In every corner of the world, the oppressed are rising—through rebellion, through self-organization, and through armed defense of the people. From the burning plantations of the U.S. South to the barricaded favelas of Brazil, from the hunger strikers on Amerika’s campuses to the peasant women of Kenya fighting for food sovereignty, the struggle is advancing. This moment demands that we learn from the unfinished revolutions of the past—Malcolm X, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, the People’s War in Peru—and take up the work of organizing the masses to win. This is not a time for empty remembrance or performative outrage. It is a time to build, to fight, and to finish what our martyrs began. This is the duty of every revolutionary.

Table of Contents

1. National Headline

• 100 Years of Malcolm X — A Revolutionary Legacy for the Masses to Carry Forward
  

2. National News

• Louisiana: Amerika’s Largest Remaining Antebellum Plantation Burns Down in Fire
  
• Columbia, Washington, UCLA, Yale: Students Suspended, Hunger Strikes Launched for Gaza
  
• New York City: NYU Refuses Diploma for Student Who Spoke Out for Palestine
  
• New Jersey: NJ Transit Strike Ends—State Unionism Sends Workers Back Empty-Handed
  
• National: Federal Child Care Agencies Left Waiting as Funds Withheld
  

3. International News

• 45 Years of People’s War in Peru: Students Remolding Themselves in the Process of Revolution
  
• Long Live İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Long Live the People’s War in Turkey
  
• 77th Nakba Day: The People Remember, The People Resist in Palestine
  
• Brazil: The Streets Burn in São Paulo’s Favelas Against Police Terror and Evictions
  
• France: Students and Single Mothers Fight Together for Housing in Saint-Denis
  
• Burkina Faso: War Without the People Is War Against the People
  
• Kenya: Peasant Women Sound the Alarm on Seed Dependency
  
• U.S.-Africa Strategy: New Deals, Same Chains
  

National News

National Headline: 100 Years of Malcolm X — A Revolutionary Legacy for the Masses to Carry Forward

One hundred years ago, Malcolm X was born into the jaws of amerika—the prison house of nations, the land built on the bones of slaves and the stolen labor of the poor.

He rose, not as a man seeking permission, but as a builder. A builder of independent, self-reliant Black organization, where the poor and working Black masses could stand on their own two feet, without begging crumbs from their enemies.

Malcolm taught us that the Black people of amerika are a nation inside a nation—a people with their own land, their own right to self-determination, their own unfinished revolution. He showed that civil rights alone could never solve the national contradiction, because the problem was not “equality” under the enemy’s system, but the system itself—a system of national oppression and class exploitation.

Malcolm advanced the understanding that the Black nation’s liberation is inseparable from the liberation of all workers and oppressed peoples, here and across the world. He tied the fight for Black National Liberation to the global struggle against imperialism.

He rejected the soft lies of nonviolence as a principle, teaching instead the right and the duty of armed self-defense—that the oppressed have every right to fight back against lynchers, police, and soldiers of amerika. He called on the people to organize their own defense, not wait for the enemy’s courts or laws to save them.

He stood for:

• Black control of Black communities
  
• Self-reliance, not charity or partnership with the enemy
  
• The unity of all oppressed peoples against amerikan imperialism
  
• The gun in the hands of the people for defense

One hundred years later, amerika still stands. It still kills. It still exploits. It still occupies. But so do the people. So does the unfinished task Malcolm left to us. We do not honor him by remembering alone. We honor him by building what he dared to build: Independent, fighting, self-reliant mass organizations of the Black poor and working class. Ready to finish what he began.

Louisiana: Amerika’s Largest Remaining Antebellum Plantation Burns Down in Fire

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The Nottoway Plantation located near White Castle, Louisiana burned down on Thursday the 15th, creating scenes of grandeur and defiance. The plantation was built in 1859 by the powerful Randolph family, who were in the sugar and cotton industries. The family enslaved hundreds of Black folks, using enslaved labor to build the house and grounds itself. After the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War, which the Randolph family offered support to, the plantation continued to essentially keep their slaves through extremely low-wage labor.

In recent times, the plantation was grotesquely used as a tourist attraction and luxury resort, trafficking on the legacy of atrocity and brutality the plantation held. The images of the plantation engulfed in flames represent to many people a powerful and incidental act of defiance. The consistent intensification of national oppression stemming from the legacy of slavery this country is built upon is in many ways symbolically represented in what the Nottoway “resort” or “museum” was.

