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Emancipation and self-determination grow in Africa, despite imperial terrorism

On Saturday 15 February 2025, the first official presentation of the new and 40th book by the French-Cameroonian pan-Africanist writer Franklin Nyamsi entitled ‘Imperial-Terrorism’ took place in Bamako (Mali).
https://shorturl.at/t2unE The event took place in the presence of a large audience…

Proposed Bill Threatens Peace and Human Rights NGOs in Israel

We publish a Press Release from Combatants for Peace that is reaching out with deep concern over a dangerous new legislative development that threatens this organization as well as other peace and human rights organizations in Israel. The Israeli government’s…

Defending the Palestinian resistance has become a crime in the UK

Today, in that renowned citadel of freedom of expression and freedom of the press that was once the UK, if you profess your support for the Palestinian resistance you can be arrested and imprisoned, your mobile phone and PC confiscated…

The Persistence of Memory in Negationist Times. 50 years after a pilot terror plan in Tucumán, Argentina

(This is the first in a series of articles planned for this year that will explore possible links between Chile and Operativo Independencia.) By Maxine Lowy Fifty years after the introduction of the first systematic plan of extermination in Argentina,…

Start again from the beginning

We are Biellesi per la Palestina libera (Citizens of Biella for a Free Palestine), and we write these words to remind you: something can be done. As Gramsci said—we will return to him later—we must take sides. We must be…

Reviving The Death Penalty Is One Of Trump’s Greatest Moral Failures

One of Trump’s most despicable day-one executive orders revoked Biden’s moratorium on federal executions, ensured that states that still carry out capital punishment have “a sufficient supply of drugs needed to carry out lethal injection,” and urged the Attorney General…

Russian objectors: Two remarkable court rulings in Germany raise hope

A few days ago, the Berlin Administrative Court issued two rulings granting subsidiary protection to Russian conscripts. By doing so, the Administrative Court challenged a landmark decision issued by the OVG Berlin-Brandenburg in November. “This is a truly remarkable development.…

Today it’s 49 years in prison for Peltier, will get out Feb. 18, no rush

What is 49 times 365? 17,885. It would be 17,885, but he also had 13 leap years… Leonard is still in prison. Biden signed on January 20, 15 minutes before leaving the president’s chair, but, you know, bureaucracy takes time.…

Peacewavefestival: A sea of lights for peace, tolerance and the protection of the environment

In these times of global challenges, it is more important than ever to unite and work for a better future. The initiative [“Wandern für den Frieden” e.V. “Walk for Peace”] (https://www.wandernfuerdenfrieden.org/) is calling for a special event: A sea of…

Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America

In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code. By Kate Fitz-Gibbon of Monash University In a speech at the World Economic Forum…

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