(2024-12-05). After lengthy delay, DC cop goes on trial for protecting fascist Proud Boys. wsws.org Former D.C. Metropolitan Police Lieutenant Shane Lamond exchanged hundreds of encrypted messages and phone calls with Proud Boy leader and FBI informant Henry "Enrique" Tarrio in the lead-up to the attack on the Capitol.
(2024-12-05). IJV Condemns Police Repression Against Palestine Solidarity Movement. socialistproject.ca
Across Canada and internationally, we are seeing a marked rise in violent repression of the Palestine solidarity movement. Independent Jewish Voices condemns the mounting criminalization of Palestine solidarity activism, and the use of excessive force by police to intimidate and harass activists. | On October 15, 2024, the Canadian government listed the group Samidoun, also known as the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, as a "terrorist entity" under the Criminal Code, in response to months of pressure by pro-Israel lobby groups, a few Liberal MPs and the opposition Conservatives. On November 14, 2024, a…
(2024-12-05). An interview with David Hemson — lessons from the South African liberation struggle. mronline.org
ROAPE's Peter Dwyer interviews the South African socialist David Hemson. Hemson was a leading labour militant and trade unionist during the mass working class uprising and strikes in Durban in 1973. In this introduction to the videoed interviews, Peter Dwyer discusses working class politics and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, a history often forgotten or marginalised in popular accounts.
(2024-12-05). Delegation From Alliance Of Sahel States Visits Cuba. popularresistance.org From November 8 to 15, twelve people from the countries of the Sahel visited Cuba to meet with Cuban people who carry forward the revolutionary project, and learn about Cuba's socialist model and deep friendship with the peoples of Africa. The delegation sought to learn lessons from Cuba's decades-long revolution to help advance the new revolutions being constructed in the Sahel. | This was the first delegation of Africans traveling to Cuba from the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a Pan-African anti-imperialist confederation consisting of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.
(2024-12-05). Iran: NATO should answer for growing global insecurity. presstv.ir Iran says the new NATO secretary general should feel responsible for increasing global insecurity, particularly in Europe.
(2024-12-05). The South Korean coup attempt and the global attack on democratic rights. wsws.org The attempted military coup is a warning, not only to workers in South Korea but internationally, that the ruling classes around the world are being driven to dictatorial methods to impose their agenda of war and austerity.
(2024-12-05). Support Koreans against Yoon! workers.org
Nudutdol demonstrates at South Korean Consulate, New York City, Dec. 4, 2024. The labor unions and mass organizations of the people of South Korea deserve the support of everyone who wants to struggle against war and dictatorship. They are fighting at this time — Dec. 4, 2024 — to rid . . . |
(2024-12-05). Oligarca ucraniano enfrenta perseguiàßà£o do ditador que ajudou a eleger. globalresearch.ca À medida que a crise ucraniana piora, os conflitos de interesses entre as elites do país aumentam. Os oligarcas que outrora estiveram unidos numa coligaàßà£o para defender a junta de Maidan està£o agora a lutar entre si devido à falta …
The journalist Emilio Silva Barrera (born in Elizondo, Navarra, Spain, in 1965) belongs to the generation of grandchildren of those who experienced the Spanish Civil War as adults. His grandfather and namesake, a politically moderate small business owner in a small town in Northwestern Spain, was first harassed and extorted, later arrested, killed, and thrown …
Il presidente eletto degli Stati Uniti creerà ulteriori attriti tra le parti, in particolare su questioni militari e fiscali. | Segue nostro Le pressioni dell'amministrazione statunitense sui Paesi europei affinché aumentino le spese per la difesa dovrebbero intensificarsi sotto Trump. Sotto la guida di Joe Biden, il governo statunitense ha assunto una posizione più assertiva sulle questioni di "sicurezza internazionale" e ha ampliato la…
"During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the US economy almost completely collapsed," historian Dana Frank writes in her new book,
What to think of Trump's return to the White House? For the European bourgeoisies and their parties, the answer should be and has been positive and even enthusiastic. But why? Because of Trump's very clearly expressed intention to implement reactionary, anti-union, anti-worker, anti-social and pro-capitalist policies that the European right-wingers would like to implement at home too,
"A fish rots from the head down." — Rumi By now, we have all heard rumblings of Empire's imminent collapse. Propaganda and government gaslighting can no longer hide the obvious fact that social, financial, cultural, and political systems have failed miserably. The advanced state of Empire's decomposition (rotting from the head down) caused by malevolent
Uganda and Türkiye are bolstering their defence cooperation, with a focus on military equipment, training, and technology transfer. This growing partnership was reaffirmed during the 4th Uganda-Türkiye Defence Industries Cooperation meeting, held at the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) headquarters in Kampala today. Lt Gen James Mugira, Managing Director of NEC, emphasized the significance of the …
The project's strategic location in Kisumu, at the heart of the Great Lakes Region gives it access to markets in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan Kisumu, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa's multi-lateral lender, African Export-Import Bank and Kenya-based Med Aditus Pharmaceutical Kenya Limited (Med Aditus) have signed a project preparation …
View of the Ukrainian memorial to Nazi military unit, the 1st Galician Division, at St. Michael's Cemetery in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. © Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Police and prosecutors in the Canadian province of Alberta have classed a monument to Ukrainian veterans who fought for Nazi Germany as a protected "war memorial," for the purpose …
In the second congress of the CPM-K, delegates called for the continuation of the National Democratic Revolution and asserted that socialism is the only path forward.
Toronto's communities are being deeply impacted by a terrible lack of decent housing that people can afford to live in. This situation is the product of decades in which governments at every level have allowed housing to be provided according to the profit-driven interests of developers, speculators, investors, bankers and corporate landlords. The days when social housing played a major role in meeting the needs of communities are long gone and upscale redevelopment has done its destructive work. | As a result, homeless shelters are overflowing, people sleep out in public parks and hundreds of thousands of pre…
Donald Trump's threat to force through his slate of far-right cabinet nominees as "recess appointments" without Senate confirmation votes marks a significant step in the de jure breakdown of constitutional forms of government.
Jewish anarchists weigh-in on how people can organize and act in the changing terrain. For a zine PDF, go here. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it. —Pirkei Avot (2: 21) As Christofascism takes the reins of US power, thereby impacting the whole of this continent…
"Many people outside think we are living under a military dictatorship. But the delegates who have come to attend the conference are seeing that we are free" and exerting independence like never before, said a Nigerien leader, addressing the conference in Niamey in solidarity with the people of Sahel.
My favorite film at the Toronto International Film Festival this year was by far M — Son of the Century, creatively directed by the talented UK filmmaker Joe Wright. It's actually an Italian TV mini-series about the founder of fascism himself, Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. It stars Luca Marinelli, the charismatic lead in Martin Eden, …