You can’t make this up: The possible next chancellor of Germany, @_FriedrichMerz, passes a migration plan (tightening asylum rights) with accepting support from the far right/ Nazis. Just a couple of hours earlier, in the very same parliament, they commemorated the victims of the Holocaust—committed by the Nazis.
Welcome to the new Germany, where working with Nazis and the far right is becoming the norm.
South African police killed 87 miners inside a mine by deliberately blocking off food and water supplies. The police sought to arrest the illegal gold miners by starving them out.
Zimbabweans chased after a truck that confiscated the goods they were transporting from South Africa back home. Many travel to South Africa due to cheaper prices. Neocolonialism has resulted in unbearable price gouging by multinational companies importing goods.
Activists in Mexico have smashed the doors of the High Court to demand justice for Samantha Gómez Fonseca, a trans woman who was shot dead last year. Gómez was a Senate candidate for the ruling MORENA party. The culprit was arrested, but there have still not been any convictions.
Thousands took to the streets of Hamburg as the head and Chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party delivered a speech at the city hall. With elections nearing, the AfD remains second in nationwide polls.
Biden admits that Netanyahu pushed for “indiscriminately bombing” Gaza by citing US actions like “carpet-bombing Berlin” and “dropping nuclear weapons.” Western leaders openly admit to war crimes, knowing they’ll face no accountability.
Mexico’s right-wing opposition is supporting Trump’s planned attack on their country because they lack support from the Mexican people. They view him as their “savior” and only path to power, says President Sheinbaum.
German journalist Nicholas Potter who attacks Palestine solidarity activists and anti-imperialist media like red. has ended up in Tel-Aviv. Potter's role championing Israel's genocide landed him work at the Jerusalem Post. Read here about Germany's pro-Israel propaganda complex.
Venezuela’s Bolivarian Militia marched yesterday in Caracas to state their support for President Maduro and to warn the US-backed opposition against any destabilization attempts. This Friday, the opposition plans to declare their candidate, Edmundo González, president.
Nazi salutes by 1,300 Italian neo-Nazis in Rome spark outrage at the 47th Acca Larentia anniversary. The group chanted “Presente!” glorifying the fascist militants killed in 1978.
Protests over abductions by Kenyan police continue as people demand the abductees release. More than 80 anti-government protesters are said to have been abducted by the Kenyan state in the past six months, with only five released so far.
🟡 BREAKING: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the fascist founder of France‘s far-right National Front and later National Rally party and a lifelong symbol of bigotry and authoritarianism, has died.
Seen yesterday at the football final of the 2024 ASEAN Championship, as Vietnam beat Thailand. The Southeast Asian country’s communist revolutionary leader, Ho Chi Minh, is a popular celebratory symbol among the football team and its fans.
Happy Birthday to C.L.R. James, a pioneer of the Black Marxist tradition! Born in the Caribbean island of Trinidad, James would go on to author one of the most important texts on the history of the Haitian Revolution, “Black Jacobins.”
A tense six-hour confrontation took place at Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol’s residence in Seoul as presidential guards prevented the arrest of the impeached president facing an arrest warrant over his brief declaration of martial law a month ago.
Supporters of impeached President of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, have flooded the streets, clashing with police near his residence. They aim to prevent his potential arrest, as Yoon, facing a warrant over his brief martial law declaration, vows to “fight until the end.”
A one-legged Palestinian, dressed as Santa Claus, spends New Year’s Eve trying to bring joy to traumatized children. In an interview with red. media, Omar Abu Hashem (age 26) said, “I hope that next year I can be Santa Claus in a place without destruction.”
On this day in 1959, Cuban revolutionaries triumphed over the US-backed Batista dictatorship. After six years of armed struggle, the revolution began to take shape—inspiring millions. Watch Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro talk guerrilla warfare.