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Palestine is our Compass

by justpeace87

Palestine is United, Undefeated, and the Compass of the World! – International League of Peoples’ Struggle

Statement of the ILPS on the Occassion of the Al Aqsa Flood Anniversary 2025

The International League of People’s Struggle joins the Palestinian people and all freedom loving people of the world in celebrating the second anniversary of the Al Aqsa Flood operation against the US-Zionist occupation, and calls on all of its members to heighten their solidarity to end the genocide of the Palestinian people. The Al Aqsa Flood campaign exposes in stark terms the apartheid of occupation on Palestinian lands and achieved through the capture of “Israeli” captives by resistance forces the weakness of the overweening power of Zionist fascism.

The US-Zionist genocide against the Palestinian people has raged on for the past two years. At least 65,000 are confirmed dead from bombardment, shelling, and indiscriminate gunfire from the Zionists. Hundreds of thousands more are still missing under the rubble or have been systematically starved to death by occupation forces. Aid has been deliberately blocked and used as a weapon to lure people in Gaza into death traps to be shot by the combination of Zionist soldiers and the US special forces of the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” that amounts to nothing more than a mercenary gang under the control of “Israel.” Complete destruction of sanitation systems, healthcare facilities, food production areas, and other crimes have had the goal of manufacturing an ecological disaster in Gaza to force the people to either die or leave to make way for Zionist resettlement of the area under the patronage of Western financial investors.

Yet the Palestinian people continue to fight on. October 7 2023 launched the heroic Al Aqsa Flood national liberation operation that pushes the Palestinian resistance to fight back until today, and the people in general to remain steadfast on their land by any means necessary. While the Trump-backed “Peace Plan” that the US and Zionists have offered to the resistance attempts to destroy the political power of Palestine over Gaza, the resistance remains united and clear eyed in their responses at the negotiating table and on the battlefield. Meanwhile, the people of the West Bank have continued to rise up and resist the attempts of the Zionist military to implement their annexation plans as the people fight to keep Palestine united as one.

The Zionist regime is near collapse and more isolated than anytime before with the fascist Netanyahu regime fully exposed for its utterly corrupt and bloodthirsty character, while the inherently genocidal nature of the Zionist settler colonial project in Palestine throughout its entire history is on the minds of more people around the world than ever before. As the resistance and the people remain steadfast to the principles of self-determination and ending the genocidal war led by the US and Zionists, the people of the world continue to pressure their governments to cut their ties with the Zionist entity in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Longtime supporters of the Zionist entity have been forced to cancel arm shipments after having been pressured by mobilization of the people of their countries, while popular governments such as Colombia have cut all ties diplomatically, and independent anti-imperialist governments such as Iran and Yemen continue to confront the Zionists openly in solidarity with Palestine as part of the Axis of Resistance.

The ILPS recently launched the “Right to Resist” International People’s Tribunal for Palestine to contribute to the global solidarity efforts of the Palestinian people, after calling for the convening of such a Tribunal during its 7th International Assembly. The Tribunal, to be held in Barcelona this November 22 – 23, will have witnesses testifying to the horrors of the US-Zionist genocidal crimes of ecocide and forced starvation, but also to the steadfastness of the Palestinian people to remain on their land by any means necessary.

The US and Zionists have been unable to break the will of the resistance and the people. The global solidarity movement taking to the streets, and even the seas in the case of the Global Sumud Flotilla, have continued to unite with their numbers swelling in hundreds of thousands to fight for an end to the genocide, break the siege, and assert the right to resist.

October 7th is a beacon for all national liberation movements and anti-imperialist struggles that shows what is possible when a people stand united and with a will to give any sacrifice as a price for freedom. This October 7th 2025, the world must continue to stand with Palestine.

Peacebuilding and Social Development!

by justpeace87

To: Media Relations Office, Global Affairs Canada 

Reply of Just Peace Committee to the Joint Statement of the G7 Foreign Ministers published on March 14, 2025

PEACEBUILDING AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PEOPLE!

