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NO NUCLEAR BULLYING!

by justpeace87

Resist US Imperialist Wars of Aggression and Nuclear Bullying!

Statement of the ILPS on the the 81st Anniversary of the US Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Read last year’s statement

Download the primer: Nuclear Weapons, US Imperialism, and the Fight for Just and Lasting Peace

The International League of Peoples’ Struggle marks the 81st anniversary of the US nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with renewed vigour to struggle against the US war machine and the threat that nuclear-armed imperialist states pose to the world today. The League calls on its members to expose the hypocrisy of the US, “Israel”, and other Western nuclear-armed states in using supposed “prevention of nuclear proliferation” to wage wars of aggression against their rival states like Iran all while increasing their own nuclear stockpiles to catastrophic levels.

On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States obliterated the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively with nuclear weapons – the only time it has been used against civilians. The ground temperature reached up to 4000 degrees Celsius (7,200 degrees Fahrenheit), killing over 200,000 people. The reason for the bombing was not to end the war, as the Soviet Union’s victory over Japan in occupied Manchuria would have proven to be decisive for surrender. Rather, it was to solidify the United States as the top imperialist power that was not afraid to use nuclear weapons in war, especially the rising socialist and national liberation movements at the close of World War 2.

The subsequent proliferation of nuclear weapons after World War II, its use for intimidation by imperialist powers such as the US, and its contrasting use for resistance by socialist countries and/or those asserting their national sovereignty such as the USSR and DPRK is covered in our statement last year, which is hyperlinked here.

Last year’s anniversary occurred shortly after the Twelve-Day War, where the US and ”Israel“ attacked Iran under the pretext of ‘non-compliance with its nuclear obligations to the IAEA’. Since then, the United States and “Israel” have launched yet another war of aggression against Iran and other forces within the Axis of Resistance such as in Lebanon and Yemen.

It is clear that their true intention is to conquer Iran, the fulcrum of the Axis of Resistance that prevents full US-Zionist domination of the region. The Islamic Republic of Iran has, since its founding, expressed publicly that it never intends to build a nuclear weapon and has asserted its right to develop a civilian nuclear energy and research program. Such fear-mongering against Iran is hypocritical when “Israel” possesses several of its own without the oversight of the IAEA. It is even more hypocritical when Trump has threatened to attack Iran with “the biggest attack since World War II,” a direct reference to the its own nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Calling for the abolition of all nuclear weapons is unrealistic and tantamount to supporting imperialist hegemony when the United States still holds one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world. Instead, we call for the US to be disarmed of all nuclear weapons as it is historically proven to be the #1 threat to the world’s people and the leading factor of the nuclear arms race. ILPS once again calls to build broad alliances and wage militant struggle to end US imperialism, the number one nuclear terrorist in the world, as a step towards ending the imperialist system as a whole and therefore the logic that gives rise to the existential threat to humanity that nuclear weapons are.

We can achieve genuine just and lasting peace in this world once imperialism, the biggest driver of war and weapons of mass destruction, is crushed, swept, and thrown into the dustbin of history. 81 years later, the League calls to continue our efforts to intensify the struggle and broaden our international united front against US imperialism, forward our struggles of national liberation and sovereignty, and fight for a socialist future that would make complete disarmament of nuclear weapons even a possibility.

Signed,

International League of Peoples’ Struggle

Resist US Imperialist Wars of Aggression and Nuclear Bullying!

BOLIVIAN PEOPLE STAND STRONG

by justpeace87

Bolivian People Stand Strong and Demand President Rodrigo Paz To Resign!

Statement of the ILPS Bolivia Country Chapter – Originally Published May 22, 2026

The International League of Peoples’ Struggle, Chuquisaca Chapter, condemns the advance of neoliberal policies driven by imperialist interests and stands in solidarity with the protests organized by social organizations, trade unions, and grassroots communities.

Since late 2025, Bolivia has been engulfed in one of the most serious political and economic crisis in its modern history. The victory of US-backed, centre-right President Rodrigo Paz Pereira in October 2025 — ending nearly two decades of Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) governance — raised concerns that the economic program of the new government is redirecting towards neoliberal policies. In December 2025, his administration’s decision to eliminate long-standing fuel subsidies through Supreme Decree 5503, dubbed the ‘Gasolinazo,’ doubled fuel prices overnight and ignited a nationwide wave of protests. This was followed by another anti-peasant Law 1720 which opens the door to a major landgrab by the local elite and foreign corporations. The protests, led by miners, teachers, Indigenous communities, and labor unions under the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), have escalated into calls for Paz’s resignation amid fuel shortages, soaring inflation, and economic reforms that serve elite and foreign interests rather than ordinary Bolivians.

As members of the Chuquisaca chapter of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS), we declare that Bolivia is at a decisive historical juncture. Allowing the advance of neoliberal policies driven by agro-industrial elites, with a government subservient to imperialist interests and foreign to the people, would mean deepening the economic, social, and political crisis afflicting our country. In light of this situation, we declare: We support the mobilization of social organizations, unions, trade associations, and popular sectors demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, as the measures taken by the government have systematically harmed the vast majority of the population and, especially, the most impoverished sectors of the country. Since coming to power, the government of Rodrigo Paz—elected with the vote of the popular social bloc under a nationalist and populist platform—has betrayed the people’s expectations by governing in favor of the economic elites. Under the contradictory slogan of “Capitalism for All,” he has imposed anti-people decrees and policies: the lifting of fossil fuel subsidies, a wage freeze, the promotion of privatizations, and the opening of the country to imperialist interference, applying the neoliberal recipe that has caused so much harm to Bolivia and the region.

These measures have further deteriorated the living conditions of working people, who are now taking to the streets. We reject the privatization attempts and the package of laws promoted by the government, as they constitute a violation of the Political Constitution of the State and respond to the impositions of the International Monetary Fund, subjecting the country to usurious loans that jeopardize our sovereignty and condemn the people to greater levels of poverty and dependence. We also denounce the persistent racism expressed in government discourse and amplified by the media apparatus that supports it. A discourse of hate has been deliberately instilled against the mobilized sectors, criminalizing indigenous, peasant, and working-class identities, and promoting division among Bolivians. Acts such as the burning of the Wiphala—a national symbol and historical emblem of the struggle of the indigenous and peasant peoples—demonstrate the elites’ profound contempt for the plurinational character of our State. We denounce the excessive use of violence by police forces and the militarization of repression against the mobilized population. The indiscriminate use of chemical agents and lethal force has resulted in injuries, deaths, and serious collateral damage. Police and military institutions must serve to protect the people, not to persecute and kill them.

Likewise, we denounce the manipulation of the justice system and its subjugation to the executive branch, evidenced by the arrest warrants issued against COB leaders and other social leaders, as well as the mass detention of protesters treated as criminals simply for wearing a poncho or a pollera or for representing the popular and indigenous identity of our country. We support the organization and revolutionary mobilization of the indigenous, worker, and union bloc in defense of our homeland and the interests of the Bolivian people, against those who seek to hand over our natural resources and subject the country to foreign interests. Bolivia’s resources are not for sale. Our dignity, our sovereignty, and the Plurinational State are non-negotiable. We are a country of 36 nations that firmly resists neoliberalism and imperialism; a people who will not kneel or accept becoming lackeys of external powers.

International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) – Bolivia Chapter

Chuquisaca Department Cell