On October 7th, 2012, after hearing of his victory as the nation‘s candidate with 56 percent of the vote, President Hugo Chávez Frias announced from a balcony in his hometown that a new cycle was beginning the very next day, October 8th.
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‘I’m not seeing the horror reflected in corporate media’
CounterSpin interview with Mara Kronenfeld on Israel's aid blockade.
Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and more
Following is a fact sheet about how Trump’s “big beautiful” budget bill cuts essential services and benefits for workers to give to the wealthy.
U.S. and Israel hijack aid, massacre starving Palestinians
The Israeli and U.S. aid distribution maneuver sparked chaos among desperate, starving Palestinians and Israeli forces responded by killing at least five.
Hundreds of millions are dying of hunger: The Twenty-Second Newsletter (2025)
Enough food is produced to meet the needs of 11 billion people. Why do so many of the 8 billion people on the planet go hungry?
Outrage as Netanyahu says no mass starvation in Gaza, suggests Palestinians are overweight
Prime minister says Israel has photographs of thousands of unclothed prisoners, an 'indication' of sufficient food, as experts warn of looming famine.
PUCL condemns the extrajudicial killing of Nambala Keshava Rao and 26 others in Chhattisgarh
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) strongly condemns the extrajudicial killing of Nambala Keshava Rao, General Secretary of the CPI (Maoist), and 26 others, many of whom were Adivasi residents, in an alleged encounter carried out under the guise of...
After Trump’s Harvard ban, China invites students with offers
Harvard faces legal and political turmoil after Trump revokes its ability to admit foreign students, but China responds with open offers.
Five years after the murder of George Floyd: The fight for Black liberation continues
It has been five years since police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, in the streets of Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.
The Gaza solidarity movement outlives the Government’s support for Israel
The London marches, several of which have broken the half a million mark, are the flagship of the whole movement, and are not stopping yet explains David Jamieson.
Donald Trump and Panama: A return to 1903?
A mobilization is beginning to defend national sovereignty, trampled by Yankee imperialism and local traitors.
SAFTU condemns imperialist blackmail disguised as diplomacy in Ramaphosa’s secret deal with Trump
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) condemns in the strongest terms the disgraceful deception of the South African public by President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation during their recent meeting with Donald Trump in Washington.











