Along withothers we invite you to join in the festivals of resistance continuing after Donald Trump took office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, and resistance to militarized racist expulsions…
Order mass deportations, escalate the repression of protesters, dismantle the few judicial and legislative provisions that still protect ordinary people, and consolidate a propaganda ecosystem intended to stupefy us all into obedience. While authoritarian leftist groups are simply treating this as a recruitment opportunity.
But from Texas to the West Bank, millions of people’s lives are getting even harder. We owe it to each other to meet the second Trump era side by side in solidarity.
The chaos that will accompany the return of the Trump administration represents an opportunity as well as a challenge. This is a chance to assert an autonomous pole of organizing, carrying forward the lessons of 2020 and the movement against Cop City while continuing the fight against patriarchal violence, white supremacy, and colonialism.
We need to welcome new participants into these struggles and foster a revolutionary perspective that can orient us through the challenges ahead. No amount of internet activity could substitute for gathering face to face. The most important battles ahead will not be fought online, but in the streets of our communities.
The decentralized Festival of Resistance aims to strategize about how to confront the Trump agenda in your region, a chance to expand rapid response networks for community defense and mutual aid.
It’s up to local communities to decide what best fits local context. The important thing is to create a space and get connected ahead of the next round of struggles—a space where people can hone their skills and begin to think of themselves as a collective force.
No matter who Trump’s administration targets—whether immigrants, Palestine solidarity organizers, sex workers, schoolteachers, trans people, environmentalists, or people seeking abortions—we must show that we will love and protect one another.
If we all pull together, showing everyone who wants to resist that there are movements that they can join, we can begin to build the strength that we will need to overcome the challenges ahead.
Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist serving life for the killing of two federal agents, was finally granted clemency by President Biden on Monday.
Commuted to house arrest after 50 years of detention (minus a short jail break) and available for parole since 1993.
“LeonardPeltier’s liberation is our liberation — we will honor him by bringing him back to his homelands to live out the rest of his days surrounded by loved ones, healing, and reconnecting …
The release of the Native American activist, who was convicted in the 1975 killing of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, was a popular social justice cause in the music community
January 20, 2025
After nearly 50 years in federal prison, Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier has been released. President Joe Biden, in the final minutes of his presidency, commuted the sentence of Peltier, who was convicted in the killing of two FBI agents in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
“It’s finally over — I’m going home,” Peltier said. “I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart. “I would love to go home,” Peltier said by phone from the Federal Correctional Complex Coleman in Florida. “My family wants to take care of me. My tribe wants to take care of me.”
The release of the 80-year-old Peltier, who will be sent to home confinement, has been a longtime social justice cause, especially among musicians. Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Rage Against the Machine, and Pete Seeger have all performed at or attended benefits calling for Peltier’s freedom.
Peltier’s daughter, Kathy Peltier, said she was in shock after learning what Biden had done after past presidential requests for clemency were unsuccessful.
Nick Tilsen, CEO of the NDN Collective, said Peltier’s conviction was emblematic of the struggle between Native Americans and the federal government, particularly on Indigenous lands.
“Leonard Peltier’s liberation is our liberation — we will honor him by bringing him back to his homelands to live out the rest of his days surrounded by loved ones, healing, and reconnecting with his land and culture,” Tilsen said in a statement.
Leonard’s arrest..finally everyone knows he is innocent
Natalie Bara, the president of the FBI Agents Association, which advocates for active and retired agents, said it is “outraged” by Biden’s reprieve for Peltier.
Christopher Wray, who became FBI director in 2017 before retiring Monday as President Donald Trump took office for his second term, had tried to convince Biden not to commute Peltier’s sentence… Mr. President, I urge you in the strongest terms possible: Do not pardon Leonard Peltier or cut his sentence short,” Wray wrote.
Imprisoned for nearly 50 years, Peltier has maintained his innocence and there are grounds to believe him.[1]
The federal government, for example, withheld a ballistics report at Peltier’s trial indicating the fatal bullets did not come from his weapon, according to court documents Peltier filed on appeal.
