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Neighborhoods in Belfast are being declared "Israeli Goods Free Zones" with over 100 businesses and tens of thousands of residents boycotting Israeli goods in solidarity with Palestine.
The campaign is being led by young socialist republicans from Lasair Dhearg who say the zones are growing "at a phenomenal rate".
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Did you know Valentine’s Day and Hawaii’s rebellion against the infamous colonialist James Cook share the same date?
On February 14, 1779, in Hawaii’s Kealakekua Bay, Captain James Cook, a British colonizer, was stabbed in the neck by Native Hawaiians while he was attempting to abduct the Hawaiian Ali’i (chief) Kalani’ōpu’u.
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This is how Germans portray Palestinians at their traditional carnival in Cologne: as dogs with collars in Palestinian colors, labeled with the words “hatred” and “violence.” In addition, “anti-Semitism” is represented as a woman wearing a keffiyeh.
This year’s carnival in Cologne, the biggest in Germany, echoes the dehumanizing rhetoric of Israel’s fascist government, which also degrades Palestinians as animals.
In most countries, carnival is a display of culture; in Germany, it is too: a culture of racism under the fake cover of anti-antisemitism.
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India is fortifying Delhi against oncoming protests: Farmers across India are heading to the capital, demanding urgent government substitution to tackle the environmental and financial crises. The far-right ruling BJP party has ordered police to barricade the city with barbed wire and nail barriers.
Footage captured clashes between protesters and police. Over 10,000 people have joined the protests despite the government’s ban on gatherings and the shutdown of internet services.
The protests echo India’s farmers’ rebellion in 2021, which saw farmers breaking through police barricades to occupy Delhi’s historic Red Fort palace complex. The protests were sparked by reforms that essentially handed over India’s agricultural market to large corporations in the Global North.
The protests pushed Indian PM Modi to halt the reforms in 2021. More than 100 trade unions called for India’s “farmer protests 2.0,” with nationwide strikes announced next Friday.
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Imagine calling the Holocaust "over the top".
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Today, in 1968, 200 Black American sanitation workers in Memphis launched a strike against racial injustice and for workers’ rights following their colleague’s death caused by dangerous workplace conditions. As the movement grew in momentum, it faced brutal repression from authorities and racist attacks, also resulting in the death of civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. However, the protests were not dying down, with thousands in the streets demanding their equal rights, giving birth to the iconic civil rights movement slogan “I Am a Man.” But did the Memphis Sanitation Strike ultimately succeed? Read on.
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Anti-Western protests are continuing in the capital of the DR Congo as people set fire to barricades outside the French embassy and UN vehicles. The protests are demanding an end to Western complicity in the worsening conflict in the DR Congo as M23 rebels threaten to take Goma, a strategically important city in the east.
Almost seven million people have been displaced by the armed conflict within the country's borders, with more than 135,000 of them displaced in just the last few weeks alone.
The UN mission, MONUSCO, has more than 17,000 staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has a budget of $1.1 billion for 2023, making it the world's most expensive peacekeeping force. However, MONUSCO has faced mounting criticism for not stopping the armed conflict, raising concerns about the true motives behind its presence.
The DR Congo is at the epicenter of the UN's sexual abuse scandal. It has the highest percentage of victims of sexual violence at the hands of UN troops.
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Israel unleashed another wave of massive bombardment on Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. At least 76 people have been killed so far, with hundreds injured as Israeli airstrikes targeted civilian homes, mosques and refugee tents. However, the numbers will likely rise as residents search the rubble for survivors.
It is reported that the bombing was carried out to cover an Israeli ground operation in the heart of the city. Israeli military sources claim that two Israeli hostages were rescued during the operation. “Only military pressure will lead to everyone’s release,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu added.
The bombing comes after Israel announced to extend its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip to Rafah, the only place left in the enclave in which Israeli troops have not yet set foot. At this time, over one million Palestinians, half of Gaza’s population, are seeking refuge in tents in Rafah, having turned the city into one of the most densely populated in the world.
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"The settlers hurled stones at my house and my family." – While the eyes of the world are on the Gaza Strip, Israel's extremist settlers have initiated their own war against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. As settler violence escalates, the current far-right Israeli government has intensified its support for the settlers through legislation and widespread distribution of weapons.
In Ras El Ein, south of the Jordan Valley in the east of the occupied bank, armed settlers invaded the barn to steal and loot the sheep of the Palestinian shepherd community.
