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Is the Venezuelan left really united behind Maduro? The country heads to the polls today with Maduro as the candidate of a coalition of leftist and socialist parties.
We spoke to Venezuelan commentator, Luigino Bracci Roca, about how this apparent unity is hiding real divisions within the left.
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Venezuela’s presidential elections are today. Of course, the biggest issue is the economy, battered by years of US sanctions and blockade designed to make ordinary Venezuelans suffer.
How has the government of President Maduro managed the situation? We spoke to Venezuelan commentator, Luigino Bracci Roca, about how some aspects of the economy are improving, while problems persist in other areas.
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Massive police attacks occurred at the “Internationalist Queer Pride” in Berlin, where over 15,000 people protested against the annihilation war in Gaza. red. media was on the ground.
With slogans such as “Queers Destroy Zionists” and “No Pride in Israeli Apartheid,” masses of people took to the streets “for the anti-colonial, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist struggle for freedom.” According to police reports, two dozen people were arrested.
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This week’s photo dump featuring people in struggle and major events worldwide. 🌎 📸
🇵🇸 Gaza, Occupied Palestine – Victims of Israeli massacres are rushed to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis while relatives and onlookers watch the tragic scene from behind barriers.
🇫🇷 La Rochelle, France – A protester uses a racket to return a tear gas canister at riot police during environmental protests.
🇮🇩 Jakarta, Indonesia – Police deploy water cannons to quell anti-government protests.
🇺🇸 Washington DC, US – Protesters burn an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to the US.
🇮🇶 Diwaniyah, Iraq – At protests against shortages, an Iraqi protester flashes the victory sign as tires burn in front of the mayor's office.
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Today would have been Marielle Franco’s 45th birthday, a fearless, anti-racist Afro-Brazilian politician who was assassinated in 2018, only 18 months into her election for a seat in the Rio de Janeiro City Council.
As a Black woman and single mother, she dedicated her life to defending those who shared her fate in the favelas (Brazil’s slums). She also took aim against racist police violence, which was fueled by fascist President Jair Bolsonaro.
Her killers assassinated her on March 4, 2018 in her car. They were eventually exposed as part of the state apparatus: two former police officers with ties to Bolsonaro. Three people were finally arrested in March of this year, after six years of fighting for justice. Among those arrested was former head of Rio de Janeiro's civil police, Rivaldo Barbosa.
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Today, 71 years ago, the first bullet of the Cuban Revolution was fired. It was on this day that Fidel Castro led the assault on the Moncada Barracks serving the US-backed Fulgencio Batista dictatorship. The attack, aimed at capturing weapons, backfired, and most of the revolutionaries were killed or arrested, including Castro.
The symbolic and daring action gave birth to the guerrilla organization that later carried the date of the attack on the barracks as its name: Movimiento 26 de Julio (Movement of July 26) better known as M-26-7. Watch this interview of Fidel Castro arguing that armed struggle was the only path to liberation for the vast majority of Latin American countries.
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The Olympics opening ceremony in Paris is about to commence, but did you know that there was once a socialist “Workers’ Olympics” movement created to rival the official bourgeois event? At its height, it was larger than the official Olympics.
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Hooded protesters in Bogotá, Colombia attacked police officers with several improvised explosive devices, leading the police to open fire with handguns during fierce clashes at the National University.
According to the local press, at least two police officers were injured.
Earlier, a cat-and-mouse chase broke out between dozens of militant protesters and security forces at Colombia's largest university before the hooded students targeted a passing police patrol.
These clashes are part of ongoing, escalating protests that have flared up intermittently for months at multiple universities across the country.
The militant protests revolve around a range of demands, including addressing undemocratic university structures, the collapsing educational infrastructure, and reforms promised by leftist President Gustavo Petro during his campaign.
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Yesterday, eight Palestinian prisoners, including two women and six men, were released from Israeli detention. red. media spoke to the prisoners, who have all spoken of harrowing scenes and torture during their time in custody. Visibly traumatized and with signs of physical abuse, the prisoners arrived at Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza to receive treatment.
