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September 2025

Trump Says Israel Can ‘Finish The Job’ In Gaza If Hamas Rejects Latest Plan

September 30, 2025 Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. , , , , ,
President Donald Trump says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted the latest U.S.-backed “peace plan,” which is ostensibly aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza. Trump made the announcement during a joint press conference with Netanyahu, which followed a White House meeting between the two leaders. It’s Netanyahu’s fourth trip to Washington since Trump began his term in January. During the meeting, Trump facilitated an Oval Office phone call between Netanyahu and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, in which the Israeli leader apologized for the September 9 attack on Doha. Netanyahu expressed regret about the strikes and, specifically, “that, in targeting Hamas leadership during hostage negotiations, Israel violated Qatari sovereignty,” according to a White House readout of the phone call.

‘A Recipe For Igniting West Asia’: Palestinians React To Trump’s Plan

September 30, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , ,
Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza have condemned the “peace plan” introduced by US President Donald Trump on 29 September, calling it “vague” and accusing it of supporting Israeli aims to prolong the genocide in Gaza. “We will not accept any proposal that does not include the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and protection from massacres,” Hamas leader Mahmoud Mardawi declared, adding that Trump's announcement “is an attempt to stifle international momentum and recognition of the Palestinian state.” Qatari and Egyptian officials delivered the US-Israeli plan to Hamas’s negotiating team overnight, according to Al-Jazeera. The Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Ziad al-Nakhala, blasted the proposal, calling it "a US-Israeli agreement, reflecting Israel’s full stance.”

One Dead, Nearly 100 Arrested: Heavy Repression Of Protests In Ecuador

September 30, 2025 People's Dispatch. , , , , , , , ,
A week since protests began in Ecuador against the decision by Daniel Noboa’s right-wing government to eliminate the diesel subsidy, nearly 100 people have been detained and one person was killed by police repression. The nationwide protests kicked off after Marlon Vargas, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), Ecuador’s most important social movement, called on all sectors of society to take to the streets and reject the move by Noboa. On September 28, the news broke that 46-year-old worker Efraín Fueres died during the protests in Cotacachi, in the province of Imbabura. According to CONAIE, Fueres was killed by the military after being shot three times. “We demand truth, justice, and reparations. This state crime will not go unpunished. There is no turning back or forgiveness for state crimes,” CONAIE wrote on X.

Chris Hedges Report: It’s Time To Fight Back Against Trump’s Fascist Regime

September 30, 2025 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. , , , ,
Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, corporate critic and former presidential candidate, asks these questions to demonstrate how Americans often sell themselves short regarding their power as citizens. Nader, whose life-long mission has been to empower people to fight back against corrupt politicians and greedy corporate criminals, joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to continue to spread this message at a critical juncture in American politics. With Donald Trump’s increasing fascistic repression and an impending government shutdown, Nader offers a roadmap for how both government officials and ordinary people can fight back. His latest book, Citizen Self-Respect, serves as a call to action, arguing that Americans must not passively allow the Trump administration and corporate elites to consolidate their power.

Portland Stands Against Trump’s Threat To Deploy Troops To City

September 30, 2025 Holly Brown, Fight Back! News. , , , , ,
Portland, OR – On September 28, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Portland ICE facility to stand against Trump’s deployment of federal troops to Portland. The protest was called by Portland Contra Las Deportaciones (PDXCD) in collaboration with other groups such as Portland for Palestine, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization and PDX ICE Watch. The protest came a day after city officials convened a press conference at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Northeast Portland to reject the federal occupation, but they also called for a hands-off approach in resisting. “We are not going to take the bait,” said U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley during the press conference, “This is the ‘don’t take the bait’ press conference. Our responsibility is to yes, express our views, yes protest. But best done at a distance from these federal troops.”

Trump Continues US Violation Of UN Charter’s Limits On Use Of Force

September 30, 2025 Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. , , , , , ,
In his inflammatory September 23 speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Donald Trump expressed contempt for the UN, falsely claiming he had ended seven wars and stating, “I realized that the United Nations wasn’t there for us. I thought of it really after the fact … that being the case, what is the purpose of the United Nations?” If Trump studied history, he would know the answer to that question. Eighty years ago, after two world wars claimed millions of lives, nations around the world — including the United States — came together and established the UN system “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” The UN Charter requires that all states settle their disputes peacefully and refrain from the use of armed force except in self-defense under Article 51, after an armed attack against a UN state by another state, or when the Security Council authorizes it.

Venezuela Resistance Meeting In New York City Sets A New Tone

September 30, 2025 Sara Flounders and Tom Burke, Workers' World. , , , , ,
A packed Assembly Hall at the prestigious Riverside Church in Manhattan was draped in Venezuelan colors and flags of resistance on Thursday, September 25. The exciting solidarity event with Venezuela resounded with drumming and chants throughout the evening. A well-organized security ensured that the meeting went forth without disruption or interference. The September 25 event was a determined public meeting of forces who refuse to be silent in the face of President Trump’s violent military attacks on Venezuela and threatened repression of left forces in the U.S. The solidarity meeting with the Venezuelan delegation to the United Nations General Assembly High Level Session was the initiative of Dozthor Zurlent of the Simon Bolivar Institute and William Camacaro of Bolivarian Circle in New York.

