US Military
Hundreds of activists set to protest expansion of US militarism in Korea

Activists are set to mobilize across the country to call for the cancellation of Freedom Shield military exercises between the US and Republic of Korea

Colombian social movements reject US-Colombia military exercises in Pacific Ocean

In a communiqué, the Peoples’ Congress declared that this military action was an attack on the sovereignty and independence of several Latin American countries

Hundreds march in San Diego to demand an end to US-led RIMPAC “war games”

The mass mobilization was organized by the Cancel RIMPAC to oppose US militarism, environmental degradation, and imperialism

Current and former US military personnel build a movement for Palestine within their ranks

Peoples Dispatch speaks to US veterans who are standing against their government’s complicity in genocide and organizing more to do the same

Milei celebrates violent repression of thousands protesting hunger in Argentina

Police cracked down on a protest of thousands of workers in the capital who demanded the government listen to its demands to send food to the community kitchens and address the growing hunger in the country

In major escalation, US bombs Iraq and Syria

The United States is now actively bombing Syria, Iraq, and Yemen in a regional West Asian conflict that the Western nation has only widened

US and UK intensify airstrikes on Yemen, hitting capital Sanaa and other locations

Despite facing a bombing campaign by the US and UK, the Houthis have asserted that they will not be deterred and will continue to target ships heading to Israel until the war in Gaza ends

Affirmative action is upheld in military academies. Why might “diversity” matter to the US military?

The US Supreme Court struck down race-based admissions in civilian universities but left military academies alone. The military’s relentless recruitment of the poor and dispossessed could be to blame

Civilian deaths in US operations US military says it killed 12 civilians abroad in 2021; rights groups claim under-reporting

The US military’s claims have been disputed by various groups who claim that the number of civilian casualties has been deliberately underreported to avoid criticism and accountability 

Assange extradition UK Home Secretary authorizes extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Assange’s legal team will now have 14 days to appeal against the decision in the High Court. The move has been widely condemned as a“dark day for press freedom”

Iwakuni residents fight back against US military presence

Residents of Iwakuni, which hosts one of the largest US foreign bases, recently announced that they will file a lawsuit that could have wider implications for foreign military bases in Japan

Assange US extradition case goes to UK Home Secretary, appeals remain and other stories

Today we look at the formal extradition order issued against Julian Assange, police repression of protests amid the crisis in Sri Lanka, and more