True Environmentalism means fighting US Imperialism
On Earth Day, we have a message to share: if you truly care about the environment and climate change’s impact on our world, you need to join the fight against US imperialism and the war machine. So long as the US empire stands, so will some of the biggest polluters of our environment. Earthday.org details…
Ceasefire in Jeopardy: No Deal as US Pressures Iran to Surrender
Just days after agreeing to a conditional two-week ceasefire, US and Iranian negotiators left Islamabad without a deal.
With the ceasefire set to expire on April 22, the talks’ collapse has pushed millions back toward the threat of more bombs, displacement, and death.
The war is “over” – the US must pay!
The US must pay for the devastation it has caused Iran over the last month. Full of imperialist arrogance and bluster, Trump imagined a quick military campaign that would decisively secure US interests in the region, mainly Iran’s oil and the end of the Islamic Republic, and failed spectacularly.
Social-Chauvinism, Zombie-Trotskyism, or resisting Empire? Anti-imperialism in a Multipolar World
Superpower competition has given way to great power jockeying. 2025 US National Security Strategy The dream of US imperialists—that following the collapse of the Soviet Union, they would be able to run the globe as a singular hegemon—has come crashing down. From 9/11 to the resurgence of mass protest movements in the 2000’s, their own…
Hands Off Iran!
Over the weekend, the international terrorists of the US ruling class unleashed another bombing campaign against the sovereign nation of Iran. Trump is reporting that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was killed. These attacks are an entirely unjust act of brutality and aggression.
knifetwister records interview with Behind Enemy Lines NYC: There’s No Time for Helplessness
knifetwister records is a New York-based hybrid punk/metal/ska record label and digital interview magazine founded by NYC native Ralph Copeland. Behind Enemy Lines NYC had the privilege of speaking with them about what work is happening on the ground, with a focus on New York City, along with sharing more about the mission of Behind…
Stop Blaming Haiti for the Crimes of Imperialism! Restore Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Immigrants!
National Day of Agitation: Saturday, February 28th The United States government continues its war against immigrants and against the Global South with an attempt to overturn Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants. TPS, intended to be a legal protection for immigrants from countries like Haiti facing armed conflict and natural disaster, gives immigrants protection from…
Repression Across the Pond: The Mobilization Against State Repression in the US and UK
On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian people, led by Hamas, initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. The objective was to break out of the open-air prison that was Gaza, and take the fight to the Zionist State of Israel, and Israel’s imperial master—the United States. The response from the United States and Israel was immediate: bombing operations…
Case Dismissed: Charges Against Jackie G. Dropped!
During Operation “Midway Blitz” in Chicago, chief CBP ghoul Gregory “Göring” Bovino oversaw ICE/CBP thugs running rampant across the city and suburbs. The ICE PR team—identified by their neon vests and DHS PAO patch (DHS Public Affairs Office)—worked with Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino, and far-right social media bozo Benny Johnson to stage and photograph arrests…
Resist The New Monroe Doctrine!
National Day of Agitation: Saturday, January 31st. Nearly as soon as it was born, the United States claimed the whole of the western hemisphere as its sphere of influence. This was first promulgated in the form of the Monroe Doctrine; the premise being that the United States has the sole right to dominate Latin America…
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Fuck Dick Cheney
On Operation Midway Blitz – The ICE-Gestapo’s Attack on Chicago
Resistance is the Only Way Forward
On Operation Midway Blitz – The ICE-Gestapo’s Attack on Chicago
Jail Bovino!
“Behind Enemy Lines confronted CBP chief Gregory “Göring” Bovino, before his court appearance, making it clear that there is only one appropriate punishment for his crimes against humanity: Lock Him Up!”
Drop the charges on Sandra Infante!
“Sandra Infante was unjustly arrested while protesting the ICE-Gestapo in Little Village. It is an absurd mockery of Chicago’s so-called “Sanctuary City” status for residents of Chicago to be arrested by the Chicago Police Department for trying to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped.”
Hands off Venezuela
“…Since early September, Donald Trump’s ICE-Gestapo has been unleashing a reign of terror on Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Dubbed ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and personally headed by SS-wannabe Gregory Bovino, this operation has been a mix of media sensationalism and full on fascist kidnapping of everyday Latino residents, including the murder of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez.”
Why is the CPD Protecting the ICE-Gestapo… Again?
“For the second day in a row, the ICE-Gestapo, personally supervised by Gregory “Göring” Bovino terrorized the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. Anonymous, masked agents grabbed people off the street, including a a high school student.”
What is and isn’t allowed in Brandon Johnson’s Chicago:
“Just days after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a boisterous speech, calling for a “general strike” against the Trump government, the ICE-Gestapo went on another rampage through the suburb of Cicero and Chicago Latino Little Village neighborhood.”
