United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has condemned Israel’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, where relentless attacks continue and humanitarian aid remains severely restricted for over 2 million Palestinians facing starvation.
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Solidarity against ICE and the entire State apparatus
Popular resistance against the Trump administration in Los Angeles and other cities is a very positive development and one that Black people must embrace.
Laissez-Faire listening
The Swedish tech giant has rigged the music industry against artists, mined listeners for data, and made music boring for everyone. Or is that just what the major recording labels want you to believe?
Warplanes to the Middle East: Britain sides with the aggressor, again
SENDING more RAF jets to the Middle East underlines Britain’s involvement in Israel’s escalating aggression in the region.
A Potentially Politically Hot Summer in Puerto Rico
For today I have been asked to speak a bit about my country, Puerto Rico, and the socioeconomic crisis that is currently developing there.1 Given the time constraints, I want to provide you with a brief overview of what is being experienced there by the victims of the...
Workers’ revolution in Portugal, 1974-5
The country’s ruling class had operated for centuries by pillaging its colonies while neglecting to build much industry at home. Portugal was the least developed country in Western Europe; 37 percent of the population couldn’t read or write.
Exclusive: U.S. quietly sent hundreds of Hellfire missiles to Israel before Iran attack
Hellfire missiles would have been used for precision strikes by Israel during Iran attack, U.S. officials say.
The Trump administration is banning books on military bases. We sued.
Censorship in Defense Department K-12 schools violates the First Amendment.
The Indonesian People’s Movement need to build a political party
The 1998 reform movement (reformasi) that successfully overthrew former president Suharto did not automatically change the political-economic power structure in Indonesia. The political system that was promised to be more democratic was still controlled by the old...
Mainstream media ignore Trump’s planned Office of Remigration, a term for ethnic cleansing
Far-right figures have used “remigration” as a way of discussing forced relocation to create a white ethnostate.
How to say in Russian happy birthday Donald, happy U.S. Army and Flag Day
Putin is much too quick not to recognize that President Donald Trump is both a fraudster and an enemy.
Free Speech ends here: What I saw during the LAPD crackdown
For days, the world watched as California burned. Cars set ablaze, crowds being flash-banged, rubber bullets flying, smoke in the air as protesters and reporters run for cover, gasping for air and hurrying to put their masks on. The scenes on the ground gripped us all.