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“Our students aren’t students of war. They’re students of peace.” – red. Media was on the ground with Gazans trying to pursue their right to education amid Israel’s relentless war on Gaza and its Palestinian population. Israeli forces bombed or damaged at least 343 schools across Gaza in addition to having killed at least 4,119 Palestinian school-going children and injured at least 7,536 others. Even though there are hopeful attempts at setting up makeshift classrooms, with no end in sight, Israel’s war on Gaza casts a dark shadow over Gaza’s children’s future.
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“We are living in great fear” – red. Media was on the ground with Delhi’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims, who fled a genocide in Myanmar. However, they now face a similar situation in India, as authorities under the Hindu-nationalist BJP party mirror oppressive actions by Myanmar’s military.
Genocidal attacks at the hands of the Myanmar military starting in August 2017 caused more than 770,000 Rohingyas to flee. At least 20,000 displaced Rohingyas live in India, facing growing anti-Muslim violence and living in constant fear of detention and even deportation back to Myanmar.
Living conditions in refugee camps are deplorable, lacking drinking water, sanitation facilities, and education. Children, in particular, bear the brunt of these conditions, experiencing malnutrition, chronic diseases, and alarmingly high rates of infant mortality.
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"Israel is a settler colonial power that effectively wants to erase Palestinians from their traditional land." Watch International State Crime Initiative director Penny Green, break down why Israel does not have the "right to self-defense" claimed by Western powers.
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On this day in 1804, Haiti declared its independence after a slave uprising turned into a revolution that crushed the French colonizers.
After kicking out the French the former colony was renamed "Haiti", the Indigenous Arawak name for the island, and would become the first Black republic in the world as well as the first nation in the Western Hemisphere that abolished slavery.
The independence of Haiti was a major blow to French colonialism and inspired revolutionaries around the world as one of the most successful slave revolutions in history.
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🟡 Latest Gaza War Update:
🟡 US President Joe Biden, for the second time this month, circumvented Congress to greenlight a $147.5 million emergency arms sale to Israel, authorizing immediate delivery of M107 155mm artillery shells and related equipment.
🟡 The death toll from Israel’s relentless war on Gaza has reached 21,672, with more than 56,165 injured.
🟡 Berlin anticipates potential police violence escalation in migrant neighborhoods on New Year’s Eve amidst high political tensions triggered by unprecedented state repression of Palestinian activism. A large-scale planned protest titled “No celebration during genocide” was banned.
🟡 Reports of organ theft by Israeli soldiers from Palestinians who have been killed are mounting. Gaza’s health ministry renewed warnings of “mutilation and organ theft” during mass executions.
🟡 Gaza’s ruling group negotiates new talks on a prisoner swap deal and a weeklong cease-fire through Qatari mediators.
“What would you do first when the war ends?” – We met children in Gaza and asked them about their plans for life beyond the constant bombardment. Overwhelmingly, most of the answers focused on the comparison to other children worldwide who want to live a “normal life in safety.”
“I want to distribute to poor people everything they want because they’re deprived. We felt the same deprivation this war.” – a girl in a refugee camp in Rafah told us.
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Did you know that the US military once massacred up to 300 Native Americans in South Dakota? 133 years ago today on 29 December 1890 the US Calvary troops entered a camp where the Lakota people lived at Wounded Knee Creek in an attempt to disarm them, which ended in a bloodbath. By the time the shooting stopped a few hours later, there were bodies strewn everywhere including those of babies and women. Read on.
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"You are unable to confront Hamas. So, you kill the little children?" - A mother mourning her daughter accuses the Israeli army of taking revenge on Gaza's most vulnerable. As Israel makes no significant progress towards its official goal to crush Gaza's guerrilla forces completely, headlines are mounting that the Israeli army is completely overwhelmed by the resistance.
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Argentina's worker's unions took to the streets of Buenos Aires yesterday for the second set of mass protests since self-described "anarcho-capitalist" President Javier Milei took power. The rally, organized by the two largest union confederations, CGT and CTA, condemned the "shock therapy" package presented by Milei last week.
