(2025-12-17). How Your Engagement Ring Helps Fund Genocide In Gaza. popularresistance.org Did your engagement ring help fund a genocide in Gaza? Quite possibly. Despite possessing no mines of their own, Israel is a major player in the world's diamond business, buying up minerals across Africa and selling them to the West, netting billions in the process. Diamonds are Israel's most important export, and directly bankroll the country's ongoing genocide against the people of Gaza. MintPress explores the dark world of Israeli blood diamonds. | Any visitor walking through Tel Aviv's exclusive Ramat Gan district will be struck by its wealth. Skyscrapers are everywhere, and expensive jewelry stores lines the…
(2025-12-17). AFSCME Members Help Win Fight To Repeal Utah Law Taking Away Union Rights. portside.org AFSCME Members Help Win Fight To Repeal Utah Law Taking Away Union Rights |
(2025-12-17). A Call To Makers, Hackers, Designers, Engineers And Artists. popularresistance.org I don't need to tell you the scale and urgency of the crisis unfolding around us right now. You can see it. You can feel it. It's unimaginable that it might have somehow passed you by. It almost certainly gives you regular sleepless nights. One could be forgiven for thinking that what some call the 'polycrisis', which draws us seemingly inexorably towards the Sixth Great Extinction, is viewed by many of those in charge as some kind of a desirable outcome. The movements around the world standing up for life, for the future, for the flourishing of life on Earth, have been incredible, vibrant and creative, but make…
(2025-12-17). US activists illegally detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank resist their deportation. peoplesdispatch.org Organizations in the United States have launched a campaign demanding urgent action by the government for the release of the two US citizens, Irene Cho and Trudi Frost, from their illegal detention by Israeli forces.
(2025-12-17). US Tells Ukraine 'It Must Withdraw From Donetsk Region For Peace Deal'. menafn.com (MENAFN – Gulf Times) US negotiators have told Ukraine during peace talks in Berlin that it must agree to withdraw forces from the eastern Donetsk region under any deal to end the nearly …
(2025-12-17). Iraq detains six terrorists in 3 provinces. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) — Iraqi counterterrorism forces arrested 6 terrorists in coordinated operations across Baghdad, Kirkuk, and Nineveh provinces, officials said.
(2025-12-17). Lukashenko reflects on Trump's role in Ukraine's future. eng.belta.by Aleksandr Lukashenko replied: "The war will continue. It will persist until forces within Ukraine prevail that will compel Zelensky to make peace. And these forces will be able to compel him when the front begins to completely collapse, though the start of this is already visible."
(2025-12-17). Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty under national security law. globalvoices.org 
After two years of trial, Lai is found guilty of colluding with foreign forcesGlobal Voices Jimmy Lai in 2020. Photo: HKFP. | This article was first
(2025-12-17). Venezuela Condemns US Piracy Before UN as Killings Resume; US Debate Heats Up, and Trinidad Lends Airports to US Military Operations. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The letter, presented by Venezuela's ambassador to the UN, Samuel Moncada, to Security Council President Samuel Z'bogar of Slovenia, concerns the Dec. 10, 2025, incident in international waters of the Caribbean wherein US forces targeted a private oil tanker engaged in legitimate trade while it transported Venezu…
(2025-12-17). China's Newest Carrier Fujian Makes First Taiwan Strait Transit. moderndiplomacy.eu China's most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, marking its first known transit of the sensitive waterway since formally entering service last month, according to Taiwan's defence ministry. Taipei said its forces monitored the carrier as it passed through the strait, releasing a grainy image showing the vessel without …
(2025-12-17). Ethnic groups festival in Iran's Gorgan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) — Iran inaugurated a festival of ethnic groups in the northern city of Gorgan on Tuesday evening, bringing together cultural representatives from across the country and diplomats from 12 Asian nations.