The Great Gaslighters: How Chicago’s Democrat Leaders are Aiding and Abetting the Mass Deportation Machine
“Since early September, Donald Trump’s ICE-Gestapo has been unleashing a reign of terror on Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Dubbed ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and personally headed by SS-wannabe Gregory Bovino, this operation has been a mix of media sensationalism and full on fascist kidnapping of everyday Latino residents, including the murder of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez.”
The ICE-Gestapo Shot a Woman in Chicago Today
“Today in Chicago, while actively terrorizing the Latino neighborhood of Brighton Park, the ICE-Gestapo shot a woman. They have released all kinds of bizarre and contradictory details to the media to try and smear her name while she was still hospitalized.”
What Illinois politicians actually mean when they say they’re against ICE
“For weeks it has been clear that Chicago and Illinois political leaders are utterly failing at standing up the ICE-Gestapo. On Friday alone, a new “Unified Command”, made up of phalanxes of Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriffs, Broadview Police, and Northern Illinois Police stood in defense of the ICE-Gestapo, and Illinois State Police literally were shoulder to shoulder with the ICE-Gestapo in brutally attacking protesters, including clergy.”
If they wanted to, they would.
“For nearly three weeks, Chicago and the surrounding suburbs have been invaded by Donald Trump’s ICE-Gestapo. Every day, these anonymous, masked thugs terrorize whole neighborhoods, rolling up on fathers, mothers, and friends, to kidnap people going about their daily lives, making a mockery of due process.”
The ICE gestapo murdered a man in Chicago today
“Donald Trump’s ICE Gestapo murdered a man today in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park. The 38-year-old man, identified as Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, was supposedly stopped by ICE thugs because of his history of ‘reckless driving’.”
Victory to the Hunger Strikers!
“For more than three weeks, T Hoxa, a political prisoner in the UK held without trial, has been on hunger strike in Peterborough prison.”
Treason to US imperialism is loyalty to humanity: In reply to Donald Trump’s executive order
“What flag flies over the White House, where genocide is funded and defended by presidents of both parties?
In his recent executive order, Donald Trump threatens to bring the wrath of the federal government down on the brave people who burn or desecrate the American flag. “
No National Guard in Chicago
“Donald Trump, the racist, chauvinist head of this decrepit empire, is threatening to send the National Guard to Chicago on the heels of deployments to Los Angeles and Washington, DC.”
Last Week in Imperialism: 8/26
Last week in imperialism covering;
– The Gaza famine
– The assassination of journalist Anas al-Sharif
– Anti-Alawite pogroms in Syria
– Elections in Bolivia
– LA anti-ICE protester found dead in jail
Yet Another Bomb
“Yesterday, 20 people were murdered at Nasser Hospital in Gaza by a double-tap drone strike, including five journalists and medical personnel. Facing near immediate backlash from the international community, Netanyahu commented and referred to the deaths of the journalists and medical staff as a “tragic mishap”. There is no mishap. It is not a mishap to target journalists. It is not a mishap to target hospitals. It is not a mishap to annihilate civilians.
This is another day of empire.”
Fuck the Air and Water Show
“Former Superman actor Dean Cain has decided to try to crawl out of irrelevance by becoming a mascot for the ICE Gestapo. This is part of a larger trend by reactionaries like Trump and Netanyahu using celebrities and influencers like quack Doctor Phil and the thankfully deceased racist Hulk Hogan to sanitize the image of their barbaric violence. If you could sum up their messaging in a sentence, it would be “It’s your American Patriotic duty to terrorize migrants”If you are in Chicago this weekend, you will hear the obnoxious, loud jets from the Air and Water Show. If you live on the north side, your windows may have even been shattered from a sonic boom. For us in the belly of the US empire, these sounds and vibrations are a nuisance; for Palestinians in Gaza, that sound is the last thing they hear before being blown to pieces in an Israeli airstrike”.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s washed-up actor Dean Cain!
Former Superman actor Dean Cain has decided to try to crawl out of irrelevance by becoming a mascot for the ICE Gestapo. This is part of a larger trend by reactionaries like Trump and Netanyahu using celebrities and influencers like quack Doctor Phil and the thankfully deceased racist Hulk Hogan to sanitize the image of their barbaric violence. If you could sum up their messaging in a sentence, it would be “It’s your American Patriotic duty to terrorize migrants”.
Last Week in Imperialism: 8/12
– The US-Israel onslaught on Gaza continues unabated
– Trump’s recycled war on drugs rhetoric and real threats against Mexico
– US imperialists impose a 50% tariff on Brazil
– At least asylum seekers killed fleeing US sponsored devastation in Libya.
