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Anger is boiling over in Indonesia as students and activists refuse to back down. On Monday, clashes erupted in Surabaya, where around 1,000 demonstrators dressed in black confronted police with rocks and Molotov cocktails. The protest was part of a growing nationwide movement against a new law expanding the military’s role in civilian government. After days of harsh police crackdowns that left many injured, tensions have escalated on both sides. Protesters held signs like “Reject the Military Law” and “Capitalism is incompatible with Gen-Z.”
Meanwhile, threats against critical media have intensified. Tempo magazine, known for its reporting on President Prabowo, received a box of decapitated rats and an animal’s head at its Jakarta office. Activists warn these acts are part of a broader attempt to silence dissent—on the streets and in the press.
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Numerous new cases of disappeared Alawites at HTS checkpoints along Syria’s coast have been reported. But what many don’t know—and what remains underreported—is that the ethnic persecution of Alawites is also happening in the heart of Damascus.
🟡 We interviewed a Syrian Alawite about this very situation. Click on the linked posted to watch the full interview.
Turkish police have arrested more than 1,133 people, including nine journalists, amid ongoing anti-government protests. Now in their fifth day, the unrest is the largest the country has seen in over a decade.
At the same time, Turkish authorities are pressuring the social media platform X to block several hundred accounts allegedly linked to the protests. X publicly stated it would refuse, calling the move a potential violation of free speech.
However, the platform has already yielded to Turkish government pressure in multiple cases, geo-blocking accounts for Türkiye.
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Thousands displaced in southern Chile as devastating wildfires tear through the Biobío region. The area is known for land conflicts between Indigenous groups and powerful landowners. In the past, those landowners have deliberately started fires, both to clear territory and to frame Indigenous communities as “terrorists.”
The mayor of Hualqui, a town in the region, said yesterday that “we have no doubt that these fires were provoked.” In 2015, the Network for the Defense of the Territories, the Latin American Environmental Conflict Observatory (OLCA), filed a lawsuit presenting evidence that paramilitary groups being used by big landowners to deliberately start fires in the south-central regions of the country.
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“Why are you crying?” “Oh, it’s nothing… just the tear gas.”
A protestor proposes in front of the police line in Istanbul during Türkiye’s massive anti-government protests.
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🟡 HAPPENING NOW: Police are violently cracking down on protesters in Istanbul’s Saraçhane area, beating them with batons and kicks while trying to stop people nearby from filming.
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Protesters prevented an arrest during a police crackdown on an anti-government demonstration in Istanbul, Türkiye.
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Millions are currently in the streets of Istanbul, with Türkiye seeing the fiercest anti-government protests in over a decade.
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🟡 NOW: Riot police are cracking down hard on ongoing anti-government protests in Istanbul, Türkiye.
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Ecuador has experienced one of the worst oil spills in its history this week. At least 29,000 barrels of oil have contaminated the Esmeraldas River and its tributaries. The spill has affected the drinking water of at least 300,000 people in Esmeraldas province.
Home to a mostly Afro-Ecuadorian population, Esmeraldas was already one of the poorest and most neglected provinces in the country. Now, communities that rely on farming, fishing, and tourism have been left without access to clean water.
The neoliberal Noboa government has been blamed for failing to invest in infrastructure improvements in the area—failures that contributed to this environmental disaster.
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On this day in 1931, Indian socialist revolutionary Bhagat Singh and his comrades, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru, were executed by India’s British colonial rulers. During Singh’s short life, he became one of the most influential revolutionaries in India’s independence movement.
Although he respected Mahatma Gandhi’s role in organizing people to resist British rule, he also developed a critique of Gandhi’s methods and vision for a post-independence India. Despite his atheism and Marxism, he’s still revered today by all sections of the country and is referred to as Shaheed-e-Azam (the Great Martyr) in Punjabi.
On March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh and his two fellow revolutionaries were hanged. As they marched towards the gallows, they reportedly chanted, “Down with British imperialism!” and “Down with capitalism!”. Their actions and subsequent execution by the colonial regime inspired many and made them revered figures in the Indian struggle for freedom against the British Empire.
BREAKING: Israel bombed a residential area in Gaza while finalising mass‑expulsion plan.
Since October 2023, more than 50,000 people have been killed, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry — a conservative estimate that excludes those still trapped under rubble or vaporised by heavy bombardments.
Meanwhile, some 50,000 lives are in imminent danger near Rafah as Israeli forces besiege the area, Gaza’s Civil Defence warns. Palestinian Red Crescent teams responding to emergency calls are now trapped and out of communication. This morning, Rafah Municipality reported that thousands of families have been forced to flee under intense airstrikes.
