After illegally kidnapping Nicolas Maduro—the duly-elected leader of Venezuela—in early January, the US empire has shifted its priority to targeting two other nations that have long resisted its imperial hegemony: Cuba and Iran. The strategies being implemented to break these two nations differ in execution, but both approaches—if not halted—will be incredibly violent and cause the death and immiseration of millions.

The actions of the US have disregarded the grave concerns of the international community, trampled upon Venezuela's sovereignty, security, and legitimate rights and interests.

“Bourgeois politicians, one and all, in all parliamentary countries, have always paid lip-service to democracy while betraying it." -VI Lenin

"With the entry of a socialist into the government, and class domination continuing to exist, the bourgeois government doesn't transform itself into a socialist government, but a socialist transforms himself into a bourgeois minister."
—Rosa Luxembourg

US imposed sanctions and multiple coup attempts have succeeded in producing extreme hardship among the populace of Venezuela since the success of the Bolivarian Revolution in 1999, which in turn has caused a mass refugee crisis, with many fleeing to the US.

Data centers are a new epidemic in the US, causing peoples’ electricity bills to skyrocket in the towns where they're being constructed. These taxpayer-funded centers pollute air and water ways, irreversibly damaging the health of the people and ecosystems around them.

AI-powered surveillance drones and their corresponding software used by Israeli occupation forces to carry out genocide in Gaza are now being deployed across Cincinnati to monitor protesters and civilians. This blatant connection between CPD and the corporate entities facilitating genocide in Palestine cannot be ignored. The phrase "We are all Palestinian" rings true in the most literal sense.

Since 2018, at least 25 hospitals across Ohio have either closed or consolidated their maternity services, 10 of which served rural communities. This is only part of a broader trend occurring nationwide. Since 2022, more than 100 hospitals across the US have shut down their obstetric units. These care deserts are not accidental, nor are they specific to maternity wards; rather, they are a product of a capitalist system that prioritizes profit over the health of the working class across all medical sectors.

The City, its officials (including Mayor Aftab Pureval), and the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) intentionally deny the children of Cincinnati the care and support they need to survive.

As we continue to fight for Palestinian liberation here in the US we must recognize the continued efforts of our comrades abroad and learn what we can from their actions. This is not just the fight of the Palestinians in Gaza or of the Global Sumud Flotilla. It's everyone's.

While the right has been using Kirk's assassination to drum up paranoia against the Left, Democratic Party mouthpieces have joined Republicans to unequivocally condemn the shooting. Figures who posture as left-wing politicians have made it clear they believe Nazi ideology—spread by Kirk and others—should be tolerated and protected.

Imam Ayman Soliman has been released from ICE custody after over two months of unjust detainment at Butler County Jail.

In July, ICE arrested Ayman Soliman during a routine check-in after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revoked his asylum status unexpectedly.