For the first time, the United Nations marked Nakba and the forced displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians during the founding of Israel in 1948. However, the US, Canada, and some EU countries chose not to participate on Israel’s request
Anti-fascist sections in Italy denounced Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent visit and protested the Giorgia Meloni-led government’s complicity in the war in Ukraine
The ruling coalition in Pakistan has launched a sit-in protest outside the Supreme Court to oppose the court’s order granting relief to former Prime Minister Imran Khan after his arrest last week
Panspoudastiki KS, which is backed by the Communist Youth of Greece, won 19,632 votes, securing over 35.04% of the total votes polled for the student unions of 266 universities across Greece on May 10
Teachers decided to go on strike within days of ending their two-month strike after the government failed to honor its agreed upon commitments
Two nurses’ trade unions in Portugal launched a one-day strike on International Nurses’ Day to fight for better staffing and working conditions. More protests are expected in the coming months with private sector nurses also likely to join in
In 2021, the US had similarly seized domains related to Press TV, Al-Masirah, and Palestine Today—all of them critical of the policies of the US and its allies, especially Israel
A wide coalition of trade unions and professional associations in the health sector in Croatia is demanding adequate appreciation of their work as Ministry of Health refuses to discuss pay rise
The senior Al-Jazeera journalist was killed and her colleagues attacked by Israeli forces while they were covering an Israeli army raid on a refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank last year in May
Under Ecuador’s constitution, at any time during the trial Lasso could dissolve the Assembly and govern by decree for up to six months, after which he would have to call for new elections. He has told press that he would not hesitate to dissolve the congress if his removal were imminent
The so-called theory of trickle-down effect projected by the government (high prosperity of the rich flows down to enhance the economic welfare of the poor) has been debunked by the data on the growing gap between the rich and the poor in the country, rising poverty, unemployment, and the perpetually rising prices
Soviet red flags were raised in Victory Day celebrations across Europe, despite a ban on the display of Soviet and Russian flags in several countries including Germany
