Media Ban on Palestine
A leaked New York Times memo has exposed how reporters covering Gaza are barred from using the terms: genocide, ethnic cleansing, refugee camp and even Palestine itself. Did you know that it's not just the NYT? Watch this video explainer on which other major media denies Palestine's right to exist.
Palestine Protesters Target Tesla
Pro-Palestine protesters target a Tesla factory in Fremont, part of California's "Silicon Valley". They managed to block access to the plant before police attacked them with pepper balls.
Elon Musk has long been a supporter of Israel and recently toured the site of the October 7th offensive together with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He has also complied with Israeli requests to block Gaza's access to Starlink internet.
This is one of three direct action protests in California yesterday in support of Palestine, including a roadblock on the famous Golden Gate Bridge.
Iran is “provoking an uncontrollable regional escalation”, they said.
For World Art Day, we honor socialist realist art that was pioneered in the Soviet Union as a genre that developed from Lenin’s declaration that “art belongs to the people.”
Watch Lady Izdihar explore how revolutionary artists used socialist realism to inspire an entire society to rise up and build a better future.
Protesters in Niger have mobilized against the unwanted US military presence in their country. The capital Niamey saw chants including; "Down with American imperialism" and "The people's liberation is on the march."
The US currently has around 650 military personnel in Niger and operates a large airbase outside the capital. Niger's government ended its longstanding cooperation agreement with the US in mid-March, but the US has still not left the country.
Niger has already expelled the French military presence in 2023 after Nigeriens said that their presence had become a defacto occupation of the country.
The French and US military presence was justified in the name of fighting terrorism in the Sahel region. Still, now Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso have set up their joint operation without Western powers, who they say have destabilized the region and thereby contributed to the rise of terrorism.
How are Palestinians in Gaza reacting to Iran’s attacks on Tel Aviv? Israel has already announced the postponement of its deathblow assault against Rafah. For the first time in seven months of internecine warfare, there was a break from the 24/7 threat and airborne sound blasts.
But what is the deeper political significance of the escalation between Israel and Iran for Palestine? – “I think last night’s attack was carried out to calm down the internal front in Iran,” feared one resident in Rafah, while another said, “[Iran] were supposed to support us; that is what we were expecting.
"What would Britain do if a hostile nation flattened one of our consulates?"
British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron: "We would take very strong action."
Journalist: "Iran would say that's what they did.”
And the UK has invaded, occupied & destroyed multiple countries for much less.
Structural racism by the Dominican Republic against Haiti is deeply rooted despite the two countries sharing an island, a history of anti-colonial struggle, and both having Black-majority populations.
During the current crisis, the DR is deporting Haitians while allowing the US and others to use their country as a landing base for those being evacuated from Haiti.
We spoke to Professor Jemima Pierre of Columbia University and activist with Black Alliance for Peace about this dark history of colonial division.
After surviving Israel’s 2008-2009 war on Gaza, this boy said: “What are you expecting me to do when I grow up. To make peace with them? No. When I grow up, I will fight them.”
Djibouti is host to more foreign military bases than any other country in the world. The US, China, UK, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany, France, and Italy all have troops there. How did this happen? Why are the world’s largest imperialist powers so interested in this tiny country? We explain here.
What is the Palestine Congress in Berlin?
The event has mainstream media, politicians and Zionist organizations fuming. But despite all the repression, slander and police assaults, the congress is going ahead.
The objective of the event is to explore strategies to challenge Germany's complicity in Israel's genocide. Organizers anticipated over 1,000 participants, including numerous international speakers, but the German state is doing everything to sabotage it, and improvising obstacles to prevent speakers and delegates from attending.
Germany weaponizes its Holocaust guilt to justify its unconditional support for Israel which includes supplying 50% of Israel's weapons. But for all its talk about guilt, Germany's unresolved history of denazification remains conveniently swept under the rug.
Here's a snapshot of the frenzy within mainstream media leading up to the Palestine Congress. Stay tuned for real-time reporting from the ground in Berlin.
German Police Start Arrests At Palestine Congress
PALESTINE CONGRESS UPDATE: German police have begun arresting participants of the congress in Berlin before it has even started. The event was due to begin at 12pm local time but police are stopping people from entering demanding that organizers allow all German media entry.
Hundreds of people are being stopped from entering the congress by police who are pressuring organizers to accept their extraordinary demand.
Organizers insist on maintaining their accreditation process to ensure the smooth running of the event and highlight that the venue’s capacity is limited, ie. if there is no limit on press entry, those who have bought event tickets may be unable to attend.
