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Happy birthday, Fidel Castro! The leader of the Cuban Revolution was born on this day in 1926. To celebrate, watch this rare Soviet archive footage of Fidel Castro frolicking in the snow on his first trip to the Soviet Union. These delightful scenes of the leader of the Cuban Revolution took place on his trip to smooth over ties with the Soviet leadership in the wake of the most tense nuclear stand off in history.
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“Water yes! Mining no!” is the slogan of Indigenous protesters in Ayacucho, Peru who are calling for the expulsion of mining companies in the province of Huanta. Local communities say that mining operations are destroying the environment and poisoning the rivers that the region relies on for drinking water and agriculture.
Mining in Peru is entirely privatized, with the government handing out the country’s natural resources to Peruvian and foreign multinational companies without consulting the affected communities.
Illegal mining by corporate-backed criminal groups, particularly in the Amazon, also has a devastating effect on the environment. 22 major rivers in the Peruvian Amazon have been contaminated by gold mining operations.
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Capitalism’s climate crisis is destroying the world’s forests, from the Pantanal to the Mediterranean. July and August has seen devastating wildfires destroy millions of hectares of forest, with the worst affected areas right now in southern Europe and the Amazon basin.
Many media outlets downplay the destruction as “seasonal” and imply that the fires are inevitable. However, a study from World Weather Attribution shows that this year’s fires in the Pantanal region of Brazil was made four times more likely and 40% more intense due to man-made climate disruption.
In Europe, wildfires last year were among the worst in over a century, said a European Commission report. This summer is set to cause witness even more devastation, as wildfire season is starting earlier and lasting longer than ever before.
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Israel launched several strikes and artillery shells on a residential buildings west of Khan Younis, while another strike targeted a car on Salah Al-deen road east of the city. At least three people were killed and 10 others were injured.
Despite the planned resuming of ceasefire talks, Israel is intensifying its attacks and targeting of displaced Palestinians, including people sheltering in UN schools.
Israel has killed over 39,897 Palestinians including over 16,456 children, while over 10,000 people are missing. A recent study by the medical journal, the Lancet, estimated that Israel has killed 186,000 Palestinians in the genocide.
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Irish Republican youth clashed with the police, throwing petrol bombs and shooting fireworks in Northern Ireland’s city of Derry. The clashes erupted after the annual Apprentice Boys of Derry parade, which is held by loyalist groups who oppose Irish independence.
The clashes lasted several hours during which large police forces and a dog unit were deployed. Police announced that 10 officers were injured during the clashes.
The parade is held on the second Saturday in August each year to commemorate the ending of the 105-day-long siege that the city was under in August 1689. The majority of parades are held by either Ulster Protestant, unionist, or Ulster loyalist groups.
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Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are being forced on a death march as Israel issued yet another mass displacement order over the weekend. The latest order once again applies to several areas of the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and is just one in a series of mass displacement orders throughout the current genocide.
The area that the new displacement order covers is said to be one of the largest in the 10-month-old invasion of the enclave and even includes part of an Israeli-declared “humanitarian zone.”
The order came a day after an Israeli air strike on al-Tabin School in northern Gaza’s Gaza City killed more than 100 Palestinians sheltering there. Despite being met with international condemnation for the latest massacre, Israel presses on with its devastating ground operations, including in Khan Younis.
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What happens when anti-communism goes too far? Lady Izdihar recaps how, right after WWII, the US government sent two prominent Jewish Americans to their deaths by electric chair on bogus charges of “nuclear espionage.” Meanwhile, the US government was busy hiring Nazis to develop its nuclear program.
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The Black population of Los Angeles, California erupted in fury in six days of unrest today in August 1965, known as the Watts Riots. The unrest occurred during the tense period of the Civil Rights movement where the racist Jim Crow laws of the southern US states were being challenged by activists. However, in Los Angeles the context was slightly different and the causes of the unrest were more long-term.
