https://znetwork.org/author/peterbohmer/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sat, 09 May 2026 18:21:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/peterbohmer/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/history-of-u-s-cuba-turmoil-the-possibility-of-a-full-scale-war/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/history-of-u-s-cuba-turmoil-the-possibility-of-a-full-scale-war/#respond Sat, 09 May 2026 18:21:24 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1297911 [This is a transcript of Peter Bohmer’s Economics for Everyone panel discussion, “Stop U.S. Aggression Against Iran and Cuba”, May 7, 2026, in Olympia, Washington, USA.] Personal note: I have studied the Cuban revolution and taught about and been in solidarity with Cuba since the late 1960’s. I have visited five times including living there with my [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/history-of-u-s-cuba-turmoil-the-possibility-of-a-full-scale-war/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-need-a-movement-to-end-us-wars-in-the-middle-east-latin-america-and-at-home/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-need-a-movement-to-end-us-wars-in-the-middle-east-latin-america-and-at-home/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:38:11 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1296542 Trumpism is waging a war against the people of U.S. and the rest of the world. It is an authoritarian, bullying playbook that violently oppresses, exploits, and dehumanizes immigrants and poor people at home and abroad. The U.S. takes resources from the Global South through resource imperialism and demands total geopolitical dominance. The U.S. has [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-need-a-movement-to-end-us-wars-in-the-middle-east-latin-america-and-at-home/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hands-off-venezuela/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hands-off-venezuela/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:52:26 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294271 The underlying cause of the ongoing and horrific US intervention in Venezuela is capitalism and resource imperialism. This drives the US to control their resources and coerce Global South countries into submission. Those that do not submit get attacked. The U.S. current attacks on Venezuela are sadly not the exception but the rule— Iran, 1953, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hands-off-venezuela/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/san-diego-gladio/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/san-diego-gladio/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:59:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293070 Professor Peter Bohmer joins the podcast to discuss undercover operations targetting leftists. It is deals with major repression in San Diego including attempted assassination, It also provides some lessons for the present. ]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/san-diego-gladio/feed/ 2 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumponomics-is-dangerous-to-your-health/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumponomics-is-dangerous-to-your-health/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:50:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1290699 This article is an adapted transcript from a talk given on October 10, 2025 (updated, October 28, 2025) for Economics for Everyone, Olympia, WA. Overall, The Trumpist economic agenda is to make even more unequal, the already obscene inequality of income and wealth. Domestically it is a continuation of Republican administration policies, although more extreme. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumponomics-is-dangerous-to-your-health/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/solidarity-with-palestine-in-all-our-organizing/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/solidarity-with-palestine-in-all-our-organizing/#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:52:38 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282779 The following is a talk prepared for the “Stop Trump and for Mutual Aid  Rally”, put on by  Evergreen Resistance, part of 50501, by Peter Bohmer, a member of Palestine Action of South Sound (PASS), on April 19. 2025, Olympia, WA. Calls and action for cutting off all U.S. aid and military sales to Israel need [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/solidarity-with-palestine-in-all-our-organizing/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/immigrant-solidarity-in-2025-with-zafiro-patino-aviva-chomsky-peter-bohmer/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/immigrant-solidarity-in-2025-with-zafiro-patino-aviva-chomsky-peter-bohmer/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:27:03 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1279223 Panelists highlight the key dangers for immigrants in Trump’s new administration, underlying causes of migration, vision and strategy for what a truly just immigration policy would look like, and practical action that can be taken to resist harm and injustice. ZNetwork.org is honored to host Zafiro Patiño, Aviva Chomsky, and Peter Bohmer, co-sponsored by CaracolDSA.org: [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/immigrant-solidarity-in-2025-with-zafiro-patino-aviva-chomsky-peter-bohmer/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/economic-justice-and-liberation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/economic-justice-and-liberation/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1278832 This is a transcribe of a talk given by Peter Bohmer at the People’s March in Olympia, Washington State on January 18, 2025. Thank you for attending this well attended rally.  It is a very dangerous period where our actions are necessary to stop the march towards mass deportations, a climate catastrophe and a dictatorship. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/economic-justice-and-liberation/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mourn-and-organize/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mourn-and-organize/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1275743 Trump’s victory is a serious loss for most people in the United States and globally. I disagreed before the election and now, that it didn’t matter who won the Presidential election. Let us mourn and grieve but not give up. Elections matter and this one certainly does but being political means building and gaining power, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mourn-and-organize/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/activist-diary-2-life-as-an-activist/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/activist-diary-2-life-as-an-activist/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:38:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1268416 [This article is part of ZNetwork.org‘s series, Activist Diaries.] “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its mighty waters.” Frederick Douglass [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/activist-diary-2-life-as-an-activist/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/end-the-israeli-war-on-gaza-and-palestine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/end-the-israeli-war-on-gaza-and-palestine/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:15:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1267686 Eight months ago, Israel began a genocidal war against Gaza and the further increase of repression in the West Bank including thousands imprisoned, and expansion of the settlements there. Torture is commonplace of Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank and especially of prisoners in Gaza. 90 per cent of the population of Gaza is hungry, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/end-the-israeli-war-on-gaza-and-palestine/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestine-can-win/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestine-can-win/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 16:33:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1266393 This article is from a talk given by Peter Bohmer at the March in Solidarity with Palestine which took place in Olympia, Washington, on 4 May. Student movements have played a major role in radical history and revolutionary struggles. For example, France in May 1968 began with a student strike and then spread to worker [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestine-can-win/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/what-is-my-responsibility-four-jewish-perspectives-on-israel-war-in-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/what-is-my-responsibility-four-jewish-perspectives-on-israel-war-in-gaza/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:36:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1263533 Hosted by Evergreen State College, this webinar brings together four Jewish speakers, Rabbi David Basior, Peter Bohmer, Rabbi Seth Goldstein, and Nancy Koppelman, to show the diversity of Jewish viewpoints and perspectives on the Israel war in Gaza.