolivia. ¡Nuestro movimiento internacional por la paz justa debe elevar nuestra solidaridad con el pueblo boliviano que está en pie de lucha! ¡Resistimos al Escudo de las Américas de Trump! ¡Rechazamos el gobierno asesino de Rodrigo Paz! ¡Viva la Solidaridad con el pueblo de Bolivia! ¡Viva el movimiento indígena originario campesino boliviano! 5/27/2026 No to the State of Exception in Bolivia! Rodrigo Paz, Trump's Puppet, Resign Now! Solidarity with the Bolivian People Rising in Struggle!Read Now  The Bolivian people especially workers, peasants, and Indigenous peoples have been mobilizing, blocking roads, and resisting for over three weeks. They are rising up as Indigenous peoples rejecting the looting of their land by foreigners as a continuation of colonialism. The protests have converged on the demand for the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, who took office in the August 2025 election after Evo Morales was disqualified from running due to a politically targeted criminal case against him.
The conflict escalated from protests against neoliberal Decree 5503, removing fuel subsidies driving up a fuel and economic crisis, and Land Law 1720, deregulating land titles especially of small farmers, into a widespread demand for the president's resignation, with four peasants killed during attempts to clear blockades and more than 25 arrested. Still, the people remain committed to protesting until President Paz resigns. Former President Evo Morales, who comes from an indigenous Aymara family of subsistence farmers in Isallawi, Orinoca Canton, and was a leader in a campesinos (rural laborers) union, had accomplished major reforms in Bolivian society in support of the poor and oppressed sectors. During his presidency from 2006-19, Bolivia's extreme poverty fell by more than half, primary and secondary school enrollment increased and indigenous languages became part of the curriculum in schools. He nationalized Bolivia's natural gas industry, challenging the multinationals exploiting the country and redistributed this wealth to fund social services and infrastructure, fundamentally reforming the neoliberal and racist structures of Bolivia dictated by the neocolonial white ruling class according to US dictates. Morales' presidency marked a new constitution and declared Bolivia a plurinational state, recognizing its indigenous diversity and emphasizing the decolonization of the country. Context: From the 2019 Coup to the Current Crisis In 2019, an unconstitutional coup overthrew Evo Morales, involving Jeanine Áñez, Luis Fernando Camacho (agro-industrial oligarchies of Santa Cruz), Carlos Mesa, and Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga (known CIA operative). The transitional government generated an even greater economic crisis, corruption, and dismantled state enterprises and nationalized sectors, diverting the country's wealth away from the people's needs. 2020: Following the coup against Morales, right-wing politician Jeanine Añez assumed the role of interim president, until popular mobilization forced new elections, but blocked Evo from running. Today the protests respond to urgent threats against to the livelihood and dignity of the Bolivian people Economic Measures and Privatization: After several weeks of mass marches and road blockades, Bolivian workers succeeded in forcing the recently inaugurated neoliberal government of Rodrigo Paz to repeal the controversial Decree 5503, popularly known as the “gasolinazo,” which eliminated hydrocarbon subsidies in Bolivia driving up prices as much as 162%. Land Privatization and Price Increases: However, the Paz government responded with new Decrees 5516, 5517, 5518, and 5598, which privatize strategic resources on an individual basis, dividing privatization by sector in an attempt to fracture the movement. One measure rejected by the peasant sector was Law 1720 (Marinkovic), which would allow the confiscation of small peasant properties as bank collateral, benefiting the large agribusiness owners of Santa Cruz who carried out the 2019 coup. This law was pushed through and approved in record time by the Legislative Assembly in approximately 10 days, without consulting the peasants who would be drastically affected by it. Basic Services Crisis: Gasoline prices rose by 100% (from 3.74 to 6.96 Bolivianos), and poor quality damaged engines. The Central Bank voided the entire Series B of banknotes after a plane accident, causing economic panic. The cost of basic food staples skyrocketed following the elimination of subsidies, and the importation of foreign products was allowed, undermining sovereignty. Compared to the nationalization policies of the Evo Morales government, the country is experiencing a basic services crisis because the government wants to sell the country to transnational corporations rather than protect its population. Corruption and Instability: Government authorities ended up implicated in the so-called cocaine trafficking case involving drugs hidden in wood export volumes, known as the "Narco Wood" case. Likewise, in the case of 32 suitcases filled with cocaine brought in under alleged diplomatic passports at the Viru Viru airport, the impunity surrounding these cases also generated public rejection. Furthermore, during the process of capturing Paraguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset—who enjoyed the protection of the Bolivian government of Arce and Rodrigo Paz—Bolivian police personnel, prosecutors, and judges were involved in the disappearance of safes, watches, and money belonging to Marset. To date, none of this has been fully clarified, and no one has been held responsible, revealing total impunity for drug trafficking and government corruption. This has further motivated the Bolivian people to continue fighting. Popular mobilization and growing unity and militancy of the struggle First Phase: March for the Land: Thousands of indigenous people marched from Pando (northern Bolivia, on the border with Brazil) to La Paz, in western Bolivia: peasants and indigenous people walked thousands of kilometers over three weeks, defending the land and their way of life. They arrived with children, the elderly, and seniors; the people of La Paz showed solidarity by providing food, shelter, and medical care. The government refused to negotiate with them, labeling them "destabilizers and vandals with political aims." Escalation of the Struggle: The BCentral Obrero Boliviano(COB) joined, demanding wage increases and opposing the privatization of ENDE (which provides electricity). After two weeks of constant protest in the cities of La Paz and Cochabamba, the popular classes of the city of El Alto (which has a revolutionary history dating back to the 2003 Gas War) launched protest roadblocks and surrounded La Paz, later spreading to other cities such as Sucre, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. All sectors joined the struggle and began to mobilize, including transport workers, miners, peasants, the middle class, and teachers. The resistance is organized and united. An agreement was made among workers, peasants, and mobilized sectors that no one would betray the struggle until the end. For example, when the government began negotiating bonuses with the teachers, the teacher rank-and-file rejected the leadership's agreement and continued participating in the mobilization. On May 27th, mothers took to the streets declaring: "When the people are hungry, mothers go out to fight!" Other tactics include hunger strikes, worker mobilizations, and daily marches to Congress. The people are in struggle and have passed a point of no return to demand their rights and defeat the neoliberal regime of Paz and his conspirators. Lethal Repression against the People Backed up by U.S. Fascism Instead of dialoguing and negotiating with union leaders and popular organizations, the government issued arrest warrants against COB leaders, treating them as "vandals" and "destabilizers." Now, the executive leader of the COB s facing a warrant for his arrest. There were three attempts to clear the protest blockades by the state: on May 14, in Rioseco, and on May 16 in the city of El Alto, both defeated by the people's protests. On May 23, the government tried to open a so-called "humanitarian corridor" to break the blockades, but it came armed by the military and massacred four peasant comrades. Although the government denies killing the peasants, it has been proven by forensic reports in Aroma, and the people have become even more outraged, radicalizing the struggle even further. As of yesterday, there were 25 newly registered arrests. There are also right-wing organizations such as the Cruceñista Youth Union, the Cochabamba Youth Resistance, and Kilómetro Zero Resistance, composed of young fascists with swastikas who believe in racial supremacy. They have begun making threats. The human rights commission ordered the Bolivian state to dismantle these groups after the 2019 coup, but they continue to threaten the people, even attempting to clear roads by confronting peasants. Due to the media blackout, the press reports on attacks against the government and portrays union leaders as vandals, but hides the repression and killings of protestors. Urgent Areas of Struggle Right Now State of Exception: The government is preparing an imminent state