(2025-12-17). Domestic Violence Through the Legal Lens. moguldom.com Empowered by the Federal Violence Against Women Act, Connecticut has developed sturdy laws that severely punish domestic violence offenders, protect victims of abuse, and offer resources to assist those directly affected. Domestic violence may take the form of physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and the use of threats. Any of these acts committed against …
(2025-12-17). Mirlo Is Building Cooperative Tools For Music Distribution. popularresistance.org Trying to stay consistent at running a DIY punk website for years often brings me a weird kind of pressure and internal conflicts: the routine of reviewing as many records as possible, the inertia of keeping up with the endless stream of new releases. And while I always care about lyrics, politics, and the band's overall background, message, and context, in the end most bands and labels sending me music still feel like they're grasping for attention in a world where the collective attention span is almost zero. | Despite all the embedded politics in punk, DIY Conspiracy can still end up looking like just another…
(2025-12-17). LIVE UPDATES: Zarah Sultana rushes to HMP Bronzefield for dying hunger striker. thecanary.co UPDATE: at 7: 45am, some of the prisoners of the Filton 24 were taken away to their trial. UPDATE: as of 7: 30am, Zarah Sultana is still waiting to go inside the prison to talk to management about Qesser's urgent need for an ambulance and a hospital admission UPDATE: as of 7am the situation was still ongoing. […] | By
(2025-12-17). Is The Labour Government Willing To Let Hunger Strikers Die? popularresistance.org In Britain, pressure is mounting on the Labour government to respond to demands put forward by dozens of activists imprisoned for direct action in support of Palestine, many of whom have been on hunger strike since early November. "The hunger strike, which involves eight prisoners for Palestine, is now on day 40," the campaign Prisoners for Palestine wrote on Friday. "They are in the danger zone, where irreparable harm is likely, and their health becomes critical." | Even before launching the strike, the prisoners had pressed for a set of demands, including fair trial, deproscription of direct action group Palest…
(2025-12-17). What is Putin's goal? Lukashenko shares insider view in interview with U.S. journalist. eng.belta.by Aleksandr Lukashenko also expressed support for the position of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has declared that the resolution to the Ukraine conflict must be based on the realities on the ground as they stand today.
(2025-12-17). NewsX World: Zelensky's Speech yesterday at The Hague. gilbertdoctorow.com In this hourly news bulletin, I come on at minute 3.45 Fresh from the highly supportive meeting with European leaders in Berlin a day earlier, Zelensky sets out before Dutch legislators his demand that the peace agreements also foresee condemnation of Russia's aggression and thereby uphold the principles of international law. As I characterize his …
(2025-12-17). Australia's Gun Laws Under Scrutiny After Bondi Beach Mass Shooting. moderndiplomacy.eu Australia's gun control regime, long held up internationally as a model for reducing firearm violence, is facing renewed scrutiny after Sunday's deadly shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach. Introduced after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, the laws imposed mandatory licensing, background checks and firearm registration, helping drive gun deaths to among the …
(2025-12-16). South Sudan grounds UN plane over surveillance claims. newarab.com 
South Sudan's foreign minister, Monday Semaya Kumba, said a government committee was examining the aircraft after intelligence reports raised security concerns, and two were found with advanced surveillance and intelligence recording systems. | UN mission spokesperson Priyanka Chowdhury said Monday that all air assets…
(2025-12-16). Trapped, starving and afraid in besieged Sudan city. newarab.com 
In Kadugli, a besieged city in Two and a half years of war between the army and the paramilitary The latest, a drone strike…
(2025-12-16). Defend Popular Will, Struggle for People(s)-Centered Human Rights! dissidentvoice.org This past Human Rights Day illuminated what Gaza has relegated to the dustbin of history: the oxymoron of "Western values and human rights." Western civilization stands as a living negation of human rights, a truth illustrated by the ongoing atrocities in Palestine and the brutal legacies of Western intervention in Haiti, Congo, and Sudan. The …
(2025-12-16). Black Colleges Enhance Security in Response to Bomb Threats. capitalbnews.org 
This story is a collaboration between Capital B and Open Campus. HAMPTON, Virginia — Just weeks into the start of the fall semester, Nick Jones was walking back to his Hampton University dorm when he got an alert that the campus was on lockdown. "Yo … should I be outside?" he thought to himself, but really, he was …
(2025-12-16). People Against Genocide targets 11 HSBC branches over Elbit investments. thecanary.co People Against Genocide has launched a clandestine network, with a national series of actions against HSBC. HSBC invests in Israel's biggest weapons producer, Elbit Systems. In the early hours of Saturday 13 December, groups across Britain conducted operations at 11 locations of Britain's largest bank, shattering windows and dousing buildings in red paint to symbolise […] | By
(2025-12-16). Israel seeks a rebrand amid Gaza genocide. electronicintifada.net Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib's Gaza genocide resolution stirs ire of AIPAC.