During the Second Great Migration in the 1940s, the Black population of Los Angeles increased due to defense industry recruitment efforts. As a result, the Black population increased from 63,700 in 1940 to 350,000 in 1965.
However, the white bourgeoisie did not welcome the Black migration. Many covenants prevented minorities, including Black people, from owning property in certain areas of the city. At the same time, the Los Angeles Police Department was gaining a reputation for racist violence. It was these events that created a pressure cooker that exploded in August 1965.
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This week’s photo dump featuring people in struggle and major events worldwide. 🌎 📸
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Bangladesh – Grieving mother finds her son’s lifeless body after unprecedented deadly anti-government clashes that eventually triumphed.
🇵🇸 Khan Younis, Occupied Palestine – Surviving displaced children reach Nasser Hospital after incessant Israeli bombs shred their faces.
🇱🇧 Beirut, Lebanon – Supporters of Lebanon’s Islamic Resistance cheer in the face of expected harsh retaliation for Israeli attacks.
🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya – Anti-government riots flare up again and again as police brutality remains constant.
🇾🇪 Sana’a, Yemen – In anticipation of the joint operation between the various forces of the “Axis of Resistance” against Israel, massive anti-Zionist protests break out.
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On this day in 1961, the US started spraying Agent Orange in a campaign called “Operation Ranch Hand,” which would last 10 years. The program entailed the spraying of 19 million gallons of defoliants and herbicides over rural South Vietnam. Its alleged aim was to deny the Vietcong access to food and concealment provided by vegetation. In reality, it was to punish and deprive the Vietnamese people for their resistance.
Roughly 20% of South Vietnam's jungles were sprayed at one point, and areas in Cambodia and Laos were also affected. The US Air Force conducted over 20,000 sorties from 1961 to the program's conclusion in 1971.
The Vietnamese government estimates that approximately 4.8 million people were exposed to Agent Orange, leading to 400,000 deaths from cancers and other conditions. Three million Vietnamese experienced health complications due to the program and 150,000 children were born with serious birth defects.
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Israel: The greatest threat to Jewish life?
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Thousands of fascists marched in Imotski, Croatia, singing songs of the Ustaše, which took power as a Nazi puppet state during World War II to further expand the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. The march also saw mass Nazi salutes and displays of fascist Ustaše symbols.
The march took place during a concert at the same location with 20,000 participants, during which Ustaše songs were also sung.
The Ustaše set about an exterminatory terror campaign with brutality that shocked even the Germans and occasionally obliged the Italians to intervene.
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On this day in 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki three days after dropping the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. The atomic blast killed at least 100,000 people, almost all of them civilians, and included scores of forced laborers from Korea and China who had been trafficked by the Japanese army. By the end of 1945, more than 230,000 people had died from the effects of both atomic bombs.
Watch South Africa's anti-imperialist President Nelson Mandela explain that the US dropped these bombs in order to threaten the Soviet Union, which had emerged victorious from the fight against fascism.
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Police in Kenya once again use force to crack down on renewed anti-government protests in Nairobi following two months of deadly protests that killed at least 61. On social media, young Kenyans had called for the “mother of all protests,” dubbed the Nane Nane March, to occur today.
In what has proven to be the biggest crisis for Kenyan President William Ruto during his time in office, the massive protests had previously forced him to abandon a tax reform and fire almost his entire cabinet. The renewed protests come as Ruto swore in his “new” cabinet, reintroducing about half of the previously dismissed ministers.
What began as peaceful youth-led rallies against proposed tax hikes has since expanded into broader protests against Ruto and his administration, with many calling to “liberate the country.”
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The German army “Bundeswehr” wants to honor Nazi soldiers as official “role models.” During a government press conference, the Defense Ministry’s spokesperson defended the decision while using inconsistent criteria to determine which former Wehrmacht soldiers, including SS fascists and Nazi party members, should contribute to the Bundeswehr’s “understanding of tradition.”
This decision was formalized in the military’s “Tradition Decree,” an official document meant to serve as a “moral compass” for the Bundeswehr. When the Bundeswehr was established in 1955, around 40,000 former Nazi Wehrmacht officers and junior officers formed its core.