of exception. On May 25, the government repealed Law 1341, which protected fundamental rights during states of exception (but limited the duration to 60 days and required legislative approval). This repeal allows for the declaration of a State of Siege without constitutional guarantees, granting impunity to repress using the army and police. Last night, on May 27, it was reported that a US government military plane arrived at Cochabamba airport, and a power outage was carried out throughout the entire Tropics of Cochabamba region, where former President Evo Morales is being sheltered. For these reasons, the popular movement that is holding a nightly vigil in Lauca Ñ has redoubled its security efforts to protect the life of the former president and leader. If a state of siege is declared, the Government of Paz would become a dangerous dictatorship. Threat to Evo Morales and the Peasant Federations of the Tropics of Cochabamba: Since the extradition plot and proscription against Evo Morales and the peasant movement was exposed, Morales is being protected by union organizations in the tropics of Cochabamba. He runs the risk of being captured and extradited to the United States on fabricated charges of drug trafficking and others; some reports already indicate that the U.S. DEA is collaborating with the Bolivian government on plans for illegal "extraction," similar to the case of President Maduro in Venezuela. However, the mobilization and rebellion of the Bolivian people in the streets are still preventing this foreign invasion on Bolivian territory, thereby protecting the future and land of the oppressed peoples in Bolivian society. Demands of the movement:
Our international movement for just peace must strengthen our solidarity with the Bolivian people who are fighting on the front lines! Resist Trump’s “Shield of the Americas”! Defeat the murderous government of Rodrigo Paz! Long live solidarity with the people of Bolivia! Long live the Bolivian Indigenous and peasant movement! 5/26/2026 The Scrapping of Japan's Peace Constitution comes at the Cost of the Working People of Asia and the PacificRead Now Resist US-Led War Movement, as a global network struggling for just peace against US military aggression, condemns the attempted revision of Article 9 in the Japanese constitution and drive towards militarization of the Trump/Takaichi tandem.
As Japan marks 79 years since the enactment of its Constitution, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has signaled a renewed push to amend Article 9, which expressly renounces war as a means to resolve international disputes while allowing Japan the right to self-defense. This revision effort is directly linked to Japan’s growing militarism, which is both dictated and supported by U.S. military strategy in the Asia-Pacific. As the U.S. prepares for potential war with its self-declared biggest rival, China, Japan has become a key player in the U.S.-led war strategy, particularly within the “island chain” designed to counter Beijing. However, this shift does not benefit the Japanese people; instead, it subordinates their security and welfare to U.S. strategic interests. The First Island Chain and Japan’s Role Since the U.S. announced its so-called “Pivot to Asia” in 2012, the primary front of U.S. militarization has been this region. Central to this effort is the “Island Chain Strategy,” which reduces countries to pawns on a Pacific chessboard of war. The First Island Chain begins off the northwest coast of Malaysian Borneo, running along Palawan and Luzon in the Philippines. Its other end stretches from South Korea through Jeju Island and Sasebo in Japan, then through Okinawa and the Ryukyu Arc, with both ends meeting at Taiwan. These countries host some of the U.S.’s most significant military bases, including 43,000 personnel at Camp Humphreys in South Korea; 30,000 troops across Okinawa; and tens of thousands of rotational troops in the Philippines. They also host deadly missile systems such as THAAD in South Korea and Tomahawk missiles in Japan. To justify its militarization, the U.S. portrays China’s rise as aggressive, fostering a new Cold War mentality. Meanwhile, the U.S. already occupies many Asian countries with permanent bases, rotational troops, and deployed weapons. Aggressive U.S. war games in the South China Sea, conducted alongside regional militaries, aim to provoke and prepare for a war with China fought in the interest of the U.S. imperialist class. The U.S. Has Always Pushed Japan to Abandon Its Peace Constitution Military agreements forged after WWII enable the U.S. to station more troops in Japan than anywhere else in the region. One-fifth of Okinawa’s land is occupied by U.S. bases. Right-wing Japanese governments have pushed for constitutional changes allowing Japan to re-arm offensively, leading to rising defense spending since 2007 and a doubling of the budget by 2023. As part of its Island Chain strategy, the U.S. has enlisted Japan as a junior imperialist ally. In line with the Pivot to Asia, the U.S. continually rolls out new agreements. The Japan-U.S.-Korea alliance (JAKUS) and Japan-Philippines-U.S. alliance (JAPHUS) expand the U.S. military’s network, formalizing regular war games, enhancing intelligence-sharing and missile integration targeting China, and creating an anti-China economic bloc. These measures amount to an iron web of alliances in preparation for war against China. Concurrently, 2026 marked Japan’s largest participation in Balikatan, the U.S.-led multilateral war exercises in the Philippines. Japan sent around 1,400 troops and warships, a historic step in Japan’s militarization since WWII. All Japanese Self-Defense Forces units participated in field training and missile launch exercises in the Philippines and its surrounding seas, marking the first time Japanese troops were in the Philippines since Japan’s WWII invasion. The Japanese occupation in countries of the Asia and the Pacific during or until WWII configured one of the bloodiest chapters of colonialism and imperialism in modern history. Filipino and Korean comfort women, women or girls who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers as part of a system operated by the Imperial Japanese Army in its occupied territories between 1937 and 1945, are still seeking justice for the crimes committed during Japanese occupation and instead of accountability for these crimes, Japan is repositioning itself for the next world war scenario. This War Won't Benefit the Japanese People or the Peoples of the Asia-Pacific The second Trump administration has further intensified Japan’s role as its junior partner. The U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) released in November 2025 mentions Japan five times: encouraging India to step up in “the Quad” (which includes Japan); calling on Japan to adopt trade policies that rebalance China’s economy; noting Japan’s foreign assets can be used to develop (read: exploit) the Global South; warning Japan will suffer if China controls the South China Sea; and urging increased defense spending to protect the First Island Chain. Although the push to scrap Japan’s pacifist constitution is wrapped in the populist language of defending against the “Chinese threat,” this militarist turn serves only U.S. and Japanese ruling classes' strategic interests, not the Japanese people, nor any nation in the Asia-Pacific. By abandoning diplomacy and peaceful solutions, the Japanese ruling class is willingly moving its own people toward what is set to be the most destructive war in history, acting as Washington’s junior partner in provoking global conflict. In response, Japan’s anti-war movement has persistently opposed this escalation towards war, exposing it for what it is. Recalling the atrocities committed by Japanese imperialism across Asia and the Pacific, the movement continues to demand a genuine peace constitution, one rooted in Japan’s own sovereign will and that respond to its people and to protect a genuine and independent peaceful foreign policy in the region, not one dictated by U.S. military aggression. The path Japan is on, remilitarization under the guise of "self-defense" to protect U.S. and Japanese imperialist interests, leads only to ruin for working people across Japan, China, Korea, the Philippines, and the wider region. The only beneficiaries are the U.S. and Japanese ruling classes, along with Japanese War and Weapons corporations like Mitsubishi Heavy and IHI, which are already profiting from Japan’s lifting of its ban on lethal weapons exports. The real threat is the U.S.-led drive toward war, enabled by a Japanese ruling class that has learned nothing from the devastation of 1945. Genuine security will never come from imperialist missiles and military bases, but from solidarity among working people and the pursuit of national and social liberation. 5/25/2026 Build on the Legacy of African Liberation Day: Destroy U.S. Imperialism and Militarism in Africa and Take Back the People’s Land and Sovereignty.Read Now  On African Liberation Day, May 25, 2026, we commemorate the unbroken spirit of revolution and liberation of all African nations, first ignited in 1958 by Kwame Nkrumah and the Conference of Independent African States, and formalized on May 25, 1963, with the founding of the Organization of African Unity.