Can France and Majorie Taylor Greene free Palestine?
This past week felt like a Seussical-themed opposite day – suddenly, the genocide in Gaza is correctly being called a genocide, votes against Israeli arms deals are stacking up, and Palestine is (almost) a state?! Blink and you might’ve missed it, but after 21 months of relentless terror across Gaza, do the US and other imperialist nations finally have a conscience? Of course not.
Last Week in Imperialism: 8/2
– US-Israel war machine bombs Gaza’s Holy Family Church
– Cambodia-Thailand border clashes and the rotten afterlife of French colonialism
– US Imperialists abandon the Kenyan Masses and Compradors alike
– Japan: elections and tariffs
– The MAGA freak out over Epstein, and the potential Mossad connection
“Those children look very hungry” They’re not hungry, they’re starving
Mass starvation is not collateral damage. It is a tactic of genocide, deliberately executed by the US-Israel war machine. Every day the US empire continues unchecked, in lockstep with Israel, every day people in this country go about business as usual is another day where children are starved, and another day where families gathering food serve as target practice.
Last week in US Imperialism – 7/21/25
– The Hague group conference in Colombia
– The ongoing starvation and massacres of people in Gaza desperately seeking food aid
– US-Israel belligerence towards Syria
– Withdrawal of National Guard troops from LA
– Israel pogroms in the West Bank and the death of a US citizen
Brandon Johnson: Why was CPD working with ICE?
“On June 4th, ICE thugs brutally kidnapped 10 people who had shown up to a supposed routine “check-in” at the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP, a subcontractor of ICE). This fascist gestapo was able to get away with snatching these people because of assistance from the Chicago Police Department.“
Last Week in Imperialism: July 16th
Last week in imperialism:
-New reporting reveals ICE thugs relying on canary mission blacklists
– Stepped up US-Israel campaign of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank
– US imperialism injecting a new round of weapons into its proxy war with Russia
– Trump government targeting Brazilian sovereignty with tariff threats
Last Week in Imperialism: July 7th
Last week in imperialism:
– new forms of depravity in the ongoing US-Israel genocide on Gaza
– mass protests and repression in Kenya
– new revelations of the international crackdown by Pakistan’s US-backed military
– The US imperialists hunt for minerals in the Rwanda-DRC peace accords.
Last Week in Imperialism: June 2025
Last week in imperialism: US crimes in Okinawa, attacks on Gaza, and mass rebellion in Panama.
Defend Palestine Action
“On Monday June 30th, the UK government began the process of banning the group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws.”
Two Weeks in US Imperialism
Two weeks in imperialism: Israel continues to attack with impunity and ICE kicks off the summer.
With ICE raids on the horizon, Brandon Johnson says “rise up” (but not like that).
“Reports indicate that Chicago will be among the next wave of cities targeted for ICE kidnappings. With that horrific possibility looming, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested that Chicagoans should “rise up in this moment” against Donald Trump. He made this audacious statement just one day after protesters at an anti-ICE march were attacked by the police, resulting in several injuries and 17 arrests. “
The mass deportation machine in Chicago
“On the same day as pathetic weasel Donald Trump announced travel bans from 12 countries, several of which are long-time victims of US imperialism, his ICE brown shirts descended on Chicago. At least 10 people were summoned for routine check-ins, only to be separated from lawyers, arrested by masked ICE agents, and denied any kind of legal due process.”
US Imperialism Attacks the People Who Feed It
“On May 2nd, ICE agents stopped a bus of farm workers near Rochester, NY, detaining 14 individuals on their way to work”…
This Week in Imperialism 5/26
This week in imperialism – Syria bends to imperialists, raids in the West Bank, failure of humanity at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and Hegseth in Shangri-La.
Who should be Remembered this Memorial Day…
“Who should really be remembered on Memorial Day? While people around the US are celebrating with cook outs, trips to the beach, and perhaps remembering US soldiers killed in “action” – we know that this holiday marks the occasion to remember those who died in the fight to expand and maintain US imperialism.”
This week in Imperialism: 5/25
“This week in imperialism: the famine in Gaza, Gideon’s Chariots, and the Philippines “free” elections.”
The US-Israel war machine is imposing a final solution in Gaza. What are you going to do about it?
“Every day since the October 7th jailbreak, the US-Israel war machine has been unleashing a living hell on the people of Gaza. They have waged war on Gaza’s beleaguered medical system: denying the entry of life-saving medicine, dropping bombs on hospitals, executing patients, and kidnapping doctors.”
This Week in US Imperialism
This week in US imperialism: Gaza is on the brink of starvation, Kashmir is under attack, and Trump tries to extend Israel’s reach. Join Behind Enemy Lines and make the choice to stand with the people of the world.
