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Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have reshaped West African politics. By leaving ECOWAS and forming their own alliance, they’ve sparked a major regional shift. Here’s a breakdown of what led to this bold move and how it’s changing the Sahel.
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This week’s photo dump featuring people in struggle and major events worldwide. 🌎 📸
🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya – Riot police attempt to break up and arrest protesters braced on the ground in a standoff during protests to demand the release of those abducted by state security agencies.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Bangladesh – A child attends the “March for Unity” program organized by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, demanding the issuance of the July Mass Uprising Declaration.
🇰🇷 Seoul, Republic of Korea – Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) members scuffle with police during a protest against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany – Police trample out fireworks as some 13 officers were injured by pyrotechnics on New Year’s Eve.
🇪🇨 Guayaquil, Ecuador – A protester holds an effigy of Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa during a protest against the disappearance of four minors who went missing during a military operation.
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Happy Birthday to C.L.R. James, a pioneer of the Black Marxist tradition! Born in the Caribbean island of Trinidad, James would go on to author one of the most important texts on the history of the Haitian Revolution, “Black Jacobins,” and apply his Marxist approach to analyze his favorite sport, Cricket.
His critical Marxism often put him in conflict with other parts of the left. Still, his intellectual contributions to the Pan-African movement and the socialist tradition as a whole remain undisputed.
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Downplaying genocide is still complicity.
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Israeli groups called for expelling Palestinians and promoting Jewish resettlement in Gaza at the enclave’s border. Framing Palestinians as “obstacles to peace,” they claim security hinges on removing dissenters, celebrating the ongoing genocide and the occupation.
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A tense six-hour confrontation took place at Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol’s residence in Seoul as presidential guards prevented the arrest of the impeached president facing an arrest warrant over his brief declaration of martial law a month ago.
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Hundreds of supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol have taken to the streets near his Seoul residence, clashing with police in an effort to prevent his arrest. Yoon, facing an arrest warrant over his brief martial law declaration, has vowed to “fight until the end.”
Yoon considers the arrest warrant “invalid” and is resisting arrest, urging his supporters to “fight together to protect this country from anti-state forces.” The situation remains tense, with uncertainty surrounding when and how police might attempt the arrest, especially given the presidential security service’s prior interference with investigators. The service had blocked access to Yoon’s office and official residence despite a search warrant.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), leading a joint investigation team that includes police and prosecutors, has until January 6 to execute the arrest warrant.
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🟡 NEW: France must withdraw its 600 troops from Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa after they were ordered to leave by the government following decades of presence. Since 2021, the presence of French troops in West and Central Africa has fallen by 70%, pressured by mounting protests demanding their withdrawal.
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Watch this Gazan welcome the new year with a special sand drawing on Gaza’s beach. As Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues into 2025, Palestinians in the enclave remain hopeful.
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On this day in 1804, Haiti declared its independence after a slave uprising turned into a revolution that crushed the French colonizers.
After kicking out the French, the former colony was renamed “Haiti”, the Indigenous Arawak name for the island, and would become the first free Black republic in the world as well as the first nation in the Western Hemisphere that abolished slavery.
The independence of Haiti was a major blow to French colonialism and inspired revolutionaries around the world as one of the most successful slave revolutions in history.
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A one-legged Palestinian, dressed as Santa Claus, spends New Year’s Eve trying to bring joy to children traumatized by the horrors of genocide.
In an interview with red. media, Omar Abu Hashem (age 26) said, “I hope that next year I can be Santa Claus in a place without destruction.”
Omar lost his leg in 2018 during the Great March of Return when Israeli gunfire struck those protesting at the Gaza apartheid fence.
Displaced from Rafah after Israeli forces leveled his home, Omar now lives in a tent in Al-Mawasi, where he makes ends meet by selling coffee and tea.
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As 2024 comes to a close, here’s a selection of revolutionary moments from this year captured on camera:
🇺🇸 New York City, US — Student protesters storm and occupy Hamilton Hall (later renamed Hind’s Hall) in solidarity with Palestine.
🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya — Kenyan security personnel position themselves in front of Kenya's parliament as protesters storm the premises.
🇵🇸 Gaza, Occupied Palestine — Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar flings a stick at an Israeli drone in his last moments before being killed.
🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran — An Iranian lights his cigarette with a burning Israel flag.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Bangladesh — Anti-government protesters storm former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s palace.
