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![A demonstration against right-wing extremism and the AfD marches through the city center in Bremen, Germany, on February 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1977486601-400x300.jpg)
Over 200,000 Protest in Berlin Against Rise of German Far Right Party
Alternative for Germany (AfD) was soaring in opinion polls ahead of three major regional elections in eastern Germany.
![Mourners attend a funeral procession in Sanaa, Yemen, for victims of an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/2019_0409-yemen-airstrike-400x300.jpg)
Trump Puts Iran in His Crosshairs as Yemen Bleeds
Trump is provoking Iran as Congress reasserts its war authority.
![U.S. Marines conduct training operations in Jordan, April 24, 2018. Research has shown that using war to address terror tactics is a fruitless approach.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/02/2019_0219-map-400x300.jpg)
US “Counterterror” Missions Target 40 Percent of the Planet
Research has shown that using war to address terror tactics is a fruitless approach.
![Thousands of students demonstrate in Guatamala City against President Jimmy Morales, September 20, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/01/2019_0120-gu-400x300.jpg)
Guatemalan President Bans Corruption Investigation Into His Government
The showdown between President Jimmy Morales and the Guatemalan courts has plunged the country into crisis.
![A posthumous mural of Dessalines, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/09/Jean-Jacques-Dessalines-400x300.jpg)
Haiti’s Founding Father’s Black Revolution Was Too Radical for Thomas Jefferson
When Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti’s independence in 1804, he became the Americas' first black head of state.
![Left Party members stage protest against BJP Government to condemn the arrest of social activists at Azad Maidan, on September 1, 2018, in Mumbai, India.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/09/GettyImages-1026150698-1-400x300.jpg)
Modi’s Attack on Left-Leaning Intellectuals Threatens India’s Democracy
The Modi regime, since its ascendance, has worked to polarize India along fault lines of religion, caste and creed.
![Vietnamese protesters shout slogans against a proposal to grant companies lengthy land leases during a demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-970701912-400x300.jpg)
Mass Protests Sweep Vietnam for the First Time in Decades
Tens of thousands took to the streets to protest bills on cyber security and new special economic zones.
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Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other
They couldn't be more different!
![A busy street in Mexico City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2018_0526mexico-400x300.jpg)
Mexico’s Color Line and the Cultural Imperialism of Light-Skin Preference
Mexico's color bias is a result of its de-Indigenization.
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“Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible!”: How the Events of 1968 Transformed French Society
What happened across the world in May 1968 was the decade's most significant political development.