Earlier this month, Israel released dozens of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza, including the director of al-Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, who like many others, said Palestinians were facing daily abuse in prison.
Abuses faced by Palestinian prisoners include torture, starvation, and medical negligence. Lawyers in contact with their clients in prison report that such incidents are getting worse.
From the thousands of Palestinians detained in Gaza, at least dozens were killed in custody. However, the actual numbers, their identities, and the circumstances of their deaths remain undisclosed by Israel.
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Karl Marx completed the preface to his flagship work, “Das Kapital,” on this day in 1867. The first edition was published in German in the same year, changing the class struggle forever. Watch Lady Izdihar dive into Marx’s work, which put forward a sharp analysis that exposed capitalism like nothing before.
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Israel isn’t starving civilians. Close to zero civilian casualties. Civilization vs. barbarism. Anyone claiming otherwise is Iran’s useful idiot.
In case you couldn’t sit through the unbearable fascist echo chamber, here’s the breakdown of Netanyahu’s marathon of lies.
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More than 60 targets across the Gaza Strip have been subject to Israeli attacks over the past day. The number of Palestinians killed as a result of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza now stands at at least 39,145. The estimated number, however, likely exceeds 186,000.
Israeli attacks across the enclave, from north to south, do not seem to stop. In Gaza’s north, residential houses are being increasingly targeted. In the middle area, intensive artillery shelling and strikes continue to target refugee camps, forcing many people to flee even despite the absence of “official” displacement orders.
In the southern Gaza Strip, meanwhile, Israel’s latest ground operation enters its fifth consecutive day. Israeli forces have killed at least 129 Palestinians in those five days alone. The official death toll, however, is likely to increase since Civil Defense teams and paramedics have been unable to reach any of the eastern parts of Khan Younis for more than five days now.
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On the birthday of the “liberator of Latin America,” Simón Bolívar, watch Ollie Vargas explore whether he was just another member of the white elite or also fought for the interests of the continent’s Black and Indigenous peoples.
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Police in Uganda violently repress young protesters who have mobilized against corruption, inspired by their counterparts in Kenya.
Despite a ban on protests in the capital, Kampala, young people took to the streets against the right-wing Museveni government, whose corruption they blame for the country’s poverty and lack of basic services. Speaker of the Parliament Anita Among is seen by protesters as the worst offender.
At least 45 have been arrested so far, with further protests scheduled for today and tomorrow.
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Did you know about Venezuela’s socialist President Hugo Chávez’s TV show in which he expropriated parasitic capitalists live on air? To mark Chávez’s birthday, we delve into his iconic show “Aló Presidente” (Hello President), where he spread socialist ideas for over a decade, giving a voice to the people and taking charge of his country’s affairs on live TV, just one of the many qualities that shaped Chávez’s iconic leadership.
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On July 28, 1915, the US invaded Haiti, starting a brutal 19-year occupation of the country. Conducted for selfish economic reasons and racist motives, the US waged two brutal wars against the native population, murdering thousands. American corporations were unable to accept Haitian independence while racist elements in US society, including slave owners, had never forgiven Haitians for launching the first successful Black rebellion against slavery. Even when US troops left in 1934, Washington retained influence over Haiti’s finances until 1947. Read on.
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WATCH OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Palestinian Survivor Shares His Testimony About Israeli Torture Centers
red. media interviewed Fady Baker, a Palestinian man illegally detained and tortured by Israel for 45 days.
He described Sde Teiman detention center as a "torture center" where all basic human rights are denied and the Israeli army enjoys experimenting new methods of torture on Palestinian bodies. Beatings, sleep deprivation, psychological torture, and rape are some of the methods used by the Israeli army while they systematically abuse and collectively punish Palestinians.
As of today, Israel has not provided any information about the number of prisoners held, their identities, their health status, whether they are alive or dead, or their location. Survivors' voices and testimonies are the only source of information for documenting the violence perpetrated by the Israeli army or for obtaining information about loved ones who are still undergoing detention and tortures.
Watch the full interview.
Paris 2024: Uniting the Western World through hypocrisy and support of genocide, one Javelin at a time.
