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Official figures so far report nearly six hundred deaths and nearly three thousand injured (589 dead and 2,980 injured), although it is estimated that the total number of victims—including the dead, injured, missing, and those affected—could exceed ten thousand. The large number of collapsed structures (buildings and homes), including residential, lodging, and commercial properties, and obviously the fact that a large number of people are trapped under the rubble, suggest that the number of victims will unfortunately approach or exceed the estimated figure.

In this first fight, the political fault lines of the state have become clear. The TMC continues to wither away to dust, leaving the opposition space to the Stalinist parties, which maintain some grassroots support and organization, not enough to dislodge the BJP but still challenge it on the streets. The evictions have also made it clear that the BJP’s agenda is one of destruction. They seek to destroy the livelihoods of most of West Bengal’s poor, they are steadily clearing the way for their oligarch friends to take over the state’s economy, while crushing any opposition that stands in the way.

With a narrow margin of 250,830 votes (barely 0.96%), the Registrar’s Office’s preliminary count has declared far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella the winner over Iván Cepeda in the runoff election. The thousands of challenges, stemming from allegations of irregularities and fraud, call into question the legitimacy of any eventual confirmation of De La Espriella […]

Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PAK) has witnessed increasing unrest since the beginning of the month. The people have been protesting against the reservation of 12 seats along with 37 other demands. Police firing on the demonstrators resulted in the killing of 15 persons and the injuring of 200 others. The Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), which has been leading the protests, was banned by the government under anti-terrorism laws on June 5, claiming that the group "engaged in terrorism." The popular demand touches the core issue of how Islamabad has governed the territory it calls "Azad" or "free" Kashmir.

After 49 days of one of the largest mobilizations in recent years, the Bolivian Workers’ Confederation (COB) leadership participated in a roundtable discussion with Rodrigo Paz’s government on June 18. They abandoned the demand for Paz’s resignation, which had been approved at previous national plenary sessions. The COB presented itself as the representative of all […]

Long before this latest World Cup, FIFA has been practically synonymous with corruption and a craven, capitalist drive for profit at all costs. Still, while the reality of international sports under capitalism is marked by exploitation, injustice and imperialism, there is nevertheless a kernel of internationalist sentiment in organizing a global sporting event that invites the participation of teams from all over the world, even as the tournament becomes a flashpoint for worker and social movement organizing

The national battle over “AI” is sparking a discussion on public ownership, a discussion that reveals the weakness of Democratic reformers and Republican leaders alike regarding the real needs of U.S. working people in the fight against the tech oiligarchs. On June 3, an hour-long meeting was held between Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to discuss the “idea” of transferring a portion of the company to public ownership. The only solution to society’s problems is 100% public ownership under the democratic control of working people. The capitalist class has no interest in “sharing” power with the people whom they intend to exploit or over the destiny of a planet they intend to exploit.

Five years ago, millions of Colombians took to the streets to protest against Duque’s tax reform, against poverty, youth unemployment, police repression, and systematic violence. The front lines of defense were organized, along with community kitchens, popular assemblies, and indigenous, peasant, and Afro-Colombian resistance. Although the movement was harshly repressed, it left a clear lesson: the streets are the true path to winning rights. The memory and experience of the strike did not fade; it was contained because it was channeled toward the ballot box in 2022, it has resurfaced in the protests of recent days, and now it must be strengthened. Let us not allow the memory of the social uprising to become merely a memory. Let us transform it into a permanent organization, independent of the government or the candidates.

The passage of the new Law on the Regulation of States of Emergency by Rodrigo Paz's administration marks an escalation of repression by the State amongst the political and social crisis that is taking place in Bolivia. Although the executive branch has not yet formally ordered the State of Emergency, the approval of a regulation that expands the authority of the Government and the repressive forces is happening amidst a scenario of increasing mass mobilizations, blockades, and protests. The law constitutes a warning/ regarding the direction the government intends to take towards the growing popular discontent. While the legal framework is being prepared for a potential harsher intervention of security forces, union, peasant, and Indigenous leaders are already facing severe persecution and arrests.

This aggression is part of an effort to force regime change in Cuba or to coerce the regime into accepting U.S. hegemony. The U.S. seeks to recolonize Latin America to curb the growth of Chinese imperialism, which continues its economic and diplomatic intervention across the continent. This effort comes because other imperialist powers—primarily Russian and Chinese—have emerged, challenging U.S. hegemony in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, East Asia, and Latin America, a new global reality that is forcing the U.S. to refocus on its historic “backyard.” Trump is following the same pattern used in preparation for the fall of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. Legal charges, economic pressure, and military threats were used to isolate the regime and arrest Maduro with a special forces raid. With the abduction of Nicolás Maduro and the subjugation of the Venezuelan state under Delcy Rodríguez, Trump sent a message to all of Latin America—that the yanks had arrived to put things in order.

FIFA, the body that governs soccer worldwide, is about to kick off its latest event, one which, without a doubt, is a cause for great excitement among large segments of the working class and the masses—particularly in the Americas and Europe. While for most people, soccer means passion, emotion, or a sense of belonging, to […]

The most violent episode in the current crisis occurred on June 7, 2026, after protesters organized a funeral (of a activist of JAAC was killed by security forces) and were protesting peacefully, using the funeral gathering as a platform to demand justice and the implementation of their rights. The funeral was transformed into a scene of bloodshed outside the Combined Military Hospital in Rawalakot. In a move that has drawn widespread condemnation, security personnel opened fire and resorted to shelling against the unarmed mourners. According to the JAAC's official account, at least 27 protesters were killed during the operation, while several others sustained serious injuries. Some local sources have suggested that the death toll could be over 100. it is fact by those were present that approximately 110 locals were detained from the hospital premises and that several people remain missing following the security operation. Authorities have been accused of taking custody of the bodies of deceased protesters, preventing families from performing last rites and further deepening the trauma inflicted upon the community.

In April the Democratic Republic of Congo began receiving third-country nationals deported from the United States. It is one of many African countries receiving these deportees. The Trump administration has forcibly removed migrants and asylum seekers without informing them of their destination. Mass deportation is attempted through repatriation, and when this is not an option because detainees refuse to be repatriated or their country of origin refuse to receive them, “Asylum Cooperative Agreements” or “third-country” agreements have become the administration’s welcome alternative. For Trump and his band of bigots, no effort can be spared in their accomplishing mass deportation.

On May 22, about 300 immigrants detained at the Delaney Hall jail in Newark, N.J., began a labor and hunger strike. The bold action was organized to call attention to the inhumane conditions they are facing at the facility and to protest the lack of due process that led to their incarceration by ICE. They charge that immigration judges are ignoring their cases and that their bonds have been denied—tactics, they say, that are employed in order to force the migrants to self-deport.

Since March 2, the State of Israel has been carrying out devastating attacks against Lebanon, particularly against the southern region and southern Beirut. There are already more than 3,100 dead, over a million displaced, and many areas in ruins. How far will Israel go?