#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember the German Marxist and feminist activist Clara Zetkin.
In 1910, at the International Socialist Women’s Conference, she proposed the celebration of an annual International Working Women’s Day, a commemoration that continues to this day.
For Zetkin, the issue of integrating women’s struggle with the communist movement was paramount. She debated about it at length with Vladimir Lenin, and theorized topics from sexual freedom and marriage, to the organization of the women's movement within communism.
In 1910, at the International Socialist Women’s Conference, she proposed the celebration of an annual International Working Women’s Day, a commemoration that continues to this day.
For Zetkin, the issue of integrating women’s struggle with the communist movement was paramount. She debated about it at length with Vladimir Lenin, and theorized topics from sexual freedom and marriage, to the organization of the women's movement within communism.
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Every June 21, on the June solstice, the people of the Andes celebrate the Inti Raymi or the Sun Festival, an Incan tradition to celebrate the Sun and the Pachamama (Mother Earth). Today, it is also a symbol of the ongoing resistance of Indigenous communities against centuries of colonization and oppression. The term "Inti" in Quechua refers to the Sun and "Raymi" to celebration.
In Peru, this year's Inti Raymi is being used as an occasion to raise the voices of the Indigenous people against the de facto coup government of Dina Boluarte and the injustices perpetrated by the security forces.
In Peru, this year's Inti Raymi is being used as an occasion to raise the voices of the Indigenous people against the de facto coup government of Dina Boluarte and the injustices perpetrated by the security forces.
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Daniel Ellsberg, who inspired the Vietnam generation of the 60s and 70s to bring the Pentagon Papers out into the world, has died of pancreatic cancer aged 92.
After he released the 7,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers in 1971, Henry Kissinger paid him the highest accolade, calling him “the most dangerous man in America who must be stopped at all costs.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/22/daniel-ellsberg-matters-more-than-ever-to-global-peace-movements/
After he released the 7,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers in 1971, Henry Kissinger paid him the highest accolade, calling him “the most dangerous man in America who must be stopped at all costs.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/22/daniel-ellsberg-matters-more-than-ever-to-global-peace-movements/
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Daniel Ellsberg matters more than ever to global peace movements : Peoples Dispatch
‘Pentagon Papers’ gave new life to a generation struggling against America’s war on Vietnam
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🇵🇸 Hundreds of Israeli settlers invaded several Palestinian villages and towns in the occupied West Bank for the second day in a row.
According to latest reports, the attacks caused widespread damage to Palestinian homes, property, agricultural lands and crops. Over 140 Palestinian cars and other vehicles were damaged, many of them completely burnt. At least 30 Palestinian-owned homes were also set on fire.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/22/israeli-settlers-attack-west-bank-villages-and-towns-for-second-day-one-palestinian-killed-and-over-35-injured/
According to latest reports, the attacks caused widespread damage to Palestinian homes, property, agricultural lands and crops. Over 140 Palestinian cars and other vehicles were damaged, many of them completely burnt. At least 30 Palestinian-owned homes were also set on fire.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/22/israeli-settlers-attack-west-bank-villages-and-towns-for-second-day-one-palestinian-killed-and-over-35-injured/
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Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages and towns for second day, one Palestinian killed and over 35 injured : Peoples Dispatch
The settler violence caused widespread damage to Palestinian property, with hundreds of cars and dozens of homes completely burnt
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