Upon studying the Joint Statement of the G7 Foreign Ministers of March 2025, Just Peace Committee is stunned by the foreign ministers neglect of people’s needs and commitment to warmaking. We object because it ought to address climate change and renewable energy, economic security for the poor and sustainable economic development, women’s security, and peacebuilding through de-escalation, negotiations and demilitarization.

The Foreign Ministers’ Joint Statement is dishonest, arrogant and belligerent, particularly in its positions on the Ukraine War, Haiti, the Middle East, China, Venezuela and North Korea. You talk about peaceful intentions and efforts when you have been engaged in military interventions and provocations. You talk about the G7 as a factor for peace when it is clearly a factor for war.

Ukraine

You say you want prosperity, security and independence for Ukraine, yet you as NATO members and allies have interfered, stirred up conflict and played a large part in the destruction of Ukraine. Led by the US, you backed a coup against a Russia friendly president to install one who was not, encouraging fascist entities along the way. You did nothing about the attacks and exclusionary policies against ethnic Russians that went on for many years. You pushed NATO forces to encircle Russia, endangering its security and provoking it, after several warnings, to attack Ukraine. When there have been opportunities to negotiate peace before, you prevented a resolution and kept funding and supplying Ukraine against ethnic Russians and Russian intervention forces. Even now as the US and Russia are arranging a ceasefire to eastern Ukraine, the UK, Germany and Canada want to keep militarizing Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of people have perished and around two million have fled in the three years of war. Today, as a ceasefire is being discussed between the US and Russia, you expect the dominant force, Russia, to give concessions.

West Asia (“middle east”)

We oppose the state of Israel’s merciless assault on civilians in Gaza over the past 18 months, which has killed 10’s of thousands of children and defenseless elders, women, infants and hospital staff as well as journalist and aid workers. Self-defense in response to the Palestinian resistance’s assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, was justified. Their continued cry of self-defence is false, however, because of their vicious and blanket assaults on civilians. We call for the release of all captives. We thoroughly condemn, however, the daily mass slaughter since then. We contest Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, as you should. We thoroughly condemn the US and its allies supplying arms and funds to the Israeli government; without this massive support, the genocidal campaign could not have been waged for long. The US and Canada should remove their forces from the area (Canada’s Operation Proteus). You are complicit. There is no negotiating such terrible crimes. The US and allies among you simply could have stopped assisting the slaughter if you had wanted to end it.

We express our support for the people of Syria and Lebanon, as both countries work towards peaceful and stable political futures. At this critical juncture, we reiterated the importance of Syria’s and Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. We call unequivocally for the rejection of terrorism in Syria. Israeli and Turkish forces should leave Syria. Stop supporting these actors in Syria! We condemn strongly the recent escalation of violence in the coastal regions of Syria and call for the protection of civilians and for perpetrators of atrocities to be held accountable. We stressed the critical importance of an inclusive and Syrian-led political process. We welcome efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. As for Iran, the belligerence and provocations must end. Foreign meddling, espionage and assistance to criminal and anti-government elements in other countries must stop.

We are aware that most of the G7 states possess nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons capable equipment, which makes you all great security threats. All parties should withdraw and dismantle their nuclear weapons. You and all states should sign the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Venezuela

You took part in attempts to stage coups in 2002 and 2019. The US illegally took control over Venezuela’s state petroleum enterprise, CITCO. You refused to recognize the elected leadership and presented an imposter, Juan Guaidó, whom you allowed to steal Venezuelan wealth. Canada led a hostile contingent they called the Lima Group. You spread lies. Rather than trying to support a democratic process and help the Venezuelan people, you are trying to destabilize the country and your sanctions are causing great hardship.

Haiti

The US, France and Canada have been actively meddling in Haiti, propping up unelected and anti-people leaders and training armed forces, some of whom are criminals, to suppress the people’s just movement for democracy (free and fair elections) and socio-economic development in the name of fighting gangs.

The G7 statement to “restore democracy, security and stability” in Haiti is beyond disingenuous and outrageous. It was the US, Canada and France that overthrew the democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti in 2004 that has led to the political crisis and gang violence in Haiti today where there are no elected officials in the country. There has been no accountability on our countries for causing this regime change and ensuing immense suffering to the people of Haiti over the past twenty years.