Africa remains one of the richest continents on Earth in land and natural resources, yet its people are the poorest. The region is home to roughly 70 percent of the world’s poor. Since the 17th century, Western powers have looted Africa’s wealth. Given centuries of colonial invasion, the current division of land amongst imperialist spheres is founded on the 1884 Berlin Conference’s carving of the continent, and the subsequent neocolonial relations that granted formal political independence while keeping peoples and governments dependent on imperialist-led financial institutions like the World Bank, IMF and USAID. U.S. imperialism remains the number one enemy of peace and the self-determination of peoples across the world, and in Africa it is no different. While the U.S. bombs Yemen, arms the Zionist entity, surrounds Iran with carrier strike groups, and criminalizes the Bolivarian Revolution it is also propping up puppet regimes across Africa, stealing its minerals, militarizing its land, and weaponizing humanitarian aid as a tool of neocolonial control. The U.S. ruling class, caught between a deepening structural crisis of its own making and the rise of new economic and industrial powers, is ever more desperate to subjugate the people's and land of Africa to its multinational corporations and financial capital. The ongoing war on Iran has only intensified the scramble for Africa’s energy corridors and strategic ports, as Western powers lash out at any trade axis beyond their control. At the same time, France is making desperate attempts to reverse its fading influence in the Sahel, where the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) encompassing Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, has expelled French bases and troops in recent years. Meanwhile, U.S. trade leverage weakens in the face of Chinese infrastructure projects. Confronted with this crisis of legitimacy, the Europeans and Americans respond with destabilization, proxy terror, and increasing violence characteristic of dying empires. Imperialism in strategic decline destabilizes African nations in a failing attempt to save itself. Across the African continent, it is the toiling masses who bear the brunt of this desperate scramble. As US imperialism enters a phase of strategic decline, it unleashes escalating militarism and predatory measures against the people, clawing for whatever remains or attempting to regain fading hegemony. The most outright presence of U.S. militarism on the continent happens through AFRICOM. After the overthrow of European colonial regimes by African independence struggles, the U.S. established AFRICOM in 2007 as the most recent geographic combatant command of the Pentagon. The U.S. has since used it to wage the "war on terror" and impose U.S. control on African people, land, and resources. As Europe's current neo-colonial relations are weakened, the U.S. uses AFRICOM for counter-revolutionary control and violence on the continent to try to repress the peoples' struggles for liberation, while it tries to compete with Russian influence and Chinese development investments, to hold onto the U.S.'s foothold on the continent. Despite its claim of a “light footprint,” AFRICOM is the U.S.'s 2nd fastest growing military command, with 46 various forms of U.S. bases as well as military-to-military relations between 53 out of the 54 African countries and the United States. U.S. Special Forces troops now operate in more than a dozen African nations. AFRICOM is responsible for devastating covert operations in Nigeria, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Mali, and many other countries, and directs huge multi-country exercises like African Lion that expand drone warfare capabilities. Beyond its direct intervention, AFRICOM has armed and trained local warlords and has even helped some come to power, where they have brutalized their own people for personal interests. In Kenya, the recent French “Africa Forward” Summit in Nairobi repackaged neocolonial capital and “green energy” carbon offsets as partnership, passing mineral deals worth €170 million centering private investments and corporate driven “innovation” that reinforces the dominance of institutions like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund whose policies have historically deepened food insecurity, climate vulnerability, land grabbing and exploitation. All while puppet president William Ruto of Kenya, recently designated a Major Non-NATO Ally, opens the countries land to 800 additional French troops and carbon-trading schemes that benefit the French ruling class. Concurrently, Ruto is dispatching Kenyan police to occupy Haiti on the U.S.'s behalf, sending his own people to commit crimes against the people of Haiti and the Americas. The paramilitary M23, trained, armed, and backed by Rwanda, has captured the DRC city of Goma, and recently summarily executing over 50 civilians attempting to flee toward safety in the city of Uvira. Repeated massacres have been committed by the ADF against civilians with political arrangements. The DRC is now considering unconstitutional constitutional changes under the cover of security partnerships or regional deals, in order to serve foreign interests. Even though highly risky and often deadly, the masses in the DRC are still struggling for international and internal accountability for all those killed and pursuing protection of their countrymen. In Sudan, a four-year proxy war framed as a civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is in fact a foreign engineered and funded catastrophe to create crisis so that imperialists and their allies in the Gulf monarchies gain easy access to the country’s natural resources, especially gold. Both sides commit killings, torture, shelling, drone attacks, and rape as a weapon of war, displacing 14 million people and leaving 65 percent of the population in need of relief. Tens of thousands of bodies lie in unmarked graves in Khartoum state alone. Tanzania is still demanding justice for the victims of the massacres which have taken the lives of over 500, including 20 children, following the October 2025 election fraud and protests. So often those resisting corruption and oppression are killed, surveilled or harassed and criminalized in order to to justify exploitation. Especially rural workers in Tanzania (farmers and pastoralists), those in artisanal mining areas, as well as hawkers and street vendors face chronic land grabbing by multinationals and domestic oppressors, and expulsion from rural areas into overcrowded cities without real promise of livelihood. Beyond Africa’s shores, the U.S. uses its puppet troops from Chad and Kenya and deploys them to the Caribbean, extending U.S. neocolonial projection into the region. Threats on Cuba intensify as part of a broader strategy to encircle anti-imperialist nations. Military base expansion in Puerto Rico and Colombia secures logistical strongholds for intervention across Africa and the Americas, criminalizing Black and Indigenous farmers and rural populations fighting back for their land. 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 U.S. The U.S. 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, while deploying a U.S.