“We are winning”: Minnesota calls on the country to join January 30 national shutdown
Minnesota calls for a nationwide shutdown as organizers cite escalating ICE repression, recent killings, and growing support for a national general strike.
Tunisian authorities arrest 21 people connected to protests in Kairouan
The anti-government demonstrations erupted following the death of a young man who had been injured and severely beaten by the Tunisian police in late November.
Brazilian lawmaker from the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement demands investigation of “planned massacre” that left 121 dead
The lawmaker states that Governor Cláudio Castro’s operation was “a massacre carried out in secret” and calls for an independent forensic investigation
Seven killed in Togo protests against President Gnassingbé’s rule
Protests erupted last week in Togo as citizens demanded President Gnassingbé’s resignation, following a constitutional change that could allow him to extend his more than 20 years in power.
One year after historic protests, Kenya’s youth return to the streets in fresh outrage
The recent killing of a blogger while in police custody has sparked a wave of demonstrations in Kenya as outraged citizens take to the streets to demand justice and accountability.
Workers on the move in Indonesia
Cities across Indonesia saw workers flood the streets on May Day amid growing militarism and anti-worker laws.
Street vendor executed after police killed Senegalese man in São Paulo: “We live in a pressure cooker,” workers say
Edineide Rodrigues was killed months after testifying in an accusation about how the militia works in the Brás district.
US police shoot and kill 13-year-old boy
Nyah Mway was harassed, chased down, assaulted, then executed by police in Utica, New York, igniting spontaneous protest
Rising incidents of custodial death trigger demonstration in Sri Lanka
A teenager’s custodial death has prompted demonstrations in the northern Sri Lanka’s Kokuvil, protesters are accusing police of torture and harassment
Malaysian socialists arrested during protest against forced eviction of farmers
Chairman of Parti Sosialis Malaysia and three others were arrested as they tried to resist an eviction drive against 200 farmers in the Prime Ministers’ constituency
Tanzanian farmers are paying for “conservation” with their land and lives
For over 15 years, small farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania’s Mbarali have been facing threats of eviction, criminalization and violent attacks by the state to expand the Ruaha National Park
A month after Nael’s killing, has the French state learned any lessons?
The killing of 17-year-old Nael and the mass protests that followed once again revealed structural issues and discrimination in France. Activists say these need to be addressed urgently but it does not look like the government has learnt any lessons