Also today, Israel approved the creation of a new Defence Ministry agency to manage the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, framed as “voluntary” relocation. The agency will coordinate deportations to third countries, overseeing security checks and transportation. Israel says the plan aligns with former President Trump’s “vision.”
Journalists beaten. Elderly people shoved to the ground. Protesters attacked while carrying anti-fascist flags. This is how police responded to a nationwide march against racism and the far right today in France.
Organized by over 550 leftist unions and groups, the protest brought tens of thousands into the streets of Paris to resist the rising tide of fascism.
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A Real Madrid tattoo was the sole piece of evidence used by US authorities to accuse a Venezuelan migrant of gang affiliation, leading to his deportation to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Since his arrival, he has lost all contact with his family and legal representation.
Reyes is currently being held in the CECOT prison, a facility built by President Nayib Bukele to detain gang members serving life sentences. Images shared by Bukele himself showed Salvadoran police violently mistreating Venezuelan migrants who arrived at the prison last weekend.
These renditions are part of a multi-million dollar agreement between the US and El Salvador, under which Venezuelan migrants are deported and imprisoned on one-year contracts that can be renewed indefinitely. The initiative followed the suspension of flights between the US and Venezuela.
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Over and over again, protesters are trying to break through police lines at mass anti-government demonstrations across Türkiye. The heavy police repression has so far failed to enforce the authorities’ protest ban.
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Venezuela has struck a new deal with the US over deported migrants. Instead of being sent to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, they’ll now be returned to Venezuela via Honduras.
The deal requires the US to send the migrants to Honduras, and for the Venezuelan government to bring them home on government planes. Venezuela pushed for this deal after public outcry over Venezuelan migrants—with no criminal record—being accused of being gang members and sent by the US to prison in El Salvador, where they faced physical abuse and torture.
President Xiomara Castro in Honduras has helped facilitate this deal because flights between the US and Venezuela have been suspended.
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Indonesia burns again as the second wave of #IndonesiaGelap protests explodes onto the streets. Students across the country are rising up against a new military law that allows active-duty officers to take civilian posts. Many see it as a return to the kind of military dominance that once defined the Suharto dictatorship.
From Yogyakarta to Malang, protests have turned violent. Police used tear gas, water cannons, and brutal force. In response, protesters in Malang set part of the DPRD building on fire. In Yogyakarta, student leader Tiyo Ardianto now faces open intimidation after leading a protest last week. Blood-red banners appeared near the demonstration site, accusing him and other activists of being foreign pawns.
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🟡 BREAKING: Israel has targeted and killed journalist Hossam Shabat, the second journalist killed today following Mohammed Mansour. Both had denounced and documented the effects of the genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip. The number of journalists killed since October 2023 has risen to 208, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza.
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The US bombed a residential area in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, killing one person and wounding 13 others, including three children.
American airstrikes have now entered their 10th day with no sign of stopping. The campaign, led by US President Trump, targets Yemen for its longstanding support for Gaza and its threats to US and Israeli interests in the region.
Yemen’s naval blockade has forced 75% of US-flagged shipping to avoid the Red Sea in an effort to reduce exposure to escalating attacks, according to US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. He stated, “The last time one of our destroyers went through the straits there, it was attacked 23 times.”
The US-led bombing campaign in Yemen, implemented with the support of Gulf states, has killed at least 53 people. Despite the US aggression, drones from Yemen once again targeted Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine this morning, marking the third attack since Israel resumed its genocidal war on Gaza.
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Today, NATO began its 78-day bombardment of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, resulting in thousands of deaths. While the alliance and Western media justified NATO’s “first illegal war” as a “humanitarian” intervention, high-ranking officials from the former US Clinton administration have since confirmed the true reasons behind this bloody war of aggression. Read on.
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“The occupation wants to eliminate every aspect of life in Gaza,” said Dr. Atef Al-Hout, director of Nasser Hospital, speaking after his hospital was directly targeted by Israel a few hours ago.
The recent attack on Nasser Hospital killed at least five people and left several others wounded. During Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, the hospital has been repeatedly struck by Israeli airstrikes, in addition to enduring a devastating siege that lasted more than two months. After Israeli forces withdrew, a mass grave containing more than 300 bodies was discovered, some of which had their hands tied.
Today, Israel killed at least 51 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, displaced thousands, and besieged over 50,000 people with tanks near Rafah. Gaza’s civil defense has issued an international call to avert an 'imminent disaster' after losing communication with their team. Testimonies from survivors circulating online report mass executions in the besieged area.
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Clashes in Saraçhane, Istanbul, mark the fifth night of massive anti-government protests across Türkiye. The Saraçhane district has become a hotspot for the protests.