China

The G7 foreign ministers’ statement demonizes China, which has not started any wars in 40 years and has the Belt and Road program that developing countries are signing onto in the desperate hope of development something that the G7 countries have denied them by blocking the New International Economic Order for fifty years. China is seen as a trust partner in development and has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty in the country, for it is helping many countries with infrastructure and building high speed rail, public transit systems, health clinics, universities, etc. China is the world leader on renewable energy technologies. While China has repeatedly called for win-win solutions, it is the G7 countries that are militarizing the Indo-Pacific and constantly provoking China by sailing our warships right on their coast and arming Taiwan! Imagine if China were arming Quebec to violently separate from Canada. It is the G7 that is expressly militarizing the Indo-Pacific with the aggressive U.S. and Canadian Indo-Pacific strategies, AUKUS, NATO partners in Asia, more US bases in the region etc. It is the US that has repeatedly called China a threat and an enemy.

North Korea

At the same time, the G7 countries and their partners have been encircling North Korea and constantly conducting war maneuvers, even mock invasions. You keep the region destabilized and pose a threat with your high degree of militarization and anti-North Korea propaganda, rather than promoting peace on the peninsula and working towards a peace treat between North Korea and the US. North Korea is no threat; it has to maintain military defense because of your threats. You should contribute to demilitarizing the region.

Africa

As for Africa, the US and NATO must shut down AFRICOM and stop the interference in African countries to put and keep favoured political figures in power and have access to African assets. The US and NATO presence does not help or defend the African people.

The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network, a collection of some 50 groups interested in just peace across Canada, rejects the Joint Statement of the G7 Foreign Ministers. It fosters militarization while posturing as pro-peace. It denies your own responsibility for destabilization, war and global insecurity. It is self-centered and alien to international law. It completely disregards the peoples’ needs. In fact, it ignores the destruction to societies for which you are in large part responsible. We, like so many others in Canada, do not want to continue on the same path. We want de-escalation and de-militarization, increased social spending, a ban on nuclear weapons and peaceful global relations for mutual gain without ideological imperatives. We want negotiated resolutions with local people involvement that help the affected people. You must begin peacebuilding and serving socio-economic development, not military development.

Justpeace.blog/           www.facebook.com/jpVancouver

by justpeace87

for Palestinian Land Day

Statement of the ILPS

ILPS commemorates Palestinian Land Day in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle for self-determination against Zionist settler-colonialism actively seizing their land and attempting to exterminate them. In the face of the renewed genocidal offensive by the Zionist entity, we call on members to militantly stand with the Palestinian people and their resistance in their fight to end the occupation of their historic land.

First commemorated in 1976 following a general strike in which 6 Palestinians were massacred by the Zionist entity while protesting land stolen from the Arab villages of Sakhalin and Arraba, Palestinian Land Day has stood as a day of national unity of Palestinians for the demands of the return of their land, the end of the Zionist occupation and settlements, and the right of return for Palestinians. At the end of the day, the struggle for Palestinian self-determination is a struggle for their land against Zionism and U.S. imperialism.

Since the Balfour Declaration in 1917, British and then U.S. imperialism has supported and used Zionism as a tool to dispossess the Palestinian people of their land in their attempts to carve up West Asia. Sanctioned in the UN’s Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947 and enacted by the Zionist settlers through the Nakba in 1948, half of the Palestinian population was displaced and dispossessed of their land. Since then, the Zionist entity supported fully by the new hegemon—U.S. imperialism—has continued to violently uproot more Palestinian people and occupy more of their land with aims to annex the West Bank, Gaza, and whole countries in West Asia through its aspirations for a ‘Greater Israel’. The continued barbaric imperialist control by the U.S. and Zionist occupation of Palestine is based on the significance of West Asia’s massive reserves of fossil fuels, but also strategic trade routes critical for transporting plundered resources from Africa and the Asia-Pacific to Europe.

