ICE’s cruelty thrives on silence, complicity, and business as usual. So it’s time to stop all three. Use this week’s workouts to denounce, disrupt, and defund ICE’s escalating war on our communities.

The U.S.’s attack on Venezuela, with its death toll of 100 military personnel and civilians and capture of President Nicolás Maduro, was an illegal assault on another nation’s sovereignty. Openly driven by Trump’s imperial ambitions and “Drill Baby Drill” agenda, the Trump administration says that the U.S. will control Venezuela indefinitely—a throwback to the US’s long and shameful imperial history in Latin America.

As 2025 winds to a close, much news continues to be terrible. For all those worldwide who have been touched by tragedy this year, big or small, our hearts are with you. With so many directions we could go in for this last MCW issue of the year, we wanted to take a moment for us to focus on the beauty and goodness still in this world. Fill your cup and nourish your community with kindness in this season.