ICE violence and arbitrariness in US cities are symptoms of the fascistisation and militarisation of the declining Western empire. Protest against inhumane raids by ICE fascists is brutally punished, Minneapolis, January 13, 2026 -- image via junge Welt By Susann Witt-Stahl, junge Welt, January 29, 2026. Translation and notes by Helmut-Harry Loewen. The images of the immigration authority ICE's brutal street operations have already been burned into the collective memory of Am

Trump, January 20, 2026 -- public domain image By Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service When Donald Trump was first elected U.S. president almost ten years ago, part of his appeal to many voters were his promises to reduce the level of US involvement in international conflicts and to avoid the costly “endless wars” fought by his predecessors. But his recent attack on Venezuela on the heels of U.S.-financed genocide in Gaza, as well as US air strikes in Somalia, Yeme

We don’t need better training for the men who killed these activists. We need a moral movement to disarm them and reconstruct US democracy. Memorial at the site of Alex Pretti's death -- Darth Stabro, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By William J. Barber II & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove From 1920 until 1938, a flag on Fifth Avenue in New York City proclaimed an uncomfortable reality to passers-by on New York’s busy streets: “A man was lynched yesterday.” In the South, where Jim Crow

Via the Workers Party of Ireland The great scholar, writer, and educator Michael Parenti, who has passed away aged 92, had the rare ability to clearly and entertainingly explain complex ideas and his work cast an unflinching gaze on class power at home in his native USA and elsewhere in contexts as varied as the ancient Rome of Julius Caesar, Yugoslavia in its dying days, and the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Throughout his work he exposed ruling class power and the lengths

Not only are Californians struggling to make ends meet, they also have to contend with a governor who cares more about billionaires and his own presidential aspirations. Newsom at a press conference in May, 2025 -- Office of the Governor of California, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Sonali Kolhatkar California Governor Gavin Newsom has spent 2025 setting himself up as Donald Trump’s leading opponent and the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential nominee . While the Tru

Mark Carney speaks at Davos -- video screenshot By Raïs Neza Boneza Western Power and the Persistence of Colonial Structures There are moments in global politics when the mask slips—not because power suddenly discovers morality, but because maintaining the performance becomes too expensive. Recently in Davos , the Canadian Prime minister Mark Carney did something unusual. He admitted—almost casually—that the so-called  rules-based international order  has never quite been wha

Board of Peace signing ceremony -- public domain image By Milkaela Nhondo Erskog Khaled Abu Jarrar, a 58-year-old Palestinian from Beit Hanoon, now shelters in Gaza City’s former Legislative Council building—one of thousands of structures repurposed as displacement camps after Israel’s genocidal assault reduced entire neighborhoods to rubble. His wife was recently diagnosed with liver cancer. She needs urgent treatment abroad, but the Rafah crossing remains sealed.  As intern

We, the undersigned Communist and Workers' Parties which have supported the struggle of Iranian people for peace, sovereignty, human and democratic rights, social justice, and against threats of imperialist attack are watching with grave concern the current developments in the country. We have received detailed reports, published by the fraternal Tudeh Party of Iran, regarding the circumstances surrounding the protest demonstrations that began on 28 December in Tehran. Acco

Syrian troops engaged in machine gun training in June, 2025 -- public domain image via the US military Yet another chapter in the imperialist bloodbath that has plagued the Syrian people over the past 15 years is now unfolding. After the jihadist terror regime, backed by Turkey, the Gulf States, the EU, and the US, and in tacit cooperation with Israel, massacred hundreds of Druze and thousands of Alawites in the country’s southern and western regions in 2025, they are now car

Mark Carney with Trump in October 2025 -- public domain image Via the Communist Party of Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum at Davos has been noted for its blunt talk about a “rupture” with the “old order” of U.S. hegemony. This has been seen as a breath of fresh air for some in Canada who are rightly concerned with escalating threats to our sovereignty and the U.S.’s descent into war and reaction. However, Carney’s newly articulated vision

