Native American water protector from Standing Rock struggle was forced to take a “non-cooperating plea agreement” and 57-month jail sentence. She couldn’t get a fair trial for the “attempted murder” charge with a lifetime penalty.
indigenous struggles
An editorial dilemma
With the world aflame in crises, how do you pick just one or two to editorialize?
In Australia, family of Aboriginal man who died in custody demands answers
Government delays inquiry into the killing of David Dungay Jr. by officers at Long Bay Jail.
PUSH! Organising and Educating to build a United Front against Fascism
A callout to unite forces against fascists and the far right.
Tens of thousands protest in Tel Aviv against new legislation declaring Israel an explicitly Jewish nation
In what was probably the largest of several protests in recent weeks, Israeli Arabs and Jews demonstrated together on August 11 against a law enshrining inequality.
In Canada, First Nations lead opposition to pipeline
Cross-border resistance in British Columbia and Washington state is determined to halt destruction of land and sea.
Grass-roots Palestinians take the lead
Israel is widely denounced for killing and wounding thousands of unarmed demonstrators.
Fighting for socialist ideas on the ballot, in the community and on the streets
Hot on the heels of this year’s Melbourne Cup is the Victorian state election on November 24th. November may look like a bonanza for punters and pundits, but elections are more than a race between big money’s favourites.
Haitian refugees caught between disaster and deportation
Displaced from their homes by catastrophic conditions, Haitian refugees are fighting deportation from the U.S.
End repression and militarization in Mexico
Released from barracks to fight the “war on drug trafficking,” state security forces are now being unleashed on social justice movements.
