“The US once again used the veneer of negotiations as a cover to bomb Iran.” Social media screenshot of smoke rising over Tehran By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams President Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Saturday morning that the US has launched a massive military operation aimed at toppling the Iranian government as blasts were reported in Tehran , including near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel, under the leadership of Prime Minister

Modi & Netanyahu on February 25 in Israel -- image via X The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) strongly opposes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel. The visit comes at a juncture when Israel has been waging a genocidal war in Gaza. Despite a ceasefire, there are daily violations by Israel which conducts strikes killing scores of Palestinians. In the occupied West Bank, there are stepped up attacks on Palestinians and a spurt in illegal settlements. The Mo

“What this investigation reveals is that there was a shoot first policy, and that is unlawful under international law,” said one legal expert. Image from just prior to the beginning of the massacre via video screenshot By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams An investigation published Monday meticulously dissects last year’s killing by Israeli soldiers of 15 Palestinian aid workers in southern Gaza and the Israel Defense Force’s subsequent efforts to cover up the massacre, which th

We, the undersigned Communist and Workers' Parties which have supported the struggle of Iranian people for peace, sovereignty, human and democratic rights, social justice, and against threats of imperialist attack are watching with grave concern the current developments in the country. We have received detailed reports, published by the fraternal Tudeh Party of Iran, regarding the circumstances surrounding the protest demonstrations that began on 28 December in Tehran. Acco

Image via Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped) The Workers Party has long supported the struggle of the Iranian people for peace, sovereignty, human and democratic rights and social justice. We have received detailed reports, published by our fraternal party, the Tudeh Party of Iran, setting out the circumstances surrounding the protest demonstrations that began on 28 December in Tehran which describe the brutal mass crackdown waged by the authoriti

Machado’s decision to accept the prize, supposedly contrary to the wishes of the White House, before delivering it to him in person, signifies the depth of Machado’s commitment to enact the US will on Venezuela. Trump accepting the prize -- public domain image By Nuvpreet Kalra, Common Dreams Maria Corina Machado said it was a “historic day for us Venezuelans” as she handed President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize . For the pro-Israel, far-right opposition figure in Vene

The Iranian flag draped over a burnt out building in Tehran, January 2026 -- Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, member of the Politburo and spokesperson of theTudeh Party of Iran and the editor of party’s organ, Nameh Mardom., tells the British Communist newspaper the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change HOW do you assess th

Britain's Communist Party has condemned the latest threats against Cuba and challenged the British government to uphold international law. At the party's Political Committee on Sunday (January 11) , general secretary Robert Griffiths was responding to President Trump's announcement that the 64-year long economic embargo embargo on Cuba would now include all exports of Venezuela oil to the Caribbean island. US forces have also hijacked Venezuelan and Russian-flagged oil tanker

Another Israeli genocide is not a distant threat; it is an encroaching reality that will be finalized unless it is stopped. A Gaza street, December 2025 -- image via Philippe Lazzarini of the UNRWA on X By Ramzy Baroud, Common Dreams Suppose we accept the fiction that none of us expected Israel to launch a full-scale genocide in Gaza—a premeditated campaign to erase the Strip and exterminate a significant portion of its inhabitants. Let us pretend that nearly 80 years of rel

What if Gaza agrees to surrender its weapons? Will Israel leave the Palestinians alone? Will the prospects of a just peace and Palestinian freedom increase exponentially? Netanyahu and Trump in September, 2025 -- public domain image By Ramzy Baroud, Common Dreams US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” is reportedly set to be announced before the year’s end. This news coincides with increasing reports that the US administration is serious about pushing forward the secon

Image of the protest via X Various Sources The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this year to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader known for her far right positions and explicit support for US military intervention in Venezuela. This decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee triggered considerable backlash both domestically in Norway and internationally due to Machado’s association with calls for conflict escalation, support for Israel and its genocide in Gaza and

Trump and Netanyahu with a number of US officials at the White House, September 29, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad On 26 October, Caroline Willemen of Médecins Sans Frontières stated that Israel continues to use the need for humanitarian aid in Gaza as “means of pressure”. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza has not improved significantly”, she told the press, “as water and shelter shortages persist and hundreds of thousands of people continue to live in tents

For ordinary people, survival, continuity, and self-assertion are the ultimate signs of victory against Israel, a country that does not hesitate to use genocide for temporary political gains. By Ramzy Baroud, Common Dreams For the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza , particularly by the voices of ordinary Gazans, displaying a blend of emotions that centers on two core principles: grief and defiance. Grief has characterized life

Trump and Starmer, September 25, 2025 -- Number 10 https://www.flickr.com/number10gov/, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons "Labour should quit its competition against Reform UK and the Tories to see who can sink the lowest in their grovelling to President Trump, their connivance in Israeli genocide and their attacks on human rights and democratic liberties", Robert Griffiths told the Communist Party's executive committee last weekend. "We have a Prime Minister who shows more conce

South African Communist Party condemns United States aggression against Venezuela, denounces Nobel Peace Prize on a sworn apartheid Israel supporter, an imperialist coup agent in Venezuela against a democratically elected government Saturday, 11 October 2025 : - The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns the military aggression perpetrated by the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The US military attack on Venezuela is a clear violation of int

The entry of a minimum quantity of aid to besieged Gaza, the release of all Israeli captives in return for Palestinian prisoners, the...

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As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished...

The South African Communist Party on multilateralism, Palestine, the war in Ukraine, the state of global imperialism, and Netanyahu's...

Trump and Netanyahu announcing the "plan" at the White House -- public domain image Trump’s Gaza ‘Peace Plan’ A Cover for Occupation, Not...