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Some 250,000 join Unteilbar anti-racist demonstration in Berlin

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But it comes alongside another election breakthrough for the far right, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans

International round-up - arrests in Zimbabwe and Palestinian death toll rises

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Trade unionists in Zimbabwe, southern Africa, faced repression last week.

Large protest in Dublin over housing crisis and widespread homelessness

The Irish government faces a mass movement over a housing crisis

Kavanaugh appointment is an indictment of the system

There are more battles to come after a vile sexist was appointed to the US Supreme Court

Determined day of strikes in France against Macron’s barrage of attacks

Workers and students in France struck and protested on Tuesday in a renewal of the battle against President Emmanuel Macron.

Far right candidate comes out on top in first round of Brazilian election

The right are on the rise in Brazil.

Senate vote brings sexist Brett Kavanaugh closer to supreme court confirmation

The US Senate cleared the way for confirming Donald Trump ally Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court judge on Friday.

Israeli state murders children during Great March of Return protests in Gaza

Israel killed seven Palestinians—including a 12 year old boy—during protests in Gaza last Friday.

Brett Kavanaugh case sparks big protests across the US

Action in solidarity with victims shows that people want to fight oppression, says Alistair Farrow

Indonesian tsunami—an avoidable tragedy

A tsunami early warning system that could have saved many lives in Indonesia had not been introduced because of lack of money.

Hundreds of Tanzanians perish in overfilled boat catastrophe

The deaths of 224 people in east Africa were caused by unscrupulous ferry operators and extreme poverty, argues Charlie Kimber

Thousands of Nazis march as racists carry out violent attacks on migrants

The battle against the far right continued last weekend as

Israel ramps up repression

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 12 year old Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip last week. It marked a low point of days of violent Israeli repression across all of Palestine.

Roma reoccupy River Village in Italy

Families of Roma people briefly reoccupied a camp called River Village on the outskirts of Rome

Egyptian regime sentences protesters to death

The British-backed Egyptian regime of dictator Mohammed Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has sentenced 75 survivors of its most horrific massacre to death

Mass strike in Turkey defies state repression

Construction workers’ action is against firms with close links to the government

Powerful solidarity with refugees in Austria and Germany

Anti-racists from Austria and Germany joined forces at the border town of Passau

Toxic water protests in Basra turn into rage at corruption and sectarianism

Protests erupted in Iraqi city Basra last week. People stormed and burned government offices in anger at toxic water supplies, power cuts and corruption.

US rulers are in a deep state of hypocrisy

The only force stopping Donald Trump pressing the nuclear button is the benign figures at the heart of the US state. That’s according to them, anyway.