More than 7 million people rallied and marched across the United States in “No Kings Day” protests. Demonstrations took place in 2700 cities and towns in 50 states and in Washington DC, reports Malik Miah.
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Jude Alexander spoke via text message with Mohammed Al-Ghandour, who is living in a tent in southern Gaza with his family, after being displaced many times during the genocide. They are now contemplating the impossibility of returning to their home.
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Thousands of young people marched in the streets across Peru to protest government corruption and economic insecurity, just five days after former President Dina Boluarte was impeached, reports Ben Radford.
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The trade union movement called general stoppages for Gaza throughout the Spanish state, writes Dick Nichols.
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During its first nine months, United States President Donald Trump's administration has been practising a more violent and bullying posture in the Americas, write Ana Cristina Carvalhaes and Luís Bonilla-Molina.
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CODEPINK’s Michelle Ellner responds to the announcement that Venezuelan right-wing opposition figure María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Following weeks of youth-led demonstrations, Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has reportedly fled to France, following an agreement with President Emmanuel Macron, reports Nicholas Mwangi.
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United States President Donald Trump is making clear to the US people and the world that he is transforming the world’s most powerful military state into a one man, one party-ruled country, write Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
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Susan Price spoke to John Mullen, a revolutionary socialist activist in the Paris region, about the deep political crisis in France, illustrated by the resignation and subsequent reappointment of right-wing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.
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Israel’s illegal interception and detention of activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters on route to Gaza to break the Israeli-imposed blockade was a violent affair, reports Binoy Kampmark.
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African Americans are facing a broad, racist assault in the United States, aimed at reversing every socio-economic and political gain won by this oppressed segment of the population, writes Malik Miah.
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When it comes to bringing Turkey to account for its attack on democracy and human rights abuses against Kurds, the Council of Europe has been kicking the ball into the long grass, yet advocates continue to lobby its politicians and bureaucrats and organise demonstrations outside its gates, writes Sarah Glynn.