-backed Gang Suppression Force that has only further destabilized the country. As imperialism falls, the African people are fighting back for their land, resources, and livelihood. The African people have always fought back, and the anti-colonial struggles of the 20th century paved the way for today's fights for national liberation that are continuing the project of a sovereign and liberated Africa. In Burkina Faso, the revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, fought to break the grip of neocolonial debt, land dispossession, and patriarchal oppression, until he was assassinated in 1987 by forces backed by former colonial powers. In Angola, the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA), with the support of Cuban internationalist fighters, defeated the apartheid South African army, a turning point in the liberation of Namibia and the fall of apartheid. In Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and Cape Verde, the armed struggles led by Amílcar Cabral provided a material analysis of the role of colonization in the African nations as well as national liberation process led by peasants and working masses that serves as inspiration to African fighters to this day. In Algeria, the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN)'s eight-year war of independence (1954–1962) expelled French colonialism through urban and rural insurrection, inspiring anti-colonial movements across the Global South. In Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah's call for not just sham independence predicated on the dictates of international financial institutions but the total economic and political liberation of the continent set the compass for the solidarity amongst African Nations. These martyrs and revolutionaries embodied the ideals of just peace: true sovereignty, land to the tillers, and resources for the people. The African fighters of today are set to continue and liberate their nations from the shackles of imperialism that are still causing extensive destruction to their land and people. The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) composed Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, with nationalist governments born from the overthrow of puppet leaders, stand as living testament that the colonial footprints of military bases can be ejected. They have expelled French troops, closed U.S. military bases, built West Africa’s first state-owned gold refinery in Mali (seizing the Loulo-Gounkoto mine from Canadian firm Barrick), and broken the uranium monopoly that kept Nigeriens in darkness while fueling France’s electrical grid. Despite a coordinated imperialist counter-offensive of 12,000 jihadist and separatist fighters on April 25, 2026, including Western-backed Tuareg elements striking six AES cities, the AES continues to defend its nationalist project. In Kenya, the colonial France–Africa Summit, now rebranded as "Africa Forward, "was met with popular resistance. In response, a counter-summit called the Pan-Africanist Summit Against Imperialism (PASAI) was organized, alongside street protests led by revolutionary parties and people’s movements from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Global North. Through chants and direct confrontation with puppet state forced the people denounced the false solutions presented by local ruling class forces acting in collusion with French imperialists, including French President Emmanuel Macron, who shamelessly declared, "We are the real Pan-Africanists." In the DRC, the communities fight for genuine peace against foreign-backed terror groups. Despite M23’s massacres, collapse of foreign assistance, and the extraction and sham peace deals that do not take the toiling masses into account, the people of eastern Congo are organizing local defense, rejecting the false choice between Rwandan-backed occupation and Western-backed plunder. In Sudan the people resist through grassroots mutual aid, neighborhood committees, and underground networks, fighting back against the destabilization that the U.S. cultivates to then offer neoliberal extraction as the false solution. On this African Liberation Day, the Resist U.S. Led War Movement uplifts the rising forces of resistance for national independence and social liberation across the continent and beyond and joins the call and fight for a Africa free from military occupation, an end to the plunder of labor and land, no green capitalism’s false solutions, the break up of finance capital’s debt traps, and building of internationalist solidarity with all oppressed peoples. U.S. and France Out of Africa! Shut down AFRICOM! Our struggle is one! 5/22/2026 Resista los Ataques de EE. UU. y Une al Pueblo en Solidaridad y Defensa de la Revolución CubanaRead Now  Después de seis décadas de guerra híbrida criminal, Washington está intensificando su camino hacia una agresión militar inminente.
El 1 de mayo de 2026, una nueva orden ejecutiva presidencial de EE. UU. amplió las sanciones para atacar a cualquier entidad o individuo considerado "colaborador material" del gobierno cubano, autorizando sanciones secundarias contra instituciones financieras en todo el mundo y reforzando las restricciones energéticas para la adquisición de combustible. Esta orden criminaliza la propia supervivencia económica, forzando a bancos y proveedores extranjeros a cortar el comercio de alimentos, medicinas y productos básicos con toda una nación. Como ha afirmado acertadamente el presidente cubano Díaz-Canel, esta "maniobra política, carente de toda base legal, tiene como único propósito engrosar el expediente que están fabricando para justificar la locura de una agresión militar contra Cuba". La supuesta "amenaza" de Cuba, filtrada a Axios a través de "información de inteligencia" estadounidense que alegaba la adquisición de 300 drones iraníes y aviones de ataque, fue desmentida en el mismo artículo, señalándose que era puramente una contingencia defensiva en caso de que EE. UU. atacara primero. La administración Trump está sentando las bases políticas para la guerra, claramente como parte del cerco imperialista a la soberanía cubana. El pueblo cubano tiene el derecho absoluto e inalienable de defender su soberanía nacional contra el terrorista imperialista más grande del mundo, Estados Unidos. Tras las nuevas sanciones, el 14 de mayo de 2026, EE. UU. solicitó acusar a Raúl Castro, diputado de la Asamblea Nacional y héroe de la Revolución Cubana, resucitando una vieja excusa de décadas relacionada con el derribo en 1996 de dos aviones de "Hermanos al Rescate". Los medios estadounidenses los presentaron como un "grupo humanitario", pero en realidad estaba dirigido por el agente de la CIA José Basulto, quien violó repetidamente el espacio aéreo cubano lanzando propaganda antigubernamental, y había recibido claras advertencias. Los pilotos cubanos actuaron en defensa de la integridad territorial, un derecho que EE. UU. reclama hipócritamente para sí mismo a diario. La orden de acusación contra Raúl Castro fue aprobada intencionalmente por el gobierno estadounidense el 20 de mayo de 2026, 124 años después de la llamada declaración de independencia de Cuba, vinculada al Tratado de la Enmienda Platt. Ese acuerdo otorgaba a EE. UU. el derecho a intervenir en asuntos cubanos y permitía al gobierno estadounidense arrendar o comprar tierras para establecer bases navales en la isla. Esto ejemplifica la insultante nostalgia neocolonial del gobierno estadounidense y la Doctrina Monroe que están rescatando como su visión para una América Latina completamente dominada por los intereses de EE. UU. Condenamos estos actos más recientes de intimidación imperialista. Estados Unidos se apresura a inventar justificaciones para una invasión, para cumplir el objetivo declarado del régimen Trump de derrocar al gobierno cubano. Los intervencionistas respaldados por EE. UU. verían morir a miles de cubanos y lo aplaudirían criminalmente, exigiendo que los cubanos se dejen aplastar sin responder, sin defenderse, sin honrar más de 150 años de lucha. Cuba no es un estado fallido, como insiste la campaña de presión estadounidense; es, de hecho, una nación bajo asedio. Al crear crisis energéticas intensas, desafíos sanitarios y prolongados apagones, EE. UU. busca desestabilizar el tejido social cubano mediante el bloqueo aplastante, sembrar descontento y provocar disturbios internos. Aunque hay protestas en las calles de Cuba, existe claridad de que la raíz de los problemas que enfrenta Cuba hoy es una crisis fabricada por la guerra híbrida de EE. UU. contra Cuba. Enfrentando intentos de asesinato, complots de la CIA, medidas coercitivas unilaterales ilegales y estrangulamiento, durante más de sesenta años, una pequeña isla bajo el embargo económico más brutal de la historia moderna ha prevalecido y sigue siendo un recordatorio constante del fracaso de EE. UU. para destruir el proyecto socialista cubano. Cuba ha construido salud universal, educación gratuita y una esperanza de vida que rivaliza con el Norte Global, sin las medidas de austeridad del FMI, los ajustes estructurales del Banco Mundial ni el dominio corporativo estadounidense. Ahora Washington, con la visita del director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, a La Habana y filtraciones de inteligencia diseñadas para preparar el terreno político para la guerra, acelera su histeria mediática anticubana, favorable entre la comunidad de exiliados cubanos, programada para intentar rescatar el voto republicano meses