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The long-feared Rafah ground invasion threatens to begin at any moment. For the more than 1.7 million displaced people in Rafah, there is no going back. Our colleague and Palestinian journalist Hassan Esdodi gives an overview.
The Israeli invasion of Rafah is estimated to be so disastrous that even the West, otherwise staunch Israel allies, are flinching. Thousands are fleeing in panic, their destination unknown.
Esdodi reports that the Israeli army has ordered some of the displaced to evacuate to Khan Younis, which is in ruins from previous Israeli attacks.
The situation could also escalate on other war fronts beyond the region. Yemen's Ansarallah threatened a new phase of war against Israel. In recent months, Lebanon's resistance groups have made it clear that attacks on Gaza are intertwined with the intensity of the war on the northern front.
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The worst floods in 80 years hit several parts of Brazil, displacing almost 90,000 people, with the most devastating impact in Rio Grande do Sul. The death toll rises dangerously fast towards 100, while at least 103 others are missing and 155 have been injured.
Authorities called the destruction "unprecedented," but the heavy rains were the fourth such environmental disaster in the state in a year, following floods in July, September and November 2023 that killed 75 people.
This year, the El Niño weather phenomenon is escalating environmental disasters in the Amazon region, but scientists are warning that the rate of extreme rains caused by man-made climate change is skyrocketing.
Brazil plays a critical role in the world's ecosystem, producing 20% of the planet's oxygen and 16% of its freshwater. Leftist President Lula da Silva, who took office in January 2023, has committed to prioritizing the fight against climate change.
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On this day in 1972, the Turkish state executed 25-year-old revolutionary student activist Deniz Gezmiş. The Marxist-Leninist was a leading revolutionary during Turkey's rebellious 60s and 70s.
Born into a middle-class family in Ankara in 1947, Gezmiş founded the People's Liberation Army of Turkey. He participated in many actions ranging from university occupations to armed struggles, often targeting US military troops, bases, and ships.
Gezmiş fought for socialism and the emancipation of the working class, even in the face of immense persecution. On May 6, 1972, he was hung along with two of his comrades, Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan, after being convicted of "attempting to overthrow the Turkish government."
Deniz Gezmiş's death led to protests from his supporters who saw him as a revolutionary martyr. Before he was hung he shouted: "Long live Marxism-Leninism! Long live the brotherhood of the Turkish and Kurdish peoples! Long live the workers! Down with imperialism!"
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Did you know that Nazi Germany helped build a torture camp for the Shah of Iran? We spoke to Nima Tavallaey Roodsari about this infamous prison in Tehran.
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Happy Birthday to the mastermind behind over a century of communist struggle, Karl Marx! Although Marx died in 1883, he left behind a legacy that sparked revolutions worldwide and remains the sharpest tool for the fight for liberation today: Marxism.
From the Soviet Union to China, through Africa to Latin America, across all continents, Marxism turned oppressive conditions upside down. Friedrich Engels, his closest comrade, once said of him: "Fighting was his element. And he fought with a passion, a tenacity and a success such as few could rival."
We've selected some of our favorite quotes from Marx's works that are more relevant than ever. What are your favorites?
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Molotov cocktails flew through the air as Colombia's riot police clashed with student protesters outside Bogotá's National University. The clashes erupted after undemocratic university elections, with students expressing outrage at the self-declared appointment of the unpopular Ismael Peña as rector.
The already simmering tensions between students and authorities reached a boiling point with the announcement of Peña's appointment. This sparked a series of protests, with students initially blocking streets near the campus, which later escalated into violent street fights.
Colombia's anti-riot ESMAD unit, notorious for excessive force, was deployed to quell the protests. Journalists, including a red. Media colleague, were also targeted by the police water cannons.
These clashes represent the latest wave of militant student protests that have been rocking several cities across Colombia for months. The student movement rallies against a "collapsing" education system.
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In 1970, the US National Guard killed four students in the state of Ohio for protesting against the Vietnam War, the Kent State massacre.
Today, right-wing media and politicians are calling for campus protests against Israeli genocide to be crushed by that same National Guard. Are they hoping for the same outcome as in 1970?
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Israeli forces released the body of a Palestinian prisoner with clear torture marks. The body of the 33-year-old Ismail Khader was dropped off at the Kerem Abu Salem crossing along with other prisoners.
The Palestinian Prisoners Club had announced the death of Khader and Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh, head of orthopedics at Al-Shifa Hospital, whose body Israel is still holding. Al-Bursh was arrested by the Israeli army in December as he was treating patients at Al-Adwa Hospital in northern Gaza. “The two victims died of torture and crimes committed against Gazan detainees,” their statement said.