José “Pepe” Mujica
“José “Pepe” Mujica, former President of Uruguay, passed away Tuesday at 89, leaving a legacy as a powerful, yet humble, revolutionary leader.”
Catholics worldwide: Will you stand with the people of the world as Pope Francis did?
The night Pope Francis died, he made the same phone call he’d been making every evening for over a year: to Holy Family Church in Gaza City, checking on the congregation and the refugees sheltering there- including many Muslims.
Charges Dropped – 5/1 Final DNC Trial Update
CHARGES DROPPED!
City: 0 Protestors: 10
It’s a clean sweep, 10-0 for the DNC protestors BEL has been supporting since August! Not guilty, not liable. It is right to rebel against genocide!
Not Guilty – 4/28 DNC Trial Update
Months ago, Behind Enemy Lines and a group of DNC protesters made a decision to reject all plea deals and go to trial, because the only people who did anything wrong on 8/20 were the genocidal freaks in the convention center and Brandon Johnson’s CPD thugs defending them.
Not a single one of that group has been found guilty or liable, all of the charges have been dropped or disproven in court. The city of Chicago has not won a single 8/20 DNC protest case in court.
Not Guilty – 4/24 DNC Trial Update
“Today, we’re proud to share that our partner, Latiera Scott-Johnson, secured a trial victory for one of those clients—an individual arrested while protesting in support of the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people.”
Charges Dropped – 4/22 DNC Trial Update
More than 8 months after the CPD police riot on 8/20, city prosecutors dropped another case. The protester, rightfully and righteously demanded their right to trial, and flew in from out of town, only for City of Chicago prosecutors to drop the case at the least minute.
This week in imperialism
This week in US imperialism: Endemic Power Outages in Puerto Rico, the US War on Yemen reigns terror, and The US-Israeli Genocide in Gaza continues unabated. Join Behind Enemy Lines and make the choice to stand with the people of the world.
Not Guilty – 4/17 DNC Trial Update
“Just a day after city prosecutors dropped charges against one DNC protester, they went to trial against three other protesters and lost, again.”
Charges Dropped – 4/16 DNC Trial Update
“Another DNC case dismissed!
It’s right to rebel against genocide!
Today the City of Chicago was forced to drop another case resulting from the CPD police riot on August 20th.”
What Scandal? US Bombs continue to resign down on Yemen
“On March 15th, US Navy warplanes began a systematic bombing campaign of northern Yemen. To date, starting from March 15th, there have been 34 airstrikes conducted by the US military on Yemeni soil, killing at least 53 people in the process.
Why?”
Charges Dropped! DNC Trial Update – 3/27
“Today one of the DNC defendants who courageously chose to take their case to trial had both city and state charges dropped and his dismissed!”
Internationalist & Seriously Mutinous: The San Patricios
“Today, the San Patricios are revered as heroes of Mexican history and honored during St. Patrick’s day celebrations across the country every year. They are recognized as people who, given the choice to side with the oppressor and remain in the invading army, instead joined the people of Mexico to fight US imperialism.”
3/15/25 Bombing of Yemen
“Donald Trump’s murderous and criminal bombing of Yemen is a continuation of the bipartisan US legacy of terror! Just yesterday, Trump’s airstrikes killed 31 and injured over 100, including women and children.”
Rosenbury, Resign!
“In the span of one week, Barnard expelled 3 students for protesting Columbia’s role in the Gaza genocide.
Yesterday (3/5/25), the students once again occupied a building on campus to demand amnesty. They called on fellow students to be brave and join them, in an act that broke the silence that has fallen on campuses since last Spring’s encampments.
In response, Barnard College President Rosenbury deployed the NYPD on campus to arrest those participating.“
Not Guilty! March 4th DNC Trial Update
“Today one of the DNC defendants who courageously chose to take their case all the way to trial was found not liable in Cook County Court. The judge found that the City of Chicago, failed to meet the burden of proof to prove that a city ordinance violation had been committed.”
Why are people immigrating to the US?
History of U.S. intervention in Latin America
“US intervention across the world is nothing new. Whether explicit or covert, in the form of government coups, proxy wars, or “humanitarian aid”; history has painted a clear picture of the reality the US leaves in its wake—destabilization and destruction.“
Drop the Charges 2/18 Update!
“It’s been nearly six months since Brandon Johnson and Larry Snelling’s thugs in the CPD staged the police riot against the Behind Enemy Lines anti-protest. That police riot resulted in injuries and more than 70 arrests, including of several journalists. While Brandon Johnson was inside of the convention partying with B-List rappers and the butchers of Gaza, the people arrested at the BEL protest spent hours inside of police vans, before being held overnight in filthy jail cells.”
