A Year After the Assassination of its Leaders, South Africa’s Abahlali baseMjondolo Continues to Advance
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A Year After the Assassination of its Leaders, South Africa’s Abahlali baseMjondolo Continues to Advance

Lindokuhle Mnguni, the chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo’s eKhenana commune, was killed in August last year, only months after the murder of its deputy chairperson Ayanda Ngila, and that of another activist, Nokuthula Mabaso. The commune and the movement keep their memory alive by consolidating their work.

Rojava: A Beacon of Solidarity, Cooperation and Progress
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Rojava: A Beacon of Solidarity, Cooperation and Progress

In one corner of Syria — the northern border regions known to the Kurds as Rojava — hope for a better world lives on. Bordered on all sides by hostile reactionary forces, Rojava stands defiantly as a beacon for human solidarity, cooperation, and progress.

Mourning Mutulu Shakur and the Black Radical Tradition That Modernized America
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Mourning Mutulu Shakur and the Black Radical Tradition That Modernized America

The late Mutulu Shakur and other Black radicals were responsible for improving the lives of millions of people in the U.S. The counter revolution ended that period of progress, but the political crisis they created forced systemic change on a grand scale.

2.4 Billion People Did Not Have Constant Access to Food, Hunger Stunts 148 Million Children, Says UN Report
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2.4 Billion People Did Not Have Constant Access to Food, Hunger Stunts 148 Million Children, Says UN Report

Approximately 2.4 billion individuals, largely women and residents of rural areas, did not have consistent access to nutritious, safe, and sufficient food in 2022, said UN’s latest report. As many as 783 million faced hunger, and 148 million children suffered from stunted growth.