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News and analysis from parties and movements worldwide

In Thursday’s general election, Jeremy Corbyn is defending his seat from a private health care boss backed by Keir Starmer. The campaign is a fight over the Left’s most basic values — and has stirred an extraordinary activist turnout for Corbyn.

Peltier, 79, in poor health and sentenced to life over two deaths in South Dakota, not eligible for another hearing until 2026

The Israel-based activist group Peace Now says "2024 is by far the peak year for Israeli land seizure in the occupied West Bank."

The current wave of legislation targeting higher education is a coordinated effort between wealthy elites, a network of right-wing and libertarian think tanks, and Republican politicians at the state level.

SCOTUS coup and education wars

Gorsuch continued “Grants Pass’s public-camping ordinances do not criminalize status. It makes no difference whether the charged defendant is currently a person experiencing homelessness, a backpacker on vacation, or a student who abandons his dorm

This term illustrates that the Court often exercises unjustified power.

The rivalry between Fatah and Hamas has dominated Palestinian politics since the 1990s. Yet for many years, the main challenge to Fatah came from the groups of the Palestinian left, which have made a huge contribution to the national movement.

By disrupting white businesses, often in a highly organized way, Black activists won social change.