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On this 50th anniversary of the assassination of proletarian internationalist Fred Hampton, a new radical student movement in Pakistan takes inspiration. News and analysis in the spirit of Chairman Fred: "I am a revolutionary."

Bolivia / Three Looks at the Bigger Picture / Iraq / UK / France / Hong Kong

But the Kurds have never stopped resisting.

Worldwide Uprising! Election News from Bolivia, Canada and Germany! Reports from Hong Kong, Chile, Iraq, Kurdistan! And a Long Distance Runner Makes Her Stand for Historical Truth

The world is shaken by mass rejection of neoliberalism and corruption, and the "pink tide" returns in Latin America.

We are not guilty of terrorism; we are victims of state terrorism. But we are guilty of defending our people”, said the PKK in its letter addressing to the American people and president.

Turkey’s incursion into Syria has roiled the Middle East and NATO countries, demonstrating one key polarizing divide on both sides of the Mediterranean. As far as I can tell, that divide is between supporters of political Islam and its opponents.

Protests against government corruption and austerity programs in Haiti and Iraq, are directed at corrupt neoliberal governments imposed on them by the use of U.S. military force.

Portugal * Mexico * Swaziland * Greece * UK * Ecuador * Iraq * Colombia * Russia

The claim that Iran is the main “sponsor of terrorism” is one that has become a cliché from Washington, D.C., to Riyadh. It has become so common that no evidence is needed to prove it.