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India has just announced the implementation of its controversial anti-Muslim citizenship law, triggering widespread protests across the country. Authorities have already made several arrests, cracking down on protesters. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed in 2019 but has not been enforced until now.
The CAA enables Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and Christians who escaped to India from neighboring countries to become eligible for citizenship in a matter of only five years, even without valid visas or other required paperwork.
However, Muslims and other communities from neighboring countries still need to wait 11 years before they become eligible, in addition to needing valid documentation.
The implementation of the CAA comes just weeks ahead of national elections, possibly posing a threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s far-right, Hindu-nationalist government, which has ruled the country since 2014, marked by an extreme rise in anti-Muslim violence.
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Although Mauritius gained independence from the United Kingdom on this day in 1968, parts of the island nation are still under occupation. In the late 1960s, thousands of locals were forced to leave their homes by the US and the UK to make way for the construction of a US military base.
Indigenous people later testified before the International Court of Justice that US agents threatened residents who refused to leave. Human rights organizations and victims of the displacement are demanding reparations from the US and the UK. What makes the island state so interesting for imperialist interests? Read on to find out.
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Tension rising in occupied Jerusalem as the month of Ramadan began. While thousands of Palestinian Muslims are trying to enter the Al-Aqsa mosque for prayers, Israeli forces continue to search and harass the worshippers during the holiest month for Muslims. Israeli occupation forces have increased their security measures and deployed massive forces across the occupied cities that are already under massive surveillance and restrictions.
Ramadan has been for many years a spark for escalation, especially around Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam. Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank headed to pray in the mosque, while Israeli forces have always obstructed access and attacked worshippers, which sparked massive clashes and confrontation that usually spread beyond the walls of Jerusalem to other cities across the occupied West Bank.
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Riots erupted in the town of Byadagi in the southern Indian state of Karnataka over a sudden drop in prices. Hundreds of angered farmers protested at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee yard, storming and setting fire to the office and several vehicles.
The protests erupted after authorities announced the new chili prices in the agricultural business center. The sharp price decline was reportedly due to the significant influx of chilies at the Byadagi APMC market. APMC officials claimed that the chili that had previously been coming to Byadagi for the last two weeks “is of low quality.”
The farmers’ frustration can be attributed to a series of anti-farmer policies the government continued to push through amid another massive wave of farmers’ protests in the South Asian country. Additionally, the government has failed to provide sufficient drought relief as the state of Karnataka declared drought in 223 out of 240 taluks, with 196 classified as severely affected.
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Women were arrested by police forces in Durban during protests against South Africa's load-shedding crisis and the collapse of essential infrastructure services. The protests were supported by the self-described Marxist-Leninist party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), which has long been at the forefront of protests against the crippling infrastructure crisis.
Protesters set fire to car tires and garbage that had been piling up on the streets for weeks due to the lack of infrastructure as workers from the South African Municipal Workers Union are on strike for better wages. The EFF announced further protests in Durban.
South Africa is suffering under near-daily government-rolled-out electricity blackouts, known as load shedding, to cope with South Africa's worst-ever energy crisis. The EFF says the ruling ANC government would rather submit to Western forces than find solutions to the country's crises.
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15,000 Haitians have been displaced in just the last week due to rising violence as the US-backed Ariel Henry regime loses control of the country. Prime Minister Henry remains holed up in Puerto Rico under FBI protection as it's clear he's unlikely to survive if he returns to Haiti.
Much of the country is paralyzed as gangs have attacked police stations and prisons and blocked off the national airport. This has also caused severe food shortages, with around half of the country unable to access enough food and about 1.4 million facing starvation. Fuel has also become difficult to access with gas stations closed and speculators selling it for double the price.
Gangs have taken advantage of popular anger at the US-backed Henry regime to make their own attempt at power. Paramilitary leader Guy Phillipe, one of the ring leaders of the 2004 coup against progressive President Aristide, joined the wave of violence over the weekend and announced his plan to take the presidency.
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"Ramadan must be wiped out" - Israel's Heritage Minister.
Thanks to the West's ongoing genocide denial this is how Palestinians are going into Ramadan, with Israeli ministers calling for their war of extermination to extend even to the holy month.
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Fierce and violent protests broke out in central Athens, Greece, after the parliament approved a highly unpopular university privatization reform. This decision ignored months of widespread protests nationwide, which had been escalating in tension.
Over 30,000 students and activists protested during the vote, calling for public and free education. Under the leadership of right-wing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece allocates only 3%-4% of its GDP to education, below the EU average.
Intense clashes occurred between the students, who carried red flags, and the police, who responded with tear gas and batons, resulting in serious injuries. Videos also captured the use of Molotov cocktails and explosives against police forces. Several people were arrested.
Protesters criticized the new education law as an "assault" on public education. PM Mitsotakis claimed the reform was intended to combat "brain drain," referring to the emigration of highly skilled individuals.
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Seen in Istanbul at the 8 March demonstration.
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On this day in 1954, Irish socialist and freedom fighter, Bobby Sands, was born.