Since October 7, Israeli settlers have carried out 514 attacks on Palestinians, resulting in the deaths of at least 10 Palestinians and damage to Palestinian property, according to the UN. While some countries have announced visa restrictions on some settlers, settlement expansion remains a central policy that has persisted since the establishment of the settler colonial project in Palestine.
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Is Latin America shifting back under US control? Ecuador’s decision to send its Russian weapons to the US for use in Ukraine represents a new level of servility from the neoliberal governments in the region. Combined with the new government in Argentina, the coup regime in Peru, and others, the right is gaining ground in the area.
These developments represent a new opportunity for the US to rebuild its military presence through SOUTHCOM and enlist new countries to help advance its foreign policy agenda. 2024 could be a year of tensions between those serving US interests and those still committed to an independent path.
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“If the only alternative is violence, we will use violence.” - Hear this passage from Nelson Mandela's address to the Palestinian Assembly in Gaza, a statement that continues to be as relevant now as it has ever been.
Today marks 34 years since his release from prison. Nine years later, the South African anti-apartheid revolutionary visited Gaza in what many described as a symbol of hope to Palestinians.
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WHY IS ISRAEL'S YOUTH RIGHT-WING?
“The most right-wing are the kids, and that’s because Israel has an incredibly successful, powerful, ideologically driven educational system.”Listen to Phyllis Bennis, a prominent American writer, activist, and political commentator, as she explains why Israel's youth tend to lean more towards the right-wing. She attributes this trend to an educational system that instills a sense of victimization and self-defense, ultimately shaping a generation inclined towards unquestioning militarism.
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Anti-Muslim violence in India reached a new boiling point, with at least two people killed and hundreds more injured in the city of Haldwani in the state of Uttarakhand. Police responded with large-scale repression of Muslim protesters as the city was placed under curfew, with shoot-at-sight orders issued against rioters and internet services completely shut down.
The riots erupted after authorities, with a heavy police presence, demolished a madrasa and an adjoining mosque, declaring the structures illegal and claiming that they stood on government property. The incident took place in the Banbhoolpura area of the city. The district had witnessed widespread protests a year ago after more than 50,000 residents, mostly Muslims, were served eviction notices alleging they were illegally living on land owned by the Indian Railways.
There have also been reports of Hindu residents joining the police in cracking down on the protesters. Islamophobic state-sponsored violence in India, including pogroms, home demolitions, and attacks on Muslim structures, has surged since 2014 when the ruling BJP came to power and mainstreamed the Hindutva ideology, which is based on Hindu supremacy.
In a similar light, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the Hindu Ram temple in Ayodhya just over a week ago. The temple was built on top of a 16th-century mosque, which was torn down by a Hindu nationalist mob in December 1992.
Protests against the US, UK, France and the EU are escalating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as M23 rebels threaten to capture the strategic eastern city of Goma.
Protesters burnt barricades outside the UK Embassy in the capital Kinshasa and gathered outside the French Embassy, demanding an end to the West's complicity in the worsening conflict.
The current protests were triggered by M23's advance towards the capital of North Kivu province, Goma, causing tens of thousands more to flee their homes.
Since the murder of Congo's revolutionary leader Patrice Lumumba was orchestrated by the CIA and Belgium, foreign companies have plundered the country and fuelled violence through arming and financing armed groups in exchange for minerals. Between 1996-2007 alone, six million Congolese were killed. DRC is the world's most resource rich country and has untapped raw mineral wealth worth an estimated $24 trillion.
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Tensions escalate in India as police continue to crack down on thousands of farmers as the protesters edge towards New Delhi. Massive contingents of police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed, firing large numbers of tear gas shells, rubber bullets, and water cannons at the protesters. Authorities have erected massive barricades, sealing the capital.
Various farmers’ unions have started marching towards the national capital, demanding minimum crop prices after unsuccessful negotiations with the far-right BJP government, a requirement they had already stipulated in 2021 when they consented to end their protest.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government refusing to act on the previous demands, more than 100 trade unions have called for India’s “Farmer Protest 2.0.” The renewed protests come ahead of national elections that will likely start in April, possibly posing a threat to Modi’s government, which has ruled the country since 2014.
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The EU can now call a state of emergency across the bloc and order social media companies to enforce a sweeping free speech crackdown.
The "crisis response mechanism" in the EU's new Digital Services Act uses the war on "disinformation" which it developed alongside NATO, as the pretext for unprecedented levels of censorship.
