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Tens of thousands of Libyans nationwide marked the 55th anniversary of the 1969 “Al-Fateh” revolution on Sunday night. The revolution, led by the Free Officers Movement, brought Muammar Al-Gaddafi to power. Celebrations were concentrated in Western Libya, including cities like Bani Walid, Zliten, and Tripoli. In Zliten, four young Libyans were allegedly killed by pro-NATO gunmen for commemorating the event. These gatherings are unprecedented in post-Gaddafi Libya, where public praise for Gaddafi has been banned.
Under Gaddafi, Libya saw significant sociopolitical progress: the unique Jamahiriya system, planned pan-African Gold Dinar, free education and healthcare, subsidized housing, and the highest Human Development Index in Africa. Gaddafi's 2011 death by NATO-backed forces marked the dismantling of these achievements.
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Israel’s invasion of the occupied West Bank continues as it sees a surge of resistance operations across the area. While the invasion of the West Bank city of Jenin enters its sixth day, more overnight raids spread across other cities, camps, and villages. Israel’s invasion of the West Bank has killed at least 23 people, with dozens injured. Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested since the operation started.
Over the weekend, a series of resistance operations targeted Israeli forces, with the most significant being in Hebron. The Hebron operations mark a significant change, as most previous operations were centered around the north of the West Bank. This will lead to more deployment of Israeli forces in the south, which could potentially relieve both the northern West Bank and Gaza.
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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won a state election for the first time, emerging as the strongest force in Thuringia with 32.8% of the vote. This political earthquake triggered immediate mobilization, with hundreds of anti-fascists taking to the streets across Germany, targeting AfD headquarters and election parties.
Protests erupted in at least five cities, with anti-fascists setting off pyrotechnics and donning disguises. In Saxony, the AfD secured the position of the second-strongest party. Nationwide, recent federal election polls show the AfD as the second-strongest party with around 17.5%, trailing only the right-wing conservative CDU/CSU coalition.
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Happy birthday to Roger Casement, one of the leaders of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising! Starting out as a loyal servant of the British Crown, his experiences later turned him to the Irish freedom cause. Unfortunately, due to British efforts to stain his reputation, it wasn’t until 1965 that Casement entered the pantheon of the 1916 martyrs. Read on.
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Today marks 101 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan, one of the deadliest of the 20th century. The xenophobic bloodbath that followed, however, is often left out of commemorations. Every September 1, Japan commemorates over 105,000 earthquake victims, but the thousands of Koreans brutally massacred in its aftermath remain forgotten. To this day, no full investigation has ever been conducted into the Kanto Massacre, with the Japanese state denying responsibility. Read on.
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This week’s photo dump featuring people in struggle and major events worldwide. 🌎 📸
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany – Palestine solidarity activists stage a sit-in at Europe’s largest central station.
🇮🇩 Yogyakarta, Indonesia – A protester shows an effigy of Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo in front of a mock guillotine during a protest calling for his resignation.
🇺🇬 Kampala, Uganda – Ugandan police arrest an environmental activist taking part in a protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP).
🇮🇳 Kolkata, India – Anti-rape protesters stomp police barricades as they march towards the state secretariat demanding the resignation of Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of India’s West Bengal state.
🇵🇸 Gaza, Occupied Palestine – A Palestinian man returned briefly to eastern Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip to check on his home after Israeli troops pulled out from the area.
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On this day 57 years ago, German communist guerrilla Tamara Bunke, also known by her nom de guerre Tania, was shot dead by CIA-backed Bolivian military forces. She was en route to meet up with Che Guevara's revolutionary troops of the “National Liberation Army.”
Bunke was born in Argentina to communist parents who fled the Nazi regime. When the GDR was founded, the family returned to Germany to participate in the construction of socialism.
Trough her parents, Bunke met several Latin American revolutionaries. One of which was Che Guevara—a meeting that would change the course of her life. Drawn to the cause, she later traveled to Latin America and participated in Cuban-led operations aimed at liberating the region from US imperialism.
In Bolivia, Bunke initially operated as a spy before joining Che Guevara’s guerrilla army. At just 29 years old, she was killed in an ambush by the CIA-backed Bolivian army on August 31, 1967.
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Watch the Egyptian revolutionary and Arab nationalist icon Gamal Abdel Nasser passionately explain the necessity of international solidarity in the fight against colonialism.
In his fiery 1967 speech, Nasser proudly declared that while Egypt had “successfully expelled colonialism,” their mission was far from over. Egyptians would continue to stand firm against colonialism in “every Arab nation.”
He asserted that Egypt was deeply involved in the global struggle against colonial domination, even if their role was confined to offering “moral solidarity” to those still battling for their nation’s freedom.
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Khalida Jarrar, a prominent Palestinian feminist militant, intellectual, and politician, is currently in danger. Jarrar's political journey has been marked by her unwavering commitment to amplifying the experiences of prisoners, highlighting their crucial role in the liberation struggle, and advocating for prisoners' education as a powerful form of resistance.