Sands sacrificed his life in the struggle for Irish independence from Britain. While in jail, he led a 66-day-long hunger strike that resulted in his death.
At the age of 18, Sands joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army. He admired left-wing and radical writers, from Irish socialists like James Connolly to champions of African liberation like Frantz Fanon.
He was arrested multiple times and eventually sentenced to 14 years in prison for firearms possession. He was incarcerated in the notorious Maze Prison, dubbed "H-Block," infamous for its brutal treatment of prisoners and routine torture.
Sands led the prisoners' struggle to be recognized as what they were: political prisoners, not criminals. They wanted their struggle for Irish freedom to be recognized and their status as prisoners of war acknowledged. This culminated in the hunger strike that Sands and nine other prisoners became known around the world for. Forty-one days into the strike, Sands was elected with more than 30,000 votes as a Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, increasing international attention to his and his comrades' cause.
Despite international pressure and pleas from various political figures, including the Pope, Sands died on May 5, 1981, after 66 days on a hunger strike, aged just 27 years old. His death sparked a wave of protests and riots across Northern Ireland, and to this day, he is remembered as a hero by Irish freedom fighters. His famous saying, "Our revenge will be the laughter of our children," continues to inspire the oppressed around the world.
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On Internation Women's Day we remember Vietnamese revolutionary Võ Thị Thắng.
In this photo she is smiling after being sentenced to 20 years in a labor camp by the US puppet government of South Vietnam. After the judge issued her sentence, she told him: "20 years? Your government won't last that long." The photo is known as "the smile of victory".
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Palestine Action activists have destroyed a historic painting of Lord Arthur Balfour at Cambridge University.
Balfour is the man most synonymous with the establishment of the settler colonialist project of Israel. In 1917 he handed over Palestine, then occupied by Britain, to the Zionists with the infamous Balfour Declaration.
The painting was a work of Philip Alexius de László and dates to 1914.
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Did you know that women perform 12.5 billion hours of unpaid work every single day? On International Women's Day, here are 10 shocking facts which highlight how far we are from achieving global gender inequality.
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Who is your favourite feminist revolutionary icon? Here are 10 radical quotes from some of ours. Write yours in the comments.
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Molotovs, stones, and tear gas grenades filled the air as protests erupted at several universities in Bogotá, demanding improved academic standards. Protests have been escalating for months across Bogotá’s universities.
At the National University, protesters demanded the democratization of the institution and opposed the university administration’s crackdown on a self-organized student kitchen. Meanwhile, at the University College of Cundinamarca, unrest was triggered by sharp price increases amid insufficient funds for teachers and collapsing university infrastructure.
Many protesters come from the militant core formed during Colombia’s 2021 National Strike uprising and the Primera Línea collectives, known for their confrontations with riot police during mass protests in Latin America.
Local authorities deployed Colombia’s ESMAD anti-riot unit against the protests. President Gustavo Petro had promised to dissolve ESMAD during his 2022 campaign, a pledge he has yet to fulfill.
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Colombia is currently undergoing a historic process in which the government is attempting to negotiate with all active guerrilla groups simultaneously for the first time. The mega-project of the country's first left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, is reliving the limelight of the political-military struggle in the Latin American country, one of the oldest armed conflicts in the world. Who are the guerrillas still holding out in Colombia?
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The US government has turned on its puppet government in Haiti. After propping up the unelected regime of Ariel Henry, Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a meeting yesterday with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica - without the presence of Henry - where he decided that he must leave power and hold new elections.
Henry, currently in Puerto Rico, announced his resignation within a few hours. He will leave power once a transitional council is established. The US decision comes after weeks of protests and violence in the country.
As stated by spokesperson Matthew Miller, the US is still determined to push its foreign intervention in the country and will likely establish a government that is as amenable to its interests as Henry was but with greater legitimacy and control over the violent riots in the streets.
It remains to be seen whether this will calm social anger.
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🟡 Latest War on Gaza News Roundup
🟡 The death toll from Israel’s relentless war on Gaza has reached 31,184, with more than 72,889 people injured.
🟡 Charity ship Open Arms has set sail for Gaza from Cyprus, carrying almost 200 tons of food, as part of a pilot project attempting to open sea routes to deliver aid to Gaza’s starving population.
🟡 Israeli occupation forces killed 11 people near Gaza City, where people gathered in large groups to wait for aid trucks.
🟡 Israeli forces prohibited the entry of critical medical aid, including life-saving supplies.
🟡 Israeli occupation forces released our colleague, the Palestinian journalist Hisham Abu Shaqra, after hours of interrogation while Israeli forces were detaining him.
🟡 Two Palestinian men were shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces near the town of Attil, north of Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank.
🟡 Israel imposes restrictions on worshippers entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.
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Pro-Palestine activists clashed with Dutch police over the Israeli president's visit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Israeli President Isaac Herzog attended the opening of the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam. Protesters chanted “arrest Herzog” and “Shame on you.” Dutch police tried to disperse the protest and violently attacked the protesters.