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German mainstream politics are steadily shifting to the far right, and it seems German society as a whole is following suit. With new elections around the corner, is Germany heading into yet another dark age?
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🟡 NOW: The US-led coalition is currently launching multiple raids on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. The strikes, coordinated with Israel, are a response to Yemen’s naval blockade in the Red Sea and resistance operations in solidarity with Palestine.
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Have you noticed the raging wildfires, searing heatwaves, and the devastating flash-floods? Capitalism is literally burning the planet. Watch on to see how.
Flash floods from China to Brazil engulf entire cities. Wildfires devour entire forests in several parts of the world. Record heatwaves prove fatal in many regions. The climate crisis could lead to 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses worldwide by 2050, warns the WEF.
The richest 1% account for the same emissions as the poorest 66% of humanity (5 billion people) in recent years, according to a recent OxFam report. “Oxfam undertook an analysis of 125 billionaires and found that, on average, they emitted 3m tonnes of CO2e a year through their investments—over a million times more than the average for someone in the bottom 90% of humanity.”
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Impeached President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Yoon Suk Yeol faces arrest over his brief declaration of martial law a month ago. The protesters rallying in his support have attracted global attention—not for their protest but for their prominent display of US flags. Read on.
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How is your feminist foreign policy going luv?
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🟡 Syria Update — Day 37:
🟡 For the first time since Assad’s fall, Germany’s and France’s foreign ministers touched down in Damascus—making them the first EU officials to meet with the new powerbrokers of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham.
🟡 On their agenda is also pressuring HTS leadership to block any Russian military bases in Syria. The Europeans’ diplomatic game also aims to return refugees to Syria. Meanwhile, German FM Baerbock arrived in Damascus wearing a bulletproof vest.
🟡 Syria’s new Ministry of Education has unveiled 12 new documents reshaping the country’s education system—pushing a religiously-driven worldview on what was once the Middle East’s most secular nation.
🟡 Israel launched fresh airstrikes on Syria, rocking the military base in Sifêra, east of Aleppo, with at least seven violent explosions echoing through the region.
🟡 The battle for Manbij rages on. The US-backed, Kurdish-led SDF continue to clash with the Turkish-controlled SNA, and it’s been nearly a month of relentless fighting.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro threatens to shut down US military bases in the Central American country. If US President-elect Donald Trump proceeds with mass deportations of Hondurans, the Cold War-era bases, operating rent-free for decades, may no longer have a reason to remain, Castro stated.
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🟡 Syria Update — Day 36:
🟡 Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of HTS and the Syrian Interim Government, held the first round of negotiations with a delegation from the US-backed, Kurdish-led SDF.
🟡 Before the talks, al-Jolani boldly announced plans to disarm the SDF, dangling the possibility of integrating them into a new Syrian Army.
🟡 Military clashes have escalated between the SDF and the Turkish-controlled SNA in the highly contested region of Manbij.
🟡 Regions populated by the Alawite religious minority, like Khirbet al-Hammam, continue to suffer waves of violence. HTS has unleashed a hunt for remnants of Assad’s government.
🟡 A Syrian delegation, led by freshly appointed Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaybani, landed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—marking their first official trip abroad.
🟡 A new group calling itself the “Syrian Popular Resistance” has emerged, vowing attacks on HTS leaders in retaliation for the killings of religious minorities since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
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The Zapatistas’ uprising reignited a global left in retreat after the Soviet Union’s fall. In Emiliano Zapata’s name, Indigenous communities in southern Mexico rose, carving their rebellion into history and reminding the world that another future was possible. Read on.
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On this day in 1959, Cuban revolutionaries triumphed over the US-backed Batista dictatorship. After six years of armed struggle, fighting their way from the jungle-clad mountains of the island’s east to the heart of Havana, the revolution began to take shape—inspiring millions. Here are a few iconic images from that fateful day.
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A far-right wave swept across Germany this year. From the first far-right party to win elections since WWII, to Germany’s unflinching support for Israel’s genocide–Here’s a grim snapshot of Germany’s drift toward fascism in 2024.
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🟡 NOW: German police are once again cracking down on pro-Palestine protests as solidarity activists take to Berlin’s streets under the slogan “No New Year’s celebration during genocide!”
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red. media spoke with the parents of a baby that froze to death in Gaza and with a doctor receiving several similar cases. At least seven children have died in the last five days from cold weather. The doctor emphasized “This is what happens when people are in a genocide.”
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