UC Academic Workers Authorize Strike Against Attacks on Student Protests for Gaza
In a historic vote, over 48,000 academic workers and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4811 have authorized a strike against the brutal police crackdown on the student Palestine encampment at the University of California at Los Angeles’s (UCLA). After the incident, the union local filed Unfair Labor Practices charges against the University […]
From Gaza to Goma: Why the West is Backing the Crisis in the DR Congo
12 people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo were killed after two separate bomb attacks hit refugee camps where thousands of internally displaced people are sheltering. The fighting between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and the M23 rebel group, a proxy force backed by Rwanda, has displaced over 150,000 people. Kambale Musavuli of […]
30 Years After Apartheid South Africa: Are Racist Parties Worming Their Way Back?
Thirty years after the end of apartheid South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) the governing party, faces a real threat that they could lose their majority to the racist right-wing in the May 29 national elections. Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, spokesperson for the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the biggest labor union in […]
Why the Palestine Movement is Calling to Surround the White House
Palestine solidarity organizers are planning a major mobilization at the White House on June 8th to protest the US-Israel invasion of Rafah. Netanyahu has plowed through Biden’s declared red line against a ground invasion of Rafah, and the global outrage after the Al-Mawasi tent massacre has moved millions into the streets for more protest. Yara […]
Why Israel Still Can’t Defeat Gaza’s Guerrilla Fighters with Jon Elmer
After eight months of relentless massacres on Palestinians, Israel has yet to achieve its main objective of destroying the Palestinian resistance. Despite suffering considerable losses, the armed factions’ main infrastructure and leaders appear to be intact, allowing them to recruit and strike back even in areas that the occupation long ago it had “cleared.” Jon […]
How the US is Scrambling to Stop Ukraine Peace Plan by China & Brazil with Vijay Prashad
While world leaders prepare to convene in Switzerland for a “peace summit” ostensibly called to advance peace in Ukraine despite excluding Russia from the meeting, Brazil and China have proposed an alternative. Both countries released a joint statement calling for an international peace conference with equal participation from both Russia and Ukraine. Vijay Prashad, the […]
Why US Corporations Are So Threatened by Mexico’s Next President Claudia Sheinbaum
Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum of the progressive MORENA party has won Mexico’s presidential election in a landslide, becoming the country’s first female president. Sheinbaum pledges to continue the Fourth Transformation project, initiated by her predecessor President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which aims to fight austerity policies and corruption. John Ackerman, a professor at the National Autonomous […]
Biden Tries to Out-Trump Trump at US-Mexico Border
In a draconian violation of international law, President Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday to shut down the US-Mexico border. The order authorizes border officials to immediately deport asylum seekers who do not enter the US through official ports of entry, denying thousands of migrants their legal right to asylum. It also imposes severe […]