(2025-02-08). Students, faculty attend meeting to oppose attacks on pro-Palestinian protesters and democratic rights at the University of Michigan. wsws.org Over 150 people attended a meeting held by the pro-Palestinian Tahrir Coalition on Tuesday to oppose the escalating attacks on students protesting the US/Israeli genocide in Gaza by the University of Michigan. Members of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality spoke at the meeting, fighting for an independent working class-based socialist response to fascism, war and genocide.
Freedom Socialist Party (2025-02-08). Saturday 2/22: Commemorate Black History Month—Black Workers: Key to the Battle Against Fascism. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk Street (at Ellis), San Francisco…
indybay (2025-02-08). Monday 2/10: Protest Trump/MAGA Fascism! indybay.org Downtown Berkeley BART…
Oakland community & (2025-02-08). Saturday 2/8: Protest ICE and Trump Fascism! indybay.org Fruitvale Plaza, Oakland…
mforinoco (2025-02-08). From the AES to ALBA: Burkina Faso Activists Visit Caracas To Support President Maduro. orinocotribune.com 
By Thomas Sankara Centre for African Liberation and Unity — Feb 7, 2025 | In a piece written for Kawsachun News, the Thomas Sankara Centre for African Liberation and Unity shares the experience of Burkina Faso delegates in Caracas for the World Anti-Fascist International Festival which coincided with the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro. | The towering peaks of Caracas' mountaintops captured the attention of the delegates from Burkina Faso even before their airplane hit the ground at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela. Venezuela's imposing mountainous coastline is a sharp…
Uriel Araujo (2025-02-08). Anti-Russian Speech Fueling Neo-Nazism Across Europe — "Maidanization" of the Continent. globalresearch.ca An Estonia court has recently Meanwhile the Slovak police issued a warning about a Nazi group plotting violent attacks. According to the Internal …
(2025-02-08). Video: US Role in Regime Change — Syria, Iraq, Libya… Webinar. iacenter.org This was an in-person meeting in New York on Feb. 6th at 6 PM EST and livestreamed here. The US was deeply involved in the recent overthrow of the Syrian government and has been deeply involved in the internal affairs of countries around the world including "color revolutions" and regime change operation in every country that will not bow to its dictates. The people of the world are seeing this and fighting back. Join us! This was sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine at the New School as well as the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, Workers World Party, Black Intifada, Young Democratic Socialists at the New Scho…
Staff (2025-02-08). Seizing Gaza: Can Trump Do What Israel Failed to Do? w/ Miko Peled, Son of Israeli General. soundcloud.com Trump's surreal claim that the United States will "own" Gaza, push out two million Palestinians, and develop expensive waterfront property for non-Palestinians has widely been condemned. But Miko Peled, son of an Israeli general, says this is no different than the Zionist aim for decades—and it will never happen. Brian Becker is joined by Miko …
Editor (2025-02-08). Chris Hedges: The Empire Self-Destructs. scheerpost.com
Eric Zuesse (2025-02-08). How the U.S./UK Empire Works — as in the Middle East. dissidentvoice.org 
It's shown with remarkable clarity, in the first 14 minutes of this video from Vanessa Beeley, on February 6. It is titled "Trump in Gaza, Jolani self-proclaimed president, south Lebanon and Russia to pay reparations, not Israel: My reports for UK Column yesterday". Whereas all of its first 14 minutes — the entirety of Beeley's …
bwitanek (2025-02-07). Richard Medhurst Detained This Time Austria . . . Last time was UK! fightbackbetter.com Editor's Note: This journalist and editor condemns this obvious UK, US and Israel connected fascist repression against journalism and free speech. It is clear that powerful world gangster forces are allied against Richard Medhurst. This tells us where we are headed in NJ with the IHRA laws — where Democrats play a lead role in passing laws calling it anti-Semitic to denounce genocide of US and Israel. These laws will likely also suppress oppostion to Trump's continuation and escalation of genocidal policies toward Palestinians. FightBackBetter will continue to escalate and elevate and amplify and unify wi…
(2025-02-07). Trump, white supremacy and capitalism: The enemies of Black liberation. liberationnews.org
Emanuel Pastreich (2025-02-07). A Militarized Google Goes for the Gold. Emanuel Pastreich. globalresearch.ca Although the discussion of AI focused on improving the lives of ordinary people in the rather unconvincing words of Donald Trump, it is clear now that a major part of the AI spending will be in the defense and intelligence …
(2025-02-07). We Know How This Will End … dissidentvoice.org 
What if the citizens of Germany during the 1930s somehow could have known in advance how World War II was going to end? Would they have bought into the lies of Hitler and the Third Reich? Would they have gone along with the wanton aggression knowing it was a suicide mission and would turn their …
(2025-02-07). RMT and Nautilus unions end Royal Fleet Auxiliary dispute with plea for better resourced UK armed forces. wsws.org The most significant aspect of the dispute was the refusal of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union leadership, long promoted as "militants" and "socialists", to take any action to challenge the Gaza genocide.
