Around the world – Page 5 – Struggle

How pinkwashing is used to slander anti-colonial revolutions from Palestine to Burkina Faso

October 10, 2025 Jace Carter

Oct. 15 marks the 38th anniversary of the assassination of Thomas Sankara, a Pan-Africanist and Marxist revolutionary, who seized state power in a 1983 popular coup. Sankara was president of Burkina Faso until his killing […]

International forum denounces war, calls for global solidarity from Venezuela to Palestine

October 7, 2025 Sharon Black

At New York’s Riverside Church, diplomats and activists unite against imperialism and genocide, emphasizing shared struggle. A powerful message of international solidarity echoed through the packed Assembly Hall at Manhattan’s Riverside Church on Sept. 25. […]

From Ukraine to Gaza, profit is the policy: Trump’s wars enrich defense conglomerates

October 1, 2025 Lev Koufax

The State Department recently updated its list of wars that Donald Trump allegedly ended. Trump now claims that he has brokered a peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Trump would have the world believe that this […]

Petro implodes U.S.-Colombia relations with his final U.N. speech

September 26, 2025 Struggle - La Lucha

Colombian President Gustavo Petro used his final address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 23 to deliver a blistering denunciation of U.S. foreign policy and President Donald Trump, calling for criminal charges against […]

Trump’s U.N. tirade: Threats, invasion plans, and cheers for bloodshed

September 25, 2025 Gary Wilson

President Donald Trump used his U.N. speech to boast about the use of U.S. military power in recent actions, threatening nations with war and celebrating the criminal actions of his administration with unvarnished glee. Trump […]

Regime crisis in France: Bayrou falls, now Macron must go!

September 19, 2025 Najete Michell and Paul Tayor

The ‘Bloquons tout’ mass movement precipitated the fall of French PM François Bayrou with its call to block everything on September 10. On September 8, Bayrou raised the question of confidence at the National Assembly, […]

French police arrest 473 as ‘Block Everything’ sweeps France

September 11, 2025 Gary Wilson

French police reported 473 arrests by 5 p.m. as over 250,000 protesters (number provided by the CGT labor federation) rallied nationwide on Sept. 10. In the Paris region alone, 203 people were arrested as authorities […]

In Los Angeles, as militarized, racist federal agents attack: The significance of Japan’s Kantō Massacre

September 9, 2025 Tsukuru

On Sept. 1, 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the Kanto region of Japan, claiming the lives of more than 105,000. Conveniently concealed behind the death toll of the Great Kantō Earthquake was the massacre […]

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Indonesia: Responding to the demonstration on August 28 and violent and brutal actions by police

September 8, 2025 Struggle - La Lucha

Statement by Gabungan Serikat Buruh Indonesia (GSBI) [the Federation of Indonesian Labor Unions] Responding to the Demonstration on August 28, 2025 and Violent and Brutal Actions by Police Democracy Greetings! Gabungan Serikat Buruh Indonesia (GSBI) […]

France: Unité CGT says ‘Block everything!’ on Sept. 10

September 8, 2025 Struggle - La Lucha

In this translated article, Unité CGT — the left wing of France’s General Confederation of Labour (CGT) — has issued a call to action. Representing a significant portion of the CGT’s industry federations and departmental […]