Vijay Prashad offers six points to make sense of the situation in Iran amid protests, violence, and threats of military intervention from Washington
Thousands attended the 31st Rosa Luxemburg Conference and the Luxemburg–Liebknecht demonstration, rejecting Germany’s rearmament and militarization drive.
The Iranian government has claimed the protests against people’s economic suffering have been hijacked by forces trying to create chaos and pushing for regime change in the country.
To enforce its war policy, the EU and Germany rely on repression. Journalists, humanitarian workers, and cultural institutions are targeted – which means all of us.
The US has essentially declared that sovereignty itself for any nation that refuses subordination to US imperialism, holds no weight.
Israel has committed hundreds of ceasefire violations since October 2025, thwarting the possibility of advancing to phase two of the talks.
The US president warned Cuban authorities that if they do not engage in dialogue, it will soon be “too late.” Cuban authorities have announced that Cuba is a sovereign country that is being punished for following a path different from that desired by Washington.
Waving the Venezuelan colors alongside the red hammer-and-sickle flags, hundreds marched to the US embassy in Pretoria, protesting US aggression on Venezuela.
The war on Venezuela is a war on the very idea that the people of the Global South can convert their wealth into sovereignty, and sovereignty into a different future.
Thousands mobilized across Italy to stand in solidarity with Venezuela and oppose US imperialism.
The ICE killing of Renee Good has sparked nationwide protests that have been met by federal force, arrests, and renewed “domestic terror” rhetoric from the Trump administration.
Israel has, however, continued to violate the ceasefire deal with renewed aggression on southern Lebanon, claiming that the state’s efforts to disarm the resistance group are “insufficient”.