Brandon Johnson, Arrest Yoav Gallant
“Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson has tried to have it both ways about Palestine. He’s denounced the US-Israel onslaught as a genocide, but never retracted his outrageous comments equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism. He supported a toothless, symbolic, city council ceasefire resolution, but threw a party for genocide Joe and killer Kamala.”
Zionists at DePaul University call CPD on BEL
“Today outside of DePaul University, which has outrageously banned Behind Enemy Lines from campus, a group of Zionist snowflakes tried to shut down a BEL street team by having CPD roll up on us.”
Brandon Johnson’s Trumpian prosecution of DNC protesters
“Brandon Johnson has joined the chorus of Democratic Party voices claiming that they will stand up to the worst excesses of Donald Trump, so why is he engaging in a Trumpian prosecution of his political critics? “
Cost to Prosecute DNC Protestors
“The city of Chicago is still pursuing charges for DNC protestors, led by prosecutor Marianna Kiselev. Not only are these charges meant as a deterrent for resistance but they’re a big waste of money…”
You Dare to Call Me a Terrorist
“What does it mean for the most violent empire in human history to call someone a terrorist? In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration declared a “war on terror” as the U.S. massacred 3 million people. More Palestinian children have been killed since 10/7/2023 than have been killed in all military aggression worldwide in the last four years, and again the people of the world are told that this is necessary to “defend Israel from terrorism.”
Genocide Joe’s Lame-Duck Imperialism
“International Terrorist Genocide Joe Biden will not only go down in history as an electoral and political embarrassment, but as a mass murdering representative of the bloodthirsty US empire, justifiably hated around the world.”
Montreal Escalates for Gaza
Protest at the NATO summit, November 22, 2024
The US-Israel Rampage in Lebanon
“The media is reporting that there is now a ceasefire between Israel and the resistance organization Hezzbollah in Lebanon. This agreement represents a defeat for US-Israel aggression in Lebanon, which has led a trail of destruction in its wake.”
An interview with Sophie Ross of the Merrimack 4
“I think people understand their duty. I think they’re just not carrying it out.”
Why is DePaul University allowing IOF Butchers to roam free on its campus?
“Wanted: Reservist in the fascist criminal Israeli army, invader & participant in the genocide in Gaza”
Interview with Natalie Knight
“Despite being put on leave and slandered in the media, they continued to agitate and stand up against the US-Israel Genocide, and Natalie was eventually reinstated at her job. This is just one example of how to respond to repression: with more resistance.”
Is the Ceasefire Demand Enough?
Interview with a comrade from Samidoun from our December 2023 teach-in on why the ceasefire demand is inadequate.
Does Israel Control the US?
Is US support for Israel a result of the Israel lobby influencing US politicians? Max Ajl, at our December 2023 teach-in breaks down the reality that the occupation of Palestine is an extension of US imperialism.
Debunking Myths of October 7th
“The Palestinian political priostners are at the center of everything that is happening right now.”
A comrade from Samidoun joined our December 2023 teach in. They share insights on the situation of Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian resistance, and the truth about October 7.
Journalism and Liberation in Palestine
“Gaza is a small extermination camp that dared to stand up, not just to Israel, but to every oppressor in this cruel and heartless world”
Tamara Nassar of the Electronic Intifada speaks on the Gaza genocide, resistance, journalism, and the legacy of Dr. Refaat Alareer at our December 2023 teach-in.
Zohran Mamdani: New York’s Next Broken Promise
Statement on the election of two-faced Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of NYC
On Tuesday, October 7th outside the Israeli Consulate, two people were arrested protesting two years of genocide in Gaza. Over 12 cops swarmed our protest and grabbed them for no reason. This “catch and release” tactic is used by police to scare and silence people standing with Palestine. They hit you with bullshit accusations and expect you to take a deal saying you’ll stay out of trouble.
Today, at court, we found out the charges against one protester were never actually filed.
“Way Past Time” A summation of the October 7th No Business as Usual protest.
What is it going to take to end the genocide? A question we’ve asked ourselves and people all over the country countless times. By the start of the summer, anywhere from 56,000-150,000 people had been murdered, Gaza had been reduced to rubble, and famine was spreading — destruction made possible by the US-Israel War Machine. Behind Enemy Lines entered the summer, taking stock, trying to understand how to throw a wrench into the gears of the war machine.
The world failed Gaza: A statement on the ceasefire
“After two years of US-Israel genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza, a ceasefire has come into effect. Just as they did before the last ceasefire, while Palestinians celebrated a potential end to the slaughter and made plans to return to their homes, Israel’s occupation forces made sure to pummel Gaza, one more time, bombing the Ghabboun family home in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. “
BEL Members Arrested Standing up to the ICE Gestapo
“Two members of BEL were arrested by the ICE Gestapo this morning while protesting outside the Broadview ICE processing center…”
“Unbelievable“ How Behind Enemy Lines and 10 anti-genocide protesters took the City of Chicago to court, and won.