She is currently under administrative detention and is being held in solitary confinement. Since October 7, the Israeli regime has carried out over 10,000 arrests. It has also intensified violent repression, abuse, and violence against Palestinian detainees.
Despite Israel's repeated attempts to silence, isolate, and break her, Khalida has always stood firm. She continues to resist the violent colonial system and fiercely defends her rights as a female Palestinian prisoner. Today, her struggle for prisoners' rights and resilience continues to inspire women in their acts of resistance.
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“We are a body without a soul” — Listen to the words of a Palestinian man in Khan Younis speak to how much suffering the people in Gaza have endured.
Israel has killed over 40,602 people and injured at least 93,855 since October 7. Thousands of people remain missing, either buried under the rubble or kidnapped to Israeli torture centers.
While people across the world continue to apply pressure to complicit world leaders, the resistance continues to deal the heaviest blows to the occupation. Despite 10 months of genocide, the occupation has been unable to achieve a single one of its objectives.
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Today marks the anniversary of Leila Khaled’s audacious, bloodless hijacking—a mission carried out in the name of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Khaled was not only the first woman to lead such an operation, but she also executed it with meticulous precision.
Palestinian liberation groups recognized the potential to thrust their cause into the global spotlight by exploiting the vulnerabilities of air travel—a tactic that, in a post-9/11 world, is nearly unimaginable. These hijackings left the international media with no choice but to cover the realities of Israeli colonialism and the hijacker’s motivations, the fight for a free Palestine.
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On this day 66 years ago, a vicious series of racist attacks were launched on the Black Caribbean population of London’s Notting Hill area. The most recent pogroms that have shaken the UK are hauntingly reminiscent of that dark period.
In 1958, local Black men responded to the pogroms by defending their community, standing against the terror that the authorities refused to acknowledge. In 2002, documents were released confirming that the police had deliberately downplayed the racist nature of the violence.
In the aftermath of the riots, efforts by the fascist Oswald Mosley to exploit the unrest failed. Instead, a powerful symbol of resistance emerged: The Notting Hill Carnival, organized by Caribbean communist Claudia Jones. Read on.
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Clashes between Argentinian retirees and police erupted in the South American country’s capital, Buenos Aires. The retirees took to the streets to protest ultra-neoliberal President Javier Milei’s veto of a newly passed pension reform.
With an inflation rate of a whopping 263.4%, Argentina continues to grapple with a crippling inflation crisis. To compensate for this, the country’s senate passed a pension bill to raise retirement benefits by over 8%. The new law also guarantees that the minimum pension will be enough to afford essential goods for the elderly who are facing severe levels of poverty.
Milei, convinced that lawmakers only seek to break his austerity program, announced that he would fully veto the new pension bill. “I will veto everything, I don’t give a damn,” Milei previously said, insisting on standing by his administration’s zero fiscal deficit policy.
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Israel’s invasion of the occupied West Bank continues with more overnight raids on refugee camps and villages. The occupation forces withdrew from Al Far’a camp in Tubas after over 24 hours. In Jenin and Tulkarem, they continue to expand the attacks.
Last night, fighting with the invading forces intensified with gunfire exchanged and IED explosives detonating in Israeli military bulldozers. In Tulkarem, Israeli forces assassinated five resistance fighters among them Abu Shuja’a, the commander of Tulkarem Brigade and the most wanted man in Tulkarem, after hours of fighting in a besieged house in the camp.
At least 18 people have been killed so far. The number killed is likely higher, as Israel has blockaded hospitals and kidnapped the bodies of fighters.
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Activists from the group Palestine Action targeted the office of Elbit Systems in the German capital of Berlin. A video received by red. shows the activists splashing red paint on the office’s entrance.
Elbit is one of the biggest producers of weapons being used in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. Elbit also produces drones like the Herms 450, which was used to kill international aid workers in Gaza. The company has been the main target for Palestine Action in the UK, but now other chapters of the organization are targeting Elbit and other arms manufacturers across Europe.
Elbit Systems has its main European office in Germany as they have several partnerships with German weapon companies. Germany has been one of the biggest supporters for Israel in its attack on Gaza politically and militarily.
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For the first time since Nazi rule, a far-right party has won an election in Germany. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has come out as the strongest and second-strongest in the regional elections of the eastern German states of Thuringia and Saxony. In both states, the party has gained over 30% of the vote.
Chairman of the AfD in Thuringia is Björn Höcke, who, even according to a court ruling, can be classified as a fascist. Höcke not only represents the fascist wing of the AfD but is also the party’s most influential politician. He is no less known for his infamous speeches with allusions to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
While the AfD made significant gains in regional elections, polls also show it advancing in nationwide approval ratings. According to the latest polls, the AfD is set to be the country’s main opposition party, creating an uncertain future for the upcoming 2025 federal elections.
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On this day in 1945, legendary communist and anti-imperialist Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence from France following the formal end of WWII and a successful rebellion against Vichy French and Japanese forces.