While the Black nation continues to face oppression and exploitation, the landmarks that represent this legacy are turned into tourist attractions, the legacies of suffering are denied, and a plantation can be turned into a convenient background piece for a wedding photo. To this we say, let these plantations burn, in hopes we shall build something on the rubble.

National: Columbia University, University of Washington Suspend Protesters as Yale, UCLA Students Join Hunger Strike for Gaza

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Recently, Columbia University suspended a whopping 65 students who engaged in a Palestinian solidarity demonstration at the school’s Butler Library within the past week, along with 33 Columbia alumni and Barnard students. Unsurprisingly found in the interests of the growing fascist offensive by the academic lieutenants of U.S. imperialists, they called the NYPD pigs on these students to crush and subdue them, injuring some of their young “customers” at Columbia University.

Meanwhile, at the University of Washington, admin suspended 21 students protesting the school’s deep ties to weapons maker Boeing. However, as we know, the burgeoning militancy among the students and youth inside the belly of the beast cannot be tamed; in fact, it is now reaching astronomical heights. In fact, Yale and UCLA Students, including Palestinian student Maya Abdallah, just launched hunger strikes at their respective schools and a growing number of California colleges, demanding divestment from the Zionist satellite state and free speech protections for students.

New York City: NYU Refuses Student Diploma for Mentioning Palestine in Graduation Speech

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One of New York University’s (NYU) commencement speakers, Logan Rozos, dedicated a portion of his speech to “the atrocities currently happening in Palestine.” He would go on to state, “The genocide currently occurring is supported politically and militarily by the United States, is paid for by our tax dollars, and has been livestreamed to our phones for the last 18 months.”

As a result, NYU has refused to grant Rozos his diploma, strongly denouncing “the choice by a student … to misuse his role as student speaker to express his personal and one-sided political views.” One wonders what a student who is invited to speak at a commencement is supposed to express, if not their views. NYU’s decision comes as no surprise, as universities across the country are weaponizing diplomas and admissions to assist the Trump administration’s renewed effort to combat “Anti-semitism.”

New Jersey: NJ Transit Strike Ends—State Unionism Sends Workers Back Empty-Handed

After just three days on strike, Teamsters officials rushed to announce a deal with the state—before workers even voted or saw the terms. They call it a “tentative agreement,” but it’s the same old story: shut down the struggle early, keep the trains running, and protect the state’s profits.

This is state unionism—when unions act not as fighting tools of the workers, but as managers of the workforce for the state and the bosses. They negotiate behind closed doors, cut deals workers never demanded, and call it a victory.

The real solution isn’t trusting union officials or state mediators. The real solution is to organize self-reliant, militant workers’ organizations—built from the ground up, controlled by the rank and file, and ready to fight on their own terms.

The fight is far from over. Organize to win.

National: State Child Care Agencies Fail to Receive Federal Funding

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Federal child care programs are currently awaiting regular funding from federal government. Hundreds of millions of dollars in discretionary funding that is set to go out has been delayed by weeks, multiple sources in the federal government confirm. The money not going out comes off as very unusual to agency leaders, leaving many to wonder if the federal government is restructuring or redirecting funding from child care.

Should the funding not come in for much longer, working-class families who rely on the subsidies provided to pay for child care will be forced to pay out of pocket. The Trump administration’s focus on shifting administrative funding and controls from the federal government to the state level is certainly going to have adverse effects, this being one of them.

International News 

Headline 1:  45 Years of People’s War in Peru: Students Remolding Themselves in the Process of Revolution

May 17, 2025, marks 45 years since the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) launched the People’s War in Peru—an armed struggle to destroy imperialism, feudalism, and oppression, and to build a new society led by workers and peasants.

Students played a key auxiliary role in this struggle. But what does it mean to be an auxiliary force? It means students did not place themselves above the masses or try to “lead” from the campus or the lecture hall. Instead, they consciously transformed themselves to serve the people, bringing their energy, creativity, and commitment into the larger struggle in the city’s and the countryside.

It was in the universities, especially San Cristóbal de Huamanga in Ayacucho, where Chairman Gonzalo first began preparing students for this role. Gonzalo taught that students must not stay in the ivory towers of academia, learning theory without practice, or speaking big words without standing with the people. Instead, he taught that students must step into the mud, into the blood, into the heat of class struggle, where they would be changed, made stronger, sharper, more disciplined, more committed.

