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Columbia University postgraduate and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil dictated this letter from his cell in an immigration detention centre in Louisiana, on March 18.

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The attacks on immigrants, international students and permanent residents in the United States are a grim reminder of the long history of deportations and border control as a strategy to punish political radicals, writes Malik Miah.

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Just three weeks since No Other Land won Best Documentary Feature Film at the Academy Awards, the film鈥檚 Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten, kidnapped and tortured by Israeli settlers and the Israeli Defense Forces. But the deafening silence from the Academy has drawn condemnation, reports Isaac Nellist.

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More than 200 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States to El Salvador are being held under harsh conditions in the country鈥檚 Terrorism Confinement Centre. Meanwhile,聽the US is threatening further economic sanctions against Venezuela, reports Chris Slee.

Black Lives Matter plaza

Construction crews swooped in and began digging up Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC, reports Malik Miah.

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The mass layoffs by Donald Trump's administration effectively gut the Department of Education, cutting staff by nearly one third, reports聽Natalia Marques.

sudents camp out at Columbia University

Chants of 鈥淣o ICE, No KKK, No Fascist USA!鈥 echoed through downtown Manhattan, as people protested the kidnapping and detention of聽Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist and聽Columbia University graduate, reports聽Saurav Sarkar.

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United States President Donald Trump has implemented a whirlwind of attacks and changes that are shifting politics internationally. 91自拍论坛's Isaac Nellist spoke to US socialists Cyn Huang and Michaela Brangan about the devastating impacts of Trump鈥檚 second presidency and the challenges in building resistance to it.

Isaac Nellist asks US socialists Cyn Huang and Michaela Brangan, members of the Democratic Socialists of America Bread and Roses caucus, about Trump鈥檚 attacks on immigrants, workers and human rights.聽

Leonard Peltier released

As former United States President Joe Biden left office, he commuted 80-year-old political prisoner Leonard Peltier鈥檚 life sentences to home incarceration, reports Malik Miah. Peltier is a long-time leader of the First Nations movement in the US.

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In a 鈥渟lash and burn鈥 rampage, multi-billionaire and Donald Trump appointee Elon Musk is spearheading job cuts and closures across United States government departments, report聽Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

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United States President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the US from the Paris Climate Agreement, sparking global concerns about the future of climate action, reports Rhea Dev.