At least 26 unhoused Chicagoans have been kidnapped by federal agents since September, including a man I'm calling Theo, a quiet day laborer who lived near Gompers Park. Two other people were also recently taken from this community. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-bor...

If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical in 2025, it speaks to how far we’ve drifted from democracy’s core promise. Markets will not save democracy. My new piece for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Die Lage der indigenen Bevölkerung in Mexiko spitzt sich weiter zu. In einem Kommuniqué verurteilen der CNI und die EZLN einen kürzlichen Angriff von Paramilitärs, bei dem mehrere Menschen starben und weitere schwer verletzt wurden. deutsch.anf-news.com/weltweit/cni...

" Morocco Is Profiling and Imprisoning Young People to Crush Gen Z Protests "Many of these arrests weren’t based on proven acts or people caught in the act, but on a preventive security approach targeting specific age groups" via @dropsitenews.com

Eine Anklage, die den Tod von Lorenz A. in #Oldenburg noch schlimmer macht: Der Polizist, der von hinten 5 Kugeln auf Lorenz schoss, soll in "Putativnotwehr" gehandelt haben. Genau mit diesem Argument wurden übrigens SS-Täter der NS-Vernichtungslager vor Gericht verschont... taz.de/Fall-Lorenz-...

A celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Sudan: Über das kaum begreifbare Ausmaß der Gräueltaten in el-Fasher und die Ignoranz der internationalen Gemeinschaft diese Woche @woz.ch mit @ralbisser.bsky.social www.woz.ch/2545/krieg-i...

A new Bellingcat investigation geolocates the site of a mass killing near Al Fashir, Darfur. More than eighty bodies were found beside destroyed vehicles along an earthen berm built around the city. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...

Eine Umfrage unter Teilnehmenden der Gaza-Großproteste in Berlin belegt: Die palästinasolidarische Bewegung setzt nicht auf Gewalt und Hass, wie ihre Gegner stets behaupten, sondern auf zivilen Protest und universelle Menschenrechte.

🧵 1.The Balkan route is a major land crossing into the #EU. Since 2014, at least 250 people have died there, according to the IOM's Missing Migrants Project. Many more disappear without a trace, with the #RedCross estimating that nearly 90% of missing people on these routes are never found.

𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐚̈𝐠𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦! 🚨 In einer umfassenden Stellungnahme weist Tacheles e.V. auf fünf gravierende Eingriffe im aktuellen Gesetzesentwurf der Bundesregierung zu den Änderungen im SGB II &SGB XII hin. #Bürgergeld neue #Grundsicherung #Sanktionen 📢 tacheles-sozialhilfe.de/aktuelles/ar... >>

"in the last year of the Biden administration, officials opened nearly twice as many inquiries over antisemitism allegations than over all other types of racial discrimination. Under Trump, the latter type appear to have ended altogether."

Rückkehr nach #Afghanistan?! "Menschenrechte sind nicht verkäuflich! Die Bundesregierung tut so, als ob sie einen Warenpreis wie im Supermarkt hätten und nutzt die desaströse Situation der Afghan:innen schamlos aus." - Tsafrir Cohen, medico-Geschäftsführer

The US Let Afghanistan Fall. Now It’s Deporting Afghans.

Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."

" They Tried to Smear Zohran Mamdani as an Antisemite. Voters Saw Right Through It. ... It is a particular bright relief that base Islamophobia — entrenched since the September 11 attacks, supercharged during the Gaza genocide, and drenching every campaign against Mamdani — did not prevail ..."

Israel is using a 'no war, no peace' Lebanonisation model in Gaza, analysts say. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “Meanwhile, the editorial board of the New York Times counsels “moderation”, urging Democratic candidates to move to the “center”. Tell me: where is the center between democracy and fascism, and why would anyone want to go there?”

Pleased that the @irishtimes.com has published this co-authored piece with a number of Palestinian academic colleagues on the destruction of higher education in Gaza. And the fears that the same will happen in the West Bank. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

13 Rettungsorganisationen beenden ihre Kommunikation mit der libyschen Seenotleitstelle. Im repressiven Italien ist das ein mutiger Schritt. Viele Urteile stärken ihnen aber den Rücken.

Die #Staatsanwaltschaft Oldenburg erhebt Anklage im Fall von #Lorenz, der im April von einem Polizisten erschossen worden war. Dabei geht sie schon in der Anklage von einem #Erlaubnistatbestandsirrtum aus, der allerdings #vermeidbar gewesen sei. www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

Der Polizist, der #Lorenz in #Oldenburg mit 4 Schüssen in den Rücken tötete, wird nur wegen fahrlässiger Tötung angeklagt, weil er laut Staatsanwaltschaft "irrtümlich von einer Notwehrlage" ausging. 1/2 #JusticeForLorenz staatsanwaltschaft-oldenburg.niedersachsen.de/startseite/a...

In a tent in central Gaza, a women’s film festival is born Held over six days last week, the inaugural International Festival for Women's Cinema was ‘an affirmation that Gaza loves life despite the genocide.’ Ibtisam Mahdi reports. www.972mag.com/gaza-interna...

In Iran protestieren politische Gefangene seit 93 Wochen gegen die hohe Zahl an Hinrichtungen. An diesem Dienstag beteiligten sich Gefangene in 54 Haftanstalten am Hungerstreik. Auch außerhalb der Gefängnisse wächst der Widerstand. deutsch.anf-news.com/menschenrech...

