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Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
๐ณ๏ธ This Election Day, VOTE SOCIALIST!
Do you live in Ohio, Massachusetts, or the Bronx and want to cast your vote for a working-class candidate who is committed to ending war, ICE terror, and the attacks on working people? Then VOTE SOCIALIST!
Elections are not the final destination. But they provide working class parties like ours the chance to directly contrast our program to that of the capitalist parties and prove how socialism is capable of meeting the scale of problems facing the majority of working people today.
โก๏ธ If youโre ready to ditch the two party system and join us in the fight for a socialist future register for the PSL Action Network today at PSLWeb.org/action!
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
Cuba is not a threat, the U.S. blockade is! The world votes to end the genocidal blockade on Cuba โฌ๏ธ
Yes (130): ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ง๐ธ๐ง๐ฉ๐ง๐ง๐ง๐พ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ฟ๐ง๐ฏ๐ง๐น๐ง๐ผ๐ง๐ท๐ง๐ณ๐ง๐ซ๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ป๐ฐ๐ญ๐จ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐น๐ฉ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐บ๐จ๐พ๐ฐ๐ต๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐ท๐ธ๐ฟ๐ช๐น๐ซ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ง๐ฑ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ท๐ฑ๐พ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฒ๐พ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ท๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ณ๐ต๐ณ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ต๐น๐ท๐บ๐ท๐ผ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ป๐จ๐ผ๐ธ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ธ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ณ๐ท๐ธ๐ธ๐จ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ธ๐ช๐ธ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ท๐ธ๐ช๐จ๐ญ๐น๐ญ๐น๐ฑ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ด๐น๐ณ๐น๐ท๐น๐ฒ๐น๐ป๐บ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ง๐น๐ฟ๐บ๐พ๐บ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ป๐ณ๐พ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ
No (17): ๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ท๐ง๐ฆ๐จ๐ด๐จ๐ท๐จ๐ฟ๐ช๐จ๐ญ๐บ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐พ๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐บ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
BREAKING: Cubaโs UN delegation, led by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodrรญguez Parrilla, confronts US ambassador Mike Waltz during a debate on the US blockade.
The UN General Assembly will hold its 34th annual vote this week condemning the US blockade on Cuba. Cuban representatives have accused the Trump of threatening other countries to vote against the resolution.
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
Excited about a victory that transcends Brazil. It is a victory for those of us who believe in the sovereignty and dignity of all the peoples of the continent, and of the worldโฆ. And a defeat to the far right funded and oriented by Washington. Thank you, Brazil!!
โ Abrazos Solidarios ๐ง๐ท๐ง๐ท๐ง๐ท
Emocionada por uma vitรณria que transcende o Brasil. ร uma vitรณria para quem acredita na soberania e na dignidade de todos os povos do continente, e do mundoโฆ. E uma derrota para a extrema direita financiada e orientada por Washington. Obrigada, Brasil
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
One-year old Kohen Wiley is dead โ and his family will receive no justice. End the war on Black America!
Earlier this year, Senatobia Police Officer Hunter Foster fired into a vehicle while responding to an alleged shoplifting incident โ killing 1-year old Kohen Wiley. Yesterday, the Mississippi AG ruled the use of force was justified.
Kohen's mother and her friend were immediately targeted by police, despite no evidence of their involvement in the alleged theft. As they drove away, Foster opened fire into the vehicle. Police claim the vehicle was driving toward officers, but initial autopsy findings suggest Kohen was shot from the side, not the front. The alleged stolen items? Diapers and baby clothes. Items that any family needs to care for a child.
Kohenโs tragic murder is yet another reminder of the value of Black life under the racist, capitalist system. That retrieving baby clothes and diapers takes precedent over a precious 1-year-oldโs life makes clear the absolute corrupt nature of the system.
Kohen Wiley should be alive today. His family deserves justice โ not another official ruling excusing his murder. Justice for Kohen Wiley! End the war on Black America!
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
BREAKTHROUGH NEWS IS UNDER ATTACK AGAIN
MAGA members of Congress are individually threatening to subpoena me and my colleagues @ZoeAlexandra_ok and @radiofreeamanda to a deposition in Washington if we donโt forfeit our First Amendment rights.
Please read and support us, freedom of the press is at stake!
breakthroughnews.org/2026/10โฆ
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
We just received a new letter from House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith, which lists out the names of our reporters and editors, and then threatens to individually subpoena and depose each of them in Washington.
The journalists being targeted include Rania Khalek, Zoe Alexandra, and Amanda Yee.
Support us now at: breakthroughnews.org/congresโฆ
This is a blatant attempt to shut down BreakThrough News for editorial judgments and viewpoints the administration doesnโt like. Now theyโre taking things to another level.
In July, the House Committee issued subpoenas for our communications and financial records, smeared us in the press, and threatened our nonprofit status in an effort to intimidate and bankrupt us.
Because weโve held strong in defense of our First Amendment rights, they are now going after our journalists.
BT is an independent news organization, which takes no editorial direction from any outside force. All major donations have come from US organizations, using US financial institutions, and complying with all US laws. Weโre audited and file a complete tax return to the IRS every year, just like everyone else.
We will not let Congress silence us โ but we need your help to speak out against this attack on free speech and a free press. Sign our petition now, then donate to our outlet to help us protect our journalists.
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
๐จBREAKING: An ICE agent just shot a man in north Austin. The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment. His identity and condition are unknown at this time.
This is not an isolated incident: it's part of a broader pattern of ICE violence and killings. We saw what ICE did to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, and to Ruben Ray Martinez from San Antonio as he vacationed on South Padre Island. We cannot be silent as ICE is shooting and killing our neighbors!
