While Trump, facing rising gas prices, an unstable stock market, a restive public, and a stubborn and resourceful opponent, agreed to a temporary ceasefire, no one should think his war of choice is necessarily over. Netanyhu doesn’t as the bombing of South Lebanon and the war against the Palestinian people continues unabated. Nor has Trump shown any inclination to give up his claim that Iran is an existential threat to the American people or his desire to control the flow of oil on a global level.

In the short term, all that anyone who opposes this madness can do is to continue to make their voices heard in every arena where people and politicians gather, not least the massive mobilization planned for May Day.

Looking further down the road, it is imperative to continue to use every site of struggle, not least the fall elections, to throw back Trump and the MAGA movement, while at the same time demanding a robust and egalitarian democracy at home and non violence, sustainability, global cooperation, and a nuclear free planet worldwide.