(2026-02-04). ANTI-ICE SOLIDARITY SPREADS! workers.org 
January 30 was a historic day, one in which many thousands of people in Minneapolis and across the U.S. answered the call for a general strike to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) terror. This terror has included the murder of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Keith Porter . . . |
(2026-02-04). Big Lies — help them crumble. workers.org 
Will January 2026 be remembered as the month when U.S. imperialism's Big Lies crumbled? Workers World and other anti-imperialist and pro-socialist forums must wrestle with this question to devise a plan of action to collapse them further. There's no doubt that the White House's Big Lies about the Immigration and . . . |
(2026-02-04). King of the World — Trump and the Art of Exploitation. counterpunch.org In 2024, the Senate passed a bipartisan immigration and security bill negotiated by Republican Senator James Langford of Oklahoma. The $118 billion package allocated $60 billion to Ukraine defense, and over $20 billion to DHS for border security enforcement, including detention facilities, personnel, technology, and asylum processing. Pressured by Donald Trump, the bill was voted
(2026-02-04). NYSNA seeks to undermine nurses strike as hospitals move to replace workers. wsws.org At a rally in New York's Foley Square, hundreds of nurses recognized the connection between the defense of healthcare and the defense of immigrants' rights.
(2026-02-04). Americas: Trump's Influence Prompts Abuses. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A Venezuelan migrant allegedly linked to criminal organizations sits inside a cell at CECOT on March 16, 2025, in Tecoluca, El Salvador. | © 2025 Salvadoran Government via Getty Images…
(2026-02-04). Australia: Abusive Refugee, Migration Policies Expand. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Refugee Action Campaign protest outside Australia's Parliament House marking the 12-year anniversary of the Australian government reestablishing offshore detention and processing, Canberra, July 19, 2025. | © 2025 Refugee Action Campaign Canberra…
(2026-02-04). TPS Hearing Temporarily Stalls Deportations of Haitians. indybay.org With the expiration of Temporary Protection Status (TPS) granted to 350,000 Haitians set to expire on February 3rd, a hearing was held on February 2, in US District Court in Washington, DC to halt an action by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to end the program.
(2026-02-04). Abanderan equipo Cuba a la II Serie de las Américas de Béisbol. radiohc.cu El equipo Cuba que participará en la segunda edición de la Serie de las Américas de Béisbol, del 5 al 13 próximos, en Venezuela, fue abanderado este martes en el estadio Latinoamericano, de La Habana. | La ceremonia estuvo presidida por Osvaldo Vento Montiller, presidente del Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Física y Recreación (Inder); Raúl Fornés Valenciano, vicepresidente primero, y la vicepresidenta Tereza Méndez àÅlvarez. | Asistieron, además, Juan Reinaldo Pardo, comisionado nacional de béisbol y sóftbol, así como otros directivos del organismo. | La bandera nacional fue entregada por el dest…
(2026-02-04). Iran must be held accountable for mass killings of protesters and restoration of Internet services. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), together with undersigned organisations, expresses grave concern over the Iranian authorities' nationwide repression of peaceful protests and their systematic use of lethal and excessive force against civilians. As Iran faces a deepening economic crisis, thousands of protesters have reportedly been killed, arbitrarily detained, or subjected to torture, while authorities have imposed an internet shutdown to conceal serious human rights (…) | – |
(2026-02-04). Strikes and protests on the rise as Germany's hospital sector faces growing crisis. wsws.org While cuts in the healthcare system are driving more and more hospitals into insolvency, health workers are threatened with cuts in real wages and layoffs. The trade unions are isolating the struggles and preparing new sellouts.
(2026-02-04). Protests erupt in Italy against ICE presence at Winter Olympics in Milan. wsws.org The ICE agency is infamous around the world for its politically-driven executions of US citizens in Minneapolis and other cities illegally occupied by forces loyal to Trump.
(2026-02-04). Eight NUP Supporters Plead Guilty Over Luwero Riots. plusnews.ug 
Eight supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) have been convicted by the Luwero Grade One Magistrate Court for taking part in riots that rocked Luwero Town Council last month. The convicts are among 36 people arrested after protests erupted at around 7: 00 pm on January 15, 2026, when security personnel blocked voters from accessing Luwero …
(2026-02-04). Japan: New Prime Minister Should Address Rising Xenophobia. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Demonstrators take part in a "protest rave" against racism ahead of the upper house election, in Tokyo, Japan, on July 13, 2025. | © 2025 AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File…
(2026-02-04). Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran's Protests. juancole.com
(2026-02-04). EU: Rights Failings Undermine Democracy, Rule of Law. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A protester holds up an EU flag with "help" written on it, during a demonstration in Budapest on May 18, 2025 against a bill empowering the government to sanction civil society organizations and media it deems threats to the country's sovereignty. | © 2025 FERENC ISZA/AFP via Getty Images…
(2026-02-04). Protest at 100 Montgomery St. Demands TPS Protection for Haitians. indybay.org Judge reinstates Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protection. Trump and Noem get to eat cats and dogs, and crow…
(2026-02-04). US: Trump Administration's Pervasive Attacks on Rights. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Crowds gather during a No Kings protest on October 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. | © 2025 AP Photo/Allison Robbert | (Washington, DC) — US President Donald Trump's second term has been marked by widespread human rights violations and sustained attacks on core pillars of accountable, democratic governance in the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. The country has quickly fallen into a dangerous slide toward authoritarianism that impunity for serious abuses will only hasten.In the 529-page World Report 2026, its 36th edition, Human Rights Watch revie…
(2026-02-04). Iran: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 23 January 2026, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a statement during the 39th Special Session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. The statement highlighted the Iranian government's "extraordinarily harsh crackdown" on protesters, which included thousands of summary killings and arbitrary detentions, and called for the release of all those detained in connection with the protests. Read the (…) | – |
(2026-02-04). Tesla Profits Pummeled from Protests, DOGE and ICE. indybay.org In the wake of the intentional killings of activists Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the weekly Trump Regime Takedown protest in San Francisco has experienced a significant increase of people protesting for an end to ICE, the attack by Trump on our democracy and Elon Musk and DOGE for destroying the federal workforce.