One prosecution witness, Michael Anderson, testified during cross-examination that he was threatened by an FBI agent, and said that he agreed to testify in exchange for criminal charges against him in another case being dropped.
Another witness, Myrtle Poor Bear, said that she had been coerced into signing a false affidavit implicating Peltier and that her life had been threatened. “They had the law in their hands, and could do anything,” she said of the FBI.
💢 Multiple people killed and wounded at Tishreen in bombing by Turkish state 💢
Again the Turkish state has bombed Tishreen dam. By now at least20 of the heroic ‘Human Shield’ civilians have been murdered by Turkish (NATO) jets and drones.
Others are injured. The Tishreen dam is under direct strikes and the Turkish state, under Erdogan’s orders, is aiming at the civilians in a barbaric attempt to clear the way into eastern Rojava,promising loot, lands, rape and torture to its SNA jihadi – badly paid Turkish mercenaries.
Mass funerals: The KCK condemns Turkey’s deadly attacks on Northeast Syria and calls on the UN, the Arab League, and the international coalition to take action.
Even so, yesterday another convoy of Human Shields arrived at the dam, of people determined to save their revolution or die trying. Meanwhile Turkey and the international Media continue a cowardly news blackout..
🟨🟥🟩 Defend Kurdistan Catalunya: Join us on 26 January!! 🟨🟥🟩
Friends at Defend Kurdistan Catalunya will join the call for mobilisations on 26 January and called on all allies and friends of the revolution in North and East Syria to join them
Kobane has not fallen and will never fall! An serkeftin an serkeftin!
The co-chair of the Kurdish Democratic Unity Party (PYD) of Syria in Qamishlo, Menica Heyder, has also been killed by a Turkish attack
🟠Co-Chair of PYD in Qamishlo martyred as Turkish shelling
PARIS (https://www.nuceciwan133.xyz/ku/archives/219230) – The youth of the Revolutionary Youth Movement TCŞ marched in Paris, in the Melun district, as part of the initiative “Freedom for Leadr APO, a solution to the Kurdish issue
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Famous Kurdish artist & actor Cuma Xelîl (Bave Teyar) was martyred in yesterdays Turkish airstrikes against civilian protest at the Tishreen Dam.
Bave’s last interview
“You can not break our spirit for a second Our spirit is high We have our fighters, so our spirit will always be high Not with your tanks, your jets, not with your father We said it before there is no fear left in us Do you see all the people? Everyone is on their feet.”
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🟠Call for strike against death sentences in Iran
🔵A number of political parties and entities in East Kurdistan have announced the start of a general strike on the 22nd of this month in protest against the death sentences issued by the Iranian authorities against ‘Woman Life Freedom’ activists Wrisha Moradi and Bakhshan Azizi.
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🟠K Star: Martyr Manija Haidar fought with great will and determination for women’s freedom
The only reasonable way to get out of the mindset of religious fanaticism is to turn to humanism and humane values that fanatics oppose. The road is indeed long and hazardous, but it is worth exploring. – Nasir Khan –
If rational people start thinking on these lines, they will also be walking along these lines. Accordingly, they will influence others. Otherwise, we will remain mired in the mud of religious fanaticism and barbarism.
Many people are justifiably afraid of the enormous influence the right-wing forces wield and exploit religions for their nefarious political agendas, communalism, hatred against other religious communities, creeds, oppose social justice and equal sociopolitical rights for all.
These forces are a danger to all and are very active. They are a big danger to all human values, which are the foundation stones of modern democratic societies, their organization and functioning.
But we should keep in mind that many people are actively involved in combating and fighting against these forces of darkness and inhumanity.
What our friends and sympathizers can do in this struggle is not to become only silent spectators and leave the field open to the fanatics, but to side with those who are involved in political struggles against the reactionary forces.
This work involves, among other activities, using the media for highlighting the harm the fanatics have caused by their indoctrination and falsehoods.
