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What do Western Sahara and Palestine have in common? From Jerusalem to Río de Oro, both nations share experiences with settler colonialism, segregation, and land dispossession. Most importantly, they share a common pursuit of anti-colonial resistance. Watch our video to learn more.
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Today, we remember the victims of the Bhopal gas leak in India, the world’s worst industrial disaster, which killed thousands and exposed over half a million people to toxic gas on this day in 1984.
The disaster resulted from negligence, design flaws, understaffing, absence of maintenance, and lack of training. Basic safety measures that should’ve been taken weren’t just to increase profits at the expense of people’s safety. The first official and conservative death toll was 2,259, but other estimates have put the number as high as 20,000.
Tens of thousands who were exposed to the gas but survived were severely disabled, and many continue to die prematurely today.
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The late James Baldwin, the influential Black American revolutionary writer and activist, died on this day in 1987. Baldwin was a groundbreaking author who explored themes of masculinity, sexuality, race, and class, connecting these issues to the key political developments of his era, including the civil rights and LGBT+ rights movements.
Disillusioned by the racism in US society, Baldwin moved to Paris in 1948, where he lived until 1957 before returning to New York. However, in 1970, he returned to France. More than three decades after his death, Baldwin’s work and activism still influence discussions about systemic racism and social justice.
Watch Baldwin discussing the racism he experienced in the US that influenced his decision to leave his homeland.
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Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks was arrested 69 years ago today after refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in the southern US state of Alabama. She was an advocate of the Black Power movement and a strong supporter of the Black Panthers and Martin Luther King.
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FIFA continues to expose itself as a Zionist entity. Palestine called for Israel to be banned from football tournaments because Israeli teams are situated on illegally occupied Palestinian land. FIFA has refused to act on this fact, explains Nima Tavallaey Roodsari in an interview with red. media.
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Israel hasn’t been banned from international sports despite the ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu. Meanwhile, Russia was banned across the board before any ICC warrants were ever issued. Football journalist Nima Tavallaey Roodsari lays out the hypocrisy of FIFA and other organizations in an interview with red. media.
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Is Germany ready for a war with Russia? Its bunkers sure aren’t. A few Nazi relics from the last round with the Russians still adorn the landscape. And now, Germany is seriously considering bringing them back to life. The writing on the wall couldn’t be clearer.
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Haiti declared its independence for the first time on this day in 1803. However, colonial powers have never let the world’s first Black Republic develop in peace. From French lenders to US invaders, debt and military attacks have stifled Haiti’s potential ever since.
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Amazon workers in 30 countries are on strike today calling for dignified wages, better working conditions, and the right to unionize. The coordinated international strike aims to hit “Black Friday” profits, a key date for the corporation.
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Public sector workers in Chile went on strike against the centrist Gabriel Boric after his government failed to provide greater job stability and shorten the work week.
Boric was elected on a platform of dismantling the neoliberal economic model and scrapping the Pinochet-era constitution, neither of which he has done since being elected.
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Americans have already moved on from celebrating Thanksgiving, a holiday that obscures the genocide and ethnic cleansing committed by settlers on the Native American population. But for Indigenous people, these historic and ongoing injustices can never be forgotten.
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Georgian protesters were knocked to the ground by water canons after the ruling party announced they were suspending EU accession talks until 2028. Protesters used green lasers to try to blind police, who deployed both pepper spray and tear gas. 43 people were arrested.
More than 100 Georgian diplomats signed a letter saying the government’s decision was unconstitutional. Georgia’s Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, claimed that EU membership would hurt the country as it would require it to cancel visa-free agreements and trade deals with other countries, such as Russia. The European Parliament also announced sanctions on top party officials.
The Georgian Dream party was founded by former prime minister and billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. Russia and Georgia haven’t had formal relations since the 2008 invasion by Russia, but the Georgian Dream is looking to have a limited rapprochement.
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As Syrian rebels continue to advance into Syrian government-controlled territory in the country’s northwest, the renewed fighting is starting to take a toll on civilians. The fighting has gripped the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo as the Syrian Army launched a counteroffensive.
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Biden has just pardoned his son of crimes he plead guilty to. Meanwhile, the US scolds and even sanctions other countries for being supposedly “corrupt.” Welcome to the “rule of law” in liberal democracy!
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Tensions escalated in Osaka, Japan, when police and court officials tried to evict people at a homeless shelter and former labor welfare center. Police disrupted the soup kitchen while supporters of the homeless rushed to the barricades set up at the premises.
