The horrific famine that the Israel Occupation Forces has imposed on Gaza is world news. The IOF has cut off all deliveries of any food or medicine to Gaza for nearly three months.  The Madleen, carrying aid from Italy to Gaza, with activists from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, June 2, 2025. (Photo Credit: Credit: Middle…

Home » Im/migrants and Refugees » People’s power frees Lewelyn “Aunty Lynn” Dixon from ICE detention After three months of community and union protests, Lewelyn Dixon, a migrant worker from the Philippines and a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) member, was finally allowed to walk out of the Northwest Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center…

Home » Editorials » Students deepen resistance for Palestine At this year’s graduation ceremonies in New York City, there was no business as usual. Students at Brooklyn College accepted their diplomas while carrying pro-Palestine flags and wearing keffiyehs; at Columbia University students and alumni burned diplomas; at Hunter College and at City College police attacked…

Home » Racism and Self-Determination » Palestinian Resistance condemns Israeli military massacre of starving Gazans The following excerpts of statements made by Palestinian Resistance factions was published by Resistance News Network on June 1, 2025: Palestinians mourn at a Rafah hospital after the Israeli military massacred over 30 people seeking food at an aid center…

Home » Prisons: tear them down » Hamas says Israel continues to sabotage negotiations The following statement was made by Hamas leader Mahmoud Mardawi via Twitter and published by Resistance News Network on June 1, 2025. Hamas leader Mahmoud Marwani After weeks of serious and responsible negotiations with the U.S. envoy, we reached an acceptable…

This article is based on the talk Catalinotto made during Workers World Party’s May 18 national meeting in New York City to discuss “The decline of imperialism, the global class struggle today, the changing working class and the tasks of the party.” WW PHOTO: Joe Piette One of the reference points for this discussion is…

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, stated on 27 May 2025 that, noting that Pakistani military officials had attended the funerals of terrorists killed in Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s prolonged sponsorship of terrorism against India should not be described simply as a proxy war, but as a deliberate and sustained military strategy that has its roots…

Voltaire Network | Khartoum (Sudan) | 23 May 2025 On May 22, 2025, the Department of State issued the following press release: «On April 24, 2025, the United States determined under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (the CBW Act) that the Government of Sudan used chemical weapons in…

Betsey Piette. WW PHOTO: Joe Piette Despite decades of wars and occupations of countries abroad, the U.S. faces a global challenge it is unable to contain. This challenge is multifaceted, but three things stand out: One is the relentless resistance of the people of Palestine and West Asia in elevating their struggle for a free…

Home » Im/migrants and Refugees » Portland Memorial Day protest for Palestine Portland, Oregon Portland for Palestine and Veterans For Peace held a powerful protest on May 26, Memorial Day, calling on the U.S. to stop funding genocide in Gaza. A leaflet for the protest said: “Our government funds the genocide in Gaza and maintains…

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The Council of Europe, of which Russia is no longer a member, has decided to create an international criminal tribunal to try Russian crimes in Ukraine. As a matter of fact, neither Russia nor Ukraine are members of the current International Criminal Court. ☞ As this tribunal will never be endorsed by the United Nations,…