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Japanese 'Arab resistance fighter' Kozo Okamoto dies at 78
Okamoto joined two other members of the Japanese Red Army in an attack on Lod Airport, now Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv on 30 May 1972. The three men arrived on a flight from Europe before retrieving rifles and grenades from their luggage and opening fire. Okamoto’s two comrades died, while Israeli forces wounded and captured him. The attack, organised with the PFLP, killed 26 people, including 17 Christian pilgrims from Puerto Rico, and eight Israelis.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ahmad-japanese-palestinian-resistance-figure-kozo-okamoto-dies-78

Concerns of Palestinian economic crisis grow as Israeli banks prepare to cut ties
The move comes against the backdrop of the Gaza war and deepening friction between Israel's right-wing government and the PA. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, ​who oversees the waiver mechanism enabling cooperation between Israeli and West Bank lenders, has repeatedly withheld a portion of tax revenues Israel collects on the Palestinian ​Authority's behalf and publicly questioned the PA's legitimacy, straining an already fragile financial relationship.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/concerns-palestinian-economic-crisis-grow-israeli-banks-prepare-cut-ties-2026-07-23/

Despite Turkish mediation, talks between Somalia's government and opposition stalls
Representatives of Puntland and Jubaland believe that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud did not show sufficient flexibility or willingness to make concessions on issues related to the federal elections, which, in their view, contributed to the breakdown of the negotiations.
https://www.newarab.com/news/despite-turkish-mediation-somalia-talks-stalls

Water expert urges binding GERD agreement after Nile levels fall in Sudan
A regional water resources expert has called for a legally binding agreement on the operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), warning that the lack of coordination between Ethiopia and Sudan risks repeated water shortages, flooding, and damage to vital infrastructure.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/water-expert-urges-binding-gerd-agreement-after-nile-levels-fall-in-sudan

Mexican journalist shot dead in Oaxaca, marking fourth such killing since June
Leyva, 60, primarily reported ⁠on stories that exposed government corruption and violence linked to ​criminal groups operating in Oaxaca. “He was a journalist critical of ​our government, like many other journalists who exercise their right every day to question, point out issues, and freely express their opinions,” Oaxaca Governor Salomon ​Jara wrote on social media.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/mexican-journalist-shot-dead-oaxaca-marking-fourth-such-killing-since-june-2026-07-22/

Venezuela Denounces Rome Statute and Exits ICC
Venezuela formalizes this Friday its irrevocable withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), denouncing structural bias against the Global South and the weaponization of international justice through lawfare.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/venezuela-rome-statute-exits-icc/

Karim Khan ousted as prosecutor of international criminal court
During his tenure, Khan’s decisions to obtain arrest warrants for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, raised the ICC’s profile and thrust it into the crosshairs of major powers. The warrants, issued by judges, are unaffected by his removal. However, the court’s prosecution division, which has about 400 staff, has been left bruised by a protracted scandal and convoluted process to resolve the matter.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jul/24/karim-khan-ousted-from-role-as-prosecutor-of-international-criminal-court

Amid Hormuz woes, China tests Central Asian land corridors to bypass maritime chokepoints
A new link to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan offers a practical example of this long-term diversification push. However, observers caution that security concerns and capacity constraints could make a meaningful shift away from sea freight difficult. Officially launched in May with pilot shipments, the multi-modal freight corridor allows containers to be moved by rail from China through Kazakhstan into Uzbekistan, and then by road via Turkmenistan to Herat in western Afghanistan.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3361638/china-tests-central-asian-land-corridors-bypass-maritime-chokepoints
https://archive.ph/eI5In

Teachers and education workers march and protest at Malacañang
Led by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)-Philippines, teachers, education workers, and education students, broke through security and held a lightning rally near Malacañang Palace in Manila on July 22. The protest took place days before Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s fifth state of the nation address (SONA) on July 27.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/teachers-and-education-workers-march-and-protest-at-malacanang/

