Dave DeCamp (2024-05-01). Democratic Party's College Group Backs Pro-Palestine Protests, Criticizes Biden. news.antiwar.com The College Democrats of America, the official college outreach arm of the Democratic National Committee, has come out strongly in support of students at college campuses across the country protesting against the US-backed Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. "This past week, we witnessed heroic actions on the part of students around the country to …

teleSUR (2024-05-01). Russians Call to Fight Fascism in Ukraine on Labor Day. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Russian Communist Party advocated the eradication of "fascism in Ukraine" during an event in Moscow on the occasion of the International Workers Day. | RELATED: | "Today we celebrate this holiday and set ourselves several concrete tasks, which are impossible to solve without consolidating all the state and patriotic forces that love the homeland," said Gennady Zyuganov, the 76-year-old leader of the Communist Party.

Staff (2024-05-01). Muslim cleric accuses SP of selling minority votes, calls for boycott. muslimmirror.com Bareilly : Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, National President of the All India Muslim Jamaat, has alleged that SP was "selling minority votes". He called upon the community to "boycott" SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and his party, and vote either for the BSP or press NOTA. The cleric said, "Akhilesh never stood by us and did …

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-05-01). Communist Labor Party denounces rights violation in Dom. Republic. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, May 1 (Prensa Latina) The Communist Labor Party (PCT) of the Dominican Republic said that workers and the popular sectors suffer from the consequences of a general health law and a social security system built in a lucrative business.

Reuters (2024-05-01). Canada opposition leader Pierre Poilievre calls Justin Trudeau a 'wacko', is ejected from chamber. scmp.com The Conservative party's Pierre Poilievre refused 4 times to withdraw his comment, which he made as he criticised what he called the prime minister's refusal to crack down on drug overdoses.

Eric Brooks (2024-05-01). The Party must campaign for DC statehood. cpusa.org The people of the District of Columbia are second-class citizens, some even considering themselves colonial subjects under colonial-like conditions with the lack of Statehood or testing grounds for policy that may be enacted around the country. The people of DC have long self-determined that the promise of democracy and enfranchisement in the republic must expand to those who live in the Federal District. Popularly known as "Chocolate City" for many decades due to its majority Black population and self-empowerment with the gains made under Home Rule post-1974 and the mayorship under "Mayor for Life" Marion Ber…

newarab (2024-05-01). Hezbollah's fighting with Israel has harmed Lebanon: Geagea. newarab.com The leader of a main Christian political party in Lebanon blasted the Shia militant group Hezbollah for In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday night, Samir Geagea of the Lebanese Forces Party said Hezbollah should withdraw from areas along the border with Israel and the Lebanese army should deploy in all points where militants of the Iran-backed gro…

newarab (2024-05-01). President of Iraq's Kurdistan region to delay elections. newarab.com The President of the Iraqi The move by Barzani comes after a demand from the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to delay the elections – initially set for early June – by at least three months, three well-informed Kurdistan sources told TNA. | The delay will hinder the probability…

newarab (2024-05-01). Former England cricketer Monty Panesar to stand for election. newarab.com Former England cricketer Monty Panesar is to stand at the next UK general election for the fringe Workers Party of Britain, its leader Galloway, a left-wing firebrand who was re-elected to parliament in March after tapping into anger over Left-arm spinner Panesar, 42, played 50 tests for England,…

Staff (2024-04-29). US Regime Arrests Presidential Candidate Involved in Pro-Palestine Protest. orinocotribune.com Jill Stein, Green Party candidate in the upcoming US presidential elections, was arrested for participating in a protest against the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip. | Jill Stein, 73, was arrested on Saturday, April 27, on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where students are holding demonstrations in support of Palestine. | Police officers took the presidential candidate to a van after she refused to leave the university campus. As part of this demonstration, another 80 people were also arrested. | Stein declared, "We are here with WashU students, defending our constitutional…

Chris Walker (2024-04-29). Arizona Republicans Select Indicted Fake Elector to Represent Them at RNC. truthout.org Arizona Republicans have selected one of the 18 individuals who were indicted last week on charges of election subversion to serve as a member of the Republican National Committee (RNC). State Sen. Jake Hoffman (R) announced his appointment to the RNC national committee on Saturday, posting to the social media site X about his selection by the state party. "I'm humbled and honored to have been… |

Susan Price (2024-04-29). Mariana Riscali (Brazil). ecosocialism.org.au Mariana Riscali (Brazil)
  Mariana Riscali is from the Socialist Left Movement (MES), part of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in Brazil. She is a member of PSOL's National Executive Committee and Executive Director of the Lauro Campos and Marielle Franco Foundation.Brazil's anti-capitalis…

ecns.cn (2024-04-28). CPC advances discipline education campaign. ecns.cn The ongoing Party-wide discipline education campaign, a longtime tradition of the Communist Party of China, will help the CPC build a united core to face new goals and challenges and keep the country on the right track, according to experts from around the globe.

Eric Brooks (2024-04-29). A Michigan perspective on the struggle against racism. cpusa.org Capitalism's existence depends on racism. Two important reasons: 1) capitalists use racism to divide workers, and 2) capital accumulation depends on the vilification of large sections of the working class to create conditions of super-exploitation. | White supremacy denies the humanity of people of color, and it is a core value of this country's ruling class and its non-capitalist class collaborators. | The national question, the Communist Party's way of understanding and explaining the complexities of race and racism, is dynamic. Demographic fluidity, migration across and within international borders, and cha…

Eric Brooks (2024-04-29). What the Party needs to build: a national campaign, mass organizations, and an economic plan. cpusa.org Authors' Note: This is not a critique of party policy, organization, leadership, or history. It is meant to learn from our past to inform our future. | The party has been in a serious rebuilding phase, building a new party in this new socialist moment amidst an imperialist crisis and fascist danger in the country. These crises and the reality of which we live in, where the social movements are, and the level of class and socialist consciousness, shape how we approach our work while using the science of the working class, Marxism-Leninism. | The Communist Party of the United States, throughout its history, has…

Michael Roberts (2024-04-29). India: Modi and the rise of the billionaire Raj. cadtm.org A general election in India starts today. 970m Indians, more than 10% of the world's population, will head to the polls in what will be the largest election in history for the Lok Sabha (House of the People) parliamentary elections. The poll will spread across India and take up to 4 June to complete. Opinion polls suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and his coalition will win a third successive 5-year term, and win by (…) | – | / |