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

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

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

“This is the result of deliberate policy, pursued with full knowledge of its effects. This is not war. It is genocide.” Screenshot from the Al Jazeera report. By Julia Conley, Common Dreams An analysis of Gaza’s civil registry by Al Jazeera detailed Monday how thousands of US-backed Israeli military’s attacks on the exclave become stories not only of individual casualties but of “lineage, heritage, and identity disappearing in an instant”—with 2,700 families entirely wiped o

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

Green Bay residents protest the shooting of Alex Pretti | Photo by Andrew Kennard/Wisconsin Examiner By Andrew Kennard, Wisconsin Examiner Green Bay protesters took to the streets Sunday afternoon in temperatures well below freezing to protest the killing of Alex Pretti , a graduate of Green Bay Preble High School who worked as an ICU nurse at a VA hospital in Minneapolis and was shot and killed Saturday by Border Patrol agents. As they crossed the Fox River, marchers formed

A woman kneels and prays as hundreds gather around a growing memorial site at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue, where federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Alex Pretti Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 earlier in the day. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer) By Alyssa Chen, Minnesota Reformer More than 1,000 people gathered for a vigil and rally Saturday night at Whittier Park in Minneapolis to mourn Alex Pretti, the man who was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents . Afte

Aleida Guevara in 2023 -- image via junge Welt By Nick Brauns, junge Welt, 24 January 2026. Translation by Helmut-Harry Loewen. At the 31st International Rosa Luxemburg Conference on January 10 in Berlin, it was announced to enthusiastic applause that this year's Rosa Luxemburg Prize will be awarded to Cuban physician and internationalist Aleida Guevara. Aleida Guevara has been an important international voice for socialist Cuba for many decades. In her practical work — not l

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

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

More than a political figure, Trump acts as a chaotic stress-test on American institutions, civic norms, and political culture, revealing the weaknesses the system has long ignored. Trump in December, 2025 -- U.S. Institute of Peace, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Martina Moneke Every system eventually encounters the user it was never designed to survive. In finance, that user is the bad actor who ignores best practices, exploits loopholes, and treats safeguards as sugge

Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Resisting Imperialism with Popular Organization Attack on Venezuela is a Threat to Latin America and Brazil Political Statement by the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) The Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) expresses its unwavering solidarity with the Venezuelan people in the face of the criminal imperialist attack carried out by the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and demands the freedom of Presiden

Mass rally in Tehran condemning US and Israeli threats and intervention in Iran, January 12, 2026 -- Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska Anyone from the former Yugoslavia will immediately understand the title. Mujo is a legendary (though fictional) Bosnian character, the protagonist (together with his inseparable friend Haso) of countless jokes that generations of Yugoslavs grew up with. Wars took many lives, erased towns, and destroyed f

More than 420 researchers and scholars globally have signed a statement denouncing the U.S. attacks on January 3 and calling for reparations for Venezuela. We, the undersigned scholars, students, and academic workers, unequivocally condemn the Trump administration’s January 3 strikes against Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. The attacks are a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter by a US president claiming, “I don’t n

View of Nuuk from the top of Ukkusissat -- Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Lotte Rørtoft-Madsen El 14 de enero, pocas horas antes de la histórica reunión en Washington entre los representantes de Groenlandia y Dinamarca y sus homólogos estadounidenses, J. D. Vance y Marco Rubio, Dinamarca y varios de sus aliados de la OTAN reforzaron su presencia militar en Groenlandia y anunciaron que enviarían más refuerzos. Algunos interpretaron esta medida como una p

Greenland's flag -- Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Lotte Rørtoft-Madsen On 14 January, a few hours before the historic meeting in Washington between representatives from Greenland and Denmark and their U.S. counterparts, J. D. Vance and Marco Rubio, Denmark and several of its NATO allies reinforced their military presence in Greenland and announced that more reinforcements would follow. Some interpreted this move as pressure on the Trump Administr

“The empire can do whatever it wants, but we are here to tell you that we are free, independent, and sovereign,” said one demonstrator. Venezuelans march on Wednesday -- image via news video screenshot By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Demonstrations demanding the United States release Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife continued Wednesday as thousands more people took to the streets of Caracas in a show of support for the abducted leftist leader. Public workers