The MOD justified the decision by citing the process of “denazification,” the post-war effort to pseudo-purge Nazi ideology from the German state and society. Even prominent Nazis within the Wehrmacht, such as fighter pilot Erich Hartmann, who directly killed at least 352 people, were allowed to rejoin the Bundeswehr in 1956.
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Hundreds of Israeli settlers have descended upon the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. Under the tight protection of Israeli occupation forces and joined by fascist Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, the settlers were seen assaulting Palestinian residents and provocatively performing Talmudic rituals.
The storming of third holiest site in Islam comes as Jews observe the Jewish holy day of Tisha B’Av today, commemorating the destruction of the old temples.
Despite a Jordanian-Israeli agreement that prohibits Jews from praying at the mosque compound, Jewish settlers regularly breach this accord, violently storming the mosque’s grounds under the protection of heavily-armed security forces.
Ironically, Muslims are the ones often barred from praying at the mosque. Just last week, Israeli police issued a six-month ban on Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Imam. The ban stops him from entering the mosque compound and its surrounding courtyards.
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Far-right Hindutva mobs have attacked alleged Muslims in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, destroying their makeshift shelters and reportedly setting them on fire. The attackers, who accused the victims of being Bangladeshis, are being supported by Hindutva agitators who are exploiting recent unrest in Bangladesh to stoke anti-Muslim sentiments.
Shortly after Sheikh Hasina’s removal from power in Bangladesh due to a student-led mass uprising, some Indian media outlets began reporting that Hindu minorities in Bangladesh were being targeted by “Islamist forces.” While there have been isolated deadly attacks against Hindus, Indian media has been spreading widespread alarmist misinformation about the situation. This misinformation is now escalating anti-Muslim violence across India.
Similar racist attacks have erupted in several parts of the country. Hate crimes against Muslims have surged since Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office for a third term.
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Did you know Palestinian liberation groups had to once defend themselves against a 50-day siege by Lebanese fascists on their refugee camp in Tel Al-Zaatar? The horrific massacre that followed ended on this day 48 years ago.
The massacre was the first of its kind to be committed directly against Palestinian refugees residing in Lebanon and is an example of the grim underlying foundations of the civil war that began in 1975. The Phalangists became one of Israel’s most trusted allies in the Lebanese Civil War.
The most notorious Christian paramilitary group operating during the civil war was the “Phalangists,” known in Lebanon as “Hizb Al-Kataeb.” Politically and organization-wise, the Phalangist movement was modeled on the Spanish Falange and the Italian Fascist movements and espoused many of their ideas. Read on.
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A historic protest of over 100,000 people was held in Belgrade, Serbia against an EU-sponsored lithium mine. Protesters marched through downtown and blockaded the city’s main train station as well as a major bridge. Three prominent activists were arrested and sentenced to jail terms of up to 40 days.
Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić has claimed the protests are part of a coup against him, which the West is tacitly supporting. However, Western countries like Germany have been the ones pushing for the lithium mine, which these protesters are opposing.
In 2022, after a mass upsurge, the government was forced to cancel the project. The movement called attention to the mine’s devastating environmental impacts and dispossession of over 20 villages. The protests have united the left and right across the country, who are both opposing foreign plundering of the country.
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Anti-fascist demonstrations took place in numerous towns and cities of the UK and Ireland as the violent pogroms of the far-right begin to subside.
Following clashes and counter-protests last week, mobilizations from the far-right have mostly fizzled out and prison sentences have been handed to many of those involved.
The violence broke out two weeks ago after rumors spread that a Muslim immigrant had committed a stabbing attack on young children. Subsequently, the far-right rioted and launched arson attacks on immigrant-owned shops and at hotels where refugees were being temporarily housed.
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Today marks the anniversary of the first genocide in the history of the 20th century, the blood of which is on the hands of the German colonialists in Namibia. From 1884 to 1915, the German Reich ruled over what is now Namibia, brutally suppressing local uprisings.
