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Join us in Chicago for a four day conference of socialist politics, education, and community. July 3-6, 2025 Registration is now open for Socialism 2025! The far right ascends around the globe amid war and wildfires. The coming period promises more and deeper crises, but also to ignite mass social movements with increasing frequency. Caught between fear and determination, working and oppressed people confront a pivotal political moment. It is a crucial time for the left to come together and build durable organizations, coalitions, and relationships. At this critical juncture,…

Bishop Budde has been facing death threats since she asked Trump to show mercy to people fearing for their lives. Now even the President is painting her as the enemy and we can’t abandon her. Let’s show Bishop Budde she has massive support all around the world! Sign Now Dear friends, After Trump signed a flurry of policies targeting migrants and rolling back protection for LGBTQ+ people, no one seemed willing to stand in his way. That’s when Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde knew she had to speak truth to power…

Abdel Hadi el-Gazzar (Egypt), Popular Chorus, 1949. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. The idea of a ceasefire is as old as the idea of war. In old records, one reads of halts in firing for humans to eat or sleep. Rules of combat developed out of an understanding that both sides had to rest or refresh themselves. Sometimes, this understanding included the lives of animals. During the Easter Rising in 1916, for instance, the Irish rebels and the British troops stopped their shooting…

La Marx International The Ceasefire Agreement expresses the remarkable triumph of the 3rd Intifada. The agreements signed on paper illustrate the reality of the defeat that the Palestinian people imposed on the battlefield, based on the firm determination to liberate their land occupied by Zionism. The defeat of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is a historic event, never before suffered by the Zionist state provoked by the struggle of urban  guerrilla warfare, the decisive factor that explains why the Palestinian people won this first round of the war of national…