(2025-02-07). Transición socialista: øPor dónde vamos? cubadebate.cu Hay una discusión medio real, medio ahistórica, que se traduce en términos de " øpor dónde vamos?" en materia de sistema económico-político y que no ha dejado de estar presente a lo largo de la Revolución cubana. Una especie de preocupación "natural" que no ha perdido vigencia y que no ha dejado de chocar con la imagen del mundo cotidiana del contemporáneo toda vez que la teoría del dónde se ha distanciado de la práctica sobre el cómo.
(2025-02-07). When Workers Resisted Labor Exploitation At Bronx 'Slave Markets'. popularresistance.org Following the Great Depression, Black working class women flocked to street corners in the Bronx, New York, forced to sell domestic labor for far below its value in order to make ends meet. "They come to the Bronx, not because of what it promises," reads the renowned exposé by two Black radical activists, investigative journalist Marvel Cooke and civil rights leader Ella Baker. These informal domestic workers flocked to the infamous "Bronx Slave Market," "largely in desperation," Cooke and Baker wrote in 1935. | Desperation did indeed characterize the circumstances at the so-called slave markets, in which impover…
Staff (2025-02-07). Transforming all West into a dictatorship of Israel and its lobbies. defenddemocracy.press Journalist Richard Medhurst detained in Austria after police raid Feb 7, 2025 Journalist Richard Medhurst, known for his critical reporting on the Israeli genocide in Gaza, was detained by Austrian authorities this week following a raid on his home and studio. Police seized all his electronic devices and accused him of being "a member of …
(2025-02-07). Amazon announces shutdown of all its facilities in Quebec, eliminating more than 4,500 jobs. wsws.org This $2 trillion global behemoth applies the dictatorial principles of oligarchic rule: any effort by workers to challenge their hyper-exploitative working conditions is to be ruthlessly crushed.
(2025-02-07). Romper la espina dorsal de Europa: Cuál debe ser la política de Rusia hacia Occidente. strategic-culture.su La paz en el subcontinente solo será posible cuando Europa sufra una nueva derrota, como las que infligimos a Napoleón y Hitler, y cuando las élites actuales sean reemplazadas. | Sergei KARAGANOV | àönete a nosotros en , y . | Escr…
Contributing Writers (2025-02-07). Kennedy on Empire's War Against Russia. marktanliano.net READ MORE:…
(2025-02-07). As The Gaza Agenda Moves Forward, The Imperial Narrative Shifts With It. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Whoever controls the narrative controls the world. When the needs of the empire change, so do the narratives.
(2025-02-07). Kennedy on Empire's War Against Russia. marktanliano.net
(2025-02-07). Unlocking Chinese Cities | Two-thirds of the world's fireworks come from this Chinese city. ecns.cn As the "hometown of Chinese fireworks," Liuyang boasts about 600 related enterprises, producing over 5,000 types of fireworks. The industry generates an annual output value exceeding 50 billion yuan ($68.28 billion), provides jobs for 300,000 people, and distributes over 10 billion yuan in wages annually.
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2025-02-07). Trump's Solution for Gaza: Make It an American Resort. "Trump Claims US Will Take Ownership of Palestine" globalresearch.ca The US supplied the ordnance with which Israel turned Gaza into a demolition site. | To clear out the ruins requires the Palestinians to go somewhere else. | With Gazans relocated, Gaza will be turned into a resort owned by the US….
(2025-02-07). Trump's Solution for Gaza: Make It an American Resort. "Trump Claims US Will Take Ownership of Palestine" globalresearch.ca The US supplied the ordnance with which Israel turned Gaza into a demolition site. | To clear out the ruins requires the Palestinians to go somewhere else. | With Gazans relocated, Gaza will be turned into a resort owned by the US….
(2025-02-07). Ayatollah Khamenei Stresses Palestinian People's Ownership of Palestine. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei emphasized that the entire Palestine belongs to the Palestinian people, mocking the US president's plan to resettle Palestinians in Gaza elsewhere.