Category: Social protests

Millions of people in 2,600 cities in all 50 of the United States participated in the second round of “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump’s increasingly authoritarian and inhumane government. 

Less than a year after taking office, Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto faced the most militant anti-government protests in years.

In an interview, Gilbert Achcar analyzes the grim state of affairs in the Middle East, in the age of neofascism.

Hopefully this protest was only the beginning of massive protests to help uproot Trump’s authoritarian rule.

A report on the largest protests so far of Trump’s second term.

CA Gov. Gavin Newsome, a Democrat, said of Trump’s action, “That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tension. This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust.” He said the Trump administration was deranged.

Despite Rodriguez’s intentions, his actions will set back the pro-Palestine movement

What role for African-Americans in the fight against Trump?

Elon Musk is an eminently hateable figure. He is the personification of a decaying system. He is the perfect target for anyone looking to pick a fight with modern capitalism.

Saeed Rahnema analyzes the fall of Assad from a long-term historical perspective, and warns the threats posed by religious fundamentalism and the emboldened Turkish regime.

Syrian poet Mohja Kahf celebrates the human rights activist Razan Zaitouneh, and calls for a future Syria based on her vision.

In an interview, Leila al-Shami analyzes opportunities and obstacles for left, labour and feminist organizing in post-Assad Syria, as well as damages caused by the global campist left.

The Syrian people never gave up in the years since 2011, whether inside the country or in exile, and continue on today amid myriad obstacles

In this interview, conducted amidst a rapidly changing situation in Syria, Tempest asks Swiss Syrian socialist Joseph Daher about the process that led to the fall of Assad’s rule, the prospects for progressive forces,

The movement against the high cost of living.

We need to appreciate both the dangers of the present juncture and the possibilities – and realities – of positive change

Since August 1, tens of thousands of people have trooped out onto the streets across Nigeria in nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests against hardship and hunger.

Julie Liu and Roy Li discuss the trajectory of labour struggles in China in recent years, fighting against severe state repression and censorship.

Mathew Foresta reports from Gaza solidarity encampments on various university campuses in Los Angeles, which faced threats and attacks from Zionist counter-protestors.

The complex politics of the student protests in Bangladesh

This thunderclap, which had been widely announced, must lead the popular and democratic forces of the left to unite in order to fight the evil at its roots. It’s five minutes to midnight!