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74 years ago today, the US military slaughtered 400 Korean refugees with airstrikes and machine gun fire in what is known as the Nogeun-ri massacre. 41% of those murdered by the US imperialists were children and 70% were women. Shamefully, the US has refused to admit the deliberate nature of the massacre, while the government of the Republic of Korea (ROK) has rejected calls for a legal case. Read on.
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Nicolás Maduro held a giant campaign rally as Venezuelans prepare to vote this Sunday in presidential elections. In the shadow lingers US intervention and sanctions.
Maduro is the candidate of the “Great Patriotic Pole,” an alliance of leftist parties that includes the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the Communist Party, and others. However, there has been controversy over the fact that the smaller leftist groups in the coalition are mostly parallel groups created by Maduro supporters.
In the case of the Communist Party, its official leadership broke with Maduro years ago. However, a minority pro-government faction created a parallel communist party and was given legal recognition by the state as the official communist party in the country.
The country has enjoyed a small economic recovery in recent years and no longer has the highest inflation in the region - a title now held by Milei’s Argentina. However, the issue of low wages and unofficial dollarization persists.
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The Trump shooting was shocking? The CIA tried 634 times to kill Fidel Castro, the leader of the Cuban revolution, to destroy the socialist project, according to Cuban security authorities. Every attempt failed. Today the island is celebrating the 71st anniversary of the start of the Cuban Revolution on July 26, 1953.
Exploding cigars, a contaminated diving suit, poisoned drinks, poisoned pens, paramilitary invasions, CIA-built special weapons, assassination plots with the Cuban Mafia, and other things beyond imagination, Washington's intelligence service tried under several US administrations to eliminate Castro. He lived to the age of 90, dying of natural causes in 2016.
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The death toll from Bangladesh’s ongoing unprecedented wave of protests has risen above 200 amid an escalating police crackdown on anti-government protesters and opposition activists. Over the past eight days, police have arrested around 4,500 people, including 1,400 on Wednesday alone.
The total communications blackout and curfew, including a “shoot-on-sight” order, have been partially eased in some parts of the capital, Dhaka. However, the situation is far from normal. Mobile internet and social media remain blocked, and universities are still closed.
The student protests began in July against nepotism in government jobs, which are among the few stable jobs for many people. Although the government met the protesters’ initial demands, the brutal crackdown has led to renewed demands and many others joining the protests.
Student leaders have paused protest mobilization until Friday, but tensions remain high as the populace continues to grapple with the government’s harsh response.
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On July 25, 1972, the Tuskegee syphilis experiments were exposed to the world. In the experiments, Black men were systematically infected with and killed using syphilis for “research purposes.” Read on.
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While the US Congress cheered for Netanyahu's enthusiasm for genocide, protesters outside burned the US flag in protest of the country’s funding of the slaughter in Gaza.
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Standing ovation for genocide – After nine months of genocidal war in the Gaza Strip and probably more than 186,000 Palestinians killed, this is how the US Congress celebrates Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As Netanyahu reiterates his desire to continue his so-called war “between barbarism and civilization,” he is met with a standing ovation from hundreds of Members of Congress. Just in case you weren’t sure by now, the US is undoubtedly on the side of genocide.
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A police officer was seen stomping on a boy’s head while a taser already subdued him in a disturbing viral video from Manchester, UK. In the 40-second clip, the boy, lying on the ground, shows no resistance as the officer repeatedly attacks him.
Greater Manchester Police said their unit had responded to an “altercation” at Manchester Airport. They justified the violence by claiming “there was a clear risk during this assault of their firearms being taken away,” but did not address the excessive force used against the seemingly compliant suspect.
Amar Rafiq, the eyewitness who filmed the incident, told local press, “I was just gobsmacked. The police officer kicked the guy in the face. Everyone was worried about themselves; they started panicking and running away, fearing they would be attacked.”
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Project 2025: A new strategy of the far-right? Or just the same old conservative agenda?
Liberals are using fears of this document to scare people into voting Democrat and ignoring their anger over Biden’s total support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This is an especially cynical move when one remembers that liberals are to blame for this rise of this ultra-conservative agenda.
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