Located about a 15-minute drive from Taksim Square, protesters continue to try reaching it, but it remains blocked by heavy police barricades. Taksim Square holds historical significance for Türkiye’s protest movement and has been off-limits for protests for over 10 years, with police maintaining a constant presence around the clock.
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🟡 NEW: Türkiye‘s authorities are reportedly pressuring the platform X to suspend 700 accounts allegedly tied to the ongoing mass anti-government protests, including those of journalists, activists, organizations, and politicians. X publicly stated that it is facing multiple court orders, which it says would limit the reach of “millions of users.” The platform also suggested it views these orders as unlawful.
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Anti-government protesters in Turkey are on the streets tonight with umbrellas, shielding themselves against a heavy blast of riot police pepper spray.
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The grandson of Nelson Mandela, Zwelivelile Mandela, chanting “Viva Hamas” at Yemen’s conference for Palestine today.
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Why Türkiye’s Protests Could Erupt Into a Full-Scale Uprising
Türkiye is experiencing its fiercest protests in over a decade, with violent clashes between police and protesters raging for four consecutive nights.
Today, Turkish courts sentenced Istanbul’s mayor and CHP politician Ekrem İmamoğlu on corruption charges to pre-trial detention. Allegations of terrorism were withdrawn. His arrest had already set off mass street mobilization—this news could push the situation to a breaking point.
A wave of protests is spreading across party lines as President Erdoğan’s AKP government escalates its crackdown on opposition mayors. Authorities suspended İmamoğlu's responsibilities as mayor and replaced him with a so-called “trustee” loyal to the AKP government—a tactic it has increasingly used in recent years, mainly against Kurdish politicians.
On Wednesday, authorities arrested around 100 politicians, journalists, and lawyers alongside İmamoğlu. His detention coincided with an internal CHP vote to nominate him as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election.
On Friday alone, Turkish police arrested more than 400 people in connection with the protests. Since İmamoğlu was widely expected to be the CHP’s frontrunner and Erdoğan’s primary challenger, multiple parties and organizations have called his arrest a “political coup.”
Across the country, riot police have unleashed extreme crackdowns—deploying water cannons, tear gas, and brute force. Protesters, in turn, are building barricades and equipping themselves with gas masks in self-defense. On Turkish social media, viral guides are circulating on how to resist the police.
Many are drawing parallels to the 2013 Gezi Park uprising, the largest anti-government movement in Türkiye’s recent history. With İmamoğlu’s conviction, the protests could escalate into something even bigger.
Happy birthday to revolutionary socialist, guerrilla intellectual, and pan-African activist Walter Rodney! On what would’ve been his 83rd birthday, listen to this excerpt from a speech Rodney delivered on the meaning of African identity for Black people worldwide.
Rodney developed a Marxist analysis of the pan-African liberation struggle that placed Black Power at its core. He argued that only “under the banner of socialism and through the leadership of the working classes” could Africans break from imperialism and colonialism.
However, Rodney’s effectiveness at the grassroots came at a price. In October 1968, he was accused of subversive activity while traveling abroad. In 1980, he was assassinated by a car bomb, an attack widely believed to have been a political assassination orchestrated by the Guyanese state.
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Jakarta’s streets erupted in protest after Indonesia’s parliament passed a law expanding military power. Students, workers, and civil society groups gathered outside the DPR building to oppose the decision. Clashes broke out once the law was passed. Riot police used violence, with several protesters beaten and arrested.
The new law allows active soldiers to take civilian jobs in more government institutions, including the courts and key ministries, without leaving the military. It also gives the president the power to assign them anywhere he wants. Protesters say this opens the door for the military to regain control over civilian life, similar to the Suharto era, when generals ran everything from local governments to parliament.
If you want to learn more about how Suharto’s rule led to the killing of up to three million people with help from Western countries, you can watch our report here.
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For Women’s History Month, we remember Zina Portnova, the 17-year-old who poisoned more than 100 Nazi soldiers. Just two weeks after arriving at her grandmother’s home in Belarus for summer vacation at age 15, the Nazis invaded.
The following year, Zina joined the Young Avengers, the resistance organization of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League. Then, in 1943, 17-year-old Zina played a leading role in a sabotage operation. Zina was hired as a cooking assistant in a canteen that supplied a Nazi garrison where she would pour poison into their food. Many of the soldiers fell in, and some died.
Later that year, she was captured by the Nazis. During her interrogation, she allegedly grabbed her interrogator’s pistol from the table and shot him, and then shot two more Nazi guards and escaped. The Nazis soon caught up with her. They brutally tortured her and then executed her by gunshot on January 15, 1944.
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🟡 HAPPENING NOW: Scenes show the massive scale of ongoing protests across Turkey, now entering their third consecutive day.
Demonstrations continue to spread nationwide, as police respond with tear gas, water cannons, and pepper spray in multiple cities.
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