Stories
What’s Left in Spain?
Gabriel Rufián’s surprising call for new thinking among Spain’s leftist parties seeks to change the conversation and spark a unified struggle against the far right. Will it work?
The HOPE Initiative Comes to Buffalo, NY
Spearheaded by the Community Action Organization, the program seeks to address chronic poverty in the city - but as Steve Peraza writes, the prevalence of precarious, low-wage jobs constitutes a formidable barrier.
Statement in Support of Autonomous Administration of North & East Syria/Rojava against Military Aggression
Constituents of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives appeal for global solidarity to defend the Rojava revolution.
Weavers of Life: Constanza Carvajal - A Voice from the Territory Facing Large-Scale Mining
In Putumayo, one of the departments of the Colombian Amazon, she is part of a social movement that opposes multinational extractivism.
As ICE Terror Forces People Inside, Calls Grow for Eviction Moratorium in Minnesota
Theia Chatelle writes for Truthout: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz upheld an eviction moratorium during the pandemic. Why won’t he issue one now?
YES to ICE Training: Affirmative Vote on 287(g) MOA by St. Lawrence County, NY, Legislators Leaves Many Constituents Cold
Despite a more than 10-to-1 ratio of speakers opposing the agreement vs. those supporting, the board’s Republican majority gave the green light to collaboration with ICE.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #12 (January 2026)
This month’s round-up highlights ongoing threats to Indigenous lives and sovereignty from Ghana and Colombia to the Philippines and Greenland.
American Shock: The NYT Magazine Goes to Minnesota
The “newspaper of record’ misses a golden opportunity to explain the material connections between violence “there” and violence “here.”
“Tear Down That Fort!”: Nick Estes on Minnesota’s Resistance - and Responsibility
For the author of Our History Is the Future, the struggle against ICE is incomplete without a true anticolonial reckoning.
The Rich Are to Blame for Climate Change - Don’t Let Them Fool Us!
The common message of “we are all to blame, we all have to do our part” serves to shield the global elite from responsibility for the current crisis, writes Fernando Luengo.
Crashing the Truth: Spain Faces an Avalanche of Right-Wing Disinformation Following Rail Disaster
The far right is on the march in public discourse, but media watchdogs and grassroots solidarity provide important counterweights.
My Country Is No Longer a Place - It’s an Argument
Being Venezuelan now means explaining yourself before you are even asked. I often find myself elaborating on my political experience and beliefs as fast as I said my name.
Silenced, Targeted, Erased: The Struggles of Women Journalists Under the Taliban
“They have important stories to tell. They are extremely passionate. And they don’t do this for money – what they seek are rights for their communities.”
In the Car With the Minneapolis Community Patrols Working to Disrupt ICE Operations
More people are joining the movement after the fatal shooting of Renee Good
Geo Maher: US Attack on Venezuela Must Be Seen in the Context of US Imperial Decline
In a Q&A recently conducted on Facebook, the widely cited author of We Created Chávez argues that the US attack “was never about democracy or drugs” and that “revolution is a process - always.”
Greece’s LNG Bet: How US Energy Interests are Quietly Redrawing Greece's Geopolitics
Elvis Takahashi Mantello writes for Global Voices
Weavers of Life: Mónica Solarte Moreano - Guardian of the Seed and the Memory of the Iguailik People
The life of Mónica Solarte Moreano is interwoven with the history, struggle, and spirituality of the Iguailik people. Through her experience as a woman, mother, and professional, she embodies ancestral knowledge, the defense of territory, and the transmission of an identity.
Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #11 (December 2025)
News on climate resistance, land restoration efforts, digital activism, and more.
El Palo: Under the Eyes of Saint Carmen
Inna Saribekyan reports from the Malaga neighborhood where the patron saint of fishermen is ever-present.