(2026-02-04). Southern Africa: Grave Rights Abuses, Impunity Persist. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Angola's Rapid Intervention Force faces demonstrators during a protest against the rise in fuel prices and transport costs in Luanda on July 12, 2025. | © 2025 JULIO PACHECO NTELA/AFP via Getty Images…
(2026-02-04). Brazil: Revamp Public Security Policies. hrw.org Penha favela residents protest in front of the Guanabara Palace against a deadly police operation that resulted in 122 killings, in Rio de Janeiro, October 29, 2025. | © 2025 Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo…
(2026-02-04). Thousands march in Venezuela to demand US free President Maduro, wife. aljazeera.com Pro-Maduro protesters hold banners calling on US to release 'kidnapped' President and First Lady Cilia Flores.
(2026-02-04). Horn/East Africa: War Crimes, Election Repression. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Displaced families from El-Fasher at a displacement camp in Tawila, Darfur region, Sudan, October 31, 2025. | © 2025 Norwegian Refugee Council via AP | (Nairobi) — Civilians in Sudan, South Sudan, and Ethiopia are bearing the brunt of abusive armed conflicts in which the warring parties frequently and often deliberately target them, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. Governments across the region have clamped down on already restricted civic and political space around protests and ahead of elections."Brutal attacks against civilians by unaccountable milit…
(2026-02-04). Nepal: Protests Over Corruption, Inequality, and Social Media Ban. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Gen Z United activists demonstrate under the banner "Don't Forget the Blood of Martyrs," demanding justice for those killed during past movements in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9, 2025. | © 2025 Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto via AP…
(2026-02-04). Saturday 2/7: Bloodstained Men Demonstrations & Protests against TaxPayer Subsidized Infant Circumcision. indybay.org The George R. Moscone Convention Center | 747 Howard St, San Francisco, California 94103…
(2026-02-04). Indonesia: Perks for Military, Lawmakers Spark Dissent, Protests. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Activists carry posters and wave the Straw Hat Pirates' Jolly Roger flag from the anime One Piece during the 873rd Kamisan Action in front of the Merdeka Palace, the Presidential Palace of Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 14, 2025. The flag is widely flown across various regions of Indonesia as a symbol of creative resistance against injustice and political conditions, as well as a call for solidarity ahead of Indonesia's 80th Independence Day. | © 2025 Claudio Pramana/NurPhoto via AP…
(2026-02-04). Students, faculty protest against academic censorship at Texas A&M University. wsws.org Over 200 courses have been flagged or canceled following amendments to A&M's "Civil Rights Protection" policies to prohibit "race and gender ideology." Plato is among the authors banned from classrooms as a result of the new policies.
(2026-02-03). Don Lemon's arrest shows just how politically lost America is. thecanary.co 
Journalist Don Lemon was arrested as he reported on a gathering protesting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit in Minnesota. The Associated Press reported that: The charges stem from Lemon's actions while covering a protest, raising concerns among press freedom advocates about the criminalisation of journalistic activity. Let's be clear. Don Lemon did not […] | By
(2026-02-03). Judge Halts Noem Move to End TPS for Haitians, Citing Trump Admin's Racial Bias. truthout.org A federal judge is blocking the Trump administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants living in the U.S., finding that statements made by White House officials demonstrate that racial bias played a part in decision-making. Last fall, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Secretary Kristi Noem had made a final determination to end TPS… |
(2026-02-03). Too close to home: Israeli right-wing activists take protests to doorsteps. haaretz.com A preview of Israel's election day? Anti-government protesters are being targeted by right-wing activists outside their homes: 'Just as leftists are allowed to protest, we're allowed to protest too. Start getting used to it'…
(2026-02-03). Israel-Palestine head of Human Rights Watch quits over 'blocked' report. asiapacificreport.nz By Mohamed Hassan The Israel-Palestine director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has resigned in protest, saying the organisation's new chief has blocked a report accusing Israel of committing "crimes against humanity" in its denial of Palestinian refugees' right of return. Omar Shakir, who has worked for the rights group for more than 10 years, told…
(2026-02-03). Protests, and anger against Trump and the Devil's activities in the White House. indybay.org Fighting back against evil is a righteous endeavor…
(2026-02-03). Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran. fpif.org The pro-democracy protesters in Iran deserved so much better. They deserved the support of a democratic United States that could sincerely urge the rule of law and habeas corpus (allowing people to legally challenge their detentions) be respected, not to speak of freedom of speech, the press, and assembly in accordance with the Constitution. Unfortunately, President Donald J. Trump has forfeited any claim to respect for such rights or a principled foreign policy and so has proved strikingly ineffective in aiding those protesters. | The arbitrary arrests and killings committed by agents of Trump's authoritarian…