And noone is talking about it.
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On this day in 1991, the US Air Force precision bombed a civil defense shelter in the Amiriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 408 civilians. Throughout the US-led Gulf War air campaign, over 88,000 tons of bombs were dropped over Iraq in a matter of only five weeks, effectively bombing the Middle Eastern country back to the stone age. Unfortunately, the bombing just marked the beginning of what would go on to be a series of countless war crimes committed by the US and its allies in Iraq, as a decade later, they would go on to invade and devastate the country for years to come.
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🟡 Latest war on Gaza news roundup:
🟡 The death toll from Israel’s relentless war on Gaza has reached 28,472, with more than 68,146 people injured.
🟡 The Israeli military introduced Israeli civilians into detention centers where detainees from the Gaza Strip are held, permitting the civilians to witness torture against the detainees, with many allowed to film them on their own phones. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported.
🟡 Reports of hepatitis A outbreaks and alarmingly high rates of diarrhea in Rafah, south of Gaza, where more than 1.3 million Palestinians are sheltering in overcrowded conditions.
🟡 Israeli forces have raided Jenin and Qalqilya cities in the occupied West Bank. During the raids, a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli forces in Qalqilya.
🟡 France has delivered a proposal to Lebanon which aims to end fighting between H3zbo!lah and Israel on the border.
🟡 Israel banned UN special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian, Francesca Albanese, from entering Occupied Palestine.
A protester in Kinshasa, DR Congo, tears down the EU and Belgian flags from a luxury hotel as a large crowd cheers. The latest uprising against the West is challenging colonial legacies in Congo, demanding an end to Western complicity in Congo's armed conflict, which protesters say has already cost 10 million lives.
The M23 rebels are threatening to take over the strategically important city of Goma, home to 2 million people. Part of the war includes the world's most extensive and most expensive UN mission, MONUSCO, which has become the target of protests after criticism of its inaction against the advancing rebels and scandals of sexual violence against civilians.
In Kinshasa, police dispersed protests by firing tear gas after people set fire to barricades. In recent days, anti-Western protests have led to attacks on Western embassies and institutions. Protesters criticize the Western looting of the country and profit from conflict in the DR Congo.
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At least three protesters were killed by security forces during ongoing unrest in the West African country of Senegal, including a 16-year-old. The country is going through its worst political crisis since independence from colonial power France in 1960.
President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone elections on short notice, delaying them by nearly a year, has sparked widespread outrage. This move has effectively granted him significant extensions to his term without an electoral mandate, leading to mass protests nationwide.
The pre-election period witnessed over 1,000 arrests of opposition figures, journalists, and members of civil society, prompting accusations of a “constitutional coup.” In the latest wave of protests on Friday, Amnesty International reported over 200 arrests in a single day.
Senegal stands out in West Africa as the only country that has not experienced a military coup, earning it the reputation of being the “last bastion of the West” in the region.
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🟡 Latest war on Gaza news roundup:
🟡 The death toll from Israel’s relentless war on Gaza has reached 28,340, with more
than 67,784 people injured.
🟡 At least 100 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air and sea attacks on Rafah
overnight. Rafah city is severely overcrowded, with over 1.5 million displaced people,
according to UNRWA.
🟡 Israeli snipers killed seven and injured 14 staff and displaced people inside the
courtyards of the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
🟡 Israeli forces carried out several raids and detained 35 Palestinians across the
occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem overnight. Since October 7, Israeli forces have
detained at least 6,985 Palestinians in the West Bank.
🟡 Israeli occupation forces killed a teenager in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem.
🟡 Yemen’s Ansarallah fired two missiles at the US vessel Star Iris.
🟡 The Israeli occupation army claimed it rescued two captives from a house in Rafah
during a ground operation.
On this day 34 years ago, Nelson Mandela was released from prison after serving 27 years under the racist apartheid regime, more than a quarter of his life. In honor of this day, here is a one of his strongest quotes, underlining oppressed peoples’ right to liberation.
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On this day in 1903, for the first time in US history, workers from different racial backgrounds came together to form a labor union and challenge their bosses. The Oxnard Strike of 1903 demonstrated the effectiveness of a multi-racial working class alliance, proving that class struggle knows no race. Read on to learn about this crucial moment in labor history.
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🟡 Latest war on Gaza news roundup:
🟡 Gaza’s governing organization stated that any Israeli invasion of Rafah would torpedo hostage negotiations. Israel has said it believes that 105 hostages are still being held in Gaza.