While Herzog was attending the opening of the Holocaust museum that showcases the stories of the 102,000 Jews who were deported and murdered in Nazi camps, Herzog's government is killing and displacing the entire population of Gaza. Since the beginning of Israel's war on the enclaved strip, over 31,000 people have been killed and over 72,000 people have been injured, while hundreds of thousands are facing starvation across Gaza due to the Israeli government's siege on Gaza.
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🟡 Latest War on Gaza News Roundup
🟡 The death toll from Israel's relentless war on Gaza has reached 31,112, with more than 72,760 people injured.
🟡 Israeli occupation forces arrested our colleague the Palestinian journalist Hisham Abu Shaqra in Hebron city of Occupied West Bank. Abu Shaqra is well known for his coverage and has received several awards for his videos documenting the Israeli occupation crimes across the west bank.
🟡 Two children have starved to death at Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of those who died from malnutrition and dehydration to 27.
🟡 Israeli occupation forces prevented hundreds of Palestinian worshippers from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque and beat a number of them as they tried to reach the Muslim holy site on the first night of Ramadan.
🟡 The EU and US are sending ships to Gaza to establish maritime routes to bypass Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid.
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Israeli occupation forces arrested our colleague, the Palestinian journalist Hisham Abu Shaqra.
Hisham was arrested while he was working in the Jabal Johar area south of Hebron city in the Occupied West Bank. Abu Shaqra is well-known for his coverage and has received several awards for his videos documenting Israeli occupation crimes across the West Bank.
Hisham was covering for us the ongoing Israeli crimes against the Palestinians in the West Bank and was involved in several documentary projects in the past as well as recently.
We demand the immediate release of our friend and colleague, as well as all Palestinian journalists who are illegally detained by the Israeli state.
Israel has been carrying out a massive crackdown on journalists across the West Bank. According to RSF's tally, a total of 34 journalists have been arrested there since October 7, with 50 Palestinian journalists currently being held in Israeli prisons.
The far-right takeover of Europe has taken hold of Portugal with the racist "Chega" party securing huge gains in this year's election. Chega's leadership barely conceals its admiration for the brutal era of Salazar's fascist dictatorship and its association with neo-Nazis. Read through the slides to find out more about who they are and what's at stake.
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Was NATO founded to protect freedom? If so, why did it include Nazi war criminals among its ranks? Rather than denazifying West Germany, the U.S. utilized Hitler's senior bureaucrats and fascists to establish the institutions of today's 'democratic West.
We take a look at recipients of the Iron Cross who later assumed senior positions in NATO.
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Elections are being held in Portugal today amidst the unprecedented rise of the far-right "Chega" party. Currently the country's third-largest parliamentary party, the ascent of this openly racist party represents a massive shift in Portugal's political landscape.
Having secured only 1.3% of votes in the 2019 election, the party is now making headlines as recent polls suggest the party will secure 17% of the vote this year.
The party's leader, Andre Ventura, has a notorious history of xenophobic, misogynistic and homophobic comments, as well as performing the fascist salute. In 2020, Ventura told a Black Member of Parliament to "go back to her country of origin."
Anticipating the elections will result in parliamentary deadlock, Ventura has expressed a desire for a role in the government. red. took to the streets to ask People of Color how they feel about their future in Portugal amidst Chega's rise.
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Israeli occupation forces arrested female Palestinian journalist Bushra al-Tawil in Ramallah, a city in the occupied West Bank, during an overnight raid. She was arrested along with three other women from different cities. The Israeli soldiers conducted a field interrogation and vandalized the house before leaving. In recent weeks, Israel has arrested more women; some have been released in the last prisoner swap during the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Israel is holding at least 60 Palestinian women in Israeli prisons, including two journalists and two minors. The Palestinian female prisoners are facing harsh realities with the brutal Israeli restrictions and punishments instated after October 7. Recent reports indicate Gazan female prisoners being sexually assaulted and raped by Israeli soldiers and officers.
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Today we remember the first Palestinian women's militant organization, "Chrysanthemum Flower." Before the 1948 Nakba, this secret feminist organization in Jaffa resisted the Zionist militia with armed attacks.
Founded by Palestinian sisters Mohiba and Nariman Khurshid, the organization evolved from community aid to armed resistance after Mohiba witnessed a child's death by a British sniper. They fought and carried out deadly strikes to defend their people. After defending Jaffa, they faced displacement. Moheeba Khorsheed, one of the founders, became a refugee, settling in Egypt after fleeing through Lebanon and Jordan.
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“The “Working Woman’s Day” turns from a day of struggle for the franchise into an international day of struggle for the full and absolute liberation of women, which means a struggle for the victory of the Soviets and communism!” – Alexandra Kollontai.
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On International Women's Day we remember this Palestinian Christian woman who left Sunday mass, took off her heels and threw stones at Israeli soldiers during the First Intifada, two days before Women’s Day, on March 6, 1988.
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This International Women's Day, the threat to women is rising as fascism surges worldwide.
The work of Marxist pioneer Clara Zetkin, who both spearheaded Women's Day and developed one of the first revolutionary strategies to defeat fascism, is crucial for our collective battle against its root cause: capitalism.
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