Repression

An Attack on One is an Attack on All: Academic Workers and Students Pledge to Fight Attacks Against Pro-Palestinian Organizers
The following pledge, signed by dozens of pro-Palestine organizations and counting, states that we will unite to fight against the repression under the principle that if you touch one of us, we all rise up. It launches a network of students, faculty, and staff fighting repression on their college campuses. We invite you to sign the statement and pledge to stand up against repression on campus and for a free Palestine.
CUNY4Palestine
November 21, 2023Echoes of the War on Terror: U.S. State and Media Go on the Offensive Against Pro-Palestinian Protesters
The U.S. government, mainstream media, and several Zionist organizations are waging an strong attack on the basic democratic right of people to support Palestine. The movement must support one another against these attacks, and everyone must defend the right to free speech.
Samuel Karlin
October 14, 2023Germany Is Threatening to Deport Palestinian Refugees for Their Activism
#StandWithZaid: Zaid Abdulnasser, the coordinator of the Palestine solidarity network Samidoun Germany, is a Palestinian refugee from Syria. The German are threatening to revoke his residence permit due to his political activism.
Tom Krüger
September 18, 2023Argentinian Journalist and Activist Facundo Molares Murdered by Buenos Aires Police
Yesterday, Facundo Molares, a political activist and journalist was suffocated to death by Buenos Aires police, echoing the police murder of George Floyd in 2020. Today, social and political organizations across Argentina are mobilizing in response and calling for justice for Facundo Molares.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
August 11, 2023Canadian Dock Workers Set to Return to Picket Lines and Facing State Repression
Port workers in British Columbia, Canada, have been on strike for over two weeks. This strike parallels many struggles of the working class in the U.S., and it offers useful lessons for fighting back against worsening conditions.
Matthew Walters
July 20, 2023Federal Charges of Political Activists Show the Racist and Repressive Nature of the Capitalist State
Black nationalist organizations in the United States have been the target of what is a clear, politically motivated attack by the FBI in an attempt to silence voices of dissent against the U.S. government.
Tristan Taylor
May 17, 2023At Least 39 Migrants Die in Fire at Detention Center in Mexico. The State Is Responsible.
The events of March 27 marked one of the darkest chapters in the Mexican State’s anti-immigrant policy, a policy that is increasingly subordinated to the interests of U.S. imperialism.
La Izquierda Diario Mexico
March 30, 2023The Peruvian Uprising: Massive Protests Demand the Fall of the Coup Regime and a Constituent Assembly
Peru has erupted in a massive uprising demanding that President Dina Boluarte resign, that the current Congress be shut down, and that a new constitution be established. The protests are the culmination of years of political oppression of the country’s indigenous communities, drastic poverty rates and precarity for Peru’s workers and poor, and a political regime that continues the legacy of Alberto Fujimori’s dictatorship.
La Izquierda Diario Perú
January 25, 2023COP27: Climate Talks Underway in Egypt amidst Intense Political Repression
Why is the UN holding COP27 in Egypt, where the al-Sissi regime is at the forefront of the repression of political and environmental activists and mostly inactive in the fight against climate change?
Wolfgang Mandelbaum
November 15, 2022Tens of Thousands Take the Streets in Defiance of Overturn of Roe v. Wade
Following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in outrage and to demand that abortion remain legal across the country.
Left Voice
June 27, 2022