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Villagers threw mud at the Tamil Nadu state Forest Minister as he visited the area in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal. More than 19 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced across southeastern India and Sri Lanka.
Opposition politicians criticized the response of the ruling government of the Dravidian Progressive Federation in Tamil Nadu. Some have accused the officials of using the relief efforts as photo opportunities. One politician, VK Sasikala, also claimed that the state government prioritized relief to individuals based on personal affiliations.
Cyclones, like other weather-related events, are increasing in intensity due to climate change.
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🟡 BREAKING: Soldiers advance deeper into the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly as parliament votes 190-0 to lift emergency martial law declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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🟡 BREAKING: Soldiers block opposition politicians from entering the parliament in Seoul, Republic of Korea, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, accusing the left-leaning bloc that controls the national assembly of DPRK sympathies and plotting rebellion.
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🟡 BREAKING: Special forces of the Republic of Korea are storming the National Assembly as the military has announced the suspension of all parliamentary activity. This comes less than an hour after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law in the country.
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🟡 BREAKING: Emergency martial law declared in the Republic of Korea (ROK) by President Yoon Suk Yeol aiming to “clear out pro-North Korean elements.”
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Overconsumption of “fast fashion” in the West is destroying Africa’s beaches. Locals in Accra, Ghana, say that the “dead white man’s clothes” are being dumped on their shores. The pollution is devastating the country’s fishing economy and the dirtying of their beaches.
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With the latest escalation in Syria’s 13-year long war, a reminder that this prolonged conflict would likely be impossible without US involvement. In a leaked 2012 email, then-National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told Hillary Clinton: “Al-Qaeda is on our side in Syria.”
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Hezbollah fired its first warning shots after Israel violated the ceasefire over 50 times. Will the mainstream media tell you this?
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”Every prisoner inside with you is your brother” — Listen to a Palestinian father see his 14-year-old son off before being sent to Israeli prison.
Ayham Al-Salaymeh was sentenced to one year in prison for throwing rocks at settlers stealing Palestinian homes. He is the youngest Palestinian currently imprisoned by Israel.
Israel has arrested over 500 Palestinian children in the West Bank since October 7. In Gaza, it is still unknown how many children have been kidnapped and sent to detention and torture camps.
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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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🟡 BREAKING: Soldiers withdraw from the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly after parliament declares President Yoon’s emergency martial law “invalid.” The military insists it stays until the president lifts it, but by law, he must comply with the vote.
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🟡 BREAKING: Clashes erupt outside Republic of Korea’s National Assembly as military blocks opposition lawmakers. President Yoon accuses them of DPRK ties, declaring martial law.
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🟡 BREAKING: The military of the Republic of Korea has issued its first martial law decree following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law. The decree grants the military near unrestricted control over the country while prohibiting any opposition.
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Biden has legalized the US corporate theft of Cuban products. His new sanctions will primarily target rum, as US companies like Bacardi will no longer have to respect Cuban trademarks.
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On this day in 1976, Bob Marley, his wife Rita, and his manager were shot and nearly killed in an assassination attempt widely believed to have been orchestrated by the CIA.
Despite Marley’s popularity, the CIA’s alleged attempt on his life remains largely unknown. The shooting at his home in Kingston in 1976 happened against a backdrop of CIA-sponsored destabilization of Jamaica following the election of the social democratic Michael Manley, who talked tough against the IMF and was close to Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
Read on to find out more about the shooting of the legendary singer who once sang, “Rasta don’t work for no CIA.”
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On this day in 1966, the 12-3 Incident unfolded in Macau, now a special administrative region of China. Inspired by the Cultural Revolution in mainland China, it became a fierce protest against Portuguese colonial rule.
On November 15, 1966, acting chief Rui de Andrade ordered police to halt the Fong Chong School’s expansion in Taipa Island. What seemed a minor dispute ignited widespread outrage. By December 3, protests erupted outside the Governor’s Palace. Protesters clashed with police, stormed public offices, toppled Portuguese colonial monuments, and even attempted to storm the police headquarters.
A violent crackdown left eight dead and over 200 injured, mostly Chinese residents. Overwhelmed, Portuguese authorities swiftly conceded.
Though Portugal retained nominal control for 33 more years, China regained de facto suzerainty over Macau, reshaping the territory’s future.
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Cuba’s revolution began on this day in 1956 with the landing of the Granma boat. The boat was carrying the rebel fighters who had been exiled following the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks, including the likes of Che Guevara along with Fidel and Raúl Castro. They travelled from Mexico back to Cuban shores to launch the guerilla campaign that overthrew the US-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.
The landing has become legendary in Cuban history not only because it signalled the beginning of the guerilla campaign, but because of the extraordinary sacrifice of those aboard.
Of the 82 rebels that boarded the Granma, about a quarter of them survived. The poor conditions of the boat, followed by an ambush at the hands of the military as soon as they arrived, rapidly dwindled their numbers. Despite that initial setback, the band of fighters headed to the Sierra Maestra mountains and successfully overthrew the regime three years later.
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Serbia and Kosova traded blame over the explosion of a critical water canal in the Serb-majority region of Kosova. The blast occurred near the town of Zubin Potok, less than 20 kilometers from the Serbian border.
Kosova’s government said the incident was an act of terrorism by the Serbian government but has not provided evidence to that effect. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić denied this and accused Prime Minister Albin Kurti of using the event as a pretext to deploy armed forces to the Serb-majority region.
Kosova declared independence from Serbia in 2008 with NATO’s backing, which Serbia refuses to recognize. The Serbian state long oppressed the ethnic Albanian population of Kosova. The Albanian language and schools were at times banned completely, and Serbia sponsored colonization campaigns to change Kosova’s ethnic composition.
Over 4,000 NATO troops are currently occupying the country under the pretext of maintaining peace.
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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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