Far right

workers using vacuums to suck oil out of waterways in Ecuador

Communities in Esmeraldas province in northern Ecuador have denounced the government鈥檚 failure to act following one of the country鈥檚 biggest oil spills in recent history, reports Ben Radford.

Boris Kagarlitsky Russia protest

Russian anti-war socialist and political prisoner, Boris Kagarlitsky, sent the following article from the penal colony in Torzhok, Russia, where he is serving a five-year sentence for 鈥渏ustification of terrorism鈥. It has been translated by Dmitry Pozhidaev.

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.

protest

In the second part of our interview, Russian higher education trade unionist Pavel Kudyukin speaks to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes and Serhii Shlyapnikov about the crackdown on universities and the campaign to free leftist academics and others jailed for their political views.

Black Lives Matter plaza

Construction crews swooped in and began digging up Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC, reports Malik Miah.

Trump and map of Latin Am

Unlike Donald Trump鈥檚 policies on immigration, trans rights and taxation, his Latin American policy is plagued by vacillations and uncertainties, a sign of his deepening reliance on a transactional approach to foreign policy, argues Steve Ellner.

Putin Trump and Netanyahu

In the second part of his interview with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes, Ukrainian democratic socialist Denys Pilash speaks about the rising global axis of extreme reaction being spearheaded by the United States, Israel and Russia and the need for a renewed internationalism.

Donald Trump and V Zelensky

麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes speaks to Ukrainian socialist Denys Pilash about the fallout in Ukraine from the meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as Trump鈥檚 proposed peace and rare earth mineral deals for Ukraine.

DOE logo and US flag under smashed glass

The mass layoffs by Donald Trump's administration effectively gut the Department of Education, cutting staff by nearly one third, reports聽Natalia Marques.

women marching with signs

Many thousands took to the streets across Latin America as part of International Women鈥檚 Day, amid a concerning rise in gender-based violence and government attacks on women鈥檚 rights, 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.

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.