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Important @peoplesdispatch story on the ridiculous US kidnapping and trial of @NicolasMaduro - peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/01/us-…

Live Coverage: Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Oral Arguments aclu.org/news/immigrant…

BREAKING: As Trump announces “major combat operations” against Iran nationwide ‘NO WAR ON IRAN’ protests have been called across the U.S. on Saturday. The call to action reads, “Trump’s unprovoked, illegal attack on Iran is an act of war that threatens to cause unthinkable death and destruction. But the people of this country reject another endless war and will take to the streets now and make our voices heard.” National organizations involved include: @answercoalition, @NIACouncil , 50501, @AMPalestine, @PeoplesForumNYC , @palyouthmvmt, and @codepink. Photo is from antiwar protests in Boston during the June 2025 bombing.

WARNING: GRAPHIC ISRAELI STRIKE ON MINAB GIRLS’ SCHOOL KILLS 160 — Iran FM spox cited by ISNA

CHINA: "The US is a war addict. Throughout its over 240-year history, it has been at war for all but 16 years. The US has 800 overseas military bases in over 80 countries and regions. The US is the main cause of international disorder, global turbulence, and regional instability."

The United States and Israel bombed a girls' elementary school in Minab, southern Iran. The US-Israeli strike killed at least 40 children and injured more than 41 others. Heinous terror.

Today, February 28, 2026, the world has witnessed a grave and dangerous escalation of aggression. In the early morning hours, coordinated military strikes were launched against the sovereign territory of Iran, with explosions rocking the capital city of Tehran and other major urban centers. The International People’s Assembly strongly condemns the military strikes taken against Iran in the early morning of February 28th by the United States and Israel. This attack, conducted without clear justification, is an act of war against all the peoples of the region and threatens an even wider and more destructive conflict after two and half years of genocidal war against the people of Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. We call upon social movements, political parties, labor unions, and all people of conscience around the world to demonstrate their opposition to this aggression. It is essential to uphold the principle that sovereign nations have the right to determine their own future. #StopTheWar #StopTheAgression #Iran

🚨 CODEPINK STATEMENT on U.S.-Israeli War on Iran On Saturday, February 28th, the United States and Israel bombed Iran’s capital. Shortly after,  President Donald Trump announced a planned prolonged war against Iran and stated that American servicemembers would likely be killed in the process. He addressed Iranians, telling them to stay inside because bombs would be dropping all over Iran, and called on them to overthrow their government. Iran’s state media has already reported dozens of female students dead after an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, was struck. The self-proclaimed “peace president” has launched yet another endless war – risking millions of human lives. The entire world should be outraged. This morning’s attack is a continuation of the U.S. and Israel’s attempts to enact a bloody regime change in Iran, disregarding the sovereignty of the 90 million Iranians living there. Throughout both of Trump’s terms, his administration has marched us closer to war with Iran, including: Withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) on May 8, 2018, a landmark diplomatic agreement imposing restrictions on Iran’s capacity for nuclear weapon development; Enacting a “maximum pressure” strategy centered on inhumane, severe economic sanctions that have directly impacted the livelihood of all 80 million Iranian citizens; Assassinating Major General Qasem Soleimani on January 3rd, 2020, in Iraq; And carrying out three bombing campaigns against Iranian nuclear sites, despite having intelligence that Iran had no nuclear weapons, on June 21, 2025, while in the middle of negotiations with Iran over the nuclear program. The most recent “justification” for attacking Iran is the stalled nuclear talks with the United States. The farce of Iran "almost building out its nuclear programs" has been used by Israel and the US for decades. If this were truly about limiting the scope and use of nuclear weapons, the Trump Administration would be engaging in good-faith diplomacy. Instead, this was a deliberate propaganda war against Iran in an attempt to justify bombing innocent people to benefit the U.S. proxy state of Israel. In addition to the false narratives about nuclear weapons, Trump and Netanyahu have used the protests in Iran as an impetus for bombings, but what the protestors want is a better quality of life. We know freedom and peace can’t come from the U.S. bombing a country; we learned that in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Vietnam. War kills people; it doesn’t save them. The economic situation in Iran is dire, and it is incredibly human to demand better in the face of such hardship. However, bombing the country will do nothing but kill people who are demanding an affordable life, tearing people’s lives apart for the conquest of more land and regional control. What the U.S. should be doing is lifting the sanctions that have starved Iran of medical supplies and food while degrading Iran’s currency. Our demands are simple: No war on Iran: Nearly 70% of Americans oppose another war and reject the endless cycle of military interventions carried out in their name. End the U.S. sanctions: War will not fix the economic situation in Iran; it will kill working-class Iranians. U.S.-imposed sanctions are strangling the Iranian economy. No bloody regime change: Iran has done nothing to threaten the United States. Diplomacy now: Iran did not leave the nuclear deal with the U.S.; Trump did. The world does not need another U.S.-Israeli-made catastrophe. The Iranian people deserve sovereignty. The Middle East deserves actual peace. And people in the United States deserve a future not stolen by endless war.

In response to U.S. and Israeli aggression, Iran has launched retaliatory missile and drone strikes on U.S. military assets in the region. Reports say U.S. bases and radar installations have been hit in Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

BREAKING: Colombian President Gustavo Petro says the latest ship bombed by the U.S. off Venezuela’s coast was a Colombian vessel carrying Colombian citizens. Petro warns Trump has now triggered a “war scenario” in the Caribbean. “This is no war against smuggling,” Petro said. “It is a war for oil, and it must be stopped by the world.”

#FromTheSouth News Bits | Venezuela: Citizens rejected and condemned the United States military attack against the Bolivarian country. “The empire will not take our wealth.”

What mainstream media won’t show you: Thousands across Caracas took the streets today to denounce Saturday’s US attack and to demand the return of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.

La ministra de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia, Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, deja claro que si EE.UU agrede a Colombia según el orden internacional tienen el "derecho a la defensa". Después de lo de Venezuela, Trump ha amenazado a México, Cuba y Colombia

@factsandfire Love it!!!

War criminals don’t deserve peace because they don’t believe in it.

HANDS OFF HAITI Today, we joined @Blacks4Peace's emergency rally outside of the United Nations as the Security Council voted on "gang suppression" to expand US occupation and imperialism in Haiti.

On Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025, the UN Security Council voted to adopt a resolution drafted by the U.S. and Panama that would create a so-called “Gang Suppression Force” (GSF) to invade Haiti. The Black Alliance for Peace unequivocally condemns the adoption of this resolution.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay Columbus brought Portugal’s plantation blueprint to the Caribbean: slavery, sugar, coffee, deforestation. Haiti is the 1st Spanish settlement, & it’s environmental struggles aren’t “Black mismanagement”. They are legacy of EU colonialism. Salopianhistorian

Until the killing has stopped completely & Palestine is recognized as a free State, we cannot say Palestinians are free. We also must remember genocides & injustices happening! Free Haiti Free Yemen Free Panama Free Puerto Rico Free Hawaii Free Palestine Free Congo Free Sudan

The myth of the "free market" was always imposed, at the barrel of a gun, on poor nations by rich imperial powers. The British empire imposed "free trade" on its colonies. Now that China challenges Western monopolies, the West returns to protectionism, from US tariffs to this:

#Nicaragua | Foreign Affairs Minister Valdrack Jaentschke said that China has become a peaceful power, demonstrating the goodwill that everyone can escape poverty. telesurenglish.net/nicaragua-prai…