We stand in unwavering solidarity with Imam Ayman Soliman, an Egyptian journalist, torture survivor, and Muslim chaplain. He should not be sitting in a jail cell.

We are here to demand justice—justice for Ryan Hinton, for his grieving father Rodney, and for every Black family brutalized by this violent, racist system.

Ryan Hinton was murdered. Not by accident, and not by mistake, but by design. We will not let his name be buried under a prosecutor's press release. We will not accept a legal ruling as the final word on justice. We will not allow a stolen car to mean more than a stolen life.

The death toll in Gaza has surpassed a grisly 80,000. Per reports, Israeli forces have committed at least 19 separate massacres over the last month. Humanitarian aid corridors remain nothing more than state-managed execution grounds.

June's Cincinnati City Council meetings have revealed a clear pattern: more favors for police and developers, fewer answers for people footing the bill.

In the first half of 2025, there has been a dramatic increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the Greater Cincinnati Area. ICE agents operating out of a field office in Blue Ash have begun conducting immigration raids, arresting, detaining and deporting local residents — many of whom have no criminal charges — without due process.

While Cincinnati Socialists encourages all people to militantly and unstintingly voice their opposition to the semi-fascist Trump régime, we are skeptical about the goals and class character of the organizers of events organized by liberal groups like 50501. The unequivocal lesson of history is that real resistance to state violence, state oppression, and state corruption can only come from the broad masses themselves, and not from the ruling classes, who—no matter how well-intentioned—will never jeopardize their own unity in the name of the people’s liberation.

Senator Josh Hawley, chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, sent letters to three left-wing organizations. Cincinnati Socialists stands in solidarity with these organizations and all who challenge the structures of oppression enforced by the state apparatus.

For decades, U.S. imperialism has sought to dominate West Asia through coups, sanctions, military bases, and proxy wars, all under the banner of "freedom" or "democracy," but the real aim has always been the suppression of independent development and control of oil, trade routes, and the political future of the region. Today's talk of regime change or "nuclear security" is not about liberation, but about maintaining imperial domination.

Rep. Greg Landsman claims Iran poses an "existential threat" and that "diplomacy has been given every opportunity." Normally, we would demand accountability from our elected officials, but Landsman has made clear, time and again, that he does not serve his constituents. Instead, we call on the people to abandon Landsman, who continues to stand with empire, apartheid, and unending war.

Over the last decade, Pride has been professionalized and depoliticized: paid staff, marketing partnerships, VIP tickets, security trainings with the FBI. Pride is no longer a grassroots expression of queer struggle. It has become a PR-friendly festival designed to keep us passive and "proud," but only so long as we make no demands.

Corporate Pride is a relatively new phenomenon, and one which can be rejected. We do not have to accept the false representation of our identities, communities, or history of resistance by harmful corporate and government entities. The Pride of the future will represent queer struggle and queer joy. It will honor our past and present, and fight for the liberation of all oppressed and exploited peoples across the globe.