Refugees & migrants

man sitting on the grass

Columbia University postgraduate and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil dictated this letter from his cell in an immigration detention centre in Louisiana, on March 18.

statue of liberty crumbling and two framed faces

The attacks on immigrants, international students and permanent residents in the United States are a grim reminder of the long history of deportations and border control as a strategy to punish political radicals, writes Malik Miah.

Ferat Kocak speaking

麻豆传媒鈥檚 Mary Merkenich recently spoke with Daniel Kipka-Anton from German left party Die Linke.

prisoner's hands behind wire

More than 200 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States to El Salvador are being held under harsh conditions in the country鈥檚 Terrorism Confinement Centre. Meanwhile,聽the US is threatening further economic sanctions against Venezuela, reports Chris Slee.

Rohingya refugee children

Among the myriad challenges facing Rohingya refugees is the denial of education聽鈥 a profound injustice with far-reaching consequences, writes Noor Sadeque.

Protesting in Guantanamo Cuba

More than 50,000 Cubans took to the streets in the southern city of Guant谩namo to reject United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 plan to use the Guant谩namo Bay Naval Base as a detention centre for deported migrants, reports Ben Radford.

sudents camp out at Columbia University

Chants of 鈥淣o ICE, No KKK, No Fascist USA!鈥 echoed through downtown Manhattan, as people protested the kidnapping and detention of聽Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist and聽Columbia University graduate, reports聽Saurav Sarkar.

The University of Sydney鈥檚 threat to suspend Luna, a transgender refugee, for writing pro-Palestine messages on a whiteboard has drawn attention to its repression of campus activism. Pride in Protest reports.

Putin and Trump shake hands against backdrop of European map

The Trump-Putin pact has plunged the European capitalist class鈥 post-war project into deep crisis 鈥 that of building an ultra-liberal European Union as US imperialism鈥檚 privileged ally and NATO鈥檚 European pillar, argues Daniel Tanuro.

Refugees protested outside Labor MP Andrew Giles鈥 office in Thomastown and immigration minister Tony Burke鈥檚 office in Punchbowl, calling for permanent visas.聽Chris Slee and Zebedee Parkes听谤别辫辞谤迟.

Ferat Kocak

Die Linke (The Left), Germany鈥檚 democratic socialist party, staged a huge upset in the capital, Berlin, winning 21.8% of the city鈥檚 vote in the February 23 elections. Marcel Cartier looks behind the party鈥檚 revival and the challenge in winning working-class support away from the far right.

Donald Trump mural

United States President Donald Trump has implemented a whirlwind of attacks and changes that are shifting politics internationally. 麻豆传媒's Isaac Nellist spoke to US socialists Cyn Huang and Michaela Brangan about the devastating impacts of Trump鈥檚 second presidency and the challenges in building resistance to it.