Labor Signs On To Save Medicare

September 30, 2025 Rose Roach, Labor Notes. , , ,
In 1965, President Johnson signed Medicare into law, establishing the right to quality healthcare for millions of retired Americans. The labor movement was essential in passing this landmark legislation. It took decades of organizing—with labor working side by side with the Civil Rights and other social movements—to win one of the most robust public health programs in U.S. history. Now, Medicare is under attack: Profiteering corporations are promoting Medicare Advantage plans as an alternative to Medicare. But Medicare Advantage is not Medicare, it is a privatization scheme that funnels tax dollars through insurance companies to move enrollees into private insurance plans, undermining Medicare.

Trump Plan Accelerates Assault On Section 8 Housing

September 30, 2025 Alexis Sterling, Nation of Change. , , , , ,
The Trump administration is escalating its efforts to dismantle federal rental assistance, targeting the Housing Choice Voucher Program—commonly known as Section 8—through budget cuts, new eligibility requirements, and sweeping administrative directives. The changes could displace millions of households, including families with children, seniors, disabled tenants, and low-wage workers. The Housing Choice Voucher Program is the largest federal rental assistance initiative, serving approximately 2.3 million low-income households across the country. According to data cited by USAFacts, the program provides stable housing to 2.7 percent of U.S. residents. Nearly a quarter of those living in subsidized housing have a disability, 33 percent of households include minor children, 74 percent are headed by women, 41 percent are headed by people over the age of 62, and 66 percent are headed by people of color.

Financing Our Own Destruction

September 30, 2025 Rebecca Burns, In These Times. , , ,
Billionaire private equity executive Antonio Gracias has had a busy year. In March, as part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Gracias was sent in search of supposed fraud at the Social Security Administration. A few weeks later — at a rally with his longtime friend and then-head of DOGE, Elon Musk — Gracias claimed to have found it. Echoing a right-wing conspiracy theory, Gracias said an increase in Social Security numbers assigned to noncitizens looked like a move to ​“import voters.” In fact, eligible non-citizens are routinely assigned Social Security numbers as part of the federal work authorization process, but they cannot vote. Undocumented immigrants pay billions into Social Security each year but cannot receive benefits.

From Capital To Commons: A Review

September 30, 2025 Bernard Marszalek, Grassroots Economic Organizing. , , ,
Environmental news, paradoxically, approaches banality as every day a new horror finds resonance in the media we consume and which consumes us. These daily reports enervate us and lead to resignation. Is our passivity the intention? If we refuse to be immobilized, how do we find a route out of our misery? We don’t suffer from a lack of proffered paths for our “engagement.” A multiplicity of them pursue our attention, many illusory, and often provided as a service for a “slight fee.” In frustration, and as a kind of therapy, the most committed rush to clean a beach, while mostly we sign online petitions, or make donations to allay the futility we feel. The complexity of our ecological predicament, when we are methodically informed, clarifies matters.

Community Pledges To Pursue Remediation Of Red Hill Contamination

September 30, 2025 Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi - In a moment of reflection and commitment, community organizations, government leaders, and water protectors from all walks of life today launched a “Pledge to Our Wai, Pledge to Our Keiki,” in response to the ongoing contamination of Oʻahu’s primary drinking water aquifer, after it was catastrophically impacted by fuel spills from the U.S. Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in May and September of 2021. The pledge takes note of the ten years that have passed since a widely-criticized 2015 consent order was signed by the Navy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Hawaiʻi Department of Health, after a reported spill of 27,000 gallons from the Red Hill Facility; based on the demonstrated shortcomings of this document, the pledge recognizes the need for heightened and continual engagement in order to ensure transparency, truth, and action in the healing and protection of water on Oʻahu, and across the islands.

Chicagoland Under Attack, Residents Fight Back With Rapid Response Teams

September 29, 2025 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. , , , ,
On September 8, the Trump Administration launched 'Operation Midway Blitz to increase the number ICE raids on immigrant communities in Chicagoland. As director of the Casa DuPage Workers Center, Cristobal Cavazos, explains to Clearing the FOG, this initially led to widespread feelings of fear by residents, but organizers turned that into power by creating rapid response teams throughout the region to alert people when ICE comes to their neighborhoods and confront the ICE agents. The teams also do outreach and hand out Know Your Rights information to community members. A growing coalition of immigrants' rights, faith, and other groups is holding protests daily, including at the Broadview detention center, despite the officers attacking demonstrators with tear gas and rubber bullets. Cavazos describes how activists throughout the country are sharing information and resources and why it is critical to be in the streets right now.

What Fresh Hell Is This?

September 29, 2025 Craig Murray, Consortium News. , , , ,
Friday saw two announcements: Keir Starmer is to introduce compulsory digital ID cards in the U.K., and Tony Blair was put forward by the White House to be the colonial administrator of Gaza for five years. The political economy of the world appears locked in a vertiginous downward spiral. You don’t have to scratch very hard to find that Tony Blair’s hand is also behind the compulsory ID plan. He has been pushing it for nearly thirty years, and now it comes with added links to Larry Ellison, Palantir and Israel. The government will be able to garner and centralise knowledge of everything about you.

Iran Will ‘Never Seek To Build A Nuclear Bomb,’ Declares President

September 29, 2025 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. , , , , , ,
While addressing the 80th annual session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, September 24, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated his country’s resolve to not seek a nuclear weapon. Pezeshkian claimed that it is not the threat of sanctions or war but its religious conviction and the dictate of the country’s supreme leader which prevents Iran from developing nuclear bombs and any other kind of weapons of mass destruction. He questioned the countries accusing Iran of developing a nuclear bomb while they themselves possess the “largest nuclear arsenals” and have violated the provisions of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) through the years to make their weapons more deadly. Pezeshkian rejected the allegations as baseless and spurious, claiming Iran’s nuclear program has always been for peaceful purposes.
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