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This week’s photo dump featuring people in struggle and major events worldwide. 🌎 📸 [2/2]
🇹🇷 Izmir, Turkey – Protesters clash with police during a protest against the authorities’ rejection of the results of regional elections in the predominantly Kurdish region of Van.
🇵🇸 Jerusalem, occupied Palestine – An anti-Zionist Jew burns an Israeli flag as anti-government protests escalated.
🇫🇷 Paris, France – Protestors from the Belleville Park collective carry a tent to show where they live as several unions and associations took to the streets to demand respect for the right to housing for all.
🇬🇧 Shipley, UK – Palestine actionists occupied the roof at Teledyne, which makes components for the F-35 fighter jet used by Israel against the Palestinian people.
🇨🇳 Hualien, China – A building partially collapsed after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the island of Taiwan, the strongest in 25 years.
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“Peace isn’t the answer. Liberation is the answer.” – Watch this iconic clapback of revolutionary Kwame Ture, who argued that “peace” merely serves as a demand of the oppressor, while “liberation” is the true solution.
This iconic clapback is captured in the 1967 documentary “Tell Me Lies,” which explores the global response to the Vietnam War. At the time of its release, the docu was heavily attacked by imperialist advocates.
Ture’s words continue to resonate, especially in light of the ongoing annihilation war against Palestine, the unwavering resistance, and the reigniting discussion of liberation.
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Molotov cocktails rained down on riot police during another student protest at the National University demanding an urgent change of course by the administration. Over the past few months, the country has seen further and further escalating student-led riots with a particularly militant character in several cities.
The ongoing student protests center around a range of issues, including high costs, decaying campus infrastructure, and undemocratic governance. Following unanswered grievances, students at Bogotá's National University declared an “indefinite strike” earlier this week.
Colombia’s universities have historically been hotbeds of the country's rebellious periods, a tradition that has run through popular uprisings as well as armed conflict.
Unfulfilled promises by Colombia’s first left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, such as the release of political prisoners from the 2019 uprising or the dissolution of the notorious ESMAD police unit, continue to fuel tensions.
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French President Emmanuel Macron plans to reform New Caledonia’s electoral system with the support of right-wing parties. This move would allow an additional 11,000 mostly non-Indigenous people to determine the future of the French overseas territory, where voices favoring independence have grown. Pro-independence forces are now attempting to push back against Macron’s effort to retain the archipelago within the French Republic. Will the revision mark the end of a peaceful process and a return to tumult?
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New leaked footage of Israel’s war crimes in northern Gaza shows Israeli forces firing at Palestinians as they attempt to receive aid in the northern Gaza Strip.
The footage depicts Palestinian civilians being directly shot at after unloading aid from aircraft near the northern border fence of the enclave, despite posing no threat to the occupation soldiers and their vehicles.
Israeli forces have committed dozens of massacres against aid seekers in northern Gaza, especially at the Kuwait and Nablusi roundabouts in Gaza City.
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EXCLUSIVE: red. media met with UNICEF spokesperson James Elder on his mission in Gaza, whose work and monitoring over the past months has shattered mainstream media propaganda.
The insights provided by the renowned UNICEF organization regarding the legitimacy of casualty figures, systematic starvation, and the characterization of Israel’s war as a blatant extermination campaign have been vital in breaking through the thick layer of disinformation, even in the Western world.
James Elder issued a warning, expressing deep concern for Rafah, which he described as “Gaza’s last hope.” He cautioned that Rafah now faces the same fate as the rest of the flattened strip.
For a comprehensive overview of the situation in all parts of Gaza, be sure to watch the full-length interview, available exclusively on our YouTube channel.
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Today, NATO was founded, but did you know about its Nazi legacy? The largest peacetime military alliance in the world has a dubious history of employing some of Hitler’s most renowned officers.
The names of Hans Speidel and Adolf Heusinger, among others, are unknown to most. But these persons were key figures in Hitler’s Nazi war machine who would later go on to hold some of the highest positions in NATO.
Read on to learn how Nazis turned NATO into the organization it is today.
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Tensions rise between Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces and the resistance fighters from Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank.
The escalation started following a failed attempt to arrest the leader of the group a few days earlier, leading to a fire exchange and clashes with people rushing to support the fighters. PA forces responded with tear gas and live ammunition, resulting in the injury of one of the fighters, who later died from his wounds.
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Is the US happy to provoke a regional war with Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah? They seem keen to use Israel for this end.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller yesterday defended the decision to send giant 2000-pound bombs to Israel and specifically referenced Iran and others as the reason behind sending such weaponry.
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On this day 76 years ago, Koreans on the island of Jeju rose up against the division of Korea and the establishment of the Republic of Korea (ROK, commonly referred to as South Korea). In response, the nascent ROK proceeded to massacre 20% of the island’s population with the help of the US—an event largely left out of the mainstream narrative. Read on to learn more about one of the darkest events in Korea’s history.
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Indonesian security forces violently dispersed a peaceful protest against the military occupation of West Papua. It is reported that at least 65 have been arrested. The crackdown on the protest in the town of Jayapura comes a day after 15 activists were arrested a day earlier for distributing leaflets calling for today’s rally.
