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The left wins the presidential election in Ireland by a landslide
Both Catherine Connolly and Michael D are unabashedly left-wing, absorbed by the struggle for people to live with dignity in Ireland itself and gripped by severe global challenges, particularly those posed by U.S. imperialism.
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“Humanity must stop the genocide in Gaza”: Petro’s radical speech at the UN General Assembly
Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s speech called for radical and global change regarding the Palestinian genocide, US military action, and the climate crisis. The speech drew admiration from some and contempt from others.
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Trump targets CODEPINK after public confrontation
Trump threatens RICO charges after CODEPINK protest, escalating crackdown on dissent and free speech.
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ICE carries out a second raid on a New York farm as workers push to unionize
Seven Lynn-Ette & Sons farmworkers were detained just months after a previous raid that led to deportations, sparking outrage from the United Farm Workers.
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After the war: Strategic distrust and the rupture in Western legitimacy
For the first time in decades, a regional power was militarily assaulted during active negotiations; not for escalating tensions, but rather, in spite of de-escalating them.
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Lula to Trump: If you charge us 50%, we’ll charge you 50%. Brazil must be respected!
The diplomatic row devolved into a potential trade crisis when Trump threatened Brazil with higher tariffs on Brazilian products if it did not cease the alleged persecution of the ultra-right former president Jair Bolsonaro.
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Colonial mining fuels Israeli genocide: global protests target Glencore
Glencore, one of the world’s largest mining conglomerates at the confluence of worker exploitation, environmental destruction, and genocide, brought Palestine solidarity activists, trade unionists and mining affected communities together in a unified protest.
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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.
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“With our dignity high, no repression can stop us,” say Panamanian workers
The Panamanian workers’ strike enters another week and is gaining more support despite police and judicial pressure from the Mulino government, say the demonstrators.
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Life and death of José Mujica, the guerrilla fighter who became president
A deeper look at the life of one of the most emblematic Latin American presidents of recent years, who went from armed struggle to a prison that lasted more than a decade, to the country’s presidency.
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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.
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Artists reject censorship of Pro-Palestine musician Kehlani after NYC concert cancellation
Boots Riley, Kneecap, Residente and dozens of other artists have signed an open letter protesting the censorship of Kehlani after the NYC mayor’s office pushed for the cancellation of her pride concert.
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CECOT: Bukele’s mega prison where “the only way out is in a coffin”
The alliance between Trump’s expanding deportation campaign and Salvadoran President Bukele’s carceral authoritarianism has major implications for human rights and the future of democracy.
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Communist-led Kerala soon to become India’s first state free of extreme poverty
A targeted program has been undertaken to develop sustainable livelihoods for thousands of families suffering under extreme poverty.
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Dilemmas of Humanity Conference discusses new framework for development in the Global South
Dozens of economists, intellectuals, and movement leaders have converged in São Paulo for the IV International Dilemmas of Humanity conference.
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Anti-Haitian protest in the Dominican Republic turns deadly, nationalists call for intensifying mass deportations
The far-right Antigua Orden group led a xenophobic protest calling for the expulsion of Haitian migrants, echoing Trump-style anti-immigrant rhetoric.
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Momentum builds behind calls for release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention
Federal judge orders that the recent Columbia graduate not be deported while the court considered a challenge brought by Khalil’s lawyers.
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Trump 2.0: The view from China
While Donald Trump has sent much of the world in a panic, his second term may strengthen China’s rise, just as his first did.
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The roots of neo-fascism in East Germany
The fall of the Berlin Wall enabled neo-fascist activity to spill over into East Germany, laying the groundwork for the strengthening of right-wing forces today.
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Far-right leaders gather in Madrid to “make Europe great again”
Far-right Patriots for Europe group meets in Madrid to lament loss of Europe’s supposed greatness.