Police say their unprecedented demand, is necessary to ensure “freedom of the press”, the same press which has been uncritically churning out pro-Israel propaganda since October 7.
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Germany's Jewish Voice Chair Hits Back
Watch Germany's Jewish Voice chair, Wieland Hoban, respond to accusations of antisemitism by the German media at the press conference for the highly anticipated Palestine Congress.
For weeks, German media has smeared the congress, dubbing it a "gathering for the world's antisemites." In a spectacular example of truth reversal, the media has had nothing to say about Germany's crackdown on Jews who criticize Israel, which hit a new low when the Sparkasse bank shut down Jewish Voice's bank account. The bank also requested a list of their members.
Jewish Voice is a co-organizer of the Palestine Congress, which is due to begin today and last until Sunday. It aims to raise public awareness of Germany's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza, for which Germany is facing charges in the International Court of Justice.
Police Blockade Palestine Congress
NOW IN BERLIN: Hundreds of German police are blockading the Palestine Congress in Berlin before it has even started.
Police have put up barricades around the congress venue in the Tempelhof neighborhood and are preventing people from entering.
The congress has been organized by an array of civil society activists, including Palestinian and Jewish groups, and its slogan is "We accuse".
The event's goal is to highlight Germany's role in Israel's genocide in Gaza. For week's German media and politicians have been demanding it be banned.
2,500 police are deployed for the congress, 900 to surround the venue itself.
Police Surround Palestine Congress Press Conference
HAPPENING NOW: German police, Zionists and politicians have surrounded a Berlin community centre where pro-Palestine organizers are holding a press conference about the Palestine Congress that is due to begin today.
For weeks, the German media and politicians have been trying to ban the congress. Organizers homes have been raided, speakers have been threatened with visa bans and the bank account of Jewish organization and co-organizers, Jewish Voice has been shut down.
The slogan of the congress is "We Accuse", and its aim is to highlight Germany's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. It's speakers include Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, Irish MP Richard Boyd Barrett and founder of the Palestine Land Society, Dr.Salman Abu Sitta.
Indigenous Peruvians are protesting to defend their water supply against gold mining operations in the Andean region of Cajamarca. Protesters say that mining hasn’t brought any development to the area because, despite massive operations already in place, infrastructure is poor, and living standards remain low for Indigenous farmers.
Similar protests are also taking place in neighboring Ecuador, where Indigenous communities 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.
Argentinians Confront Police Repression
Confrontations between Argentinian police and protesters escalated once again as thousands of protesters flooded the streets of the South American country’s capital, Buenos Aires.
Footage shows police officers using water cannons and firing rubber bullets to disperse the protesters, who responded by hurling stones at the police, setting garbage cans on fire, and paralyzing the capital’s main street in defiance of new legal changes banning roadblocks.
The protesters took to the streets to protest President Javier Milei’s implementation of more cuts to the country’s welfare system, this time targeting soup kitchens. The protest was reportedly led by several workers’ unions and workers of several dining rooms and picnic areas across the country.
The country’s 44,000 soup kitchens regularly feed four million people for free. As annual inflation tops 276% and Argentines slip deeper into poverty amid the government’s austerity measures, they have increasingly flocked to soup kitchens.
Go to Hell F*cking Yankees!
Today in 2002, right-wing forces backed by the US attempted to overthrow former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, ultimately falling against popular resistance. Watch this powerful speech of the Bolivarian revolutionary Hugo Chavez, rallying thousands against imperialism.
On April 11, 2002, the Venezuelan elite, the Church, and some military members organized a coup against then-President Hugo Chavez. However, the Venezuelan people swarmed the streets to protect the Bolivarian revolution and overpowered the US-backed right-wing coup.
The coup plotter aimed to form a de facto government headed by Pedro Carmona, a business mogul and former president of the chambers of commerce, which would dissolve all other state powers and local authorities.
The people brought Hugo Chavez back to power in just 47 hours. The counterrevolutionary offensive backfired, as mass mobilization politicized additional segments of the population, who also organized themselves into Bolivarian collectives.
Activists Spray Paint The UK's Ministry of Defense
Palestine solidarity activists spray-painted the UK’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) for its complicity in Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. The activists used fire extinguishers to paint the ministry before police arrived. Five activists were arrested during the action.
The organizing group “Youth Demand” stated that the MOD has given contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds to Elbit Systems, buying Israeli weapons after they are “battle-tested” on the Palestinian people.
