Subjects Archives: State Repression

To the African masses at home and abroad, oppressed and tormented by the imperialists for centuries and yet steadfast in your struggle. We, the Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa, urge you to stand strongly behind the Alliance of Sahel States which, at this moment in our history, represents the model for Pan-Africanism and therefore the path towards the total liberation and unification of Africa.

CounterSpin interview with Ahmad Abuznaid on Rafah invasion.

Police arrested more than 2,300 protesters in at least 58 crackdowns at 44 colleges or universities between April 18 and May 3 as pro-Palestinian encampments spread like wildfire across the U.S. It can reasonably be argued that university administrators themselves provoked students into taking action, and it can certainly be proven that they fanned the flames of defiance after the protests began—by forcibly repressing the protests.

According to the whistleblowers, the beatings inflicted upon detainees were said to be done out of spite and not intended for intelligence gathering.

As an extension of U.S. imperial power, U.S. tech corporations are eager to support Israeli atrocities.

After six year-old Hind Rajab was killed by the Israeli army, Britain’s national media failed to unequivocally pinpoint Israel as responsible, refused to follow up the story and cover important new information, and then moved on.

France has long sought to undermine African sovereignty, from the national liberation struggles of the twentieth century to today. But Africa would not tolerate French dominion then, nor will it now. This newsletter seeks to better understand the wave of coups in the Sahel and the fervour for African sovereignty in the region.

The Venezuelan government also condemned Israel’s latest assault on Gaza following Monday’s invasion of Rafah.

Seven hospital mass graves have been discovered so far across three Gazan hospitals.

A Cuban intellectual examines the consequences of the imperialist blockades on both Cuba and Venezuela.

Superficially in the recent period the U.S. has attempted to display two apparently contradictory sides of its policy to China.

Robinson: If Western states have their reasons for being cagey of foreign influences, so too do those in other countries.

The killing of another surgeon in Israeli custody highlights the ongoing targeting of health workers amid the war on Gaza.

The U.S.-steered Aukus military alliance is cranking up hostilities by inviting Japan into the anti-China pact, writes FIONA EDWARDS of the No Cold War campaign

Prohibition on the popular video-sharing app would suppress narratives from marginalised communities, including pro-Palestine voices.

An independent researcher argues that Venezuela is undergoing an agroecological transition.

Hamas is holding 132 hostages: 130 of them were taken captive on October 7 and two were taken hostage before then (one in 2014, the other in 2015).

To rebel is justified. Palestine must be free! Palestine will be free!

The ‘carnation revolution’ saw soldiers, workers and communities join forces to overthrow fascism and challenge capitalist power. Peter Robinson traces events from April 1974.

When one of the rivals gets a bit too strong, it will be attacked mercilessly.