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Gaza cease-fire: A partial Palestinian victory after unimaginable loss

By FABIO BOSCO  On Jan. 15, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed al-Thani announced a comprehensive ceasefire agreement between the State of Israel and the Hamas-led Palestinian resistance as of Jan. 19....

Trump and right-wing allies wrangle over H-1B immigrant program

By HERMAN MORRIS Over 2024’s Christmas holidays, a debate erupted within the incoming Trump administration...

Factory farms enable the spread of bird flu

By OSCAR ECHEVERIA A new uptick in H5N1 avian flu cases is raising alarms, as...

How can we defend women’s and Queer rights?

By CHRISTINE EVANS The incoming Trump administration has committed itself to deepening the current attacks...

Struggle for trans rights will need to accelerate under Trump

By RUSS O’SHEA For the past few years, trans people have been put in the...

Struggle for trans rights will need to accelerate under Trump

By RUSS O’SHEA For the past few years, trans people have been put in the spotlight in quite a grotesque way. November’s election saw the...

Where is Mercosur heading?

A new Mercosur summit was held in Montevideo in the first week of December. The main item on the agenda was the signing of...

El Salvador | Stop repression against labour and human rights defenders

International Solidarity CampaignWe are writing to inform you that on Friday November 22, our comrade Erick Alexander Zelaya Ramos, General Secretary of our union...

How can we defend ourselves from repression under the Trump administration?

By MICHAEL SCHREIBER Since we are still weeks away from Donald Trump’s second ascension to the White House, it is difficult to gauge the degree...

The Fall of Assad is a Victory for the Syrian People and the Oppressed of the World!

Joint Statement by Socialist Organizations (see the Note at the End of the Text), 3 January 2025 1.            The Syrian Revolution which began with the...

1000 Days of War: Is Putin playing “Russian roulette” with nuclear warheads?

By Tarás ShevchukWe are living through a period of seismic changes and a series of interlinked political events. Starting in the U.S. with the...

France: Barnier is gone! What now?

At the head of a government that lasted 89 days, Barnier was the shortest serving Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic. Barnier's downfall comes...

It’s Panama’s canal

By CARLOS SAPIR As the second Trump administration prepares to take office, Trump himself has suddenly set his sights on Panama, making several statements that...

The health insurance crisis: You can’t assassinate a social system 

By JOHN KIRKLAND  Following the Dec. 4 murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson, social media was overwhelmed by a tidal wave of anger against...

Long Live the Victory of the Syrian Revolution!

IWL-FI Statement Long Live the Victory of the Syrian Revolution! No Trust in the HTS! People's Councils Must Be Formed To Rule the country! Out...

Amazon workers strike before the holidays!

By ERNIE GOTTA Two arrests were made on the picket line outside Amazon DB4 distribution center in Maspeth, Queens. Amazon delivery driver Jogernsyn Cardenas was...

Free Leonard Peltier!

By AVA FAHEY On Sunday, Dec. 8, President Joe Biden issued a full and unconditional pardon for his son Hunter, sparing the younger Biden of...

Preparing the fight against Donald Trump’s immigration policy

By CARLOS SAPIR While the exact details of Trump’s plans for his second administration remain unclear, one of the key rhetorical points of his campaign...

South Korea’s coup failed

By Alejandro IturbeLast Tuesday, the president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, announced on television that he had declared martial law, thus suspending the activities...