“Behind Enemy Lines and the DNC defendants were able to draw a firm line in the sand: we made it clear that the fight against repression is part and parcel of the fight for Palestine. That the courageous resisters were not going to be left to stand alone. We hope that this experience can inspire others to draw a line in the sand as well, one that is urgently needed.”
With friends like these: A reply to the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
“On July 9th, the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR), a longstanding reformist organization, published a statement responding to recent social media drama concerning Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez and various leftist organizations and NGOs. Behind Enemy Lines is replying to that arrogant statement…”
Israel’s Attack on Iran
“The 77 years of ongoing Nakba and the modern-day Holocaust in Gaza expose the actual reality of Israel: a terrorist rogue state and the regional attack dog for US imperialism. That dog may now be becoming rabid and attempting to provoke a larger war…”
A Statement on the events in DC
May 22nd, 2025
A statement on the event in DC: 14,000 Palestinian babies are facing imminent starvation at the hands of the US-Israel war machine.
Unhinged McCarthyism and Liberal Cowardice: Our response to yesterday’s so-called hearings
“Brandon Johnson has made his position abundantly clear: protest is only allowed, insofar as he and his thugs in blue approve of it. If you dare to demand your day in court, they will treat you to months of administrative punishment, dragging you into date after date in court, and call cops to the stand to lie about you. Behind Enemy Lines has been able to make our position clear as well: it’s always right to resist. The City of Chicago found no legal basis to justify the dozens of arrests they made against DNC protesters, because none exists, and we exposed that.”
Press Release: May 7th – Victory in the courts!
“We’re here today to celebrate the fact that 10 people among the 8/20 protesters who were facing city charges all refused plea offers and demanded their day in court, and over the last 2 months, each and every one of those cases was either dropped or resulted in a verdict of not liable.”
“Brandon Johnson has made his position abundantly clear: protest is only allowed, insofar as he and his thugs in blue approve of it. If you dare to demand your day in court, they will treat you to months of administrative punishment, dragging you into date after date in court, and call cops to the stand to lie about you. Behind Enemy Lines has been able to make our position clear as well: it’s always right to resist. The City of Chicago found no legal basis to justify the dozens of arrests they made against DNC protesters, because none exists, and we exposed that.”
Stanford: Resistance is Criminal
“While the Trump administration is targeting students and other visa holders—kidnapping them and threatening deportation for standing with Palestine—the district attorney for Santa Clara County, Jeff Rosen, a Democrat and self-described “nationally recognized leader in criminal justice reform,” is standing shoulder to shoulder with Trump in the nationwide, bipartisan crackdown on protests…”
“Just hours before millions around the United States gathered to demand the Trump-Elon administration keep their “hands off” their rights and democracy, video footage was released from Radwan’s phone, capturing the moments right before he and fourteen others were murdered in cold blood by the US-Israeli war machine while on duty with the Red Crescent last month…”
The Shadow Cast on Puerto Rico
“On New Year’s Eve, Puerto Rico experienced an island-wide electricity blackout, cutting off millions of people’s access to healthcare, food, and light. Hospital patients’ lives were put in jeopardy as medical equipment lost power. Costly groceries went bad. People who had looked forward to celebrating the new year with loved ones were trapped in their homes. This wasn’t a one-time catastrophe.”
“On March 8th, ICE agents stormed the apartment of Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist. These Gestapo thugs arrested Khalil in front of his pregnant wife, first claiming that Khalil’s student visas had been revoked and then that his green card had been revoked.”
“One year ago Aaron Bushnell, an active duty member of the US Air Force, made the ultimate sacrifice. His self-immolation in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C. came as the Gaza Health Ministry reported nearly 30,000 deaths, with atrocities mounting—”
Smash the Deportation Machine! The Empire is the Enemy!
“The crisis is not the people fleeing the horrors of US imperialism. The crisis is US imperialism! We welcome immigrants, migrants, and refugees because we don’t respect the borders of this country which were built through conquest and theft, and because we stand with the people of the world, not the rulers of this country”
“In a meeting of two the greatest criminals on the planet, the unhinged freak Donald Trump proposed a new US-Israel final solution for the people of Gaza: the permanent expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland…”
“January 29, 2024 – Tel al-Hawa, Gaza City. A day that will be remembered with grief and outrage. One year ago today, Israeli occupation forces brutally murdered six-year-old Hind Rajab, her family, and the aid workers who tried to rescue her. Hind’s desperate plea for help, captured in a haunting phone call to the Red Crescent, echoed around the world.”