(2025-12-16). "Eat a sandwich" : Israeli media mock UK anti-genocide hunger-strikers. thecanary.co Israel's Jerusalem Post has published an article about hunger-striking political prisoners in the UK, headlined "'Hungry? Eat a sandwich': Palestine Action protesters hospitalized as hunger strike exceeds 40 days". Supporters of the eight prisoners have condemned the headline as a mockery of the detainees' principled protest and a trivialisation of the danger they face, as […] | By
(2025-12-16). The Lobby Is Milking The Bondi Beach Attack To Silence Critics Of Israel's Genocide. progressivehub.net JONATHAN COOK | JONATHAN COOK BLOG…
(2025-12-16). Filton anti-genocide defendants denied decent food during trial. thecanary.co The determination of the Keir Starmer Labour Party government to 'make the process the punishment' in the treatment of anti-genocide activists and journalists, in his zeal to protect Israel from the consequences of its genocidal actions, has reached a new low. Once again, it's the political prisoners on hunger strike in the firing line. Shocking […] | By
(2025-12-16). Councillor goes on hunger strike over Filton 24 political prisoners. thecanary.co Islington councillor Ilkay Cinko-Oner is holding an individual vigil and 24-hour fast today, 16 December 2025, outside her Labour MP's office in solidarity with hunger-striking anti-genocide activists held as political prisoners without trial by the Starmer government — particularly hunger-striker Kamran Ahmed, who is imprisoned in the constituency. Solidarity with the political prisoners on hunger […] | By
(2025-12-16). Martín Mosquera: The Meaning of Milei. newleftreview.org With Latin America in Trump's cross-hairs, a report from Buenos Aires on the social stalemate that allowed far-right firebrand Javier Milei to impose the harshest shock therapy in Argentina's history. Mosquera mobilizes the conceptual legacies of Gramsci, Trotsky, Otto Bauer and Angelo Tasca to identify the function of the region's highly successful new rights.
(2025-12-16). Narendra Modi, and Duties vs Rights. ummid.com What Modi is telling in his letter is the way of suppressing the concept of 'right' which is clear in his policy of relegating the religious minorities to second class status, coining the term Urban Naxals for the public intellectuals among others.
(2025-12-16). Supporters seek news on Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's health. newarab.com 
The brother and lawyer of Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohammadi was arrested on Friday after denouncing the suspicious death of lawyer Khosrow Alikordi during his memorial ceremony in the northeastern city of Mashhad. | "We have very little information about her health and we are very worried about how she's being held, where she's being held, and how she's treated," Ha…
(2025-12-16). Angela Rayner and six largest employment bodies urge: pass the Employment Rights Bill. thecanary.co Labour's Angela Rayner, an original sponsor of the Employment Rights Bill, gave a fiery speech in the Commons today arguing for passing the legislation as swiftly as possible. Time is running desperately low to get the bill through the Lords before parliament enters recess on 18 December. Rayner isn't alone in her anger, either. Six […] | By
(2025-12-16). Expert dwells on deep crisis in EU. eng.belta.by "Europe in its present shape, under the boot of the Brussels bureaucracy, is being written off. This Europe is being cast adrift from the course of history. That is evident," Elena Ponomareva noted.
(2025-12-16). When Scripture Enters the Courtroom: Manusmriti, Criminal Justice and India's Constitutional Crisis. ummid.com India's constitutional framework rests on a foundational premise: Criminal Justice must be governed by enacted law and constitutional values, not by religious scripture or moral theology.
(2025-12-16). Homelessness Is About Affordability: Author Patrick Markee on the Housing Crisis in "New Gilded Age" democracynow.org 
New York City housing advocate Patrick Markee's new book, Placeless: Homelessness in the New Gilded Age, looks at homelessness through the lens of housing affordability. Homelessness, which affects millions across the United States, "has roots in structural economic changes, right-wing economic policies and systemic racism," explains Markee. "There's a reason that other advanced capitalist countries in this world … don't have the levels of homelessness that we have, and that's because, there, government plays a much larger role in creating and even owning affordable hou…
(2025-12-16). Winter doubles the tragedy in Gaza as chaos takes hold once again. thecanary.co The head of the Gaza Strip Municipalities Union, Yahya Al-Sarraj, warned of grave dangers threatening the lives of residents and displaced persons with the arrival of a new low-pressure system, amid widespread destruction of infrastructure and the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Strip. Gaza: further chaos for millions Al-Sarraj stressed that the Gaza Strip has […] | By
(2025-12-16). Rainstorms batter Gaza's tent camps. electronicintifada.net Unable to return to their homes behind Israel's "yellow line," Gaza's displaced must endure winter downpours in tents.
