Following the broadcast of the Round Table on Friday, May 9, dedicated to the 18th Conference Against Homophobia and Transphobia, the Miami press took excerpts from the program and began a campaign to manipulate its content.
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One side routinely uses human shields in Gaza—but not the side that’s usually blamed
Since the earliest days of the post–October 7 U.S./Israeli genocide in Gaza, corporate media outlets have claimed that Hamas uses Palestinian civilians as human shields.
Black Mirror still absorbs
The latest season of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian hit series Black Mirror reflects a world shattered by capitalism, argues Lucy Nichols.
150 years since the Critique of the Gotha Programme
The Critique was in a short letter written by Marx 150 years ago. In 2025, it remains just as clear and relevant to understanding communism as the alternative to capitalism.
India and Pakistan lock horns: Who won and why?
In the biggest aerial dogfight since World War II, two nuclear-armed rivals test the boundaries of conflict and deterrence–with some jaw-dropping surprises in the mix.
Fleeing imaginary persecution at home, South African ‘refugees’ may find the grass is not greener in America
The Trump administration’s decision to fast-track asylum for white South Africans—claiming "persecution"—is a political stunt, ignoring that they remain among the wealthiest globally, still controlling most of the country’s land and resources decades after apartheid...
Vietnam celebrates 50 years of the end of its colonial period
Reflections on Vietnam’s revolutionary reunification, post-war recovery, and socialist transformation–highlighting the enduring legacy of resistance and the challenges of building a sovereign economy.
Trump administration moves to eliminate Habeas Corpus
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE—the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus—a constitutional right that allows individuals to challenge unlawful detention.
The real Trump revealed
On Friday, the United States granted approval for Germany to transfer 125 long-range artillery rockets and 100 Patriot air-defense missiles to Ukraine, a congressional official confirmed to The New York Times.
Tariffs on medications will make America sick
We might soon see the Trump Administration impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals. U.S. patients will suffer.
Having sold out on every working-class promise, Starmer finally stoops to migrant-bashing
The most productive approach would be to stand up for what most Reform UK voters want and which they share with most people in our country—public ownership, higher taxes on the rich and an end to the privileges of the plutocracy.
As Gaza starves, Israel attacked UNRWA Food Distribution Center
Israel is targeting Palestinians’ slim means of accessing food, bombing two makeshift kitchens and UNRWA’s distribution center in Jabalia in the past few days.