" Brazil: Police massacre in Rio de Janeiro is evidence yet again of systemic and racist violence People in the favelas live under a constant state of alert and threat. Police operations in Brazil have become synonymous with terror, racism and a total lack of protection."

" If the border stays closed and prices don’t go back to normal, you cannot call this a ceasefire. It is just a different kind of war. - Iktemal Fahjan, rafah resident via prismreports.org/2025/11/04/g...

Zohran Mamdani sah sich im Wahlkampf um das Bürgermeisteramt in New York massivem antimuslimischem Rassismus ausgesetzt. Er wehrte sich offensiv dagegen. Mein Bericht für @taz.de. taz.de/Buergermeist...

NEW: Brazil Mourns After 121 People Killed October 28, 2025, will be remembered as one of the saddest episodes in recent Brazilian history, especially for residents of the state of Rio de Janeiro. At least 121 people were killed in the deadliest police operation in the country’s history.

"In Israel, the leak of the video has shaken Israelis more than the crime itself. It has exposed how Israel has lost its capacity for moral outrage when the victims are Palestinian." Lubna Masarwa via www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

Still true today: ‘footage from Sde Teiman detention facility show the gang-rape of a Palestinian by Israeli soldiers. Officials condemned the leak, not the act — western feminists stay silent.’ www.newarab.com/opinion/why-...

Die Kommunistin Reem Hazzan spricht im Interview mit ak von der aufgeheizten Stimmung in den letzten zwei Jahren in Israel und wie sie als Linke und Palästinenserin in Israel auf den Nahostkonflikt blickt:

The flood of RSF videos from El Fasher have offered a glimpse of the horror unfolding there but not its full scale. Survivors say countless killings went unrecorded, and that abductions and ransom demands have soared as the RSF monetises its brutality.

Anlässlich des zweiten Jahrestags des sogenannten Rama-Meloni-Deals trafen sich Aktive der No-Border-Bewegung in Gjadër, wo Italien Schutzsuchende zwecks »Rückführung« interniert.

Frankreich, Spanien und UK haben die völkerrechtlich illegale Annexion der Westsahara mit einem spektakulären Kurswechsel bereits abgesegnet. Weil sie Marokko als strategischen und wirtschaftlichen Partner sehen, pfeifen sie auf das Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Sahrauis. taz.de/Einverleibun...

Im ZDF Magazin Royale ging es um tödliche Polizeigewalt gegen Menschen in psychischen Ausnahmesituationen. Wir konnten dazu Daten und Einschätzungen beisteuern: Seit der Wiedervereinigung befanden sich ~1/3 der durch Polizeischüsse Getöteten in einer solchen Situation. www.zdf.de/play/shows/z...

Frightened children seeking safety in the UK are going missing. Many are likely to have been targeted by traffickers. Children who asked for our protection are being abandoned to exploitation - it's absolutely disgraceful.

"The United Nations said... 87% of agricultural land in the Gaza Strip has been damaged... as a result of the Israeli assault... ...damage to irrigation wells rose from 83% in April to ~87% by late September, further undermining crop&livestock sustainability..." english.palinfo.com/news/2025/11...

"Anti-palästinensische Desinformation und Rassismus gegen Palästinenser gehen miteinander einher. Das DW Faktencheckteam erklärt, warum solche Propaganda so weit verbreitet ist."

" Proteste in Brasilien nach Polizeieinsatz mit über 120 Toten in Rio de Janeiro "Organisierte Kriminalität bekämpft man mit Strategie, nicht durch Hinrichtungen oder das Eindringen in Favelas, um die arme Bevölkerung zu töten! ... Das war ein Massaker, kein Einsatz" via @amerika21.de

"While some organizers worried that fears of deportation would cast a pall on public celebrations, participants turned out in droves in cities big and small, saying the rituals brought a much-needed sense of resilience and community pride. 'We decided we can’t cave.'"

Gaza: "Palestinians have started to dig through 61 million tons of debris, 20 times more than the combined mass of all debris generated by conflicts since 2008. Underneath, **at least** 10,000 people are thought to be buried." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The daily settler terror in Palestine, since decades „Israeli settlers destroyed dozens of grapevines on a farm north of Ramallah on Saturday as anti-Palestinian violence and intimidation continue to sweep the occupied West Bank.“

Workers have more in common with Palestinians being bombed than with the billionaires bombing them. The @ueunion.org calls for an end to U.S. military aid to Israel — and urges the rest of labor to follow suit. inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...

Allianz, the insurers for Israeli weapons company Elbit, has been targeted by direct action protests in eight countries freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/03/e...

In Greece, more than 300 people from Sudan – mostly aged 15 to 21 – are imprisoned. Some have already been sentenced; others are in pre-trial detention. They face decades or life in prison. Their “crime”? Steering a boat or taking on other tasks during their own flight.

Israel is fully supported by the European Union. It should really put up those Sponsored by the EU signs in the territories.

Displaced Ethiopians making the journey through Somalia face exploitation, forced labor, and militant groups along the way. inkstickmedia.com/along-somali...

Reminder: People are forced to use every possible means, including cargo ships, to reach safety in Europe because safe legal pathways for migration are not available.

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around. Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik