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European Peace Movements Organize Against Militarization

March 20, 2026 Oana Uiorean, People's Dispatch. , , , ,
Trade unionists, activists, organizers and politicians from the region came together in Brussels on March 14 for a peace conference organized by the Stop Militarization platform. A one-day event in the heart of the EU capital, the gathering brought together 350 participants and offered a plenary session that traced the general issues at the heart of the conference, followed by a choice between four workshops covering European rearmament, youth organizing against militarization, the false promises of military Keynesianism and the genocide in Palestine. The closing plenary centred trade unions that organize against the war industry.

Militarization Of The Arctic

March 15, 2026 Renate Bridenthal, Geopolitical Economy. , , , ,
The Arctic has increasingly dominated headlines. Most dramatically, President Trump announced his intention to annex Greenland to the United States. By imagining the Western Hemisphere to extend northward, Trump renders Greenland subject to his corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the latest expression of U.S. imperial ambition in the region, with its claims on resources and regional domination. This imperial logic, which has historically treated the Western Hemisphere as a U.S. sphere of influence, now reaches into the Arctic.

100,000 Join National Strike Against Austerity In Belgium

March 13, 2026 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. , , , , , ,
On Thursday, March 12, 100,000 people joined another national demonstration and strike against the anti-people reforms of the so-called Arizona coalition in Belgium. Trade unions, feminist networks, international solidarity organizations, and many more took to the streets in Brussels to oppose plans to promote and finance militarization at the expense of workers’ salaries and pensions. “Our main messages today are: first, ‘stop the pension malus,’ because it’s a punishment that will affect people who can’t work until age 67,” Selena Carbonero Fernandez, general secretary of the trade union confederation FGTB-ABVV, told local media ahead of the action.

Trump’s New Tool For Hemispheric Military Coordination

March 11, 2026 Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. , , , ,
This past weekend, the Trump administration secured an alliance with its partners in Latin America and the Caribbean. The so-called “Shield of the Americas” is an alliance between 13 countries in the Americas to undertake intelligence, security, and even military actions aimed at preserving US hegemony, which could be threatened by other world powers. The creation of the alliance was agreed upon during the “Shield of the Americas” Summit held this past weekend in Doral, Florida. Regarding the alliance, the US State Department declared: “This historic coalition of nations will work together to advance strategies that stop foreign interference in our hemisphere, criminal and narco-terrorist gangs and cartels, and illegal and mass immigration.”

Cuban President Denounces ‘Small Reactionary And Neocolonial Summit’

March 9, 2026 Resumen English. , , , ,
“An attack on the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, an attack on the aspirations for regional integration, and a manifestation of the willingness to subordinate oneself to the interests of the powerful neighbor to the north under the precepts of the Monroe Doctrine.” The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, denounced on his X account the Shield of the Americas summit, which is being held under the auspices of the US president.

Mass Detention Facility Expansion In The US And The Fight Back

February 23, 2026 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. , , , ,
While there has been an ongoing expansion of immigrant detention centers in the United States for nearly two decades, the government recently allocated $38.3 billion to put that on hyperdrive in order to add the capacity to detain 92,000 more people. The government is purchasing warehouses in communities across the US and even considering using military bases. Clearing the FOG speaks with journalist Sam Carliner about the expansion, who is being detained, the appalling conditions in these prisons, who is profiting and how communities are organizing to stop what are essentially concentration camps.

Canadian PM Unveils ‘Unprecedented’ Defense Plan

February 19, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
The Canadian government has announced a major new defense plan aimed at reducing reliance on Washington, which the country’s premier said was “no longer viable.” "We've relied too heavily on our geography and others to protect us,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on 17 February. “This has created vulnerabilities that we can no longer afford and dependencies that we can no longer sustain,” he went on to say. A statement from the prime minister’s office said the new defense industrial strategy amounts to an investment of “over half a trillion dollars (US $366 billion) in Canadian security, economic prosperity, and our sovereignty.”

This Newsletter Will Make You Angry

February 13, 2026 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. , , ,
A few months ago, I travelled with a team from our institute to Cauca, Colombia, to meet with a range of organisations affiliated with the Popular Unity Process of Southwest Colombia (PUPSOC), a coalition of organisations that defend the land and rights of rural communities. Cauca is home to coca-growing campesino (peasant) communities, where families do not plant coca out of ‘choice’ but because dispossession and state abandonment have closed off dignified livelihoods for them. Their labour barely sustains them, yet their crops are drawn into an obscenely lucrative global value chain of suffering.