However, despite the joyous scenes in Hanoi on September 2, 1945, trouble lied ahead. US President Harry Truman refused to recognize Ho Chi Minh’s declaration of independence, the French refused to leave, and Vietnam was divided by the victorious allies.
It would take decades and millions of deaths following wars against the French, Americans, and Chinese for the Vietnamese to win their true independence. Vietnam’s Independence Day has since been celebrated with annual parades honoring the resistance forces in Hanoi.
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50 cities across Serbia have organized protests against mining giant Rio Tinto in recent months. So, who is Rio Tinto, and what is their track record? We spoke to Serbian-Australian actress and activist Bojana Novaković, who has been involved in the movement against a proposed lithium mine for several years now.
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IDF Case Study: What to do when you get tired of committing genocide.
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Western media has a long history of misconstrued coverage of the African continent. Watch this speech by pan-African leader Thomas Sankara, who 40 years ago criticized the way Western media seeks to divide Africans for imperialist interests.
Sankara, President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987, argued that the imperialist attacks had two phases: a nonviolent phase followed by a violent one. The nonviolent phase will seek to discredit countries that oppose imperialism before eventually launching violent attacks to overthrow anyone who dares to oppose them.
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Ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, the new Taliban rulers have persistently restricted women’s rights in the country. Now, they have issued their first formal declaration of vice and virtue laws, significantly reducing women’s rights once again. And while the West claims to stand for women in Afghanistan, Germany and Sweden have already begun deporting Afghans back to Afghanistan. Read on.
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Happy birthday to legendary Black Panther and revolutionary Marxist-Leninist Fred Hampton! Born in Chicago in 1948, Hampton became deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party and chair of the Illinois chapter. He was one of the most prominent anti-racists of his era, fighting against white supremacy through multicultural organizing. Hampton helped found the Young Patriots, which organized poor whites, and the Young Lords, which involved organizing Puerto Ricans.
In December 1969 he was brutally murdered by police who drugged him and then shot him in his bed during a pre-dawn raid. Police fired 100 gunshots into his apartment.
Watch Fred Hampton explain how those in power in capitalist societies use racism to maintain their rule by dividing the working class and oppressed people. At a time of massive inequality and the increasing rise of far-right racism, his message is still incredibly important.
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Japan, today often portrayed as a “peaceful” nation, has a dark history of colonialism and imperialism, often swept under the rug. In the 1970s, one particular urban guerrilla group took it upon themselves to make Japan face its ugly past. Meet the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front.
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A 10-month-old baby has become the first confirmed case of polio in Gaza in 25 years. red. media spoke to the baby’s mother. According to her, her son is now partially paralyzed due to the disease and in urgent need of medical treatment outside of Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel refuses to halt its genocidal war on the enclave.
At the end of last month, Gaza’s Health Ministry officially declared a polio epidemic after finding it in sewage samples. The ministry blamed Israel’s continued war of annihilation for the re-emergence of the deadly virus which was previously eradicated in Gaza. Due to Israeli attacks on the enclave’s water systems, the already scarce drinking water supplies are at risk of being contaminated by the virus.
The World Health Organization said it was sending more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza. However, the lack of humanitarian access into and throughout the enclave due to Israel’s unabated attacks has prevented the vaccines from reaching the people in need.
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On this day in 1991, the activities of Communist Party of the Soviet Union were suspended a few months ahead of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Is this when Soviet socialism was abandoned or was it much earlier? Watch Lady Izdihar explore a debate that is still heated within the international communist movement and let us know your thoughts in the comments 👇
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“We have challenged the occupation” — these are the words of Mohammad Jaber, known as Abu Shuja’a. The commander of Tulkarem resistance group was assassinated by Israeli occupation forces after a long battle.
Abu Shuja’a, the most wanted fighter in the West Bank, had survived several previous assassination attempts by Israeli forces. He was also being hunted by the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces in recent months. The PA attempted to arrest him several times and even raided a hospital where he was being treated for an injury, but the people surrounded the hospital and smuggled him out.
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The Communist Party of Kenya publicly apologized to the people of Haiti for its invasion of Haiti on behalf of the US. The spokesperson states that the people of Haiti are now being subjected to the same violence Kenyans experienced at the hands of the police at home.
In June 2024, Kenyan police were sent to “restore order” to the gang-controlled country. Massive protests spread across Haiti earlier this year, calling on the US-backed Ariel Henry to resign. Armed gangs then exploited the power vacuum that followed and currently control about 85% of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
In the first six months of 2024, five children a week were killed or injured in Haiti, totaling 131 children. More than 600,000 Haitians have been displaced and become homeless due to gang violence. NGO Save the Children warned that given the track record of the Kenyan forces, the invasion would likely only lead to more violence and suffering.
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Families in Nur Shams, Tulkarem, West Bank, were forced to leave their homes. This followed widespread destruction and an invasion by Israeli occupation forces.
When the families attempted to leave, soldiers forced them back. This was likely done to prevent any evidence of the displacement from being recorded.
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When the safety of only one group of people matters.
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