DC, Sep 28 : The world is waking up to the cold, calculated realities behind global suffering.

Israel’s land-grabbing genocide in Palestine has shaken people everywhere. And the U.S. has been exposed in tandem. By providing weapons of mass destruction to Israel and neighboring states, Washington enables the region’s endless wars and humanitarian emergencies.

The biggest powers in the European Union are also complicit.  As crises spiral, working people increasingly realize that behind each specific instance of ruin is an international system: imperialism, the competition for profit among enormous corporations and their state benefactors. 

The United States occupies first place among rivals. In the Middle East, its agenda is far larger than just holding Zionist Israel together. It has put together a web of interlocking regional allies which Trump is expanding and tightening. Understanding its goals and relationships is key to building a strong and effective movement to challenge its predations.