"A global boycott and divestment campaign may now be the only nonviolent way to force accountability. Under President Donald Trump's leadership, the United States has, over the past year, consistently violated international norms and laws. The rollercoaster of tariff barriers, the sham negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and the declaration of a false ceasefire with Israel, all while openly musing about turning Gaza into oceanfront property, would have been bad enough on their own."
"Since the start of 2026, federal immigration officers have shot and killed at least three US citizens: 43-year-old Keith Porter Jr. in California, and 37-year-olds Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota. Both Good and Pretti were killed on camera, in incidents recorded from multiple angles, intensifying public outrage over the expanding use of lethal force by federal immigration agencies."
"If this were almost any other country, like Iran, with its repressive and indiscriminate killing of thousands of protesters over the past month, the Western-led international community would already be calling for sanctions and embargoes against the US. But in light of US threats and actions at home and abroad, the world now needs to take a page from the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement."
Under President Donald Trump's leadership, the United States has consistently violated international norms and laws over the past year. The administration imposed fluctuating tariffs, engaged in sham negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, declared a false ceasefire with Israel, and suggested turning Gaza into oceanfront property. In recent months, the US bombed Nigeria, invaded Venezuela and arrested Nicolas Maduro, attacked Venezuelan boats, and threatened Iran, Greenland, and Mexico with military intervention. Domestically, ICE has carried out extralegal actions, and federal immigration officers have shot and killed at least three US citizens in 2026. The Western-led international community has not imposed sanctions, prompting calls for a global boycott and divestment campaign.
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