Statement on the Inauguration of Trump
“For more than a year now, the destruction of medical facilities, the extermination of entire families, and the slaughter of children has been the reality for people in Gaza, all of that death and destruction facilitated by the United States, and by the Biden-Harris administration. We have no pretense that Donald Trump will represent anything other than a different flavor of US imperialism, a new head on the same beast.”
Genocide Joe’s repulsive four years as president are finally at an end.
“His administration began with the whipping of Haitian migrants fleeing imperialist devastation by US Border Patrol agents. It ends in the blood-soaked depravity of the US-Israel genocide in Gaza…”
“Today, after more than 460 days of US-sponsored genocidal war, Israel and the Palestinian resistance reached a ceasefire agreement…”
Statement on the capture of Dr. Abu Safiyeh
“On December 29th, 2024 the last remaining hospital in Northern Gaza was forcibly shut down by the IOF. Soldiers raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital, forcing hundreds of hospital staff and patients to leave, murdering over 50 people, and holding over 240 people captive.”
“The vast majority of those arrests took place on August 20th, when the CPD staged a police riot in defense of genocide during a protest called by Behind Enemy Lines. That police riot, personally supervised by chief pig Larry Snelling ended in 59 arrests, including 4 journalists.”
A Statement on Events in Syria
“For decades, US imperialism and its allies have targeted the government of Syria, subjecting its people to proxy wars, bombings, and starvation and economic destruction through sanctions….”
Behind Enemy Lines is a protest marshal abolitionist organization
“In the last year of protests against the US-Israel genocidal war on Gaza, one of the main things holding
back militancy is the presence of protest marshals…”
Behind Enemy Lines BANNED from the Campus of DePaul University
“Nearly six months after deploying the killer cops in the Chicago PD to evict the campus Gaza encampment, in the same school year that it has been repressing protests for Palestine, keeping its quad closed, and allowing a returned IDF killer to brazenly parade around campus, DePaul University has decided to ban Behind Enemy Lines from it’s campuses.”
Different Head, Same Beast! A statement on the election of Donald Trump
“The naked reality of this election is that there was no electoral means to oppose the genocide or to stand against US imperialism. What binds all of the standard bearers of both parties together is a shared commitment to keeping US imperialism as the top-dog empire in the world, no matter what the cost in human lives, no matter how many genocides they commit, or countries they destroy. “
“The DNC is that way!”: A summation of our fight to shut down the DNC for Gaza
“After 8 months of effort, of speakouts and protests, thousands of posters, tens of thousands of leaflets, and hundreds of hours on the street, we failed in the audacious goal that we set for ourselves: to shut down the Democratic National Convention/Death and Nakba Coronation (DNC). This summation will take an unflinching look at our own shortcomings and mistakes alongside the objective difficulties that we faced.”
Stand With Samidoun! It’s Right to Rebel Against Genocide!
“On October 15 the US imperialists collaborated with Canada to sanction Samidoun, designating the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network a “terrorist entity” under Canadian criminal code and the US Treasury department. This outrageous attack is a clear attempt by Biden and Harris to repress all organizing against the Israeli occupation of Palestine that steps out of the boundaries acceptable to the rulers.”
October 10th statement from Behind Enemy lines and a group of DNC arestees
“On August 20th, we rallied in front of the Israeli consulate to demonstrate our support for the people of Palestine, and tried to march to confront the war-makers in the citadel of the United Center. Instead, Snelling and Johnson made clear that they stand with genocide over the people of Chicago and staged a police riot.”
On the US-Israel terrorist attack against Lebanon
“Every week, the US-Israel war machine invents new levels of depravity. They have carried out a regime of assassinations and implemented the systematic kidnapping, torture, and sexual assault of Palestinians. They have dropped bombs on schools, homes, hospitals, and houses of worship for nearly a year in Gaza, while carrying out pogroms in the West Bank. …”
Report Back from the Make it Great Like ’68 Protest at the DNC
“On March 7th, 2024—5 months into the genocide of Gaza—Behind Enemy Lines called on students and youth to join us in Chicago to shut down the DNC for Gaza. On August 20th at 7pm, over 200 brave protestors gathered outside of the Israeli consulate to do just that.”
Behind Enemy Lines resignation from the US chapter of ILPS
“Given that ILPS-US has an open tolerance for revisionism and opportunism, allows attacks on its own membership from other members, and uncritically participated in the march, and given its lack of human compassion and basic decency, Behind Enemy Lines is officially resigning its membership in the US chapter of ILPS. “
“For the five days of the Death and Nakba Coronation (DNC) Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling supervised the intimidation, mass arrest, and beating of protesters against the genocide convention happening in Chicago.”