The protest comes about a week after a video emerged showing Indonesian troops brutally torturing a Papuan man. Senior army officer Izak Pangemanan confirmed that the video was authentic and that the incident occurred in February. The Indonesian army issued a rare apology, saying that 13 soldiers had been arrested.
The Free Papua Movement has been resisting Indonesian occupation in the Papua region for decades as the latter has been accused of conducting a genocidal campaign against the island’s Indigenous population. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Papuans have been killed by Indonesian security forces, with many women subjected to sexual violence.
Today marks the birthday of Lebanese revolutionary Georges Abdallah, a communist who fought for Palestine. Abdallah has spent four decades in French prisons, yet France refuses to release him despite having served his sentence, due to Israeli and American pressure.
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Disturbing footage showing police violence against two unarmed Black men in Madrid has gone viral on Spanish social media. This has sparked widespread outcry and calls for an investigation into the alleged racist police actions.
In the video, a police officer is seen repeatedly hitting a man on the ground with a baton. He then forcefully knocks down a second young person standing nearby with punches and grabs to the throat.
Official police statements tried to justify the violence by saying the two men were "undermining authority."
In response to the police violence caught on video, protests broke out in Lavapiés plaza on Sunday.
These protests, along with the work of anti-racist groups and left-wing political parties, pressured the Ministry of the Interior to start investigations into the case.
Madrid's right-wing mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has shown support for the police after the incident.
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Protesters in Kashmir's Mirpur city burned down a KFC outlet in the wake of a demonstration against Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip. KFC, along with other brands, became a focal point of boycott campaigns primarily in the Middle East and other regions with sizable Muslim populations.
These campaigns aimed to boycott organizations and companies perceived to support the Israeli occupation, resulting in significant financial losses for major Western fast-food chains such as McDonald's, Starbucks, and KFC. The companies experienced a decline in their stock shares as a result of these boycott efforts.
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Who was "Che Guevara's avenger?" Following the assassination of the iconic revolutionary by CIA-backed commandos in the Bolivian jungle in 1967, Monika Ertl embarked on a revenge mission. Her relentless pursuit culminated on this day in 1971 when she successfully gunned down the right-wing Bolivian colonel Roberto Periera in Hamburg, Germany. Read on to find out the entire breathtaking story.
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This week’s photo dump featuring people in struggle and major events worldwide. 🌎 📸 [1/2]
🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran – Protesters are burning US and Israeli flags during a protest to condemn the Israeli airstrike against the Iranian Embassy in Syria that killed seven Iranian military advisers.
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Teachers clash with police during their strike, demanding an adjustment to their salaries, higher education spending, and better pensions.
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico – Members of the transgender community clash with riot police standing during a protest on International Transgender Day of Visibility.
🇵🇸 Gaza, occupied Palestine – A Palestinian father cries as he holds the body of one of his two daughters after they were both killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike in Rafah.
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October 7 is portrayed as an act of frenzied violence, coming seemingly out of nowhere and unprovoked. In reality, the Al-Aqsa Flood had clear objectives and came out of a series of specific provocations and attacks by the Israeli state against the sacred Al-Aqsa site.
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Tens of thousands of Palestinians defied violent attacks by Israeli forces to attend the last Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem during the holy month of Ramadan. Despite the heavy presence of approximately 3,600 Israeli forces across Jerusalem, the number of attending worshippers surpassed 100,000, according to figures published by occupation authorities.
Situated on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, the Al-Aqsa Mosque holds significant religious importance as Islam’s third most sacred mosque. However, scenes of violence during these gatherings have become an annual occurrence under Israeli occupation. This year, the atmosphere is further charged by the ongoing war of annihilation against Gaza.
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Prison massacres and violent crime continue to ravage Ecuador despite the right-wing government’s “tough on crime” bravado. The country is also becoming one of the fastest-growing sources of migrants arriving at the US border. The roots of this crisis lie in the neoliberal destruction of Ecuador’s society and economy.
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In honor of Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr., on the day of his assassination, we remember his iconic speech at Stanford in 1967. MLK’s insightful analysis revealed that the white ruling class’ racism and exploitation provoked the frustrations of the Black community, in particular, to boil over into violent outbursts in several US cities. He understood that the root cause of these riots was the failure of the US establishment to address the demands of the Black community and poor people in general, famously dubbing the riots “the language of the unheard.”
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On this day in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Mainstream media continues to de-radicalize King, portraying him as a liberal icon and erasing his legacy as one of the most radical figures of the struggle for racial justice in the US. Hence, King is little known for his fierce condemnation of capitalism.
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"We were targeted, deliberately nonstop until everybody was dead." Listen to José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen (WCK), saying that the Israeli attack that killed seven of his food aid workers in Gaza was a deliberate attack. The workers were driving in a convoy, which was hit shortly after they oversaw the unloading of 100 tons of food brought to Gaza by sea.