This is called self-remolding. Students shed the outlook of individualism, of careerism, of seeking titles and degrees for personal gain. They learned to see themselves as part of the people, and in that process, they became better—not just for the revolution, but for themselves as human beings.

They learned from the peasants how to fight. They learned from the workers how to build. They learned from the mothers and children of the countryside how to live for something greater than themselves. In the fire of revolution, they transformed, not just their understanding, but their character, their way of life, their purpose.

The PCP showed that the student’s task is not merely to be a “voice” for the people, but to join the people, to bring their hands, their minds, and their hearts into the work of building a new society. Students went to the countryside, to the cities, and to the factories as comrades, learning to fight alongside the poor, the landless, and the oppressed.

This is the meaning of being an auxiliary force—to serve, to support, to transform oneself in the process of transforming the world.

The People’s War teaches us that real education does not come from the classroom alone. It comes from practice—bitter, difficult, but full of life and power. It comes from organizing not just for “student power”, but for the liberation of all exploited people. It comes from learning to become one with the people, fighting for their interests, building their power, living and dying for their cause.

What does this mean for us today?

It means we, as students, must break with the lie that our fight starts and ends on campus. We must step out of the university and into the struggles of our communities, organizing in our neighborhoods with, workers, immigrants, and the poor for people’s defense.

And in doing so, we must remold ourselves, transform ourselves from individuals trained to serve the system into fighters trained to serve the people. This is not easy. It takes time, struggle, and sacrifice. But it is the only road to true liberation—not just for the masses, but for ourselves.

Long live the 45th anniversary of the People’s War in Peru!

Students must transform themselves to serve the people’s struggle!

Headline 2: Remembering İbrahim Kaypakkaya: Revolutionary Youth Must Serve the People

May 18 marks 52 years since the Turkish state murdered İbrahim Kaypakkaya, founder of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML) and leader of the People’s War in Turkey.

Kaypakkaya exposed Turkish nationalism, defended Kurdish self-determination, and proved Turkey is a semi-feudal, semi-colonial country ruled by imperialism and landlords. He called for a Democratic Revolution led by the working class, with workers and peasants at the center—not the rich or the middle class.

At just 24 years old, Kaypakkaya helped launch armed struggle. He was later captured, tortured for months, and killed without giving up a single secret. His body was dismembered, but his example lives on.

What does this mean for us?

Kaypakkaya started as a student organizer, but he didn’t stay trapped in the university. He used his time to study, organize, and take his place in the people’s struggle. He showed that revolutionary students must be an auxiliary force, serving the working class and oppressed, not leading from a distance.

We must follow his example:

• Organize beyond the campus walls.
• Organize to tear down the campus walls
• Serve the people.
• Fight for socialist revolution.

Learn more here: https://x.com/partizanresmi9/status/1924047659238666462

Commemorations Held in Turkey

In Samsun, revolutionaries gathered to honor İbrahim Kaypakkaya despite heavy police harassment. Organizers exposed how the state built a police station across from his grave and searches visitors “from head to toe, even inside their shoes,” collecting IDs to track them. They declared, “This is the fear of a dying system,” and called for continued revolutionary resistance against imperialism, fascism, and chauvinism.

İbrahim Kaypakkaya was commemorated in Dersim on May 18. Organized by Partizan and SMF, the event honored his legacy of defending Kurdish self-determination and building the Communist Party. Speakers called on revolutionaries to turn his ideas into action by organizing workers and the oppressed to break the state’s control. The event ended with music and salutes to all May martyrs.

İbrahim Kaypakkaya was commemorated in Istanbul on May 18 with a forum organized by Partizan. The event included speeches, videos, and collective discussions on Kaypakkaya’s revolutionary ideas, especially his fight against revisionism, defense of Maoism, and commitment to anti-imperialist struggle. Participants highlighted his example as a young communist who never stopped learning, criticizing, and advancing revolution. The forum ended with calls to study more, organize more, and carry forward his legacy in today’s struggles.

Headline 3: 77th NAKBA DAY: THE PEOPLE REMEMBER, THE PEOPLE RESIST

May 15, 2025 marks 77 years since the Nakba—the beginning of the Zionist occupation of Palestine, backed and constructed by imperialism to serve its military, economic, and political interests in the Middle East.

The so-called “State of Israel” was never about “security” or “freedom”—it was built to crush the national liberation movements of the Arab peoples and guarantee U.S. and European control over oil, land, and trade. Biden himself said it clearly: “Even if there was no Israel, we would have to invent one.” This is the role of Zionism: the attack dog of imperialism in the region.

