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Belarus detains neo-Nazi, and imperialists howl

May 26, 2021 Greg Butterfield
On May 23, Roman Protasevich was detained by authorities in the eastern European country Belarus after the plane he was riding made an emergency landing in Minsk. Protasevich’s detention set off howls of protest from […]
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Pablo Hasél: Repentance is not freedom

May 23, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
In February, Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced leftist Catalan musician Pablo Hasél to 2 years and 9 months in prison for his outspoken activism against the monarchy, fascist movements and police terror. Later, the court added […]
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Colombia is bleeding to death: Duque responds with violence to the people’s demands

May 13, 2021 Alejandra Garcia
The Colombian people have been in the streets protesting against President Ivan Duque for 14 days in a row. Social anger erupted over a tax reform that sought to increase the price of basic products, […]
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Anti-Fascist Forum: No to war in Donbass, yes to self-determination

May 13, 2021 International Anti-Fascist Forum
Resolution of the International Anti-Fascist Forum, May 8, 2021, Donetsk: In February 2014, a coup d’état took place in Ukraine. Nationalist forces came to power, for whom fascism became their state ideology. The residents of […]
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‘Solidarity with Donbass has to be built into all our work’

May 11, 2021 Greg Butterfield
Presentation at the online International Anti-Fascist Forum hosted by the Communist Party of the Donetsk People’s Republic on May 8, 2021. The annual event included participants from the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Italy, […]
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Repression in Colombia: Made in USA

May 8, 2021 Greg Butterfield
May 7 — For the past 10 days, the people of Colombia have flooded the streets of their cities, towns and villages to demand that their most basic needs be met amidst the pandemic and […]
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Massive protests sweep Colombia despite repression

May 6, 2021 Angel Guerra Cabrera
On April 28 there was a national strike and march in rejection of President Iván Duque’s tax reform and a health reform bill that seeks to deepen the failed model of privatization established in the […]
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New York event honors anti-fascists killed in Odessa, Ukraine

May 5, 2021 Greg Butterfield
Several activists gathered in New York’s Union Square this May 2 to pay tribute to more than 40 anti-fascists killed in the multinational port city of Odessa, Ukraine, seven years earlier. The event was called […]
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The COVID-19 catastrophe in India keeps growing

April 24, 2021 Vijay Prashad
For Ashish Yechury (1986-2021), journalist. It is difficult to overstate the grip of COVID-19 on India. WhatsApp bristles with messages about this or that friend and family member with the virus, while there are angry […]
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Zimbabwe celebrates 41 years of independence

April 24, 2021 Stephen Millies
  Forty-one years ago the people of Zimbabwe won independence on April 18, 1980. Thousands of Africans died for it. For decades Zimbabwe’s people fought for freedom. As a young man, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa […]