Crooked Bough News Round-up

— The history of Georgia’s genocidal wars in the southeast reveal the foundations of U.S. empire — and how to resist

 

at 10/12/26 12:38pm

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we unite with Indigenous activists and continue the legacy of resistance against state violence and colonialism.

[Category: Features, Indigenous Struggle, People's History, Cherokee Nation, georgia, racism, Trail of Tears]

— Solidarity with the Indian youth and the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

 

at 10/11/26 5:10pm

The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) extends its revolutionary greetings and unwavering solidarity to the brave youth and workers of India who have been on the streets across the country fighting to defend democracy and reject the repressive, authoritarian, and corrupt policies of the far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central government.

[Category: PSL Statements, india, international solidarity]

— How Joslin workers forced Pritzker to find funds to reopen the former Tyson plant

 

at 10/10/26 8:47am

The working class and socialists must draw out our own lessons; both to keep the momentum going and as a basis for future organizing across the nation. 

[Category: Features, Labor, Joslin, labor, u.s. working class]

— Palestine has irrevocably transformed global politics and consciousness

 

at 10/7/26 10:45am

As U.S. imperialism threatens further escalation, in the region and around the world, it is our responsibility to continue to build a fighting movement that can make anti-imperialist politics a decisive force.

[Category: Features, Imperialism and War, PSL Statements, anti-imperialism, palestine]

— Family of Tierra Walker, killed by Texas abortion ban, sues attorney general Ken Paxton

 

at 10/4/26 6:34pm

Texas's abortion ban is killing women.

[Category: Analysis, Militant Journalism, abortion rights, anti-racism, texas, womens health]

— First Amendment Victory: Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against pro-Palestine protesters

 

at 10/4/26 10:08am

The court rejected the FACE Act claim and found that the PSL New Jersey post on social media was protected speech, as “a call to assemble and engage in political advocacy in a public forum,” not a threat of violence.

[Category: Features, Gaza, Palestine, anti imperialism, anti-war, palestine]

— La reorientación de Venezuela hacia el imperialismo pone en peligro los logros de su revolución

 

at 10/2/26 2:57pm

La operación militar de EE. UU. contra Venezuela el 3 de enero de 2026, que dejó cientos de muertos, incluidos 32 combatientes cubanos, y resultó en el secuestro y traslado del presidente Nicolás Maduro y Cilia Flores a Nueva York, marcó el golpe más severo a la soberanía latinoamericana en el siglo XXI.

[Category: Español, PSL Statements]

— PSL Statement: Venezuela’s Reorientation to Imperialism Imperils the Gains of Its Revolution

 

at 10/2/26 2:00pm

Understanding Venezuela's shift from a foreign policy based on regional integration, anti-imperialism, and socialist principles to alignment with U.S. imperialism requires examining the material conditions that produced it, rather than mere moral judgments.

[Category: Features, PSL Statements]

— How the death of Nolan Wells exposes the ongoing war on Black America

 

at 10/1/26 4:35pm

Young Black Americans should not be robbed of their futures. The struggle for Black liberation is the engine of progress in the U.S. To ensure our children's future and end the war on Black America, we have to build fighting movements against the capitalist system that wages it.

[Category: Black Liberation, Features]

— Fighting for every Black child means fighting for socialism

 

at 9/29/26 6:10am

Nikole Hannah-Jones couldn't beat the segregated education system alone. That fight requires a collective, organized struggle for working-class power.

[Category: Black Liberation, Education, Features, education, new york city, public schools, racism, school segregation, the bronx]

— Sec. 504 lawsuit settlement attempting to roll back community integration for people with disabilities

 

at 9/28/26 6:38pm

"Section 504 has a powerful history because disabled people had to fight for the government to actually enforce the rights that were already written into the law."

[Category: Analysis, disability justice, u.s. working class]

— Ukraine finds ally in al-Qaeda to destabilize Mali’s sovereign project 

 

at 9/28/26 7:00am

All three AES countries emerged out of mass protests against former neocolonial regimes beholden to France.

[Category: Africa, Analysis, Features, Imperialism and War, africa, imperialism, Mali, ukraine]

— One year of NSPM-7: The Trump Administrations strategy to disrupt progressive and left wing voices

 

at 9/25/26 4:26pm

Nearly a year later, it is clear that the document was not mere rhetoric. Rather, it has served as an operational blueprint to disrupt and dismantle progressive and left wing organizations through surveillance, harassment, infiltration, and legal prosecution.

[Category: Analysis, Features, U.S. Politics]

— U.K. sanctions against Israeli settlements is no more than a slap on the wrist

 

at 9/23/26 11:51am

This is not the first slap-on-the-wrist policies against the settlement have been implemented by Western governments in the past. The Biden administration sanctioned four particularly violent settlers in early 2024, a meaningless action given the thousands of settlers involved in attacks and the illegality of the settlements themselves.

[Category: Analysis, Features, Palestine, europe, middle east, palestine, sanctions, West Bank]

— Trump’s latest attempt at theft of public land for private profit: 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule

 

at 9/21/26 8:18am

Human activities are the number one cause of fires in forests — causing 90% of fires in U.S. forests — and are often sparked by hot vehicle exhaust systems, logging equipment, fuel leakages, cigarettes, campfires or stray bullets from hunters. 

[Category: Features, climate change, government]

— PSL Statement: DOJ wants to criminalize anti-war activism as ‘furthering the goals’ of foreign powers

 

at 9/18/26 12:47pm

The DOJ press release notably comes right before this year’s UN General Assembly. Every year dozens of public activities take place that could be described in this unconstitutionally broad way.

[Category: Features, PSL Statements, anti-war, Department of Justice]

— BRICS 2026 Summit reaffirms multipolarity in a period of heightened geopolitical tensions 

 

at 9/18/26 8:06am

The 2026 BRICS summit makes a commitment to an inclusive global order, stronger multilateralism and expansion of share in global decision-making.

[Category: Analysis, International, anti imperialism, BRICS Summit]

— Reflexiones en el 25 aniversario de la formación de la Coalición ANSWER

 

at 9/14/26 12:40pm

Hoy se cumplen 25 años desde la formación de la Coalición ANSWER. En los años transcurridos desde su fundación, sus organizadores han dedicado más de dos décadas a la lucha contra el racismo, el militarismo y la guerra.

[Category: Español, Imperialism and War, People's History, Reflections, Afganistán, Antiguerra, antirracismo, Coalición ANSWER, Irak]

— Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the Formation of the ANSWER Coalition

 

at 9/14/26 12:27pm

Since September 14, 2001 till today – now a quarter of century – the ANSWER Coalition has been the most consistent antiwar and anti-imperialist organization in the United States.

[Category: Imperialism and War, People's History, Reflections, afghanistan, ANSWER Coalition, anti-racism, anti-war, iraq]

— Testigo en Attica: reflexiones 55 años después

 

at 9/13/26 12:49pm

Brian Becker, miembro fundador del Partido por el Socialismo y la Liberación (Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL), integraba el Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos (Prisoners Solidarity Committee) en Nueva York.

[Category: Black Liberation, Español, People's History, Attica, Liberación negra, lucha de los presos]

— Eyewitness at Attica: Reflections 55 years later

 

at 9/13/26 10:04am

September 9-13, 2026, is the 55th anniversary of the Attica Uprising - the largest prison rebellion in U.S. history, which ended when New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller ordered the police to carry out a brutal massacre of the prisoners.

[Category: Black Liberation, Features, People's History, Attica, Black liberation, interview, prisoners' struggle]

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