We demand justice for this man and all victims of ICE terror! Arrest and jail the ICE agent responsible for this horrific crime. ICE OUT OF AUSTIN NOW! ICE OUT OF TEXAS!
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
PSL Statement: Trumpโs DOJ wants to criminalize anti-war activism as โfurthering the goalsโ of foreign powers
โก๏ธ Read more about this attack on the First Amendment:
liberationnews.org/psl-stateโฆ
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
Justice for Tierra Walker: a 37-year-old, pregnant Black woman killed by Texas' anti-abortion ban!
Tierra asked for an abortion because she believed she would not survive her pregnancy, as she dealt with complications from preeclampsia. She experienced seizures and soaring blood pressure, and was hospitalized during her pregnancy, but doctors refused to greenlight an abortion.
The blame for this is above all on the state of Texas and Ken Paxton. Since Texas implemented near-total abortion bans, maternal mortality has skyrocketed.
We cannot wait for the Democrats to save us. For years, they used the promise of codifying Roe to get votes without actually making moves to protect abortion. Since Roe's overturn, they have said almost nothing.
Justice for Tierra Walker means we don't wait for politicians to save us. The movement for abortion rights must be a fighting mass movement that engages all of working-class society.
We cannot wait for the far-right Texas state government to be voted out: it must be defeated through our collective struggle.
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
2 months ago, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE on his way to work. Today, 60 days later, the family and community continues to demand justice.
It is unconscionable that the names of Lorenzoโs murderers are being withheld to protect their safety when Lorenzoโs family will never see their beloved husband and father again. It is unconscionable that these agents continue to roam our streets. It is unconscionable that our city, with nearly a quarter of its residents born outside this country, continues to collaborate with ICE. But, the movement demanding justice for Lorenzo is not deterred.
Everyday since July 7, the community has been in motion. Vigils, protests, benefit shows, disruptions, and more filled the pages of every local and many national papers. Many thousands of people, some for the very first time, have been brought into struggle after seeing the true nature of this racist, capitalist system. We have fought for 2 months and we are prepared to fight for many more until our demands are met!
๐ฅJustice for Lorenzo!
๐ฅProsecute the killer agents!
๐ฅEnd all HPD<>ICE collaboration!
๐ฅEnd Flock surveillance!
๐ฅShut down ICE detention centers!
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
"They've tried to paint anyone who pushes back and calls them out as a domestic terrorist. But I'm really just a father who lost his son and wants to see justice."
Keith Porter Sr. joined hundreds at the Defensa Del Pueblo Summit to speak out against ICE and police terror inflicted on our communities.
Brian Palacios, the ICE agent who murdered Keith Porter Jr. on New Years Eve earlier this year, was reassigned to the Ventura County office. We demand he be immediately fired, tried and convicted! Justice for Keith Porter Jr and all victims of ICE!
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
The USS Abraham Lincoln just docked in Pattaya, Thailand โ one of the worldโs most famous sex tourism hotspots โ for a โrest and relaxationโ stopover.
And Pattayaโs sex tourism industry didnโt emerge out of nowhere: The city was built into a major US military R&R destination during the Vietnam War.
@raniakhalek and @ZoeAlexandra_ok unpack the longstanding, documented links between US troops abroad and sexual violence against women in countries like Thailand, the Philippines, Korea and Colombia.
They also respond to Fox News' Jesse Watters's jokes about the "wild animals" that would be created by the Pentagon's push to put troops on testosterone in July, including his warning that women on base and in port cities should "watch out" โ treating the US military's culture of the sexual assault as a punchline.
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
"Israel did the same thing to Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees."
WATCH BT's Editor-in-Chief Ben Becker break down the racist roots of the US's third-country deportation policy: breakthroughnews.org/2026/09โฆ
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
I make revolution, therefore I exist, therefore we exist." โ Renรฉ Depestre at the 1968 Cultural Congress of Havana.
Why culture remains a decisive front in the anti-imperialist struggle, via @Tricontinentalโs latest dossier:
๐ thetricontinental.org/dossieโฆ
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
To understand capitalismโs origins, we must look beyond Europeโs factories and Enlightenment myths to the plantations, ports, refineries, and financial networks built through genocide, colonial loot, and the trade in enslaved people. Learn more:
thetricontinental.org/study-โฆ
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
Against the False Symmetry of the Scissors: An Open Letter While Iran Resists An Illegal War of Aggression. My response to the letter in the Guardian, published at the International Peoples Assembly (@peoplesassembl_) website,
ipa-aip.org/2026/08/22/againโฆ
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
๐จBREAKING โ TEXAS ICE DETAINEES ON HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST INHUMANE CONDITIONSย
Detainees at the Limestone County ICE facility in Groesbeck, TX report deplorable conditions including worm-infested food and systematic denial of basic medical care. In a demonstration of resilience, detainees have begun a hunger strike to protest their mistreatment.ย
The detention center, located 40 miles east of Waco, was sold by the county to LaSalle Corrections in 2020. Since then, the company has made hundreds of millions every year off the detention and mistreatment of our immigrant neighbors - notorious for committing human rights abuses in its facilities in Louisiana and Texas, and using a vast network of shell companies to avoid accountability.ย
While working people everywhere continue to struggle to afford rent and healthcare, our government continues to funnel money into the coffers of private prison companies like LaSalle, GEO Group, and CoreCivic.ย
Stop mass detentions! ICE off our streets!
Vivek Venkatraman retweeted
Zionism is the great evil of our time.
The israelis killed this little Palestinian girl for fun, as she filmed herself live on air on her phone in a makeshift tent in Gaza | from @Abu_Salah9