antes de las elecciones de mitad de mandato en EE. UU. Conocemos los signos de una acción militar inminente por parte de EE. UU. El 21 de mayo, el portaaviones USS Nimitz fue desplegado en el sur del Caribe para preparar ataques, tras ejercicios militares conjuntos entre EE. UU. y Brasil. Tras haber presenciado la acumulación previa de fuerzas, vigilancia y despliegue militar preparando los ataques ilegales de EE. UU. contra Venezuela e Irán, los signos de la escalada estadounidense son claros. Aunque el pueblo cubano nunca ha tenido la ventaja militar en todos los años de lucha por su independencia revolucionaria, defendiéndose de los ataques estadounidenses, cada vez ha superado en inteligencia y maniobra a los imperialistas y ha mantenido su revolución. Mientras Trump y su clique fascista de multimillonarios intensifican los intentos de derrocar la soberanía e independencia de Cuba, el país tiene derecho a la autodefensa y a defender su autodeterminación por cualquier medio necesario. El pueblo cubano no se rendirá. Debemos solidarizarnos con ellos y con su resistencia en la brutal lucha que se avecina. Todas las fuerzas anti-guerra deben preparar movilizaciones de emergencia el mismo día o al día siguiente de un ataque militar directo de EE. UU. Pero no debemos esperar para planificar acciones solidarias. Llamamos a todos nuestros miembros a unirse a la semana de acción de la campaña No a la Guerra contra Cuba del 28 de junio al 4 de julio. Continúen apoyando los esfuerzos para enviar asistencia energética y ayuda médica de socorro a Cuba. Campañeen contra el bloqueo criminal y por la defensa de la soberanía de Cuba y de toda América Latina contra los últimos asaltos estadounidenses. Por la paz en las Américas, debemos defender a Cuba contra la guerra imperialista de EE. UU. EE. UU. considera una amenaza a cualquier país que se atreva a resistir su agenda. Sin embargo, nosotros, como movimiento popular contra la guerra liderada por EE. UU., debemos movilizarnos contra la agresión estadounidense y en defensa firme de la causa cubana por una paz justa y duradera en las Américas. ¡No a la guerra contra Cuba! ¡Viva la Revolución Cubana! ¡Manos fuera de Raúl Castro! ¡Abajo el bloqueo criminal! 5/22/2026 No War on Cuba! Resist US Attacks and Rally the People in Solidarity and Defense of the Cuban Revolution!Read Now  Resist U.S. Attacks and Rally the People in Solidarity and Defense of the Cuban Revolution!
After six decades of criminal hybrid warfare, Washington is escalating toward imminent military aggression. On May 1, 2026, a new U.S. Presidential Executive Order broadened sanctions to target any entity or individual deemed a "material supporter" of the Cuban government, authorizing secondary sanctions against financial institutions worldwide and reinforcing energy constraints on fuel procurement. This order criminalizes economic survival itself, coercing foreign banks and suppliers to cut off food, medicine, and basic trade with an entire nation. As Cuban President Díaz-Canel has rightly stated, this "political maneuver, devoid of any legal basis, aims solely at padding the dossier they are fabricating to justify the folly of a military aggression against Cuba." The so-called "threat" from Cuba, leaked to Axios via U.S. "intelligence" alleging acquisition of 300 Iranian drones and attack planes, was exposed within the same article as purely defensive contingency in case of a U.S. attack first. The Trump administration is laying the political groundwork for war, plainly part of the imperialist siege on Cuba's sovereignty. The Cuban people have an absolute and inalienable right to defend their national sovereignty against the world's largest imperialist terrorist, the United States. Following the new sanctions, on May 14, 2026, the U.S. called to indict Raúl Castro, deputy of the National Assembly and hero of the Cuban Revolution, reviving a decades-old pretext accusation involving the 1996 shootdown of two "Brothers to the Rescue" planes. The U.S. Media portrayed them as a "humanitarian group" but in realitity was headed by CIA operative José Basulto, who repeatedly violated Cuban airspace dropping anti-government propaganda, and had been given clear warnings. The Cuban pilots acted in defense of territorial integrity, a right the U.S. hypocritically claims for itself daily. The Cuban pilots acted in defense of territorial integrity, a right the U.S. hypocritically claims for itself daily. The pursuit of the indictment order on Raul Castro was intentionally approved by the U.S. government on May 20, 2026--124 years after Cuba’s so called declaration of independence tied to tied to the Platt Agreement. This agreement gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and allowed the U.S. government to lease or buy lands to establish naval bases on the island. This exemplifies the U.S. government's insulting neocolonial nostalgia and the Monroe Doctrine they are uplifting as their vision for a Latin America completely dominated by U.S. interests. We condemn these most recent acts of imperialist intimidation. The United States is scrambling to invent justification for an invasion, to meet the Trump regime’s stated goal to overthrow the Cuban government. U.S.-backed interventionists would watch thousands of Cubans die and criminally applaud it, demanding that Cubans allow themselves to be crushed without responding, without defending themselves, without honoring more than 150 years of struggle. Cuba is not a failed state as the U.S. pressure campaign insists, it is in fact a nation under siege. In creating intensive fuel crises, healthcare challenges, and prolonged brown outs, the U.S. aims to disrupt the social fabric of Cuban society through the crushing blockade, sow discontent and spark internal unrest. While there are Cuban protests in streets, there is clarity that the root of the problems Cuba faces today is a manufactured crisis by the U.S. hybrid warfare against Cuba. Facing assassination attempts, CIA plots, illegal unilateral coercive measures and strangulation, for over sixty years, a small island under the most brutal economic embargo in modern history has still prevailed and been a continued reminder of the failure of the U.S. to destroy Cuba's socialist project. Cuba has built universal healthcare, free education, and a life expectancy rivaling the Global North, without IMF austerity, World Bank structural adjustment, or U.S. corporate domination. Now Washington, with CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Havana and leaked intelligence designed to lay the political groundwork for war, the U.S. is accelerating its anti-Cuban media hysteria, favorable among the Cuban exile community, timed to try and rescue the Republican vote months before the U.S. midterms election. We know the signs of imminent military action by the U.S.. On May 21, the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier was deployed to the southern Caribbean to stage for attacks, following joint U.S.-Brazil military exercises. Having just witnessed the precursory build up of forces, surveillance, and military deployment preparing for U.S. illegal attacks against Venezuela and Iran, the signs are clear of U.S. escalation. While the Cuban people have never had the upperhand militarily in all the years of winning their revolutionary independence, defending themselves from the U.S. attacks, they have every time outsmarted and outmaneuvered the imperialists and sustained their revolution. As Trump and his fascist billionaire clique ramp up attempts to topple the sovereignty and independence of Cuba, the country has a right to self-defense and to defend its self-determination by any means necessary. The Cuban people will not surrender. We must stand with them and their resistance in the brutal fight ahead. All anti-war forces should prepare emergency mobilizations the same day or immediate next day following a U.S. direct military attack. But we should not wait to plan solidarity action. We call on all our members to join the week of No War on Cuba Campaign action June 28-July 4. Continue supporting efforts to send energy assistance and medical relief aid to Cuba. Campaign against the criminal blockade and for defense of the sovereignty of Cuba and all of Latin America against the latest U.S. assaults. For peace in the Americas, we must defend Cuba against U.S. imperialist warfare. The U.S. views as a threat any country that dares resist its agenda. However we as a people's movement against U.S.-led war, must rally against U.S. aggression and in firm defense the Cuban cause for a just and lasting peace in the Americas. No War on Cuba! Long Live the Cuban Revolution! Hands off Raúl Castro! End the Criminal Blockade!  Mientras Estados Unidos lanza más guerras, los trabajadores soportan el peso de su consequencia
