Philadelphia museum workers ready to join ranks of striking unions There can be no doubt that Philly is a union town! The essential city workers of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33 are doubling down against Mayor Cherelle Parker. In a historic strike, the first in almost 40 years, D.C.…

This week on State of Play, host Greg Stoker is joined by Jalyssa Dugrot, an independent journalist recently arrested while covering anti-ICE protests for MintPress News in Los Angeles, and Robert Inlakesh, a Middle East analyst and MintPress contributor known for his reporting on politics, repression, and empire, to examine a rapidly expanding surveillance regime…

While it continues its conflict with its neighbors, Israel is fighting another war just as intensely, spending gigantic amounts of money bombarding Europe with messaging justifying their actions, and scaremongering Europeans that Iranian nuclear missiles will soon be turning their cities into rubble. A MintPress study has found that, since it struck Iran on June…

Originally published at ScheerPost on July 02, 2025. Republished with permission. When the history of the genocide in Gaza is written, one of the most courageous and outspoken champions for justice and the adherence to international law will be Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, who today the Trump administration is sanctioning. Her office…

Home » Stop imperialist war and occupation » Hamas condemns Israel’s crimes The following statement from the Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas was issued on July 7, 2025, by Resistance News Network. The crimes of the Zionist occupation against unarmed civilians in the Gaza Strip continue through the deadly aid mechanism, which has turned into…

Home » Global » Times Square protest reenacts Gaza death trap Times Square, New York City, July 5, 2025. By Jessie Blue New York City — On July 5, autonomous activists alongside PAL-Awda Long Island gathered in the heart of the central city of U.S. capitalism, Times Square, to reenact the death traps Palestinians face…

Home » U.S. and Canada » Teamsters shut down Republic Services’ trash offer Sanitation workers and allies picket billion-dollar Republic Services in Peabody, Massachusetts, July 6, 2025. Teamsters Local 25 striking sanitation and recycling workers are on 24-hour picket lines for a second week at Republic Services’ operations throughout eastern Massachusetts. The nearly 450 workers…

Since the heroic Al-Aqsa Flood took place 21 months ago on Oct. 7, 2023, the Zionist state of Israel — with the military backing of the U.S. — has carried out an unprecedented racist genocidal campaign against the people of Gaza, played out daily in real time on social media. No one — including children…

Workers and other critics of the plan called it the “big ugly” bill, because they consider it the largest legislative theft of wealth from the working class and transfer to the richest top 1% in U.S. history. Trump infamously dubbed it the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” and the commander-in-thief signed his administration’s 900+ page tax and…

Home » Editorials » Budget bill exposes both capitalist parties It was a rare occasion. The headlines of the corporate media provided a succinct analysis of the U.S. mammoth budget bill that became law July 4.  First, you had to hate Trump and all Republicans for pushing the bill through. The Qatar-owned Al Jazeera summed…

Philadelphia The 2025 version of “4th of You Lie” in Philadelphia was marked by widely-reported picketing and rallies for 9,000 city workers on strike. Less publicized was a “U.S. Out of Everywhere! Reject Amerikan Patriotism! Mumia Out of Prison!” march. On the following day, July 5, another rally to free Mumia took place more than…

On June 27, Haaretz — Israel’s left-center newspaper — published claims by Israeli troops stationed at four “aid” centers managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) that their officers ordered them to intentionally shoot to kill starving, unarmed civilians trying to get food for their families, many after walking for miles. The latest reports, as…