The data available on Gaza detainees remains scant. The only information provided by the Israeli Prison Service refers to them as “non-legitimate combatants,” with a total number of 849 as of April. On March 17, an investigation by Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed that at least 27 Gazan detainees have died in custody at Israeli military facilities since the outbreak of the war.
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Police are violently arresting pro-Palestinian activists who staged a sit-in at Berlin's Humboldt University, the same university Karl Marx attended. Activists said they would return and occupy and that this would continue until Palestine was free. They called all students from the Global South to Europe to unite.
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NOW: Student occupation actions against the Gaza genocide have now reached Berlin. red. Media is on the ground as the first sit-in attempts are happening at the Humboldt University of Berlin. The number of participants is growing, though police presence is also increasing, attempting to block students from joining the protest.
Students involved in the sit-in demand that universities formally reject German complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, including advocating for an “academic boycott.” The protesters also call for a halt to scientific research for military applications and urge an arms embargo against Israel.
The student occupation movement, which originated in the US with Columbia University serving as an epicenter of militant protests, is spreading throughout the Western world. This move to Berlin represents a significant expansion of the movement. Germany is Israel’s second most crucial arms supplier, following the US.
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BREAKING: Students have begun a sit-in at Berlin's Humboldt University. Follow us for updates.
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Clashes between protesters and riot police rocked the Georgian capital of Tbilisi as the government passed the “foreign agent” bill. Police used tear gas, foam, and water cannons to disperse the protesters besieging the parliament building. It is reported that protesters broke down the parliament’s door in an attempt to enter the building. The clashes led to over a dozen injured.
On Wednesday, the South Caucasian country’s parliament approved the bill’s second reading. However, a further third reading is required for it to become law. The bill would require organizations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as agents of foreign influence. It has sparked controversy among many Georgians who view it as a “Russian” law intended to stifle dissent.
In the past weeks, an ever-growing number of protesters have taken to the streets, with tens of thousands shutting down central Tbilisi on Wednesday, the largest anti-government protest yet.
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UPDATE: Police have now seized the camp at UCLA and violently removed protesters. Numerous arrests have been made. Students are now standing on the steps of the college, continuing the protest, but no longer in the encampment. Last night, police were absent as violent Zionist groups attacked the students. However, now, they’ve moved in to remove the protesters themselves.
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After initially retreating, the LAPD has now returned to the UCLA encampment and launched a brutal attack, dismantling tents and using pepper spray, rubber bullets, and stun grenades on students. Protesters are still refusing to back down.
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Millions worldwide took to the streets on the International Day of the Working Class to protest exploitation and oppression perpetuated by capitalism. This year’s May Day protests were marked by fierce clashes between protesters and police.
At the heart of the mobilization was the outcry against the Gaza genocide and the call for governments to cut ties with Israel. In Bogotá, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro delivered a fiery speech to a massive crowd, announcing the immediate termination of diplomatic relations with Israel.
In Istanbul, authorities arrested over 217 protesters during the May Day protests. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Havana, Cuba, for a massive May Day event.
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Bad occupation VS. Good occupation
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Mexican students spoke to red. Media about why they've joined the wave of student occupations in solidarity with Palestine. After weeks of mobilizations across campuses in the US, students at Mexico's largest university, UNAM, set up their own encampment.
Students are calling on their university and national government to break all ties with Israel. President AMLO has not done so, despite other progressive governments such as Bolivia and Colombia breaking all relations in solidarity with Gaza. Other governments, such as Brazil, have taken measures such as recalling their ambassador.
This is day four of the student occupation at the iconic UNAM university, which is considered the most prestigious in Latin America. On Wednesday, a student assembly will determine the next steps.
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Today, we need your help—not for us, but for our colleagues in Gaza: Support our colleagues, Palestinian journalists Samy Zyara, Mohammed Abu-Nahel, Mohammed El Saife, & Hassan Esdodi, who bravely report from Gaza. They choose to stay despite the risks, but their families need safety outside Gaza.
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Will the US now invade the Netherlands if the ICC issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu?
In 2002, the US passed a law allowing for the invasion of the ICJ if they ever prosecuted an American. After giving billions of taxpayer dollars to Netanyahu, will he now be treated as one of their own?
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This week’s photo dump featuring people in struggle and major events worldwide. 🌎 📸
🇵🇸 Gaza, occupied Palestine - A mother and her baby displaced by Israel's war of annihilation in Deir-al Balah camp. Tents are adorned with "thank you" signs to students occupying their US and Canadian universities in solidarity.