Japanese police have begun enforcing evictions across Osaka in a bid to make drive the homeless out ahead of the Expo 2025 set to be held in the city.
Established in 1970 in Osaka’s Nishinari Ward, the center served as a hub for welfare support and job placement for day laborers. It closed in 2019 for reconstruction to address earthquake safety concerns, and since then has became a makeshift shelter for the homeless.
Osaka Prefecture, which owns the land, filed a lawsuit to evict the homeless. Lower courts ruled in favor of the prefecture in 2021 and 2022, with the Supreme Court upholding the eviction order in May 2023.
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This day in 2001 marked the dramatic climax of the economic crisis in Argentina and the moment when the illusion of neoliberal growth came crashing down. The right-wing government under Fernando de la Rúa nearly stopped bank payments, triggering mass panic and riots. The crisis caused a mass uprising, eventually ushering in the leftist Kirchner governments who restored economic growth during Latin America’s “Pink tide” era.
Since coming to power, “libertarian” President Javier Milei implemented many policies that led to the 2001 crisis, namely, “shock therapy” austerity, this time as a precursor for the dollarization of the economy.
Whether he can pull this plan off or be forced to leave power like in 2001 will depend on the strength of Argentina’s social movements, which have been weakened after four years of being allied to a social democratic government that disappointed its supporters by presiding over falling living standards and growing IMF debt.
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After winning its independence from the Netherlands, West Papua was then invaded by neighboring Indonesia, which has continued to loot Papua’s vast natural resource wealth on behalf of foreign corporations.
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This week’s photo dump featuring people in struggle and major events worldwide. 🌎 📸
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico — A woman wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
🇵🇰 Islamabad, Pakistan — A defiant protester holds his ground as the police tear gas those demanding the release of former prime minister Imran Khan.
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom — A woman dances in front of British police who raided the Kurdish community center and arrested seven people on terrorism charges.
🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran — A billboard of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Gallant serving ICC prison sentences is seen on the walls of a governmental building.
🇲🇿 Maputo, Mozambique — A man armed with a stone takes on the security forces at the ongoing protests against Frelimo and the rigged elections.
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Yemen was officially declared an independent country on this day 57 years ago. Yemen’s independence day was the conclusion to four years of armed struggle led primarily by the leftist National Liberation Front (NLF) and the Arab nationalist Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen.
From 1963 to 1967, the NLF led an arduous two-pronged struggle against both British colonial forces as well as the feudal sheikhdoms and sultanates in power all across what was then the Federation of South Arabia, a British colonial protectorate.
Throughout November 1967, the British colonial forces gradually evacuated Aden and Southern Yemen as NLF forces drew closer. Mutinies in the puppet “South Arabia Army” were rampant and frequent, and on the 29th of November 1967, the final agreement for independence was signed in Geneva. The independence agreement took effect the forthcoming day.
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A Palestinian father grieves his daughter who was killed in a chaotic crowd trying to get bread. Israel’s starvation of Gaza continues to be an extension of its genocide, killing those who survive the bombs and bullets.
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Pro-Palestine protesters shut down parts of London by blocking off the entrances to the Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Business and Trade. They demand an end to arms sales to Israel.
The Labour government of Keir Starmer continues to send arms to Israel despite the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for their leader, Netanyahu. Human rights groups in the UK are attempting to get a court order to ban these sales.
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On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, let’s take a look at one of the lesser-known chapters of the history of solidarity with Palestine: Meet the Japanese Red Army (JRA), the Japanese communists who fought the Israeli occupation alongside the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Together with the PFLP, they have conducted countless operations around the globe, drawing international attention to the Palestinian liberation struggle. Read on to find out more.
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Chad is the latest African country to axe military cooperation with France. The country’s government has long been a loyal French ally, despite years of anti-colonial protests on the streets.
Chad’s Foreign Minister stated: “[France] must now also consider that Chad has grown up, matured, and is a sovereign state that is very jealous of its sovereignty”.
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”We support our resistance until the last breath” — Lebanese people are returning to their homes in southern Lebanon, despite the continued presence of the Israeli occupation forces. red. media spoke directly with people on the ground.
The Israeli occupation army has left a trail of massive destruction in the south. Despite the severe loses, people still stand with the resistance and are willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of their dignity.
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The Panama Canal has a dark history. The entire area was under the colonial control of the United States, where a brutal Jim Crow system of racial segregation and exploitation was applied to the workforce. Thousands of people died as a result of dire conditions.
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