Nakba Day marks the beginning of this genocidal invasion, when Zionist forces expelled over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes. But it also marks the beginning of 77 years of heroic resistance—by workers, peasants, women, and youth who have never stopped fighting for liberation.

Since October 7, 2023, that resistance has entered a new stage. With nothing to lose but their chains, the Palestinian people have risen once again, shaking the foundations of Zionist and imperialist power.

Nakba Day is not just a day of remembrance. It is a day to recommit to the struggles of all oppressed peoples, from Palestine to the world.

We stand with the armed resistance. We stand with the people. Victory to the Palestinian Revolution!

Photo: Palestinian refugees forced from their homeland, 1948. Source: Al Jazeera

Brazil: The Streets Burn in São Paulo’s Favelas

May 12-13, 2025 — The poor of São Paulo rose up again after the police murder of 19-year-old Nicolas Alexandre in Paraisópolis. The people blocked roads, burned barricades, and faced down armored police units. Not one was arrested. Not one was taken.

At the same time, in Favela do Moinho, families fought back against forced evictions. As the police demolished homes, they fired gas and rubber bullets at residents—children were left choking and a baby collapsed from gas inhalation.

This is not “security.” It is a war on the poor—a war waged by landowners, police, and the rich. But the people are fighting back, defending their homes and their lives.

The rebellion is growing. The people will not be stopped.

Source: A Nova Democracia

More: anovademocracia.com.br

France: Students and Single Mothers Fight Together for Housing in Saint-Denis

In the working-class city of Saint-Denis, single mothers have taken the lead in the fight for dignified housing. For months, they have been occupying empty buildings, including a hospital and a gym, demanding what every person deserves: a place to live.

But the state responds the only way it knows how—police raids, evictions, and repression. On May 9, mothers, students, and teachers gathered again to defend the right to housing. Once again, police were sent to crush the mobilization.

But the struggle did not end.

On May 12, hundreds of students at Paris 8 University took up the fight, filling the campus with banners and chants, standing with the mothers, refusing to let the evictions go unchallenged.

This is more than a local protest. It is a lesson in unity between the people’s struggles—between women, students, and workers—against a system that protects the rich while leaving the poor in the streets.

As La Cause du Peuple reported, the fight is growing. The people are learning: only through organization, only through struggle, only through mass mobilization can we win.

Long live the mothers in struggle!

Long live the unity of the people!

Photo: La Cause du Peuple

More: causedupeuple.net

Burkina Faso: War Without the People Is War Against the People

Djibo burns. Over 100 are dead—soldiers, civilians, and fighters—caught between two reactionary forces: the military junta and imperialist-fed jihadist networks. But what are they fighting for? The military fights to defend the state’s control of gold mines, land, and borders drawn by imperialism. The jihadists offer no future either, bringing only feudal tyranny in the name of religion. Neither side organizes the people. Neither side fights to transform the conditions of the poor peasantry who make up the backbone of Burkina Faso. What is needed is not more guns for the army or more money for foreign security projects, but organization—building up the poor to fight for control of the land, resources, and political power themselves. Not war above the people, but war with the people.

Kenya: Peasant Women Sound the Alarm on Seed Dependency

Peasant women of the Kenyan Peasants League have exposed the trap of “modern agriculture.” U.S. and European companies flood Africa with genetically engineered seeds that cannot reproduce naturally. This means peasants must buy seeds every year, going into debt just to plant food on their own land. This is not “development”—it is theft. It is the destruction of peasant autonomy, turning millions into customers for foreign seed companies and chemical corporations. But the women are refusing to be silent. They call not just for “food security,” but for the right to control seeds, land, and production—by organizing independent peasant movements that break with government “partnerships” and confront the landowners and their corporate backers head-on.

U.S. Africa Strategy: New Deals, Same Chains

The U.S. announced it will no longer measure its role in Africa by how much “aid” it gives—but by how much profit its companies can extract. This is being sold as “empowering Africa to trade.” But who will control that trade? U.S. corporations. African comprador elites. The same parasitic class that signs deals selling off mining rights, farmland, and water to foreign interests while the masses starve. Real trade is built on control of production—when workers and peasants decide what is grown, what is mined, and where it goes. This means organizing from below, building power to refuse exploitation and build a different economy—one that serves the people, not foreign capital.