A Primer On The Role Of ICE And How To Fight It

February 12, 2026 Iker Suarez, Black Agenda Report. , , ,
The fight against ICE has galvanized millions of people in the US into what some have called its first general strike since 1946. People are rejecting this invading force en masse, asserting in the streets that an attack against one is an attack against all. But the struggle is far from over. In 2025, Trump added $75 billion to ICE’s previous $10 billion budget, which, if spent evenly across a four-year period, would amount to tripling its annual funds. This makes it better funded than “all other federal law enforcement agencies combined.” The plan is thus for ICE’s operations to undergo a drastic and rapid expansion.

Costa Rica Deepens Alignment With US-Backed Right-Wing Forces

February 9, 2026 Jimmy Zúñiga Wallace, Geopolitical Economy. , , , , ,
Costa Rica held elections on February 1, 2026, and right-wing presidential candidate Laura Fernández Delgado won decisively, exceeding the 40% threshold required to avoid a runoff. Fernández’s campaign was run almost entirely on one promise: continuing what incumbent President Rodrigo Chaves started back in 2022. Just a few days after the electoral authorities declared her the winner, Chaves appointed Fernández as his new minister of the presidency, reinforcing the idea that the newly elected government will be a continuation of the previous one.

Red Lines And Artificial Intelligence Warfare

February 5, 2026 Matilda Byrne, Consortium News. , , ,
Australia appears to be moving head first into unregulated AI warfare and this shocking possibility almost never makes the mainstream media. In the last decade, there’s been a massive acceleration in the militarisation of artificial intelligence (AI). Addressing the United Nations Security Council in late September, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong stated that, “decisions of life and death must never be delegated to machines, and together we must set the rules and establish the norms.”  The advancement of AI in weapons is occurring across all areas: autonomous-piloted aircraft, drones, submarines, robot tanks and guns.

Militarization Is Spreading Through Germany’s Health Sector

February 1, 2026 Peoples Health Dispatch, People's Dispatch. , , ,
At this point, in Germany, public funds are being used not only for defense, but also for shaping public attitudes. The Bundeswehr (the German armed forces) now publishes official videos showing German soldiers at night, by firelight, shouting “hurrah” when their general tells them they are working toward becoming “capable of winning.” The German army wants to win again. Beware, Europe. When they discuss a possible war, officials speak of the “Eastern Front,” and the “enemy” in public debate is clearly Russia – often personalized as Vladimir Putin. In our view, this taps into old anti-Russian sentiments and is becoming increasingly irrational.

Puerto Rico’s Mothers Against War Turn To Revolutionary Love

January 20, 2026 Andrea Contreras, Portside. , , , ,
In a blurry black-and-white Polaroid from 1971, Sonia Santiago Hernández reenacts an image of the Madonna and Child. Only 21 years old, she wears a miniskirt and sandals, and oversize sunglasses sit perched on her forehead. She stands in contrapposto outside the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras in San Juan, gazing serenely at her newborn son Gabriel. Since his birth, Gabriel had been her companion at every Vietnam War protest that she attended, shuffling between student comrades who took turns holding him. In the months before her pregnancy, Santiago had been on hunger strike for 26 days.

‘Militarization Of Rules And Minds’ In Europe Threatens Workers And Welfare

January 20, 2026 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. , , , , ,
The militarization of Europe is advancing rapidly, with everything from public budgets to media narratives increasingly shaped by a war-driven logic. This was one of the key warnings raised by trade unionists, left politicians, and peace activists during a discussion organized by the International Peace Bureau and the No to War – No to NATO network. At the level of the European Union, Belgian MEP Marc Botenga warned that existing rules and safeguards are being pushed aside to accelerate the new military-industrial strategy. He pointed to recent discussions around so-called omnibus legislative packages, particularly proposals designed to ease the operations of the arms industry at the expense of labor rights, environmental protections, and social welfare systems.

History Of Remilitarization Of Japan

January 16, 2026 Rachel Clark, Popular Resistance. , , ,
I just came back from the annual VFP Peace Speaking Tour in Okinawa and mainland Japan. During the 3-week tour, we witnessed the unimaginable scale of their remilitarization. Before I start talking about Japan, here is my basic understanding of the geopolitical strategy of the United States. You may or may not agree with what I am going to say. But please bear with me: For the United States, which aspires to be the world's sole hegemonic power, there are three major obstacles that refuse to acquiésce: Russia, Iran, and China. 
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