The package Milei announced includes repealing over 300 existing laws designed to provide social protection and benefits. This includes cutting subsidies for public transport, fuel, and essential services such as electricity and water and abolishing most workers' rights and renters' rights. Abolishing measures designed to protect local industry from foreign multinationals, ending price controls of essential goods, and the eventual privatization of almost every state company.
Milei has also announced a repression law to criminalize social protest to protect himself from the inevitable protests as austerity bites. The law includes a ban on any protests that block traffic and allows police to break up any protests without the need for a prior warrant.
Internationally, Milei has had an uneven time. After pledging to break ties to "communist China" during the campaign, the Chinese government has since withdrawn its currency swap agreement that provided billions in cheap credit for Argentina. However, he has found friends in Washington and claims that the US government has already called him regarding access to the country's vast lithium reserves.
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Hundreds of Chinese communist youths gathered for a huge demonstration at the Mao Zedong Square in the city of Shaoshan, Mao’s birthplace, on the eve of the communist leader’s birthday. With paroles echoing across the square, the protesters condemned the capitalist restoration policies of the ruling Communist Party of China, calling for a return to socialism and collectivization.
The protests were part of broader celebrations of the 130th anniversary of Mao’s birth; over 111,000 people visited his hometown, Shaoshan, in Hunan province, marking a 713% increase from last year, according to local authorities, who organized various activities to commemorate the special event.
Not long after the death of the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong in 1976, his successor Deng Xiaoping rose to power and led China through a series of market-economy reforms, eliminating all opposition along the way. Deng’s policies earned him the reputation of “Architect of Modern China.”
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🟡 Latest War on Gaza news roundup:
🟡 The death toll from Israel’s relentless war on Gaza has reached at least 21,320, with more than 55,605 injured.
🟡 Shelters in Gaza are hosting more than four times more people than their intended capacity. On average, there is one toilet for every 372 persons and one shower for every 1,896 persons.
🟡 Israel’s relentless shelling of the Gaza Strip targeted civilians outside the Al-Amal Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, killing at least 20 people.
🟡 In 2023 an average of 165 Palestinian children were detained by the Israeli military every month. Every year, Israeli forces detain 500 to 700 Palestinian children and prosecute them in military courts according to Defense For Children International Palestine.
🟡 In the last 24 hours, the Gaza ruling group targeted a total of 27 Israeli military vehicles and 13 soldiers across the Gaza Strip.
🟡 Israeli occupation forces raided Ramallah and other cities across the occupied West Bank, targeting money exchange shops and confiscating 10 million shekels. At least one Palestinian was murdered by Israeli forces raising the total death toll in the West Bank since October 7 to 314.
🟡 10 Mortar shells and Anti Tank Guided Missiles were launched by H3zbo!lah at Israeli military outposts, as Israeli forces continued to bomb villages in southern Lebanon.
🟡 For the first time since October 7, an explosive drone launched from Syria crashed in an open area in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
🟡 A protest by children and their families to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in the Netherlands urged the ICC to investigate crimes in Gaza. The children and their families called for “Justice for the 9,000 Palestinian children killed.”
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NOW: An explosion shook Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh, the main stronghold of Hezbollah. According to initial reports, it was an assassination attempt on Saleh al-Arouri, a high-ranking Hamas leader and founding commander of its military wing. This is the first bomb attack in Beirut since Israel's declaration of war on Gaza on October 7.
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🟡 Latest War on Gaza news roundup:
🟡 The death toll from Israel’s relentless war on Gaza has reached 22,185, with more than 57,035 injured.
🟡 “The West Bank is on the verge of a comprehensive explosion,” the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said in a statement, adding that “transferring Gaza’s model to the West Bank is only a matter of time” as fighting in the occupied West Bank escalates.
🟡 Israeli forces have killed at least 4,156 students and injured 7,536 more. Meanwhile, at least 381 schools have been bombed or damaged due to Israeli bombardment, Gaza’s Ministry of Education reported.
🟡 Hamas fighters partially or fully destroyed 71 Israeli military vehicles, killed 16 Israeli soldiers, and carried out over 42 operations against the invading forces over four days.