This process strengthens the struggle of creating common bonds of humanity and respect for all members of society, where the development of all fairly and democratically is possible.
That means rejecting religious fanaticism in all forms and advancing the cause of socialist democratic values and humanism.
We are celebrating the anniversary of the CSO KAN KOLMO again!!
We have been resisting for 16 years, and although the threat continues, we want to celebrate that, for another year, we continue to corrode the suffocating normality of Girona.
That is why, this year we have prepared a very special anniversary, with lots of love and activities for all tastes: A bioconstruction workshop where we will build a hazelnut dome/lunch- cigalonada/ a talk to debate and analyze the housing situation -both necessary and poignant at this time and in this space- concerts, dinner… and of course, don’t miss it… The famous Kan Kolmo cabaret
We are expecting you on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 February. We know we always say this, but… what if this were the last one? Let’s enjoy it until the end Kan Kolmo resists
Remember to leave your canine companion at home!
** Any profit will go to the resistance fund
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On December 12 the Courts once again FAILED to make us abandon what is an autonomous, common, assembly-run, committed and above all free space, for all the people who understand that this is not the best of societies.
A society based on inequalities and fear is not healthy, and that’s why we are occupying, to demonstrate that living differently is not a utopia. We organize ourselves in an assembly-like manner, promoting horizontality and the breaking of hierarchies.
We build safer, transfeminist and anti-fascist spaces, confronting the patriarchal, racist and speciesist model.
By the same logic, Paris could detain the CEOs of Renault or Citroën because terrorists have used their cars… Jailing Durov is like incarcerating the Post Office for «illegal» statements written in private letters….
The French authorities have charged the tech mogul with multiple offenses related to crimes committed via his platform
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has pledged to strengthen moderation efforts on his social media platform, speaking before a French court on Friday, according to Franceinfo.
The Russian tech mogul, who also holds citizenship in France, the UAE, and St. Kitts and Nevis, was arrested in Paris in August 2024.
The French authorities charged him with over a dozen offenses related to illegal content on Telegram, including complicity in the distribution of child pornography and enabling drug trafficking, among other allegations.
Durov was eventually released on bail of €5 million ($5.15 million), but was prohibited from leaving France and required to report to local police twice a week.
Children play with fireworks on the rubble of destroyed buildings in Bureij – but Israel resumes bombing after ceasefire hour..[Eyad Baba/AFP
The way Hamas and its elements on the ground communicate is not conventional. It’s not anyone picking up the phone and deciding where to go or where to find someone. It’s much more complex and with drones deployed in the skies of the Gaza Strip and with fighter jets, movements become very, very hindered and very restricted..
This could be the technical reasons Hamas is referring to, that it’s not moving freely and it will take time to get the list because as of now, nobody knows where the hostages or the captives are at, and it will take time.
And the past three days have been quite intense in terms of bombardment in terms of the drones deployed in skies..
Now imagine a mechanism that involves going on the ground, particularly if you are on a list, if you are wanted, if you are a member of the fighting groups and you are moving based on instructions, a chain of messengers moving messages and communicating on the ground. It takes a long time.
It takes also a great deal of caution as well as of diligence to avoid being harmed.
We have captives everywhere and it doesn’t surprise me if there are some of them are in northern Gaza or Gaza City or central area or the Rafah city. Nobody knows the exact location.
And the 15 months of devastation and the ongoing attacks technically prevented anyone from the top of the pyramid in the leadership to the grassroots the ground from communicating properly and locating exactly each one of these captives about their whereabouts, about their safety.
15m ago
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The moment the Israel-Hamas truce was to take effect
It is now 8:30am local time (06:30GMT) in Israel and Palestine.
This is the moment that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was supposed to take effect in Gaza.
But as we’ve been reporting, the Israeli prime minister has said the truce will not happen unless Hamas hands over the names of the captives it will be releasing later today.
Hamas has blamed technical reasons for the delay, but said it remains committed to the terms of the truce.
Images of Israeli captives, who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, hang from a tree at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 17, 2025 [Amir Cohen/Reuters]
The Israeli prime minister had already alluded to this last night.