🇮🇹 Turin, Italy - Police repress protests against the G7 climate meeting two weeks after UN climate chief warned humanity has two years "to save the world".
🇿🇦 Hamanskraal, South Africa - A supporter of the Economic Freedom Fighters dances with joy ahead of a Workers' Day address by party leader Julius Malema. The ruling ANC is suffering historically low approval ratings ahead of elections later this month.
🇨🇴 Medellin, Colombia - Workers' Day protesters hold up gigantic posters of Mao, Lenin and Marx.
🇰🇪 Mai Mahiu, Kenya - A woman carrying her baby looks at the devastation caused by climate change induced flooding that has claimed 100 lives in the past month.
Praised by Mao as the continuation of China’s bourgeois-democratic revolution, the May 4 Movement of 1919 was a turning point in Chinese history that opened a space for socialist ideas and the creation of the Communist Party.
Tired of the state’s weak response to Western and Japanese imperialism, a mass student movement calling for national sovereignty challenged old feudal ideas and brought about a new cultural movement that forever shaped history. Read on.
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Hundreds of protesters gathered in southeast London’s Peckham district to prevent the forced deportation of migrants to Rwanda. Protesters surrounded a bus intended for the transfer of migrants from a London hotel to the Bibby Stockholm barge, known as the “floating prison.” Police scuffled with the protesters, violently arresting a total of 45 people.
The protesters managed to halt the bus for seven hours after it turned up until it eventually left the area without any migrants onboard. Those due to be removed were said to include teenagers attending colleges in the area.
The Home Office’s detention raids on and mass arrests of asylum seekers come as the government’s Rwanda plans have gone through, enabling it to send asylum seekers arriving illegally in the UK to Rwanda to be processed within the East African country’s legal system, unable to return to the UK.
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The “Land of the Free” doesn’t tolerate the right to protest it seems.
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UPDATE: Police are beginning to forcefully clear and arrest the students staging the sit-in at Berlin's Humboldt University.
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How it started VS. How it's going.
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For this year’s World Press Freedom Day, we take a look at how Israel’s war of extermination against the Gaza Strip has affected press freedom. While Israel’s deliberate targeting of journalists in occupied Palestine is nothing new, the past seven months saw an unprecedented toll on press freedom, particularly for Palestinian journalists.
Support our colleagues, Palestinian journalists Samy Zyara, Mohammed Abu-Nahel, Mohammed El Saife, and Hassan Esdodi, who are bravely reporting from Gaza through our GoFundMe campaign here.
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Meta is now internationally limiting the political content you can see on their platforms. Here’s a quick guide on how to stop Instagram and Threads from deciding what shows up on your feed.
What Meta considers to be “political content” remains extremely vague. In-app settings describe “political content” as “likely to mention governments, elections, or social topics that affect a group of people and/or society at large.” This way, Meta is free to arbitrarily decide what “political content” is “eligible for recommendation” or not.
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A photo dump of this year’s May Day from around the world.
🇹🇷 Istanbul, Türkiye - An arrested protester flashes the victory sign.
🇱🇧 Beirut, Lebanon - Protesters pose at the annual march of the Communist Party.
🇮🇩 Jakarta, Indonesia - Trade unions mobilized large numbers for the May Day march.
🇮🇶 Baghdad, Iraq - A participant holds up a hammer and sickle symbol.
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany - A protester shows a triangle hand sign representing Palestinian resistance.
🇮🇶 Baghdad, Iraq - Supporters of Iraq’s Communist Party with a portrait and banner.
🇨🇱 Santiago, Chile - May Day protests saw fierce clashes with police.
🇵🇭 Manila, Philippines - Police forces attack protesters.
🇻🇪 Caracas, Venezuela - A giant figure of revolutionary leader Hugo Chávez at May Day protests.
🇮🇹 Naples, Italy - A police officer covered in red paint after clashes with protesters.
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Students at UCLA forced the police to retreat after they attempted to raid a pro-Palestine protest encampment during the night. After successfully barricading their camp and refusing to leave, the LAPD had no option but to walk away amid jeers from the crowd.
Yesterday, the camp was attacked by Zionist groups, which the police had allowed to run riot and set off fireworks aimed directly at the protesters. After failing to intervene and separate the two groups, the police attempted to clear the encampment themselves but were unsuccessful.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro waited for a historic day to make a historic announcement. At the May Day Rally in Bogotá, Petro announced that Colombia is severing ties with Israel.
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