The people of Venezuela, Greenland and Ukraine are so "lucky" to have resources that have put them in imperialism's crosshairs. Image via Venezuela Analysis on X Via the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) The people of Venezuela are “lucky”. Their country has the largest oil reserves in the world and sits on a veritable gold mine —one that could ensure energy self-sufficiency, and more, while providing cheap fuel and electricity for its people. The people of Greenland are also “

Image via Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped) The Workers Party has long supported the struggle of the Iranian people for peace, sovereignty, human and democratic rights and social justice. We have received detailed reports, published by our fraternal party, the Tudeh Party of Iran, setting out the circumstances surrounding the protest demonstrations that began on 28 December in Tehran which describe the brutal mass crackdown waged by the authoriti

In the fantasy being pushed by Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Jared Kushner, Palestinians appear only as an absence, buried beneath the rubble of the real Gaza. Trump at the Board of Peace announcement and signing ceremony on January 22 -- public domain image By Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies, Common Dreams At the opening ceremony for Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace in Davos , Jared Kushner unveiled glossy images of his vision for a “new Gaza”: shining apart

Video screenshot image from a Hands Off Greenland rally in Copenhagen in January via X The Communist Party of Norway condemns U.S. aggression and threats against Greenland Donald Trump’s repeated statements about annexing Greenland are imperialism in its purest form. The claim that taking over the island is necessary for U.S. security has no credibility. Neither Russia nor China threatens Greenland; the threat comes exclusively from the United States. In this situation, the C

Machado’s decision to accept the prize, supposedly contrary to the wishes of the White House, before delivering it to him in person, signifies the depth of Machado’s commitment to enact the US will on Venezuela. Trump accepting the prize -- public domain image By Nuvpreet Kalra, Common Dreams Maria Corina Machado said it was a “historic day for us Venezuelans” as she handed President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize . For the pro-Israel, far-right opposition figure in Vene

Pinarayi Vijayan speaks at an LDF rally in Kerala in January, 2026 -- image via Facebook By Nabil Abdul Majeed and Nitheesh Narayanan In 1945, two years prior to India’s independence, the current Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, was born into a working-class family in northern Kerala. He was his mother’s fourteenth child; of the thirteen siblings born before him, only two survived. His mother was an agricultural labourer and his father a toddy tapper. They belonged

A U.S. Air Force F-16 in Greenland, 2021 -- public domain image For an Arctic zone of peace! Greenland crisis tramples Indigenous sovereignty and risks militarization, resource plunder and environmental disaster Donald Trump’s renewed and sharpening rhetoric about annexing Greenland to the United States is quickly escalating into a dangerous confrontation among countries within the US-NATO imperialist camp. Both Trump’s threats and the response from many NATO states – to depl

Trump on January 3 -- public domain image The following is the joint statement issued by the five Left Parties - Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (ML) Liberation, All India Forward Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist Party: We the Left Parties strongly urge the Indian government not to accept the US-offered position on the so-called 'Board of Peace', which is intended to implement the 'Gaza Peace Plan'. India's participation in

Flag of Rojava By Vijay Prashad The agreement that terminated the Syrian Kurdish enclave was presented by its signatories as a pragmatic settlement. But, in fact, the deal is a major political defeat for the Syrian Kurdish political formations. Certainly, the rapid advance of the Syrian armed groups loyal to President Ahmad al-Sharaa broke the resistance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the largely Kurdish group, but this advance can only be understood by the total back

Communist Party of Pakistan, Solidarity Message The Communist Party of Pakistan declares its solidarity with the working class, poor peasants, students, women, oppressed nations of Iran, and the fraternal Tudeh Party of Iran who are confronting exploitation, repression, and deepening Capitalist crises. The present upheaval is the product of acute class contradictions under a clerical-capitalist state that rules through coercion, capitalist-plunder, and ideological obscuranti