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Armenia Turns Toward Europe, Marking A New Chapter For Peace
On May 5, 2026, Armenia hosted its first ever summit with the European Union in Yerevan, a historic moment for the small Caucasus nation as it moves away from Russia and toward Europe. According to A.P. News, the two sides signed a connectivity partnership
Why The Repatriation Of Extremist-Linked Individuals Must Be Rethought
Last week, Australia stated that 13 members of Australian families in Syria linked to ISIS are planning to come home. However, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke stressed that they will not receive any government assistance, noting that the lack of support they
Newly Elected Secretary-General Of Arab League Will Face Looming Regional Conflict
Arab foreign ministers unanimously agreed to nominate Nabil Fahmy as the newest secretary-general of the Arab League in a video conference with the 22 member states of the League on March 29th. The current Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who has struggled
Russia Continues To Target Majority Ethnic Ukrainian Areas
From the evening of May 1st to the morning of May 2nd, Russian forces attacked 12 different locations in Ukraine with 163 drones, resulting in two deaths and seven wounded in the Dniprovskyi district of the southern Kherson region. Several Ukrainian cities,
CDC Didn\u2019t Tell New York About Resident on Hantavirus-Plagued Cruise
There’s no indication
Release of Narges Mohammadi aids fight to free Iran’s political prisoners
The international campaign to free political prisoner Narges Mohammadi won an important victory May 10 when authorities in Iran transferred her to a hospital in Tehran. They had refused to relocate her for 10 days despite her deteriorating health. Mohammadi,
Protest demands action from gov’t after stabbings of Jews
LONDON — Thousands gathered outside the prime minister’s office at No. 10 Downing Street May 10 in response to a call by Jewish organizations and other opponents of antisemitism to show their determination to fight escalating Jew-hatred in the U.K. The action
Hundreds of LIRR workers rally May 9, win solidarity
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. — Some 500 rail workers and their supporters rallied here May 9, as a strike deadline one week away approaches, in a three-year-long fight with Long Island Rail Road bosses for a new contract with wages that keep up with rising prices. The
West Virginia chemical plant explosion kills 2, injures dozens
NITRO, W.Va. — “I was on my way to a doctor’s appointment the day of the explosion at the Catalyst Refiners plant. Even with the AC on and my windows up, I could smell the strong rotten egg odor,” Militant supporter Earl Christy, who lives nearby, told the
Cuba’s people stand against escalating new US sanctions
While millions of people in Cuba demonstrated in defense of the country’s sovereignty and socialist revolution May 1, the U.S. capitalist rulers imposed a new round of punishing sanctions, intensifying their efforts to topple the government. President Donald
Greek unionists bring solidarity, needed medical supplies to Cuba
ATHENS, Greece — Some 35 people packed the meeting hall of the Athens publishing house Diethnes Vima April 18 to hear a report from a union delegation returning from Cuba. The group of four was organized by unionists at Athens International Airport. They took
Moscow’s war threatens a new nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
On April 26, 1986, an explosion and a 10-day fire destroyed reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, unleashing the world’s worst nuclear catastrophe to date. The bureaucratic Stalinist regime in Moscow was
Putin’s Ukraine war is ruining Russian working people
For the first time in almost two decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual Victory Day parade celebrating the Soviet Union’s defeat of Germany in World War II had no tanks or ballistic missiles in Moscow’s Red Square May 9. And only a handful of
‘Militant,’ books, spring fund all are over the top!
Members of the Socialist Workers Party and Communist Leagues in Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom brought home May 12 the eight-week spring campaign to win 1,300 Militant subscriptions and sell the same number of books by SWP leaders and other
Ghada Karmi: How Gaza shattered the myth of coexistence
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Nakba Day: Muhammad Shehada on Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Ongoing Palestinian Resilience
Democracy Now Palestinians around the world are marking Nakba Day, 78 years after their forced mass displacement led to the establishment of the Jewish-majority state of Israel. Decades later, Palestinians still face widespread oppression and violence from the
Don’t Fall for The Hanta Hustle
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The Hantavirus Is Also a Climate Warning
I think we can all see where this is going! Full story below
The Soul of W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause debuts on PBS on May 19. For most of his 95 years, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was considered the conscience of Black America. When Roy Wilkins announced his death from the podium at the 1963 March on Washington, it
The Yellowstone Club and the Reshaping of America’s Public Lands
This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. Sign up for Floodlight’s newsletter here. At the end of a dirt road along the northeastern edge of Montana’s Crazy Mountains, a simple
The Plot to Turn Back the Clock on Women’s Rights
Last weekend was Mother’s Day, so it’s an excellent time to examine what the most powerful conservative think tank in America is planning right now for the women in your life. The same outfit that wrote Project 2025 and watched the Trump administration follow
The Ballot and the Bullet
Everyone loves a good Slobs vs. Snobs movie. From “Meatballs” to “Animal House,” it’s a winning genre: Some screwups come together and try every crazy stunt to save the place and the things they love. And, by gum, the sundowning president, the gimp Congress,
Ukraine’s Proposed Legislation Threatens Rights
Ukraine’s parliament on April 28 advanced a bill to make sweeping reform of the national civil code, which raises significant human rights concerns. The draft, which was adopted in the first reading, does not include same-sex partnerships in the definition of
One Year on Since Arrest of Opposition Leader in Chad
One year after Chadian authorities arrested and later sentenced Succès Masra, the prominent opposition leader and former prime minister, his continued imprisonment on politically motivated charges underscores the government’s intolerance of dissent. Masra,
Media Falsely Claims ‘Climate Change’ Killing California Cabernet
Data shows the exact opposite of what the San Francisco Chronicle claims
Amsterdam Bans Ads For Meat & Anything That Uses ‘Fossil Fuels’
The tireless virtue-signallers of Amsterdam have found
UK Energy Company Succumbs To Net Zero Derangement Syndrome
In effect, they