After years of mobilization and advocacy, dolutegravir—a first-line drug in HIV treatment—will be more widely available in Colombia, thanks to a compulsory license issued by the government at the end of April. This is the first compulsory license ever issued by the Colombian government for the Ministry of Health to use, and it is expected to ensure safer and better treatment for thousands of people, many of whom are migrants. Until now, dolutegravir was only available in Colombia under a patent held by a joint venture of GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and Japanese pharma company Shionogi. It cost US ..read more

Read in English here El Campamento de Solidaridad con Gaza de la universidad de Columbia entró en su séptimo día el 23 de abril. A primera hora de la mañana, los estudiantes se despertaron con el sonido de tres helicópteros de los principales medios de comunicación sobrevolando el lugar donde habían instalado sus tiendas en el parque Butler Lawn del campus. El movimiento estudiantil por Palestina ha alcanzado su punto álgido en Estados Unidos en respuesta al devastador genocidio israelí en la Franja de Gaza. Hasta la fecha, Israel ha matado a más de 34.000 palestinos en Gaza, más de 14.000 de ..read more

“We, the students of Gaza, salute the students of Columbia University, Yale University, New York University, Rutgers University, the University of Michigan, and dozens of universities across the United States who are rising up in solidarity with Gaza and to put an end to the Zionist-US genocide against our people in Gaza,” wrote the Student Frameworks Secretariat, composed of a variety of student organizations part of larger resistance groups and left parties—including but not limited to the Islamic Resistance Movement, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Islamic Jihad Mo ..read more

Dozens of cities and towns across Italy commemorated Liberation Day on April 25, reflecting on the historical struggle against fascism in the region. This anniversary serves not only as a day of a remembrance but also as a call to action against contemporary forms of oppression and revisionism – or at least it should. Amid calls for solidarity and peace issued ahead of the day itself, the demonstrations were held in a context of high-strung tension as the government led by Giorgia Meloni embraced policies perceived by most as a nod to Italy’s darkest times. Liberation Day not only marks the de ..read more

UAW workers just won a historic union drive in Tennessee, with the Chattanooga Volkswagen becoming the first nonunion automaker to become unionized in the US since 1941. Now, the United Auto Workers (UAW) have their sights set on taking on the anti-labor machine in the South and ensuring better conditions for workers in some of the most disenfranchised states in the country. On April 26, the contract between 7,000 UAW workers spread across North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee and Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) will expire. Workers are fighting for better wages, health insurance coverage ..read more

“We do not want them to take away our dreams. Our future does not belong to them,” said the president of the Argentine University Federation (FUA), Piera Fernández de Piccolini, to an overflowing Plaza de Mayo during the march in defense of public universities on April 23. The protest organized by student groups and educators unions was also supported by labor unions and left parties.  At the Plaza, hundreds of thousands chanted: “The country is not for sale!”  “Education is a fundamental human right because it reduces inequality,” added Piccolini, who read the closing declaration of ..read more

Paramilitaries assassinated the social leader and president of the Agromining Federation of the South of Bolívar, Narciso Beleño, on April 21 in his home in the municipality of Santa Rosa, Bolívar. This crime occurred amid the incursion in the region by the Gulf Clan which began on April 18. The paramilitary group has gone on a rampage in the region, raiding homes, kidnapping residents, and killing several people. Narciso Beleño Narciso Beleño was a renowned peasant leader from the South of Bolívar. In addition to being president of Fedeagromisbol, he was a leader committed to peace, to the pe ..read more

On Wednesday, April 24, the US President Joe Biden signed controversial legislation to force the Chinese parent company of the popular social media platform Tiktok to either sell the app to a US-based company, or be banned in the United States. The new law is the latest iteration of the ongoing new Cold War against China, dubbing Tiktok a “foreign adversary controlled application.” This law is part of a larger USD 95 billion foreign aid package to further US imperialist involvement around the globe, sending billions of dollars to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Combined, the legislation passed in ..read more

Two hundred days have passed since Israel began its latest aggression against Gaza, killing more than 34,200 people. As the Israeli armed forces prepare for a ground invasion of Rafah, they continue to devastate the healthcare landscape in the regions north of the area. Most recently, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) finally vacated Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after occupying the area for weeks. Similar to Al-Shifa Hospital, Nasser was one of the most important health centers providing care and shelter throughout the war. Similar to Al-Shifa, after the IOF left the hospital grounds, Pales ..read more

Columbia University students who are part of the Gaza solidarity encampment have raised the alarm that during negotiations, the university administration threatened to call in the National Guard to evacuate the camp. The threat from Columbia’s administration comes on the seventh day of the encampment of hundreds of students who are demanding that the university divest all finances, from corporations that profit in any way shape or form from Israeli genocide and cut academic ties with Israeli institutions. The Columbia encampment already withstood a violent eviction at the hands of the New York ..read more