Wildberries, 'Russia's Amazon,' says Ukrainian drones struck three more of its warehouses
Wildberries, whose banking arm had sanctions imposed on it by the European Union this week over its financial contribution to the Russian budget, plays a ​central role in Russia's consumer economy. Its targeting by Ukraine appears to be part of Kyiv's attempts to ensure ordinary ​Russians feel the impact of the war which has raged on Ukrainian territory for more than four years.
https://www.reuters.com/world/warehouse-russian-online-retailer-wildberries-near-stpetersburg-fire-after-drone-2026-07-24/

Activists confront Aviva Norwich HQ for insuring companies accused of human rights abuses
Activists specifically called on the company to drop its insurance contract with Serco, which is due to end on October 31. Boycott Bloody Insurance’s Andrew Taylor said: “Aviva’s five-plus years of cover have enabled Serco’s continued operation of immigration detention centres, round-the-clock surveillance of migrants and substandard housing provision.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/activists-confront-aviva-norwich-hq-insuring-companies-accused-human-rights-abuses

Law student charged after military-grade bomb intercepted near Irish border
Both were arrested after police in Ireland targeting dissident republicans intercepted a vehicle that was allegedly transporting the device, after receiving intelligence information, police said. Members of the Garda Síochána’s special detective unit stopped the vehicle travelling on the N2 south of Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, on Wednesday afternoon
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/24/woman-man-arrested-ireland-police-intercept-highly-sophisticated-bomb

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Trump administration witch-hunts People’s Forum and BreakThrough News
The House Ways and Means Committee has issued subpoenas to three non-profit groups with alleged links to the Party of Socialism and Liberation (PSL), claiming that the groups received nearly $40 million in funding from multi-millionaire Neville Roy Singham, an American who moved to Shanghai after selling his tech company in 2017. The compulsory subpoenas were issued July 21 to People’s Forum, based in New York City, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, based in Massachusetts, and BreakThrough News, a media outlet, after all three groups declined to supply documents to the committee voluntarily. The groups were given until August 7 to comply.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/24/nwfj-j24.html

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Illegal Spying and Retaliation Targeting ICE Monitors
A coalition of privacy and civil liberties advocates filed a federal lawsuit Friday accusing the Trump administration of secretly collecting and keeping personal information about people who monitor US Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, arguing that the practice violates federal privacy law and threatens constitutionally protected speech and association.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/lawsuit-trump-dhs-surveillance

Cleveland library, hospital workers authorize strike action against low wages and unsafe conditions
More than 300 library workers and roughly 170 hospital employees in Cleveland, Ohio, have authorized strike action amid mounting anger over low wages, unsafe staffing, rising healthcare costs and attacks on working conditions.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/24/pfda-j24.html

Coalition Rejects Trump Admin Push to Let Kalshi, Polymarket ‘Bypass State Gambling Regimes’
Users of these platforms can bet on future events, from the outcome of a sports game to the language of a political speech, by buying “shares,” or “contracts.” The Trump administration claims the platforms are not gambling operations, but derivatives markets because, as Chair Michael Selig has noted, “Congress has entrusted the CFTC with the sole authority to regulate” those.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/kalshi-polymarket

DNC committee sets up South Carolina to vote first in Democrats’ 2028 presidential primaries
The struggle between Nevada and South Carolina turned tense in recent weeks, particularly among some who framed the debate as one between two key pieces of the Democratic Party’s base. Latino voters make up a large portion of the Nevada electorate, and Black voters are the foundation of South Carolina’s Democratic electorate. Key Democrats from both states leaned heavily on DNC members and sought to sway broader public opinion in the party.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-election/dnc-committee-sets-south-carolina-vote-first-democrats-2028-presidenti-rcna588863