(2025-12-16). From "Alligator Alcatraz" to Gaza: U.S. Companies Line Up for Lucrative Gaza Contracts Under Trump. democracynow.org 
At least a dozen people have died in Gaza as winter storms batter displaced Palestinians forced to shelter in makeshift tents among the rubble of collapsing buildings severely damaged by Israeli bombing. That rubble is being eyed by U.S.-based contractors, who are already vying for lucrative contracts to rebuild Gaza under the Trump-backed ceasefire deal. "People are lining up and treating this the way they they treated reconstruction in Iraq," says Aram Roston, whose latest investigation for The Guardian US looks at how the company behind the notorious Florida immigration detention jail nicknamed …
(2025-12-16). Police repress Indian farmers' protest against ethanol plant. peoplesdispatch.org Scores of people were injured after police attacked farmers protesting the establishment of an ethanol factory in Hanumangarh in India's Rajasthan province on Wednesday, December 10. | Security forces carried out baton charges and fired tear gas on the farmers when they tried to The farmers have been agitating against the proposed ethanol factory for over a year now. They believe that scarce canal water would be diverted…
(2025-12-16). Israeli occupation forces assault elderly Palestinian amputee and international activists. thecanary.co On the morning of 15 December, Israeli occupation forces descended on Sheikh Said's land in Rakiz, a village in Masafer Yatta. The International Solidarity Movement reports: Occupation forces turn up instead of police The Palestinian family had recently erected a razor wire fence to prevent settler sheep and ATVs entering their land. The fence had […] | By
(2025-12-16). Israel's all-seeing eye is the stealthiest cruelty of all in Gaza. responsiblestatecraft.org Discussions of the war in Gaza tend to focus on what's visible. The instinct is understandable: Over two years of brutal conflict, the Israel Defense Forces have all but destroyed the diminutive strip on the Mediterranean coast, with the scale of the carnage illustrated by images of emaciated children, shrapnel-ridden bodies, and flattened buildings.But underlying all of this destruction is a hidden force — a carefully constructed infrastructure of Israeli surveillance that powers the war effort and keeps tabs on the smallest facets of Palestinians' lives. Few people understand this system more deeply t…
(2025-12-16). US Blows Up Three More Boats in the Eastern Pacific. news.antiwar.com US Southern Command announced on Monday night that its forces bombed three more alleged drug-running boats in the Eastern Pacific Ocean as the Trump administration continues the extra-judicial executions at sea amid increasing scrutiny of the bombing campaign. SOUTHCOM claimed, without providing any evidence, that the boats were engaged in "narco-trafficking." It said that the …
(2025-12-16). Justice for some: NDIS fraud punished, Robodebt crimes rewarded. independentaustralia.net 
(2025-12-16). Venezuela Terminates Gas Supply to Trinidad and Tobago Over Complicity in US Crimes. orinocotribune.com Caracas accuses the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago of maintaining a hostile agenda against Venezuela since taking office and of being criminally complicit in US military massacres of civilians in the Caribbean. | The government of Venezuela announced the immediate termination of any contract, agreement, or negotiation for the supply of natural gas to Trinidad and Tobago following the direct complicity of that country's government in the theft of Venezuelan oil carried out by the US administration on December 10 through the seizure of an oil tanker. | In an official statement dated December 15, 2025, in Car…
(2025-12-16). How humanitarianism in Gaza entrenches Palestinian oppression. newarab.com 
Since Israel's genocidal onslaught slowed its pace after Palestinians and their comrades have long called out the hierarchical, often openly dehumanising rhetoric that these organisations deploy. This is a rhetoric that obscures the political core of our struggle and tries to recentre the…
(2025-12-16). Palestinian journalist recounts rape and torture in Israeli jail. newarab.com 
Warning: This article contains detailed descriptions of sexual violence, torture and abuse in detention. | During the session, al-Sa'i detailed systematic beatings, humiliation, starvation and sexual assault, including ra…
(2025-12-16). After Three Americans Are Killed in Syria, Trump Says 'We Have Legitimate Peace in the Middle East'. news.antiwar.com President Trump said on Monday that there is "legitimate peace in the Middle East for the first time in 3,000 years," comments that came after three Americans, including two National Guard members and a civilian interpreter, were killed in Syria. The president made the remark when asked why the US has troops in Syria. "Because …
(2025-12-16). Another Building Collapses in Gaza Amid Storm, Killing at Least One Palestinian. news.antiwar.com Another building damaged by Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza collapsed on Tuesday, killing at least one Palestinian, as storms and continued Israeli aid restrictions are adding to the misery for the civilians living among the rubble. According to Gaza's Civil Defense, the building collapsed due to heavy rain in the Shati refugee camp west of …