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/what-is-my-responsibility-four-jewish-perspectives-on-israel-war-in-gaza/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-jewish-anti-zionist-perspective-on-palestine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-jewish-anti-zionist-perspective-on-palestine/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:37:48 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1260896 My background causes me to support the Palestinian struggle against the Israeli occupation of Palestine including Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Since 1967, I have actively opposed the U.S. military aid and ideological support for Israel, and in solidarity with Palestine. I mourn the deaths of 26,000 people murdered in southern Israel and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-jewish-anti-zionist-perspective-on-palestine/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/stop-israeli-apartheid/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/stop-israeli-apartheid/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:15:10 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1259179 I want to thank the organizers of this important event. We are living in a time of many crises. Let’s draw strength from gathering together in community and solidarity. I will talk about anti-apartheid activism for Palestine. Apartheid was the name given to the institutionalized segregation in South Africa–from the land where one could live, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/stop-israeli-apartheid/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/war-on-gaza-a-discussion-with-steve-shalom-and-peter-bohmer/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/war-on-gaza-a-discussion-with-steve-shalom-and-peter-bohmer/#respond Tue, 14 Nov 2023 18:32:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1257489 This discussion, hosted by Real Utopia and chaired by Urska Breznik, was opened with talks from Peter Bohmer and Steve Shalom. Peter and Steve talked about: Urska facilitated a Q&A after the talks.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/war-on-gaza-a-discussion-with-steve-shalom-and-peter-bohmer/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jewish-anti-zionism/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jewish-anti-zionism/#respond Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:51:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1256008 (This piece was revised and updated from its original text on October 30th to include more recent developments.) I want to share how my background causes me to support the Palestinian struggle against the Israeli occupation of all of Palestine including Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Since 1967, I have actively opposed the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jewish-anti-zionism/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/global-justice-and-participatory-socialism/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/global-justice-and-participatory-socialism/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:57:54 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1255682 Real Utopia member Peter Bohmer discusses global justice and participatory socialism. This event was organised by Real Utopia’s Education and Skills Team.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/global-justice-and-participatory-socialism/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/visiting-europe/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/visiting-europe/#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2022 21:17:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1199763 I recently returned from a two month visit on July 7, 2022 to seven countries in Europe visiting friends, families and activists. It was a very meaningful and enjoyable trip. I visited Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, Slovenia, Sweden, the northern part of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The hospitality and warmth people showed to [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/visiting-europe/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/perspectives-on-the-war-and-rebuilding-an-anti-war-movement/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/perspectives-on-the-war-and-rebuilding-an-anti-war-movement/#respond Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:40:19 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1056548 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/perspectives-on-the-war-and-rebuilding-an-anti-war-movement/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/support-ukraine-russia-get-out-of-ukraine-no-u-s-or-nato-war/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/support-ukraine-russia-get-out-of-ukraine-no-u-s-or-nato-war/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:05:58 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1055525 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/support-ukraine-russia-get-out-of-ukraine-no-u-s-or-nato-war/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/my-talk-at-the-no-war-with-russia-over-ukraine-rally/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/my-talk-at-the-no-war-with-russia-over-ukraine-rally/#respond Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:31:48 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1054988 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/my-talk-at-the-no-war-with-russia-over-ukraine-rally/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/u-s-economy-omicron-and-moving-forward/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/u-s-economy-omicron-and-moving-forward/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:25:40 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1053989 We have the opportunity to build and participate in these social movements, in minor and major ways, while educating ourselves and not isolating ourselves alone or in small cliques]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/u-s-economy-omicron-and-moving-forward/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/socialisms-an-intro/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/socialisms-an-intro/#respond Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:01:57 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1051568 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/socialisms-an-intro/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-case-for-a-substantive-universal-basic-income/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-case-for-a-substantive-universal-basic-income/#respond Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:03:16 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1050935 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-case-for-a-substantive-universal-basic-income/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-2020-election-and-what-we-should-do-now/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-2020-election-and-what-we-should-do-now/#respond Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:02:46 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1040611 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-2020-election-and-what-we-should-do-now/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/comments-on-the-2020-election-and-what-we-should-do-now/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/comments-on-the-2020-election-and-what-we-should-do-now/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:02:25 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1040217 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/comments-on-the-2020-election-and-what-we-should-do-now/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/raise-the-social-cost-an-important-strategic-concept/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/raise-the-social-cost-an-important-strategic-concept/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2020 09:03:13 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1036655 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/raise-the-social-cost-an-important-strategic-concept/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/black-august/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/black-august/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2019 09:00:45 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=video&p=1023269 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/black-august/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumps-tax-scam/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumps-tax-scam/#respond Sun, 25 Feb 2018 09:05:38 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1007869 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumps-tax-scam/feed/ 0