In general, imperialism will always aim to expel the oppressed and toiling peoples from their land in order to deprive them of their livelihood and self-determination so they cannot act as a united political force against their oppressors. This is why the imperialists support and create fascist puppet and settler states such as the Zionist entity, which has a messianic drive to separate the people from their land and whose main ideology is to exterminate the people at all costs to do this. Land is life and central to the struggle of the Palestinian people alongside those in the countryside in the colonies and semi-colonies across the world for national and social liberation.

Now, with an over year-long genocide conducted by the Zionist entity with the full support of U.S. imperialism that has spilled over to Lebanon and Syria after the Al-Aqsa Flood, the demands that Palestinian Land Day stands on must be propagated internationally to isolate the Zionist entity and weaken a limb of imperialism in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Now, more than ever, the peoples across the world must take the streets and show unconditional solidarity with the people of Palestine and their demand for sovereignty, ending the occupation, and a right to return to their historic land.

Condemn the end of the Gaza Ceasefire

by justpeace87

Statement of the ILPS

ILPS militantly condemns the continuation of indiscriminate airstrikes by the U.S.-Zionist entity and the deliberate engineering of the end of the Gaza ceasefire. This is part of the war of extermination against the Palestinian people that the U.S.-Zionist entity has continuously pursued to advance its expansionist settler-colonial project. The Palestinian people and its unified resistance continue to stand strong in the face of genocide and will continue to resist until the Zionist occupation has ceased to exist.

In the last 24 hours, more than 400 displaced Palestinian civilians have been killed while asleep in their tents in Gaza from the indiscriminate airstrikes, with at least 560 wounded. Since October 7th, 2023, there have been at least 70,000 Palestinian people killed with over 1.8 million displaced by this genocide. Beyond the Zionist entity’s genocide against the Palestinian people, their bloody hands have killed 2,720 Lebanese people with over 1.4 million displaced by their invasion of Lebanon since October 1st, 2024.

The end of the ceasefire was engineered with the full cooperation of the United States, not the resistance forces of Palestine as the imperialist press is propagating. In the words of the Zionist entity’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, “The operation in Gaza is gradual, and we have planned it over the past few weeks since the appointment of the new Chief of Staff [of the IDF, Eyal Zamir].” These developments are not surprising, as the Zionist entity was blocking humanitarian aid and withholding Palestinian hostages since the beginning of the ceasefire deal, but this new surprise offensive by the Zionist entity with consultation and support from the U.S. shows a further commitment to a war of extermination against the Palestinian people for their settler-colonial project and marks the U.S.’s additional focus against Iran and the Axis of Resistance in their imperialist strategy.

The surprise attack on Gaza, with clear intents of preparations for further escalation, the military and political changes in Syria, and renewed attacks on Yemen are directed by the U.S. to a geopolitical recalibration of political balance, with ultimate intent of weakening/eliminating Iran, who for many decades has remained one of the strongest, if not the strongest resistance against US imperialism.

The Zionist entity and its allies have constantly broken its ceasefire with Hezbollah by continuing to shoot civilians, conducting airstrikes, bombing infrastructure, and not ending their occupation of part of Southern Lebanon alongside manufacturing tensions at the Lebanese-Syrian borders in order to destabilize Lebanon and pull Hezbollah into a side battle so they can occupy more of Mount Hermon in sovereign Syrian land. The Zionist entity’s and U.S.’s support of the HTS-led coup in Syria has killed 4,711 people, including 1,805 executed in HTS’s ethnic cleansing campaign since December 8th, 2024. The Zionists have enflamed ethnic tensions to secure control in the Druze-minority areas and are opportunistically using the ongoing Syria-Lebanon border clashes to weaken Hezbollah and keep them from intervening in solidarity with Gaza.

The U.S. Central Command has also engaged in naval warfare and airstrikes against Yemen and their blockade against the Zionist entity, killing over 50 people and wounding dozens in recent days. This comes as Ansar Allah has resumed its naval blockade on ships and fired against U.S.-Zionist military structures in solidarity with the people of Gaza. In addition, Trump has stated that Iran must be ‘held responsible’ for ‘leading’ Ansar Allah’s defensive actions, threatening “great force, and there is no guarantee that that force will stop there.”