(2025-12-16). XI International Conference "Educational Migration to Russia in the Context of Global Trends" russiancouncil.ru On December 11, 2025, RIAC in cooperation with RANEPA held the XI International Conference "Educational Migration to Russia in the Context of Global Trends"
(2025-12-16). Saudi Arabia hits highest execution rate ever -cue tumbleweed from the West. thecanary.co Close Western ally Saudi Arabia has consistently been near the top of the list of countries responsible for executions. And in 2025, it has broken its previous records with the highest number yet. You wouldn't know that from Western media coverage, though. Saudi Arabia's rising execution figures In 2024, the Saudi dictatorship executed 338 people. […] | By
(2025-12-16). Elves target Christmas trees to highlight Palestine Action proscription and hunger strikers. thecanary.co The pixies have been out. Or, in this case, the elves and an assortment of furry friends. And they've been highlighting the proscription of Palestine Action and the plight of the hunger strikers. Kernow Defend Our Juries has sent word: Signs supporting the hunger strikers Across Cornwall, from Boscastle to Penzance, elves from Kernow Defend […] | By
(2025-12-16). Why Canada's support for Palestine is just for show. newarab.com 
(2025-12-16). Belarus' NOC president comments on decree to support sports organizations. eng.belta.by Under the new mechanism, sports federations will be able to receive subsidies from the national budget, with the use of funds strictly designated for specific purposes.
(2025-12-16). Nigel Farage's £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake. bylinetimes.com Nigel Farage's record-beating election war chest is being bankrolled by a donor whose fortune is entangled with a major video platform which has hosted Russian state broadcasters supporting Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine and an influence operation hatched by Russian intelligence. | Christopher Harborne — the Thailand-based billionaire who has given Reform UK £9 million in cash, making him Britain's single largest political donor — is already known as a cryptocurrency investor and long-time Farage backer. He is also a major shareholder in the stablecoin company Tether and the British defence…
(2025-12-16). Reparations for Ukraine: new European body set up. newarab.com 
Top European officials including The International Claims Commission for Ukraine, signed by 35 countries, will assess and decide on claims for reparations, including any amount to be paid out. | "We expect that every mechanism for compensation… will start and receive strong and sufficient international support so that people can…
(2025-12-16). Plurality of Republicans say end US aid to Israel: poll. responsiblestatecraft.org A plurality of Republicans oppose extending an agreement that would give $38 billion in U.S.-funded weapons to Israel over the next decade, according to a new poll from YouGov and the IMEU Policy Project.While 35% of Republicans would renew the arrangement, 42% say they would rather see it lapse. Support for ripping up the deal is particularly high among Republicans between 18 and 44, with 53% of these respondents calling for an end to the aid packages.The poll comes at a consequential moment. The Trump administration is deciding whether to extend America's latest memorandum of understanding on military aid t…
(2025-12-16). Wirral Your Party activists issue a statement supporting the Filton 24. thecanary.co The Canary previously reported on Your Party activists in Wirral. They've now formed a 'proto branch' and have issued a statement on the 'Filton 24': Statement from Your Party Wirral (Proto Branch) demanding freedom for the Filton 24 We strongly protest the Starmer government's brutal crackdown of pro-Palestinian activists particularly Palestine Action and the Filton […] | By
(2025-12-16). Israeli settler kills 16-year-old Palestinian in West Bank. newarab.com 
An Israeli settler shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian in Tuqu' on Tuesday after the funeral of another teenager, the town's mayor said. | Violence has escalated in The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Muheeb Jibril's death on Tuesday. | "
(2025-12-16). "We're Angry" : Brown Univ. Student & Parkland Survivor Zoe Weissman Demands Action on Gun Violence. democracynow.org 
The two victims in Saturday's mass shooting at Brown University have been identified: freshman Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and sophomore Ella Cook. We speak to another sophomore, Zoe Weissman, who came to Brown from Parkland, Florida, where she was a student at the middle school adjacent to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the mass shooting that occurred there in 2018. "Because I've already processed all the grief and the sadness before," says Weissman about surviving a second school shooting in her young life, "my most predominant emotion right now is, honestly, anger … be…