El año 2026 ha marcado una fuerte escalada de la guerra liderada por Estados Unidos. A solo tres días de comenzado el año, las Fuerzas Especiales Estadounidenses invadieron Venezuela y secuestraron al presidente Maduro, utilizando Trinidad y Tobago y Puerto Rico como plataformas para esta operación, tras haber asesinado a cientos de personas con ataques de lanchas en el Caribe. Mientras tanto, Estados Unidos continúa apoyando plenamente al Israel sionista y su política de aniquilación total contra Líbano, Palestina, Yemen y toda Asia Occidental. Esta política sirve a la aspiración de Israel de un "Gran Israel" en contra de los pueblos de la región y señala a Irán como el principal obstáculo para la hegemonía estadounidense en Asia Occidental. En Asia-Pacífico, los preparativos bélicos siguen acelerándose mientras se invierten miles de millones de dólares en ejercicios militares multinacionales y en armar a regímenes títeres de Estados Unidos, los cuales a su vez usan esas armas para imponer una represión fascista contra sus propias poblaciones. En África, Estados Unidos sigue financiando y apoyando a fuerzas paramilitares para controlar recursos y ejercer influencia estratégica, colocando a la maquinaria de guerra estadounidense en el centro de las peores crisis humanitarias en Sudán, la República Democrática del Congo y muchos otros países. A medida que Estados Unidos se hunde más en la crisis, perdiendo poder económico, acceso a mercados y siendo superado en innovación tecnológica, principalmente por China y otras potencias emergentes, desata guerras con la débil esperanza de recuperar su antigua dominación global. Mientras más desesperado se vuelve por sobrevivir y mantener su control sobre recursos y trabajo saqueados, la maquinaria de guerra liderada por Estados Unidos se vuelve cada vez más violenta y cruel. El peso de las guerras lideradas por Estados Unidos siempre ha recaído sobre los hombros de los trabajadores, y en este momento de la historia no es diferente. Los trabajadores son bombardeados, ametrallados, heridos y asesinados cuando Estados Unidos desata sus guerras de agresión. Los trabajadores estadounidenses son enviados a luchar contra trabajadores de otros países, todo en nombre de abrir el camino para que la clase imperialista explote aún más la tierra y los recursos, y obtenga ganancias de la reconstrucción de la infraestructura que ellos mismos han destruido. En Gaza, los trabajadores han visto sus medios de vida y trabajo completamente destruidos, ya que Israel diezmó deliberadamente la industria pesquera local y redujo la tierra cultivable a escombros tóxicos, destruyendo el 95% de sus matorrales y el 97% de sus árboles. En Cuba y Venezuela, las sanciones estadounidenses han frustrado el crecimiento económico y la autosuficiencia, bloqueando el acceso a maquinaria, tecnología y atención médica de los que dependen las personas. Desde diciembre, las fuerzas navales de Estados Unidos han incautado múltiples buques cisterna con destino a Cuba, dejando a la isla en un estado de casi colapso, con escasez de electricidad y muchas industrias operando a niveles mínimos. En Irán, los trabajadores de refinerías de petróleo y los trabajadores de la salud han sido especialmente blanqueados, ya que Estados Unidos ataca intencionalmente la infraestructura civil en su guerra de agresión. Incluso cuando las bombas no caen sobre sus hogares ni las tropas marchan por sus calles, la clase trabajadora se ve obligada a soportar el peso de la especulación capitalista, que eleva artificialmente los precios de los bienes para exprimir mayores ganancias de la guerra. Como hemos visto con la guerra de agresión de Estados Unidos contra Irán, el aumento de los precios del combustible ya ha provocado incrementos en los precios de las necesidades básicas en muchos países, como alimentos enlatados, pan, agua, jabón y detergente en todo el Sudeste Asiático y América Latina. Allí donde Estados Unidos ha apuntalado sus regímenes títeres, a menudo mediante métodos encubiertos de guerra como sanciones o financiamiento de golpes de estado, los trabajadores sufren una superexplotación en forma de bajos salarios y jornadas laborales insoportables a manos de las corporaciones multinacionales estadounidenses, mientras que los ejércitos títeres respaldados por Estados Unidos los oprimen bajo la bota del fascismo. Mientras los Trabajadores Sufren, los Imperialistas Obtienen Ganancias Los capitalistas buscan constantemente nuevas tierras y mano de obra para explotar. Cuando no pueden asegurarlas mediante la coerción económica, recurren a la guerra. Por lo tanto, las guerras no solo son rentables en su ejecución (a través de la producción de armas y la extracción de recursos), sino que también son esenciales para la supervivencia del propio sistema capitalista. La expansión mediante la violencia es un intento de resolver las contradicciones internas del sistema abriendo nuevos mercados, capturando mano de obra barata y materias primas, y restaurando temporalmente la rentabilidad en tiempos de crisis. La militarización y la guerra siempre han sido empresas rentables para los capitalistas monopólicos y las clases gobernantes imperialistas. En todos los países imperialistas y las semicolonias que Estados Unidos planea usar como peones en guerras futuras, los preparativos bélicos se caracterizan por aumentos masivos en los presupuestos de defensa. Los mismos gobiernos que recortan programas sociales, suprimen los derechos de los trabajadores y aplastan los movimientos democráticos destinan miles de millones a la militarización, desviando recursos vitales de la atención médica, la educación, la vivienda y la infraestructura pública que los trabajadores y las comunidades oprimidas necesitan urgentemente. Las corporaciones transnacionales de armas, tecnología y minería se alimentan directamente de las guerras lideradas por Estados Unidos. Obligan a los trabajadores a producir armas de guerra utilizadas para causar una destrucción masiva, mientras les niegan salarios dignos, condiciones de trabajo seguras y derechos básicos para organizarse. Las armas que fabrican dependen de minerales extraídos mediante la superexplotación y el saqueo, lo que devasta el medio ambiente y se basa en condiciones de trabajo horribles, manteniendo a los trabajadores en espacios claustrofóbicos a menudo expuestos a sustancias químicas tóxicas sin la protección adecuada. Todos los Trabajadores, Únanse Contra las Guerras Imperialistas Los trabajadores enfrentan desempleo masivo, inflación disparada y recortes a los servicios sociales que llegan a raíz de la economía de guerra. Las guerras imperialistas solo benefician a la clase dominante. Por lo tanto, la clase trabajadora es la más interesada en ponerles fin, porque pagan con sus vidas para mantener vivo este sistema imperialista. En muchos países, los trabajadores del mundo ya están tomando la iniciativa en la lucha por una paz justa, la liberación nacional y la soberanía contra la opresión militar estadounidense. A través de organizaciones obreras combativas, huelgas que atacan directamente a la maquinaria de guerra y acciones solidarias con los pueblos oprimidos, los trabajadores están resistiendo de múltiples formas: negándose a cargar armas en barcos, bloqueando las cadenas de suministro militares, tomando las armas contra activos militares estadounidenses y también construyendo los misiles que apuntan a las bases de Estados Unidos en Asia Occidental. El movimiento global contra la guerra debe asegurar que sea parte integral de la lucha de los trabajadores, porque son los trabajadores quienes soportan los impactos más graves de la guerra y quienes tienen el poder de detenerla. Debemos forjar coaliciones combativas y alianzas amplias que conecten el tema de la guerra con las preocupaciones cotidianas de la clase trabajadora, desde las semicolonias que reciben las bombas hasta las comunidades migrantes y la clase trabajadora en los centros imperialistas, para recuperar lo que nos ha sido robado por los señores de la guerra de la clase imperialista y marchar hacia una paz justa y duradera. ¡No a la guerra imperialista! ¡Trabajadores del mundo, únanse por una paz justa y duradera!  As the U.S. unleashes more war, workers face the brunt of its impacts