Under the agreement, Hamas needs to give the names of the captives it will release today. It should have done that 24 hours before the captives were to be released. So, essentially yesterday.
And that hasn’t happened.
So, now we have confirmation from the Israeli PM’s office, basically telling the army that the ceasefire will not go ahead – and that is due to start in the coming minutes – unless they get the names from Hamas.
The Palestinian group has also issued a statement saying this is due to technical reasons.
What does that mean? Well, Hamas doesn’t communicate with a phone call, obviously. They use messengers. And they are very much aware of surveillance, even though under this agreement, Israel should stop surveillance for 12 hours so that Hamas can move the captives inside Gaza to the border and hand them over.
So, putting this into context, there’s so much international pressure on both sides that it is very difficult to see how this ceasefire would not go ahead.
Will there be delays? Potentially at this point in time.
I’m pretty sure that Qatar will be putting incredible pressure on Hamas if indeed these names have not been handed over to do so. We’ll have to wait to see what happens next.
25m ago
(06:15 GMT)
Israeli military restricts movements in Gaza
The military has issued a statement, renewing its warnings to Gaza residents, warning them not to approach its forces until further notice.
Here’s what the statement says:
We warn residents against approaching the Netzarim axis in light of the forces’ current operations.
You must not approach the area of the Rafah crossing, the Philadelphi Corridor, and all areas where the army is deployed.
Fishing or swimming is prohibited along the coast of the Gaza Strip, and you must not enter the sea in the coming days.
It is forbidden to approach Israeli territory and the buffer zone or move from the south to the north through the Gaza valley to avoid exposing yourself to danger.
40m ago
(06:00 GMT)
Mixed feelings in Gaza as ceasefire set to take effect
It’s the first time in 15 months that the skies above me right here in the central area and across the Gaza Strip are relatively quiet, but we know the scars of the war are still fresh, and the challenges to recovery are quite immense.
The feelings here are quite mixed. People are showing a sense of excitement and happiness.
We are minutes away from the ceasefire taking effect. However, we know people will not be able to go back to their homes until seven days from the time it takes effect, meaning they will have to stay where they are.
Movement is quite restricted and limited as per the instructions the Israeli military put out, along with a map that has been circulating for the past 24 hours, warning people not to get close to where soldiers are deployed, including the Netzarim junction and the Philadelphi Corridor.
People are looking forward to returning to their homes in the northern part of Gaza City. They are also looking forward to mourning their loved ones properly, especially those who were killed and whom they were unable to reach in the past few months.
There is agony as well, as many sole survivors don’t have any of their family members left to celebrate with them at this particular moment.
Throughout the night, the Israeli drones kept buzzing, causing psychological trauma and disconnecting them from the feeling that there is a ceasefire that is going to happen.
The Israeli military also carried out strikes in Khan Younis, targeting many areas as well as in the north.
42m ago
(05:58 GMT)
Hamas cites technical reasons for delay in naming captives
The Palestinian group has issued a statement on Telegram, reaffirming its commitment to the terms of the ceasefire agreement.
It said the delay in handing over the names of the captives to be released in the first phase is due to “technical and field reasons” on the ground.
We’ll bring you more on this as soon as we have it.
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53m ago
(05:46 GMT)
Netanyahu says ceasefire won’t begin until Hamas names captives to be freed: Report
Israel’s Ynet News is reporting that the prime minister has told the Israeli military that the ceasefire, which is to begin at 8:30am local time, will “not begin until Israel has the list of released hostages, which Hamas has pledged to provide”.
The outlet did not provide additional details.
The report comes after Israeli media said Hamas is yet to provide the names of the three female captives it is supposed to release today.
Earlier, Ynet News, citing an unnamed Hamas source, said the Palestinian group is blaming the delay on technical reasons.
The source told Ynet that Hamas members communicate “physically via emissaries and it takes time to agree on the names and the location of the hostages when [Israeli military] planes are still above them”.
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