Check out this week's photo dump of people in struggle around the world: 🧵
Sakhnin, occupied Palestine – Palestinian flags fill the streets on "Land Day", which commemorates the 1976 uprising following the murder of six Palestinian protesters who resisted Israeli land theft.
Sanaa, Yemen – Huge crowds swarm the capital's streets, marking the anniversary of the Saudi war on Yemen
Paris, France – President Macron depicted on a hangman graffiti on the streets which are still engulfed by massive strikes and protests against his anti-democratic pension bill.
Melbourne, Australia - Activists join worldwide protests on #TransDayOfVisibility, which champions trans rights and LGBTQ+ struggles.
Valparaiso, Chile – Clashes between police and protesters erupt on the annual "Day of the Young Combatant", a Chilean anniversary marking the murder of two young revolutionary brothers in 1985.
Beirut, Lebanon – Ongoing protests flare up in Lebanon driven by retired servicemen demanding an adjusted pension to cope with crippling inflation.
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – Migrants laying down flowers in front of the immigration detention center near the US border, where at least 39 people died in a fire.
Nairobi, Kenya – A protester hurls a rock at riot police during ongoing anti-government protests, which erupted amid a severe cost of living crisis.
Rabat, Morocco – A protester burns the Israeli flag at a demonstration in solidarity with Palestine and against Israeli military escalation in the occupied West Bank.
Buenos Aires, Argentina – Large crowds gather in the world-famous Plaza de Mayo on the 47th anniversary of the 1976 military coup. Protesters mourn victims and celebrate the defeat of the dictatorship.
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Germany immigration authorities are set to deport four foreign students for their involvement in pro-Palestine protests. The country is taking lessons from Trump, who revoked over 300 student visas for criticizing Israel.
Despite no criminal convictions, the four deportation orders cite participation in demonstrations such as a sit-in at Berlin’s central train station, a road blockade, and the occupation of a building at the Free University of Berlin.
All had a legal right to be in Germany. Three are EU nationals, and one is from the US. Legal experts question the proportionality, noting German migration law allows deportation without conviction if deemed necessary, but the threat must be serious. These individuals are being targeted for their political views.
On this day in 1971, German communist Monika Ertl assassinated Roberto Quintanilla, the Bolivian officer responsible for Che Guevara’s execution. 🧵
Surprisingly, Ertl was the daughter of a Nazi propagandist who had fled to Bolivia. She was raised surrounded by her family's Nazi friends, such as Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie, aka the "Butcher of Lyon", who British director Kevin Macdonald alleges orchestrated Guevara's murder.
Monika cut ties with her fascist family and grew closer to the Communist cause. She was deeply moved by Che Guevara's assassination in 1967 which led to her joining the National Liberation Army of Bolivia (ELN), which Che headed prior to his death.
Al Jazeera’s narrative on Syria has sparked outrage and sharp criticism. As a soft power tool for the US and Qatar, it has shaped coverage to serve their interests—justifying civilian massacres, spreading sectarian rhetoric, and backing Ahmad Al-Sharaa’s rise. Read more. 🧵
Al Jazeera's latest coverage of Syria has ignited a backlash. Armed groups linked to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) carried out brutal massacres on the Syrian coast. AJ amplified Qatari propaganda-framing the killings as "military operations" against "remnants of the Assad regime."
This isn't new. Since 2011, AJ has served Qatar's foreign policy, pushing for US intervention and Assad's isolation. It amplified the demands of Qatari-backed Islamist factions, spreading sectarian rhetoric to divide the Arab world and fuel extremism.
56 years ago today, one of the world’s longest-running communist guerrilla armies was founded, the Philippines’ New People’s Army (NPA). Starting with just 60 fighters, today, the NPA counts thousands in its ranks & has built a mass base of several million nationwide. 🧵
Founded by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in 1969 on the principles of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought, the NPA has waged more than five decades of “protracted people’s war” against US imperialism & the Philippine government which it classifies as a US “client state”.
The NPA welcomes women, LGBT+, and people of any religion and ethnic background. Many of its fighters are from oppressed groups. Every day, this mostly peasant army wages war on multinational mining and plantation corporations that are plundering the Philippines.
Why are protests erupting in Indonesia right now? 🧵
Indonesia’s parliament has passed a controversial law expanding the military’s role in government. The new legislation, discussed behind closed doors, allows active-duty officers to occupy civilian posts in 14 state institutions, including the Supreme Court and the Attorney General’s Office.
President Prabowo, a former special forces commander under Suharto’s dictatorship, approved the law—drawing comparisons to the military control of that era.
On this day in 1999, NATO began bombing Yugoslavia. It was the alliance’s first war without UN permission and, in just under three months, left 2,500 people dead and a further 12,000 injured. 🧵
The war set a precedent for future invasions, such as the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, which also went ahead in violation of international law against a sovereign state that posed no threat.
NATO’s bombing campaign took place exclusively from the air, a test for its “no boots on the ground” invasion strategy, relying on high-tech, long-range weaponry later deployed in its invasions of Libya and Syria.