2026 has marked a sharp escalation of U.S.-led war. Just three days into the year, U.S. Special Forces invaded Venezuela and kidnapped President Maduro, using Trinidad and Tobago and Puerto Rico as launching pads for this operation after killing hundreds of people in boat strikes across the Caribbean. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to give full support to Zionist Israel and its policy of total annihilation against Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and all of West Asia. This policy serves Israel’s drive for a “Greater Israel” against the peoples of the region and targets Iran as the main obstacle to U.S. hegemony in West Asia. In the Asia-Pacific, war preparations continue to accelerate as billions of dollarsare poured into multinational military exercises and into arming U.S. puppet regimes, which in turn use these weapons to impose fascist repression on their own populations. In Africa, the U.S. continues to finance and support paramilitary forces to control resources and exert strategic influence, placing the U.S. war machine at the center of the worst humanitarian crises, in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and many other countries. As the U.S. sinks deeper into crisis, losing economic power, access to markets, and being outpaced in technological innovation, primarily by China and other emerging powers, it unleashes war in the faint hope of recuperating its former global domination. As it grows more desperate to survive and maintain its grasp on stolen resources and labor, the U.S.-led war machine becomes ever more violent and vicious. The brunt of U.S.-led wars has always fallen on the shoulders of workers, and at this point in history it is no different. Workers are bombed, strafed, shot, and killed as the U.S. unleashes its wars of aggression. U.S. workers are sent to fight against workers of other countries, all in the name of clearing the way for the imperialist class to further exploit land and resources, and to profit from rebuilding the infrastructure they have destroyed. in Gaza, workers have seen their means of livelihood and work completely destroyed, as Israel purposely decimated the local fishing industry and educed arable land to toxic rubble, with 95% of its shrublands and 97% of its trees destroyed. In Cuba and Venezuela, U.S. sanctions have subverted economic growth and self-sufficiency, blocking access to machinery, technology, and healthcare on which the people depend. Since December, U.S. naval forces have seized multiple oil tankers headed to Cuba, leaving the island is a state of almost collapse with electricity shortages and many industries operating at minimal levels. In Iran, oil refinery workers and healthcare workers have been especially targeted as the U.S. intentionally hits civilian infrastructure in its war of aggression. Even when bombs aren't falling on their homes and troops marching through their streets the working class is forced to bear the brunt of capitalist speculation, which artificially raises the prices of goods to squeeze more profits out of war. As we've seen with the U.S. war of aggression against Iran, rising fuel prices have already led to price increases for basic necessities in many countries, such as canned goods, bread, water, soap, and detergent all across Southeast Asia and Latin America. Wherever the U.S. has propped up its puppet regimes, often through covert means of warfare such as sanctions or financing coups d'état, working people experience super-exploitation in the form of low wages and unbearable working hours at the hands of U.S. multinational corporations, while U.S.-backed puppet militaries suppress them under the boot of fascism. As Workers Suffer the Imperialists Profit Capitalists are constantly searching for new land and labor to exploit. When they cannot secure these through economic coercion, they turn to war. Thus, wars are not only profitable in their making, through weapons production and resource extraction, but they are also essential to the survival of the capitalist system itself. Expansion through violence in and attempt to resolve the system’s internal contradictions by opening new markets, capturing cheap labor and raw materials, and temporarily restoring profitability in times of crisis. Militarization and war have always been profitable ventures for monopoly capitalists and imperialist ruling classes. Across all imperialist countries, and the semi-colonies that the U.S. plans to use as pawns in future wars, war preparations are marked by massive increases in defense budgets. The same governments that slash social programs, suppress workers’ rights, and crush democratic movements pour billions into militarization, diverting vital resources away from healthcare, education, housing, and public infrastructure that working people and oppressed communities urgently need. Weapons and War Transnational Corporations in the field of weapons, technology and mining feed directly on U.S. led wars. They force workers to produce weapons of war used to exact massive destruction while denying them living wages, safe working conditions, and basic rights to organize. The weapons they manufacture depend on minerals extracted through super-exploitation and plunder, which devastates the environment and relies on horrific working conditions putting workers in claustrophobic spaces often exposed to toxic chemicals without proper protection. All Workers Unite Against Imperialist Wars Workers are confronting mass unemployment, skyrocketing inflation, and cuts to social services that come in the wake of the war economy. Imperialist wars only benefit the ruling class. Therefore the working class has the most stake in ending them because they pay with their lives to keep this imperialist system alive. In many countries the working people of the world are already taking the lead in the struggle for just peace, national liberation, and sovereignty against U.S. military oppression. Through militant workers' organizations, strikes that directly target the war machine, and solidarity actions with oppressed peoples, workers are resisting in multiple forms, refusing to load weapons onto ships, blocking military supply chains, and, taking up arms against U.S. military assets as well as building the missiles that target U.S. bases in West Asia. The global anti-war movement must ensure it is part and parcel of the struggle of workers, because it is workers who bear the heaviest impacts of war and who hold the power to stop it. We must forge fighting coalitions and wide-ranging alliances that connect the issue of war to the everyday concerns of the working class, from the semi-colonies on the receiving end of bombs to the migrant communities and working class in the imperialist centers as we win back what has been stolen by the war lords of the imperialist class and march towards a just and lasting peace. No to imperialist war! Workers of the world, unite for a just and lasting peace! 4/29/2026 The anti-war movement across the U.S. vehemently condemns the Toboso Massacre enacted by the U.S.-backed Armed Forces of the Philippines and joins the fight for justice for the victimsRead Now SIGN ON: tinyurl.com/Antiwarnegros19