The death toll, displacement, and destruction caused by the U.S.-Zionist entity alliance is only rising because of their inability to accomplish any military objectives. In contrast, he resistance has grown in numbers, refilling its ranks with the full support of its people, who know that their existence and victory can only be assured by ending the Zionist occupation and ridding U.S. imperialism from the region. Now, more than ever, the peoples across the world must take the streets and show unconditional solidarity with the people of Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, the wider West Asia, and the united Axis of Resistance.

Signed,

International League of Peoples’ Struggle

The Heroic Struggle in West Asia

by justpeace87

THE HEROIC PEOPLES’ STRUGGLE WILL DEFEAT THE US-ZIONIST-TURKISH ONSLAUGHT ON WEST ASIA

The International League of Peoples’ Struggle salutes the brave sacrifice and resistance of the Palestinian and Lebanese people and condemns the expansion of regional conflict into Syria by imperialist and fascist proxy forces. As the genocidal US-Zionist-Turkish alliance unleashes wave upon wave of attacks against the people, we remain steadfast in our solidarity with all progressive forces in the region as US imperialism lets loose its attack dogs to slow its inevitable decline.

After many months of sacrifice by the Lebanese people, in which Hezbollah’s declared “support front” for the Palestinian resistance in Gaza was turned into its own front for the defense of Lebanese sovereignty, the resistance agreed to a ceasefire with the Zionist entity. This deal was brought to the table after the Zionists were unable to achieve any of their objectives in Lebanon despite indiscriminately killing well over 3,000 people in the country since October 7, 2023, including some of Hezbollah’s key leaders like the late Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. The settlers to the north of occupied Palestine have not been able to return home despite the hollow promises of the Zionist government. Hezbollah also proved that its attacks could hit deep into Tel Aviv, destroying military sites and forcing settlers to flee to shelters on a daily basis. The Lebanese resistance remains strong, and they now have the hard won space to recuperate to carry on their fight. In fact, it has already been reported that the Zionists committed at least 50 violations of the ceasefire through continued missile attacks, shooting at civilians including journalists, and preventing Lebanese people from returning to their homes.

Regardless of how long the ceasefire lasts due to Zionist provocations, it is clear that the Zionists knew they would expend too many resources in a war in Lebanon while the genocide in Gaza is still taking place, and they saw that the resistance would not back down, nor were they losing support among the people. Instead, the US special envoy to Lebanon pressured the Zionists into making a deal due to the unwavering strength of the resistance. This sacrifice of the people in their fight for liberation is as much an inspiration as the fight of the Palestinian people, and the entire region shines bright in the beacon of their resistance.

As the Lebanon ceasefire was reaching its start, a new reactionary wave was unleashed on Syria from Turkey. Terrorist mercenaries trained by Turkey and armed with US-made weapons stormed through Syria’s Idlib Province and reached Aleppo within just a few days. These mercenaries belong to the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a reorganized fragment of the previous US-trained and al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front whose majority membership would go on to form the Islamic State terrorist organization, as well as the so-called Syrian National Army, made up of former fighters of the Free Syrian Army, a group armed and trained by the US and Turkey and financed by US-provided funds. Their sole purpose was to take advantage of the Arab Spring in which people across West Asia and North Africa took to the streets to demand an end to political repression and economic crisis, and to inflame a civil war to topple the Bashar al-Assad regime that stood in opposition to US imperialism in the region and is a close ally of US rival Russia.

The destructive path cut through Idlib and into Aleppo by these US-Turkish and pro-Zionist mercenaries exposes their anti-people interests and false claims of wanting to free the Syrian people from repression. They have ambushed civilians and beheaded soldiers and civilians alike. They have blockaded key roads such as the highway to Damascus, which has led to hamletting of communities and cut them off from food and aid. They have enacted indiscriminate violence against national minorities such as the Kurds. It is clear from these actions that these forces are mere proxies for Turkey as the fascist Erdogan regime seeks to take advantage of the chaotic genocidal war of the Zionists and stave off internal crisis at home while enacting its own genocidal war of extermination against the Kurdish people fighting for their national liberation. It also took advantage of a key moment when Russia, Syria’s key military ally, is mired in its proxy war with US-NATO forces that the US provoked to weaken Russia in Ukraine.