Federal judge rules certain Biden-era abortion drug restrictions are unlawful
A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that it was illegal for former President Joe Biden's administration to require doctors and pharmacies to be ​specially certified to prescribe the abortion drug mifepristone. U.S. District Judge Robert Ballou in ‌Charlottesville, Virginia, on Thursday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had failed to explain why the requirements adopted in 2023 were necessary after the agency had repeatedly affirmed mifepristone's safety and effectiveness.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/abortion-drug-access-biden-mifepristone-b3021293.html

Virginia study on groundwater, data centers calls for tighter water regulations
The report noted limits around publicly available information on data center water use but did not lay blame with the industry for the concerns raised about the aquifer. The groundwater supply in Virginia’s populous eastern coastal plain region “is constrained, and current projections indicate declining availability in the near future,” said the report, which Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s office provided to The Associated Press Thursday.
https://apnews.com/article/data-centers-virginia-groundwater-gov-spanberger-study-564e5d3c2520190bbfa5c7dbd0c6409f

TRUMP II: Trade War Gone Global
Trump’s trade war is back—bigger, louder, and somehow even dumber. Some say it’s different this time. But like most sequels, the plot is familiar. The characters are worn out. The filmmakers seem determined to shoot the same scenes over and over again. How does it end? Probably a hell of a lot like the original. While in Trump I, he fired shots at big trading partners like China and Europe, in Trump II, he’s opened fire on the global order itself, and this time, the system shoots back.
https://chuangcn.org/2025/06/heatwave-trump-tariffs/

The Party That Saved British Capitalism: Labour from Attlee to Burnham By Nikos Mottas Editor-in-Chief of In Defense of Communism
Andy Burnham's arrival at 10 Downing Street has, once again, been accompanied by the familiar chorus of illusions. Britain, we are told, has entered a "new era." A new Labour prime minister promises hope, fairness and renewal. Yet beneath the new rhetoric lies the same old reality. The faces change. The managers change. The class character of the British state does not. For more than a century, the Labour Party has fulfilled a specific and indispensable role for British capitalism. The Conservatives have traditionally defended the interests of monopoly capital openly and unapologetically. Labour has defended precisely those same interests under the banner of "progress," "fairness" and the "national interest." Whenever British capitalism has entered a period of political instability or social discontent, Labour has stepped forward as the "acceptable alternative," promising change while ensuring the uninterrupted continuity of bourgeois rule. This is no historical accident. It is the very political function social democracy has performed throughout its existence.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/07/the-party-that-saved-british-capitalism-labour-from-attlee-to-burnham.html

Yes, We Really Should Abolish the Senate
The American right has spent much of the last week melting down about the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)’s “Workers Deserve More” platform. Many of the elements of that platform that have predictably provoked the Right’s ire are ones you might expect. The “Workers Deserve More” document calls for bringing the largest corporations under public ownership, for example, and it’s only to be expected that conservative anti-socialists would be scandalized by that. What might be less predictable is that, in a platform overflowing with ideas that socialists would be expected to like and conservatives would be expected to hate, the particular idea conservatives have picked out for special opprobrium is DSA’s call to abolish the Senate. When Jacobin founder Bhaskar Sunkara recently appeared on Fox News, for example, he was confronted with what was presented as the extreme radicalism of the proposal. Sunkara’s response was simple: “I’m against the Senate. I think the Senate’s an undemocratic body.” Many people who are far from radical socialists have noted the same thing and been bothered by it. Even one of the Constitution’s framers, Alexander Hamilton, wrote in the Federalist Papers, “Every idea of proportion and every rule of fair representation conspire to condemn a principle, which gives to Rhode Island an equal weight in the scale of power with Massachusetts, or Connecticut, or New York.” Hamilton and his colleague James Madison (who shared Hamilton’s initial opposition) eventually made a pragmatic decision to accept an unrepresentative Senate as part of a compromise to overcome opposition to the new constitution, but their initial instinct was the same one that Sunkara expressed on Fox.
https://jacobin.com/2026/07/senate-dsa-conservative-media-freak-out

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