🟡 A new group, the Grandchildren of Yassin Brigades, comprised of fighters from various factions, emerged. They have already engaged in fighting in the past few days. Meanwhile, the death toll in the West Bank since October 7 reached at least 324.
🟡 Palestinian fighters have opened fire at the Palestinian Authority (PA) governorate HQ in Nablus following the kidnapping of a member of the Balata refugee camp resistance group by the PA’s security forces.
🟡 Israeli occupation forces demolished a Palestinian house in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. In 2023, 1,119 structures were destroyed in the West Bank, displacing 2,210 Palestinians, according to the UN.
🟡 For the third time since October 7, local militias in Syria have fired at least five rockets at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Meanwhile, Israeli forces carried out strikes against sites belonging to the Syrian Army overnight.
🟡 The Iranian Navy deployed its IRIS Alborz (72) destroyer to the Red Sea. The deployment comes after the latest escalation in confrontations between Yemen’s Ansarallah and the US Navy in the Red Sea.
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Israeli settlers have unlimited access to water. Palestinians, on their own land, do not. A tank on the roof is the most visible symbol of this water apartheid, watch Faten Elwan in Ramallah explain the phenomenon.
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🟡 Israel pulled out some tanks from some Gaza City districts on Monday after it announced a shift in tactics and a planned reduction in troop numbers. Analysts suggest Israel is struggling to achieve objectives in Gaza, and latent fatigue among brigades is growing.
🟡 Israel intensifies attacks in south Lebanon, killing three Hezbollah fighters. The violence at the Israeli-Lebanese border has been escalating amid growing fear of an all-out war.
🟡 The Al-Qassam Brigades fired a large number of rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Tel Aviv. Videos on social media documented how several rockets penetrated the Iron Dome.
🟡 The military wing of Gaza's ruling group announced on Monday that it seized an Israeli reconnaissance drone. The drone was on a surveillance mission in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza.
🟡 Iran deployed a warship to the Red Sea after the US Navy attacked and killed Ansarallah fighters on speedboats.
The Zapatistas smashed the neo-liberal triumphalism of the 90s and reinvigorated a global left that was still in retreat following the fall of the Soviet Union. Using the name of the legendary Emiliano Zapata, Indigenous communities in Southern Mexico built a rebellion that foisted them into the history books and reminded a generation that another world is possible.
They built a movement that went beyond protest becoming a permanent movement that included everyone through the participatory democracy they practiced in their self-governing communities. As the old Zapatista slogan goes, "Here the people govern, and the government obeys".
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A catastrophic hunger crisis has unfolded in the Gaza Strip, leaving its population on the brink of starvation and famine. Israel’s war of extermination has exacerbated the already dire situation caused by the 16-year-long blockade, leading to widespread hunger and thirst. In a clear violation of international law and yet another war crime, Israel is using the forced starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in Gaza, Human Rights Watch revealed.
The Gaza Strip’s entire population, which constitutes 2.2 million people, was classified as in phase 3 or above of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), meaning that humanitarian food assistance is urgently needed. The classification marks the highest share of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity that the IPC initiative has ever classified for any given area or country. The Famine Review Committee (FRC) was activated due to evidence that phase 5, the highest phase, has been reached in the enclave. Despite the urgent need for humanitarian food assistance, supplies to Gaza are heavily limited due to Israel controlling what enters the enclave.
Only a few people in Gaza can receive food aid from the UN, mostly canned food. Meanwhile, Gaza’s primary food support and assistance comes from charity organizations and solidarity cooking. Gazans, from children to the elderly, are queuing for hours to get their portions. This system existed before the war, although mainly for poor people. Now, it has become the only lifeline for the entire population.
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🟡 US Navy helicopters launched from the largest aircraft carrier, Eisenhower, and fired on and sank three speedboats of Yemen's Ansarallah in the Red Sea, which were about to seize a Danish-owned container ship. Yemen's boats exchanged gunfire with the US helicopters, killing the crew of three of the four boats. This marks the first naval battle of its kind between the US and Ansarallah.