April 29, 2026 - Anti-war organizations across the U.S. vehemently condemn and join the fight for justice for the victims of the most recent massacre enacted by the U.S.-backed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on April 19. We are grieving the loss of 19 beautiful, vibrant and dedicated individuals and raise the alarm at the forced displacement of more than 653 residents from 168 households in peasant communities in the region of Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Among the confirmed killed are beloved Filipino American activists Lyle Prijoles from California and Kai Sorem from Washington State. Lyle and Kai are part and parcel of our anti-war struggles here in the U.S., the belly of the beast and we are outraged at their murder. The attack took place while over 10,000 U.S. soldiers are currently deployed to the Philippines for the Balikatan war drills and under the context of longstanding military alliances, military aid and counterinsurgency training of the Philippines by the U.S. The evidence mounting that this was indeed a massacre by the AFP violating international humanitarian law, with U.S.-made and funded artillery and aircraft, can not be covered up by the clumsy lies of the latest counterinsurgency force in the Philippines - the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). We extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of: 1. Roel Sabillo, 19, resident of Barangay Tabunac, Toboso 2. R.J. Nichole Ledesma, 30, community journalist from Bacolod City 3. Alyssa Alano, councilor, UP Diliman Student Council 4. Maureen Keil Santuyo, 24, member, National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates (NNARA-Youth) 5. Errol Wendel, 24, member, Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura 6. Jemina Gumadlas, 15, resident of Sitio Plarending, Barangay Salamanca, Toboso 7. Lyle Prijoles, 40, of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines, from San Franciso, California (USA) 8. Kai Sorem, 26, from Seattle, Washington (USA) 9. Dexter Patajo, 17, Sitio Buklog, Barangay Lalong, Calatrava, Negros Occidental Based on the initial information we have gathered, they were killed despite the fact they were unarmed or non-combatants. Among them are a journalist, a student leader, peasant organizers, overseas human rights workers and local residents. Two of the victims were minors. We also honor red fighters of the New People's Army who fought the fascists to their last breath. They are: 1. Roger Fabillar (Ka Tapang), who served as NPA commander of the Northern Negros Front 2. Sonny Boy Caramihan, 28, from IBarangay Bagonbon, San Carlos City; 3. Rene Villarin Sr, 57, Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, squad leader; 4. Pedro Bonghanoy, medical officer, Barangay Libertad, Escalante City; 5. Arnel Javoc, 32, from Barangay Lalong, Calatrava; 6. Joros Caramihan y Ramos, 18, from Don Salvador Benedicto; 7. Maria Clarita Branzuel Blanco (Ka Sanim/Pat), Political Instructor; and 8. Genevieve Balora (Ka Raia), from Bacolod City, district Party cadre 9. Labskie Purisimia Enustacion, 33, of Sitio Tinibawan, Barangay Bug-ang, Toboso 10. Jocel Gimang, 18, of Sitio Bautista, Barangay Malasibog, Escalante City The Toboso massacre is also significant since it is the first time in the country’s history that two foreign human rights advocates have been killed in an encirclement and suppression campaign by the Philippine Army and its paramilitary forces. Lyle Prijoles with International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) and Kai Sorem with Anakbayan South Seattle had long supported the campaign in U.S. Congress to significantly reduce military aid to the Philippines owing to extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and massive displacement of rural communities. Negros, along with Samar and Bicol, was declared as a site of “lawless violence” by Memorandum Circular No. 32 (MC32) by then president Rodrigo Duterte in 2018. The memorandum was released following several extrajudicial killings of peasants and activists, including the nine members of the National Federation of Sugar Workers massacred in Sagay on October 20, 2018. Scores have been killed in Negros Island because of joint military and police operations, with the Sagay 9 massacre as a prime example of the culture of impunity trashing the rule of law and Philippine obligations under international humanitarian law. The Toboso 19 massacre is but a repeat of the Escalante massacre, September 20, 1985, in Escalante, Negros Occidental where government paramilitary forces gunned down civilians engaged in a rally in commemoration of the 13th anniversary of the declaration of martial law, during the dark days of the Marcos Sr. fascist dictatorship. It is no coincidence that this bloodshed occurred as the U.S. and Philippines' militaries conduct the annual multi-lateral Balikatan ("Shoulder-to-Shoulder") military exercises. Balikatan was launched in 2001, initially justified under the global war on terror and concentrated on counterinsurgency operations. Over time, Balikatan and dozens of other annual U.S.-Philippines military exercises evolved into mechanisms for interoperability, logistics integration, and strategic positioning. Since their beginning, the Balikatan exercises have fostered numerous human rights violations against the Filipino people. In addition to the massacre in Toboso Negros, three people were killed and two were injured in a region near the locations of the Balikatan exercises in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, including a 12-year-old Moro child, during a joint operation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the early morning of April 23, 2026. This December 2025, the U.S. PERA "Philippines Enhanced Resiliancy" Act was passed through bipartisan support in the National Defense Authorization Act in Congress giving "$2.5 billion in U.S. security assistance" to the Philippines to "deepen U.S.-Philippines defense cooperation and strengthen the defense capabilities and interoperability of the U.S.-Philippines Alliance to meet growing threats in the Indo-Pacific". This has embedded US doctrine, command structures, and operational dependence into the Armed Forces of the Philippines, which is using this playbook to kill the peasant masses struggling for their land and livelihood, and those who choose to fight alongside them. This kind of U.S. military funding, training, and support for the AFP shows the direct culpability of the U.S. military and government in the war crimes and violence committed in these massacres. While the genocide rages in Gaza, ceasefire violations continue in Lebanon and the hybrid-warfare against Iran continues in West Asia, the Zionist forces of Israel also are complicit in the massacre in the Philippines. Public records show that Israeli defense companies have supplied the Philippines with drones, radar systems, patrol vessels, and thousands of assault rifles used by police and military units. These partnerships reinforce security approaches centered on surveillance, rapid neutralization of targets, and combat-style engagement. These incidents point to a pattern of intelligence-driven raids conducted in civilian areas under the framework of “counter terrorism,” blurring the line between law enforcement and combat. The U.S. has directed conducted or backed similar massacres under so-called "combating narco terrorism" boat strike operations in the Caribbean and Pacific against Venezuelan, Colombian and Trinidadian individuals, as well as the murders in the bombings of peasants in Esmeraldas, Ecuador and the murder of five young people in Colcabamba, Peru this week by the Peruvian military under so-called "anti-trafficking" military operations. The Anti-War movement must join the fight against the military aid, exercises and U.S. military-backed operations that are not only preparing the national armies of US neo-colonies for future wars but are already emboldening fascist forces to be used by U.S. puppet government against their own people. We join the calls of our comrades in the Philippines national democratic movement for Justice for the Negros 19 in Toboso and the victims of the massacre in Zamboanga City. We demand an immediate and independent investigation into the AFP’s April 19th attack and into US funding and support for the brutal, fascist Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration. And we honor those who served the people until their last breath. Signed, Resist U.S.-Led War Movement, United National Antiwar Coalition, Antiwar Action Network, Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective, Diaspora Pa’lante Collective, Labor for Palestine, Prutehi Guahan, Black Alliance for Peace, Palestinian Youth Movement, Workers World Party, International Action Center, International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines - U.S., Juventúd Unida en la Diáspora, International League of People's Struggle - U.S. Call to Action: Justice for the Negros 19! Contact your congress members with info here: https://tinyurl.com/Negros19-Advocacy-Toolkit
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