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Indigenous communities in Ecuador are mobilizing against Canadian mining company Atico Mining Corp., which has begun gold mining operations that will damage the water supply for Quichua towns in the Andean region of Cotopaxi. Atico signed an $800 million deal with the neoliberal government of President Daniel Noboa at the beginning of March. Since then, the Confederation of Indigenous Nations of Ecuador (CONAIE) has demanded that the affected communities vote on the issue.
The government’s failure to consult with those affected has led to protests erupting in the region. Noboa’s right-wing government is currently engaged in a “tough on crime” propaganda campaign to address the crime wave in major cities. Now, it’s applying the same rhetoric to Indigenous protesters, with the military labeling these communities as ‘terrorists’ and describing them as” ‘organized groups.”
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Military police officers brutally assaulted a Black family in Brazil. Footage shows police officers attacking a 21-year-old Black man before following him into his house without a warrant. Inside, police continued to assault the young man, also attacking his father in a wheelchair, who attempted to stop the violence.
According to the man’s sister, confrontations not caught on camera involved torture and death threats. He was taken to the hospital before being taken to the police station. His case was registered as contempt and disobedience.
The city of Piracicaba, where the incident occurred, is located in the state of São Paulo, governed by Tarcísio de Freitas, a former minister under previous far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. As Tarcísio enters his second year in office, the number of deaths committed by military police in the state of São Paulo rose by 94% in the first two months of this year compared to the same period in 2023.
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A political earthquake rocked eastern Turkey overnight as authorities rejected the results of regional elections in the predominantly Kurdish region of Van and blocked the democratically elected mayor candidate Abdullah Zeydan. The situation escalated rapidly, with footage emerging of armed individuals, purportedly supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling AKP party, opening fire on protesters.
Unrest quickly spread beyond Van to other cities in the east, prompting a massive deployment of military and police forces onto the streets by the government. Protests also erupted in Istanbul, with confrontations between water cannons and Molotov cocktails, and protesters setting up burning barricades to block streets.
The AKP, governing in coalition with the nationalist MHP party, suffered significant defeats in the recent regional elections. The pro-Kurdish leftist DEM party emerged as the third strongest force, with Zeydan winning 55.5% of the votes in Van compared to the AKP candidate’s 27.2%. Protesters interpreted the government’s actions as a coup.
Zeydan condemned the blockade against him as “absolute lawlessness” and “a trap set against the Kurdish people.”
This escalation follows years of political tensions between the Turkish state and pro-Kurdish and leftist movements, particularly since the collapse of negotiations with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which has been engaged in a decades-old insurgency.
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Hours after a deadly Israeli airstrike hit the Iranian Embassy in Syria, Iranian protesters called for revenge. Almost 200 protesters gathered near the former Israeli embassy in Tehran, burning Israeli, US, and British flags.
The Israeli Air Force bombed the annex building of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus on Monday, marking the first strike by Israel targeting Iranian government buildings. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement that seven Iranian military advisers died in the strike, including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of its Quds Force.
Israel has long targeted Iran’s military installations in Syria and those of its proxies. However, with the escalation of its war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, it has also ramped up its attacks in Syria and Lebanon, further escalating the already tense situation in the region.
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Activists of Palestine Action have occupied the roof of Teledyne Defence & Space that produces components for missiles and F-35 fighter jets used by the Israeli military in Gaza. Production has now been suspended due to this protest.
Those taking part have smashed windows and broken through the roof, resulting in production being totally suspended.
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Seven aid workers were killed in an Israeli strike on a convoy in the Gaza Strip, despite coordinating their movements with the Israeli military. The convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza via the maritime route. The aid workers were part of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) team distributing aid in Gaza. The seven workers killed were from Australia, Palestine, Poland, the UK, and a dual citizen of the US and Canada.
“This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable,” said World Central Kitchen CEO Erin Gore.
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In a major escalation, the Israeli Air Force bombed the annex building of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria. This marks the first strike by Israel targeting Iranian government buildings.
The strike aimed at a building housing the Iranian ambassador, representing an unprecedented escalation. Previously, Israeli forces had targeted several members of Iran’s al-Quds Force in Syria but had never attacked recognized Iranian diplomatic missions.
Syrian media reports the strike occurred during a meeting between “senior regional figures,” resulting in the loss of six lives. Iranian media claims senior IRGC official Mohammad Reza Zahedi was killed in the alleged Israeli strike.
Less than 24 hours prior, a drone attack targeted an Israeli naval base in the southern city of Eilat, claimed by the Iraqi Islamic Resistance, backed by Iran.
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Fierce clashes broke out in Mexico's capital between trans protesters, supporters, and police officers on International Trans Visibility Day. The annual Trans Visibility Day serves as a global day of protest for the fight for LGBTQ+ rights with a particular focus on trans issues.
Police forces tried to disperse the crowd in front of the National Palace with tear gas. The protests in Mexico City erupted after the first two weeks of the year saw four murders of trans people.
Despite polls indicating overwhelming support, with 82% of Mexico's population backing transgender discrimination protection and gender reassignment not being legally restricted, LGBTQ+ individuals in the country endure disproportionately high levels of violence and hate crimes.
Over the past six years, the rights group Letra S has documented at least 513 targeted killings of LGBTQ people in Mexico, with the majority of these crimes remaining unresolved.
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