🟡 The Israeli army is preparing to remobilize reserve units for the looming invasion of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip with 1.4 million civilians.
🟡 The UN, EU, US, and Arab nations are warning Israel against the Rafah invasion. In response, Netanyahu promised a “safe passage” in Rafah but failed to provide concrete plans.
🟡 Palestinian fighters in Gaza confirmed the deaths of 2 more Israeli hostages and 8 others injured by Israeli bombs in the last 4 days.
🟡 UN’s Francesca Albanese declared that Israel is violating ICJ orders to cease all activities amounting to genocide.
🟡 A senior official of Gaza’s ruling group survived an alleged Israeli assassination attempt in central Lebanon.
🟡 US President Joe Biden will send CIA Chief William Burns to Cairo for talks next week.
Indigenous Peruvians chant ACAB as carnival weekend kicks off in Latin America.
During the folkloric parade in Puno, Peru, dancers and musicians chanted: "Oh police! Corrupt police!" and "Who ordered you to kill the people?" referencing the police massacres of protesters who resisted the US-backed coup last year. The "Fiesta de la Candelaria" in Puno is the largest carnival celebration in the country, and it was canceled last year as an act of mourning due to the massacre in the nearby town of Juliaca, where 19 protesters were shot dead by police.
The entire Andean region of Peru went on strike in January and February 2023 against the coup that removed democratically elected Pedro Castillo from office. The police, military, and Congress installed Dina Boluarte as "president," and she launched a campaign of brutal repression against the majority Indigenous protesters who opposed her regime.
Boluarte's right-wing regime remains a close ally of the United States, the first country to recognize her government following the coup. The US Embassy also announced an $8 million grant for Peru's security forces in January 2023 at the height of the repression.
This week’s photo dump featuring people in struggle and major events worldwide. 🌎 📸
🇨🇩 Goma, DR Congo – Protesters burn the US and EU flags in response to the Western-backed government’s failure to contain the M23 rebels in the eastern region of North Kivu.
🇨🇴 Bogotá, Colombia – Protestors clash with police during a rally in support of Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
🇸🇳 Dakar, Senegal – Massive protests erupted in Senegal after President Macky Sall announced the postponement of the presidential election.
🇵🇸 Jericho, occupied Palestine – Israeli security forces violently crack down on a joint Palestinian-Israeli protest against Israel’s war on Gaza.
🇪🇸 Girona, Spain – Hundreds of farmers blockade the AP-7 highway to protest the crisis in the agricultural sector.
🇵🇱 Poznan, Poland – A flag of the EU is skewered on a pitchfork in front of the Greater Poland government office building during a farmers’ protest.
🇹🇷 Antakya, Turkey – Protesters scuffle with police on the first anniversary of the deadly earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria.
🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince, Haiti – A policeman points a gun at protesters during a demonstration calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
🇵🇸 Gaza, occupied Palestine – An injured man looks on while standing next to the rubble and debris of a destroyed building in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
🇬🇷 Crete, Greece – Residents protest US ships coming to Souda Bay in the eastern Mediterranean island.
Rafah, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, is now Israel's next target. Currently, more than half of Gaza's population, estimated to be over 1 million people, is seeking refuge in Rafah. They have fled and been forcefully displaced due to Israel's relentless and terrible war on the people of Gaza.
The UN and other humanitarian organizations are expressing concerns. They warn that this situation could lead to a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, resulting in thousands of deaths.
🟡 Latest war on Gaza news roundup:
🟡 The death toll from Israel’s relentless war on Gaza has reached 27,947, with more than 67,459 people injured.
🟡 Israeli occupation tanks are shelling areas in eastern Rafah, south of Gaza Strip, where over 600,000 children and their families have been displaced.
🟡 Israeli occupation snipers in Khan Younis, south of Gaza Strip, killed at least 17 people outside of Nasser Hospital and shot a doctor while working in the operating room inside the hospital.
🟡 A 21-year-old Palestinian died in an Israeli prison, where he had been held since May 2022. Since October 7, eight Palestinian prisoners have died or been killed in Israeli prisons.
🟡 US and UK carried out seven strikes against Yemen’s Ansarullah group, in its continuous aggression on Yemen.
🟡 Israel has assassinated a Heubollah commander in an air strike in southern Lebanon. In response, over 20 rockets were fired toward Israeli settlements and a military outposts in northern Israel.
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