“The occupation targets whoever it wants, stopping and resuming the genocide every few days as if playing with our lives,” said one young woman from Gaza. An IDF helicopter in Gaza, October 13, 2025 -- / IDF Spokesperson's Unit By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams More than 800 Palestinians have been killed or wounded since the October 10 truce between Israel and Hamas , leaving many residents of the still-embattled, still-starved strip to question whether there is actually any

A mural painted on the rubble of a destroyed building in Al Thawra Street in Rimal, Gaza. The mural was created by Mostafa Mehna with 25 children from Gaza. The Arabic text reads "There is hope" -- photo, February 2025 via Hla.bashbash, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska As a professor who has spent more than forty years studying questions of war and peace, international law and relations  —and above all, the human consequences of armed conflict— I once bel

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that employees in Greece’s public health system are preparing for a 48-hour strike on November 6-7, demanding mass recruitment in the sector, increased state budget funding, the abolition of all patient fees, substantial wage increases and the protection of their rights. The explosive combination of staff shortages and declining wages, which fuels further commercialization, is now being compounded by new plans to

Che Guevara on a mule in Las Villas, Cuba during the revolutionary war, 1958 -- Daily LIFT #1782

Trump on October 30, 2025 -- public domain image South African Communist Party statement on the continued United States aggression against Venezuela Thursday, 30 October 2025 : - The South African Communist Party (SACP) unequivocally condemns the persistent aggression of the Trump regime against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The United States government has for the past two months at the very least openly threatened war against Venezuela and further escalated its aggr

Statement on the Massacres by Rapid Support Forces in Bara and El Fasher Our Party stands clearly and decisively against the horrifying massacres being committed against civilians in the cities of El Fasher and Bara, as well as in other areas of Kordofan and Darfur; a stance that does not accept ambiguity or justification. The Rapid Support Forces continue to perpetrate systematic violence against unarmed civilians: field executions, arbitrary arrests, looting and destruction

On Tuesday afternoon, a crowd in Havana honoured Camilo Cienfuegos with a traditional tribute. Flowers were cast into the sea, marking 66 years since his physical disappearance. The event was led by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez. Image via the PCC By Alina Perera Robbio, translated from the Spanish "Camilo Cienfuegos was not just the hero of Yaguajay; he was the hero of every place he went." This idea, once expressed by Army General Raúl Ca

Catherine Connolly -- image via X By Vijay Prashad Catherine Connolly (nascida em 1957) só se envolveu ativamente na política em 1999. Michael D. Higgins, o presidente anterior da Irlanda (2011-2025), a incentivou a se filiar ao Partido Trabalhista e se candidatar às eleições. Tanto Connolly quanto Higgins (conhecido na Irlanda como Michael D) são naturais de Galway, uma cidade na costa oeste da Irlanda. Connolly nasceu lá, a nona de 14 filhos — sete meninas e sete meninos —

UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese is in the country at the invitation of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Francesca Albanese at the Groot Kerk event organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. All photos by Mzi Velapi By Mzi Velapi, Elitsha, South Africa The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, has urged South Africans to use their consumer power to intensify their actions in support of the broader campaign for boycotting

Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) Statement on the UN Vote to End the US Embargo Against Cuba   The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) warmly congratulates the Republic of Cuba and the Cuban people for yet another resounding victory at the United Nations General Assembly, where the resolution titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” was adopted by 165 votes in favour, seven against, and

Fred Hampton speaks outside a courthouse, October 29, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1781 He would be murdered by the FBI and Chicago police just over a month later. We've got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don't fight racism with racism. We're gonna fight racism with solidarity. We say you don't fight capitalism with no black capitalism; you fight capitalism with socialism. - Fred Hampton on s

Trump’s ICE forces are facing militant and organized opposition everywhere they turn. Screenshot via X By Sonali Kolhatkar A New York City woman wearing a navy blue polka-dot dress has gone viral for her defiant resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a raid in lower Manhattan on October 21, 2025. Appearing as though she was on her way from work—the woman wore a navy blue blazer and brown shoes and carried a large handbag—the “polka-dot dress wo

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla speaks at the UN Various Sources The UN General Assembly today adopted — by an overwhelming majority despite intense pressure and threats by the United States — a resolution calling for an end to the decades-old United States embargo against Cuba. This is the 33rd year in a row the UN has done this. The 193-member Assembly adopted the resolution “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America

A meeting of the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee, painting, B. Yohanson, USSR -- Daily LIFT #1780

Ahead of the UN vote on the US-imposed blockade on Cuba, the US once again spread lies about the nature and intent of its coercive policy on Cuba. Screenshot via the UN on X By Peoples Dispatch The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told multiple lies during his speech in the debate on the resolution demanding an end to the blockade against Cuba . His speech repeated – almost point by point – the repertoire of already debunked arguments that Washingt

Via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba THE BLOCKADE IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES AGAINST CUBA VIOLATES THE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE UN CHARTER. IT CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO PEACE, DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE. THE BLOCKADE QUALIFIES AS AN ACT OF GENOCIDE. The blockade against Cuba is the most prolonged, comprehensive and complex system of unilateral coercive measures ever applied to any country in history. It viola

Catherine Connolly campaigning in October -- image via Connolly for President on X By Vijay Prashad Catherine Connolly (born 1957) only became involved in active politics in 1999. Michael D. Higgins, the outgoing president of Ireland (2011-2025), encouraged Connolly to join the Labour Party and stand for election. Both Connolly and Higgins (known in Ireland as Michael D) come from Galway, a city on the west coast of Ireland. Connolly was born there, the ninth of fourteen chil

Trump and Netanyahu with a number of US officials at the White House, September 29, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad On 26 October, Caroline Willemen of Médecins Sans Frontières stated that Israel continues to use the need for humanitarian aid in Gaza as “means of pressure”. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza has not improved significantly”, she told the press, “as water and shelter shortages persist and hundreds of thousands of people continue to live in tents

Storming the Winter Palace, illustration, USSR -- Daily LIFT #1779

The goals set by the Central Committee of the CPC for the plan include achieving scientific and technological self reliance and further improving the quality of life for the common people Image of the session via the Embassy of The People's Republic of China in the United States on Facebook By Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch The fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded on Thursday, October 23, after adopting recomme