In summary, the outstanding heroic performance of the resistance both in Gaza and Lebanon, which prevented Israel from realizing its declared objectives of its war has forced Imperialism to unleash its plan B in order to cut all routes which might be used to reinforce all needed resources in this decisive war. Turkish military forces and its puppets in Northern Syria as well as US agent forces were used to execute their plot to force the Syrian regime to cut relations with the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance or be in danger of being internally defeated and the Syrian nation and state to be partitioned and disintegrate into warring groups. This plot is being now defeated by the awareness of the Syrian people and the steadfastness of the Syrian army and its allies in the battlefield. 

The war is escalating in Syria, yet the balance of forces is moving in the right direction against the Imperialists, the Zionists and the Turkish regime. As US imperialism wages its violent strategy to counter its ultimate regional rival Iran by letting loose its puppet and satellite states against the people and independent states of the region, let us remain patient and steadfast in struggle as the people, the true makers of history, fight on to free themselves from imperialism and all reaction. Their resistance is a beacon to our own resistance, and our solidarity in the midst of our own struggles for liberation is the greatest gift we can offer.

For reference: Len Cooper, ILPS Chairperson

Statement of the International League of Peoples’ Struggles, Dec. 03, 2024

HANDS OFF SUDAN!

by justpeace87

Statement of ILPS Commission 4

HANDS OFF SUDAN!

The United Nations has reported that the Sudanese are suffering the worst food crisis. This is caused by United Arab Emirates (UAE) and USA backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacking state forces as of April 15, 2023. ILPS Commission 4 demands that the UAE and USA keep their hands off Sudan and respect Sudan’s sovereignty.

This new war has upset the peace finally achieved after years of fighting and consequent mass displacement and suffering. A new democratic government, elected by the people, has been taking an independent path and developing the economy.

As watanserb.org reports [Khaled el Sadi on February 14, 2023], Sudanese, American and European officials verify that RSF has been receiving funding, military, financial and political support from the UAE. One such report was from the Strasbourg Policy Centre forum titled “The Role of the UAE in War Crimes in Sudan.“ One participating speaker said, “…the UAE is working to destabilize Sudan by supporting the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti,’ who attacks the legitimate government.” The forum further revealed that the UAE may be retaliating against the legitimate Sudanese Chief of Armed Forces who had expelled 15 Emerati diplomats. Libyan Marshal Khalifa Haftar and Russia’s Wagner Group also have connections to RSF.

Medical and relief workers are under attack in Sudan, according to the World Health Organization and the Aid Worker Security Database [el Sadi of watanserb.org]. Thousands of civilians have been killed and eight million displaced, states the UN World Programme, while UNICEF reports that “14 million children are in desperate need of assistance.” [March 6, 2024 https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147287] The World Food Programme adds that 18 million people are experiencing food insecurity and five million are starving. Cautious of incoming vehicles, Sudan state has been refusing food delivery trucks entry while humanitarian aid workers in the country are under attack.

In the opinion of analyst Sami Hamdi, the US and UAE share the goal of defeating Arab and Muslim independence and liberation movements. They do not want the Sudanese people to determine their own path and veer away from the aims of the Arab monarchies and US imperialism. They stir up fear of terrorism, create false narratives and make false promises while feigning sympathy for the Palestinian civilians, although they balk at taking action to stop the occupation and genocide because they are helping Israeli Zionism keep down resistance in the region. [Thinking Muslim podcast on March 7, 2024, “The UAE’s Bloody War on Sudan with Sami Hamdi” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piURusBS8T0]

Commission 4 calls upon the anti-imperialist and just peace movements to expose and oppose the UAE and USA interference and proxy wars against the Sudanese people and sovereignty.

UAE and USA, Out of Africa!

Shut down AFRICOM!

Stop supporting terrorism!

Long live the people’s resistance and struggles for justice and liberation!

Long live international solidarity!

Commission 4 is for just peace and against wars of aggression and counterrevolution, and opposes nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and all weapons of mass destruction. peace4@vcn.bc.ca