The Herero and Nama War from 1904 to 1908 saw mass killings, with historians estimating that 65,000 out of 80,000 Herero and at least 10,000 out of 20,000 Nama were killed in retaliation for their anti-colonial resistance.
Even today, the legacy of this violence lingers. Seventy percent of Namibia's farmland remains in the hands of the descendants of German settlers, while the destruction of Herero and Nama culture has led to widespread poverty among their communities.
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The first genocide of the 20th century was carried out in Africa by German colonial authorities, which started today in 1904. Namibia’s government reminded Germany of this fact during the recent ICJ hearings when Germany expressed their full support for Israel against the genocide charges brought by South Africa. Let’s take a deeper look into the horrors of the concentration camps in Namibia, built decades before those of the Nazi Holocaust.
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Despite multiple legal cases, trials, and Biden dropping out, former US President Donald Trump stands a good chance of winning the 2024 US Presidential election. Trump has vowed to ban and deport communists and Marxists from the US if he returns to the White House. Watch Lady Izdihar discuss how this could mean a return to the anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s.
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You may have seen wild stories claiming that athletes from the DPRK could be executed if they don’t win gold medals at the Olympics. This couldn’t be further from the truth. But why is it that so many fake news stories about the country go completely unchecked?
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Twitter/X is now banned in Venezuela for the next 10 days on orders of President Nicolás Maduro, who accuses Elon Musk of promoting violence and fascism in the country.
The ban took effect late last night and was announced at a mass rally held by Chavistas in support of Maduro and in rejection of a US-backed coup. The government has condemned social media platforms, particularly WhatsApp and Twitter, for promoting fake news about the recent elections and inciting violent pro-coup protests.
Opposition mobilizations have fizzled after the government arrested over 2,000 people this past week for their involvement in violent acts since the July 28th elections. Opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado now uses her social media platforms to call on the military to lead a coup.
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“By God, this is the twentieth time we’ve been displaced.” — Palestinians in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip are left without a break, as Israel has issued yet another wave of renewed forced displacement orders for several districts in eastern Khan Younis city.
With scores of Palestinians from eastern Khan Younis being once more displaced, what’s going on in the city is practically a repetition of what happened two weeks ago, when the Israeli military launched a military offensive into the city’s east, displacing tens of thousands of residents.
Now, just as many have returned to eastern Khan Younis, the Israeli military launched an offensive into the territory once more, marking the third time such “clearing operation,” purportedly aimed at ridding the area of Palestinian fighters.
Last night, eastern Khan Younis has already faced a heavy bombardment, with some 30 air attacks taking place in the span of a few hours, including strikes on two schools.
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Argentinians returned to the streets for mass protests against sky-rocketing poverty under ultra-neoliberal President Javier Milei. The occasion was the saints day of "San Cayetano", the patron saint of workers and the unemployed, a revered figure in working class communities where mixing leftist and religious catholic traditions is common.
Milei's first six months saw an accumulated rise in inflation of 115%, double that of his predecessor's first six months. Despite a massive devaluation of the currency and a promise to end currency controls, a black market for foreign currency persists with the government's exchange rate at 936 Pesos for 1 dollar, while black market rate stands at 1,385 Pesos per dollar, exposing the continuing devalued status of the currency.
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An Israeli soldier who raped a Palestinian prisoner alongside other soldiers appeared on Israeli channel 14 to defend his unit that committed the rape. The incident sparked outrage as it was filmed on CCTV cameras and spread to the media.
The incident happened in the Sde Teiman detention center, where several reports have revealed the brutal condition and systematic torture, including rape, electric shocks, and starvation against Palestinian prisoners.
The incident has sparked an outrage in Israel, mainly for initiating an investigation and questioning the soldiers but not for the rape itself. Israelis, including politicians and reserve soldiers, have even taken a step ahead, storming a military base to protest the investigation and release the soldiers, simply protesting the soldiers’ rights of raping prisoners.
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