🟡 The death toll from Israel's relentless war on Gaza has reached 21,822, with more than 56,451 injured.
🟡 Israel dramatically increased troop concentrations in the last two days in central Gaza, possibly for an imminent expansion into the south of Khan Younis.
🟡 The Israeli military launched airstrikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo, with 23 deaths reported, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
🟡 Yemen clarified that alleged threats to cut the massive internet cables in the Red Sea are false and were spread through Israeli channels.
red. Rewind 2023: This year saw recording breaking mobilizations from women's organizations in every region of the world. From movements against sexual violence in India, and taxes on menstrual products in Ghana to the women’s strike in Iceland, and the giant “Margaridas” march by rural women workers in Brazil.
All saw historically large mobilizations in 2023. Particularly in Brazil, where over 100,000 women joined marches demanding better land rights for rural women, as well as demanding the right to live without violence. In Iceland, the women’s general strike was unprecedented as most of the country’s female population withdrew their paid and unpaid labour.
What are some women’s movements that you’d like to see highlighted?
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This week’s photo dump featuring people in struggle and major events worldwide. 🌎 📸
🇵🇸 Gaza, Occupied Palestine – Palestinian journalists attempt to connect to the internet using their phones as Israel has already forcefully imposed eight telecommunications blackouts on the enclave since October 7.
🇨🇳 Beijing, China – A woman walks past images depicting the late Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong as the country celebrates the 130th birth anniversary of communist China’s founding father.
🇲🇽 Chiapas, Mexico – The largest migrant caravan of 2023, known as the “poverty exodus” and serving as both a migration movement and a protest, crosses the Mexico-Guatemala border towards the US border.
🇷🇸 Belgrade, Serbia – Police guard the capital’s city council building during protests triggered by the nationwide parliamentary and local elections.
🇨🇩 Kinshasa, DR Congo – Police were deployed in the central African country’s capital in response to a banned demonstration against recent elections.
🇸🇾 Al-Qahtaniya, Syria – Thick smoke billows from a fire at a storage tank of a oil field facility in northeastern Syria as Turkey conducted deadly drone strikes on several targets.
🇺🇸-🇲🇽 US-Mexico Border – Migrants cross the border into the US as the past weeks saw record numbers of migrant crossings along the border.
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Riot police clash with protesters over new “libertarian” President Javier Milei’s economic emergency decree, which includes over 350 controversial measures.
🇾🇪 Sana’a, Yemen – Yemenis rally in a protest in solidarity with Palestine and against the US-led maritime coalition in the Red Sea.
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red. Rewind 2023: In the summer of this year, the Mediterranean saw one of its worst-ever boat disasters, leaving over 500 migrants dead. On June 14, the fishing trawler Adriana was heading for Italy when it sank in the Ionian Sea off the Greek coast. The approximately 750 migrants onboard, mainly from Pakistan, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, were crammed aboard the overcrowded vessel when it sank. Although 82 bodies were recovered, it is believed that hundreds of people drowned in the most horrific circumstances. There were only 104 survivors, and none of them were women and children. The infamous Greek Coast Guard and EU border protection agency Frontex were strongly criticized for their slow responses.
Following the tragedy, left-wing groups in Greece, including trade unions and the Communist Party, supported protests expressing solidarity with the migrants and opposing the controversial pushbacks and border fences used by the Greek government to deter migrants. Unsurprisingly, the protests were met with police violence.
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🟡 Latest War on Gaza news roundup:
🟡 The death toll from Israel’s relentless war on Gaza has reached at least 21,507, with more than 55,915 injured.
🟡 The Israeli army announced expanding its operation in the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza as the number of wounded Israeli soldiers is likely to reach approximately 20,000 once those diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder are included, according to the Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization.
🟡 At least 50,000 displaced pregnant women in the Gaza Strip suffer from thirst, malnutrition, and a lack of health care. Additionally, 50% of displaced children are exposed to dehydration, malnutrition, respiratory and skin diseases, severe colds, and lack of vaccinations for newborns, Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported.
🟡 Israeli forces hit a residential bloc in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, killing at least 35 people, including two journalists, raising the total death toll of journalists killed in Gaza since October 7 to 105.