Rumors and Reality about Behind Enemy Lines and the DNC protests
“During this week of protests against the DNC, various rumors and lies have been circulating on Leftist social media about Behind Enemy Lines – Anti-Imperialist Resistance (BEL). We’ve been busy the last few days, getting brutalized and arrested by hundreds of Brandon Johnson’s riot police on Tuesday night, spending the next 24 hours making sure everyone arrested is safely out of jail, and then beginning to organize a campaign to demand all charges be dropped against all DNC protesters. But we’ll take some precious time out of our organizing efforts to refute some Leftist bullshit.”
8/21 Release: The Chicago police riot in defense of genocide
“While the criminals orchestrating that genocide were gathered less than two miles away, the CPD waged a ferocious assault on free speech. People protesting a genocide were forcefully thrown to the ground, dragged forward, kettled by the police, beaten with batons, and prevented from leaving the protest.”
Response to ABC-7 story on Behind Enemy Lines
“ABC news in Chicago reported tonight, August 7th, that Behind Enemy Lines had been included in a DNC “threat assessment”. While we resent being called leftists, we’re grateful to ABC for putting together a pretty good hype video, but need to clear up the sloppy reporting and breathlessly repeated lies from law enforcement:…”
Sight and sound, or shut it down?
“The demand that the protest be in “sight and sound”, rather than actively confronting the convention isn’t just wrong tactically, it also smuggles in a political understanding that we profoundly disagree with – treating the protests as a pressure tactic, attempting to “push” the Democratic Party to take better positions”
A statement on Genocide Joe withdrawing from the election.
“Genocide Joe Biden has dropped out the presidential election, cementing his bloodthirsty legacy as the butcher of Gaza, the armorer of the modern day US-Israel holocaust against the people of Palestine with a body count well over a hundred thousand. The tragedy of today’s announcement is that Biden remains peacefully in the White House at the head of the US empire, and not where he belongs, handed over to the people of Palestine or Yemen for a richly-deserved trial for his crimes against humanity.”
Report from the Columbia student occupation
“The most important thing for anyone to take away from this occupation and its continuing impact, and the students it seems to have inspired around the globe, is the necessity of stepping out of the bounds of “acceptable” protest. “Acceptable” always translates to “ignorable”, to “not a threat to the current way of things”. If the genocide in Gaza is going to be ended, protests for Palestine are going to need to become more militant, more fearless, more prepared to stand up to repressive forces.”
A call to students and youth: Come to Chicago this summer and shut down the DNC!
“If you’ve spoken out and protested against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, you may have been doxxed, fired from your job, slandered in the bourgeois media, or arrested. Your student organization may have been disbanded by your college administration. You should wear all those acts of repression as a badge of honor, as to be attacked by the enemy is a good thing. But have you thrown down against the Chicago police yet? Come to Chicago this summer to oppose the Death and Nakba Coronation, a.k.a. the Democratic National Convention!”
High School Protests & Repression in Jamaica, Queens
“Since Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza began in October, tens of thousands of people in New York City have taken the streets in near-daily demonstrations against the US-Israel war machine, confronting the reactionary media and sometimes the batons of the NYPD. While some of the protests have become routinized marches to nowhere, groups of youth and students have been a consistent presence, attempting to push them in a more confrontational direction.”
Statement in Memory of Aaron Bushnell
“Aaron’s message is clear: Give your life to this cause. Unless you make personal sacrifice and dedicate yourself to the struggle, you will come out of this genocide and go back to your regular life, and the enemy will have won from that. The energy from the mass protest will vanish, like it always does, cyclicly, with every wave of mass protests. To really fight this, you can’t just be a protester. You have to be a revolutionary. You can’t just be a dissident voice at a dinner party. You gotta flip the fucking table.”
Where does the outrage go from here?
“We envision a resistance that is willing to break through the police barricades, both metaphorically and physically. We envision a resistance that holds open discussions and debates, brings anti-imperialism to the people and unites all who can be united against the war machine by disrupting business as usual. “
Why Chicago’s progressive mayor is building tent cities for migrants
“And far too few people have been willing to state and act on that obvious fact, especially the people and organizations who were involved in supporting the campaign of Brandon Johnson. The ugly reality is that Brandon Johnson is running cover for US imperialism, and much of Chicago’s institutional left is running cover for Brandon Johnson.”
Against US Intervention in Haiti
“The Haitian people have to determine their own destiny. As an anti-imperialist organization, Behind Enemy Lines is committed to opposing this latest US intervention and standing with the people of Haiti. People in the US have an obligation not to fall for the lies of “humanitarian intervention”, but rather to oppose our own government and stand with the people of Haiti through protest and resistance to US imperialism.”
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