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Anti-racists mobilise in Portland after Trump-inspired murders

Two murders and an attempted murder in Portland, Oregon, on the first day of Ramadan (May 26), by a white racist are the latest in a string of hate crimes inspired by President Donald Trump鈥檚 racist rhetoric and actions since he took office.

Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which keeps track of hate crimes, told Democracy Now! on May 30: 鈥淧resident Trump, whose words in the campaign unleashed against immigrants, against Muslims and others, unleashed a wave of hate crimes and bias incidents, especially right after the election.

New UN report shows Venezuela is most equal country in Latin America

According to data from a , Venezuela and Uruguay have the most equal wealth distributions in Latin America, while Colombia and Guatemala are the most unequal nations.

The report was published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL), which is a United Nations regional commission based in Santiago, Chile.

As of 2015 Venezuela and Uruguay each have Gini coefficients (used to measure inequality in which 0 represents the absence of inequality and 1 a maximum) of聽0.40 or less, compared to the continent's average of 0.469.

Colombia: Teachers strike for quality education enters fourth week

Colombia鈥檚 national teachers鈥 strike marked three weeks on June 1 as tens of thousands of education workers continue to pressure the government to respond to their demands for better working conditions, higher salaries and more investment in public education.

In the latest mass protest, about 300,000 teachers took to the streets on May 31 to call attention to education issues in major cities across the country, including Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Bucaramanga and Barranquilla.

Ending hunger strikes, Palestinian prisoners declare victory

After 40 days without food, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners have suspended their hunger strike in Israeli jails.

The end of the strike came after 20 hours of intense negotiations between the strike鈥檚 leaders, including imprisoned聽听蹿颈驳耻谤别听, and the聽, according to a statement issued on the morning of May 27 by the prisoners solidarity committee.

Amid difficult election campaign, Britain鈥檚 left is pushing back against hard-right Tories

An eco-socialist and international coordinator聽for the Greens Party of England and Wales, Derek Wall is challenging Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May as the Greens candidate for May鈥檚 seat of Maidenhead under the slogan 鈥淢ake June the End of May鈥.

Campaigning against racist migration controls, austerity and May鈥檚 support for fox hunting is giving Wall鈥檚 campaign traction, and it enjoys strong support from the Kurdish community.

Philippines: Socialists condemn imposition of martial law in Mindanao

The following statement was released by Filipino socialist party on May 25 in response to the government's May 23 declaration of martial law in Mindanao for a 60-day period.

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Protest demands Labor end support for Adani

Two hundred people came from as far away as Gympie, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba to join a Thursday morning protest outside Queensland parliament. The protest was against the proposed Adani coal mine in the Galilee basin.

GREEN LEFT VLOG || The Uluru Statement, Portland Murders

In this week's video, Blair Vidakovich discusses the Uluru Statement and how the left-wing activists should respond to the resurgent fascist-minded alt-right in the US and in Australia. This is particularly pressing in the context of the racist Portland murders.

Tamil human rights activists arrested in India

India: Human rights activists jailed for commemorating 2009 massacre of Tamils in Sri Lanka

Since 2011, a聽Remembrance Day commemoration聽of the 2009 massacre of Tamil liberation fighters and their famiies in Sr Lanka has been held in Chennai's Marina Beach in the form of a mass candle-light vigil. But this year, the police violently dispersed the crowd and arrested several leading Tamil聽human rights activists, including Thirumurugan Gandhi , Daison Jose , Ilamaran and Arun.聽