🟡 Israeli occupation forces arrested at least 20 Palestinians overnight across the occupied West Bank. At least 4,840 Palestinians have been arrested in the West Bank since October 7.
🟡 Israeli settler attacks causing property damage rose by 45% in 2023, and those causing casualties increased by 36% compared to 2022, according to the UN.
🟡 The US says that Yemen’s Ansarallah has launched more than 100 attacks over the past month, targeting at least 14 vessels in the Red Sea.
🟡 Egypt has put forward a framework proposal to end Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. The proposal includes more prisoner exchanges, culminating in an eventual ceasefire. They are now awaiting responses to the plan.
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During massive strikes and protests against reform plans that would remove the iconic Jeepney ride from the streets, thousands of public transport workers paralyzed the central Philippine capital, Manila.
Jeepneys are a crucial pillar of the Philippines' public transportation system, providing an affordable and accessible means of transportation for millions of Filipino workers, particularly in urban areas.
The government has imposed a deadline, requiring Jeepney drivers to surrender their franchises and establish cooperatives by December 31. However, activists are actively challenging this decision in the Supreme Court.
Unions express deep concern, anticipating that by 2024, up to 140,000 drivers and 60,000 operators could face the loss of their livelihoods.
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Palestinians fiercely resisted Israeli occupation forces during one of the most extensive incursions into the occupied West Bank since October 7. The multiple Israeli raids targeted branches of five different money exchange shops in 10 cities, including Jenin, Ramallah, and Hebron. Israeli forces arrested at least 25 Palestinians, among them workers and shop owners.
Palestinian youths confronted the invading forces with stones, molotovs and other objects. Meanwhile, resistance fighters in Jenin shot at the invading forces. In a first, Israeli forces also came under fire in Ramallah, the administrative headquarters of the Palestinian Authority.
The Israeli forces responded using tear gas and stun grenades to clear the streets, followed by the use of explosives to break into the money exchange shops, where the soldiers seized several documents and cash.
Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant claimed that the shops have been used by the resistance forces to finance their activities, declaring the five money exchange shops in the West Bank to be associated with “terror organizations.”
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The Roboski massacre of Kurdish civilians in Turkey occurred on this day in 2011. The majority of the victims were children in the northern province of Şırnak, and they were killed after the Turkish air force bombed a caravan of border traders, resulting in the murder of 34 civilians. Only four people managed to escape with their lives.
The families of those murdered are still fighting for justice to this day, as the Turkish state refuses to hold anyone accountable. In fact, the only people arrested in connection with this case are family members of the victims and other activists who organized mobilizations in Turkey to demand justice.
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Hundreds of Indonesian university students stormed a refugee shelter, forcefully evicting Rohingya refugees and demanding their immediate deportation. Footage showed Rohingya women and children being forced to sit on the ground in tears. At the same time, the mob trampled over their belongings and attempted to attack them. The students forced the 137 Rohingya refugees out of the temporary shelter and onto trucks ready to be deported.
The storming of the refugee shelter in the city of Banda Aceh marks just the latest incident in a string of attacks against the persecuted minority from Myanmar seeking refuge in Indonesia. The UN said that the attack was the result of a coordinated online campaign of misinformation and hate speech, as many residents claim the refugees take scarce resources and come into conflict with locals. More than 1,500 Rohingya refugees have arrived on the shores of Aceh since mid-November in what the UN says is their most significant influx in eight years.
Anti-Rohingya sentiment escalated in 2017 when the Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar was the target of a genocide by the Myanmar military. The military killed more than 25,000 Rohingyas and forced over 700,000 to flee their homeland, with many seeking refuge in neighboring countries such as Bangladesh and India. With anti-Rohingya violence intensifying in those countries, many attempt deadly sea journeys to Malaysia and Indonesia, where they’re frequently met with the same discrimination.
As a result of ongoing persecution in Myanmar and anti-Rohingya sentiment growing across the region, many remain terrified and traumatized. The dire situation for the stateless Rohingya people leaves one to ask if they are the most persecuted minority in the world, as they are often described.
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