Welcome to our new series, Voices of Dilemmas, where we bring you key perspectives and debates from different organizations, leaders, and intellectuals trying to find new paths towards socialism as part of the Dilemmas of Humanity process.
In the first article of this series, Blanca Eekhout, a lawmaker of the National Assembly of Venezuela and the president of the Commission on Building Communes, writes about the path of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela.
"The Bolivarian Revolution continues to exist despite relentless imperialist aggression. It has faced over 900 coercive measures, assassination attempts, an attempted invasion coordinated by mercenary gangs, criminal actions and terrorist actions such as the guarimbas — in short, all manner of terrible things.
It has been terrible, but in spite of the thousands of adverse circumstances we have faced, we have been building something extraordinary and this has never stopped. This is the construction of a new power, a different power, people’s power."
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/blanca-eekhout-venezuelas-experience-of-building-democracy-under-siege/
In the first article of this series, Blanca Eekhout, a lawmaker of the National Assembly of Venezuela and the president of the Commission on Building Communes, writes about the path of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela.
"The Bolivarian Revolution continues to exist despite relentless imperialist aggression. It has faced over 900 coercive measures, assassination attempts, an attempted invasion coordinated by mercenary gangs, criminal actions and terrorist actions such as the guarimbas — in short, all manner of terrible things.
It has been terrible, but in spite of the thousands of adverse circumstances we have faced, we have been building something extraordinary and this has never stopped. This is the construction of a new power, a different power, people’s power."
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/blanca-eekhout-venezuelas-experience-of-building-democracy-under-siege/
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Blanca Eekhout: Venezuela’s experience of building democracy under siege : Peoples Dispatch
The Bolivarian Revolution, in its 24 years of existence, has built a new form of popular and democratic construction, all the while resisting constant attacks by the empire
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The BRICS is expanding!
In January 2024, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are set to join the South-South cooperation initiative.
In January 2024, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are set to join the South-South cooperation initiative.
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On Sunday, August 20, the people of Ecuador voted on a historic decision to leave oil and mining resources on the ground and preserve two iconic megadiverse spaces of the South American country.
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🇿🇦 Hundreds of people, including shack-dwellers, trade unionists, pan-Africanists and rights activists, commemorated Lindokuhle Mnguni, a leader of South Africa’s militant shack-dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), a year after his assassination on August 20, 2022.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/a-year-after-the-assassination-of-its-leaders-south-africas-abahlali-basemjondolo-continues-to-advance/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/a-year-after-the-assassination-of-its-leaders-south-africas-abahlali-basemjondolo-continues-to-advance/
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A year after the assassination of its leaders, South Africa's Abahlali baseMjondolo continues to advance : Peoples Dispatch
Lindokuhle Mnguni, the chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo’s eKhenana commune was killed in August last year, only months after the murder of its deputy chairperson Ayanda Ngila, and the witness of his murder, Nokuthula Mabaso
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We bring you some of the highlights of the XV BRICS summit that just concluded in South Africa. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke about the importance of cooperation and partnership, and the perils of the Cold War Mentality.
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Social movement organizers and leaders from across the US will gather in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 2, for the International People’s Assembly-North America conference titled “Dilemmas of Humanity: A Socialist Horizon”.
This conference will take place in the context of dire financial hardships for the people of the US. The US Census reports that out of over 230 million people surveyed, nearly 70% struggle to pay basic weekly living expenses. Wage stagnation has plagued the US working class since the inauguration of the neoliberal era in the early 1970s, and workers today are still enduring poor working conditions brought about by deindustrialization and the decimation of unionized labor.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/25/organizers-to-converge-in-atlanta-georgia-to-discuss-what-will-a-new-society-run-by-workers-look-like/
This conference will take place in the context of dire financial hardships for the people of the US. The US Census reports that out of over 230 million people surveyed, nearly 70% struggle to pay basic weekly living expenses. Wage stagnation has plagued the US working class since the inauguration of the neoliberal era in the early 1970s, and workers today are still enduring poor working conditions brought about by deindustrialization and the decimation of unionized labor.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/25/organizers-to-converge-in-atlanta-georgia-to-discuss-what-will-a-new-society-run-by-workers-look-like/
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Organizers to converge in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss “What will a new society run by workers look like?” : Peoples Dispatch
Despite human rights violations, precarious conditions, wage stagnation, and more, the people of the US continue to dream of a better future
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🇱🇾 Libya is experiencing more political turmoil with rare popular demonstrations witnessed in different parts of the country on Sunday, August 27, following reports that the Tripoli-based Government of Nation Unity (GNU) was attempting to normalize relations with Israel.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/28/protests-break-out-in-libya-over-rumors-of-normalization-with-israel/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/28/protests-break-out-in-libya-over-rumors-of-normalization-with-israel/
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Protests break out in Libya over rumors of normalization with Israel : Peoples Dispatch
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has stated that he met Najla Mangoush, the foreign minister in one of Libya’s two rival governments, in Italy last week. However, Mangoush denied that the meeting had anything to do with so-called normalization of ties with…
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Fires that began on August 8 have devastated the landscape of Maui, Hawaii, taking the lives of at least 115 people and leaving thousands displaced and thousands of residences burned to the ground.
Native Hawaiians, who are already the most impoverished populations in Hawaii and are falling victim to rapid gentrification, are expected to be hit the hardest by the long and short-term effects of the fires. To add insult to injury, a group of Native Hawaiian farmers are witnessing a coordinated attempt by the government and land developers to shift the blame of the fires away from the root causes of colonialism, and on to Indigenous water rights.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/28/several-weeks-after-devastating-wildfires-native-hawaiian-farmers-resist-attempt-to-shift-blame/
Native Hawaiians, who are already the most impoverished populations in Hawaii and are falling victim to rapid gentrification, are expected to be hit the hardest by the long and short-term effects of the fires. To add insult to injury, a group of Native Hawaiian farmers are witnessing a coordinated attempt by the government and land developers to shift the blame of the fires away from the root causes of colonialism, and on to Indigenous water rights.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/28/several-weeks-after-devastating-wildfires-native-hawaiian-farmers-resist-attempt-to-shift-blame/
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Several weeks after devastating wildfires, Native Hawaiian farmers resist attempt to shift blame : Peoples Dispatch
The ultra-right and the government have seized a narrative that implies that Indigenous sovereignty and water rights are to blame for the Maui wildfires
Missed the show Friday? Check out your favorite show Give The People What They Want! as a podcast.
This week Vijay Prashad, Prasanth R & Zoe Alexandra talked mainly about the BRICS Summit.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peoples-dispatch/episodes/Give-The-People-What-They-Want--BRICS-summit--Updates-from-Niger-e28kgju/a-aa9o225
This week Vijay Prashad, Prasanth R & Zoe Alexandra talked mainly about the BRICS Summit.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peoples-dispatch/episodes/Give-The-People-What-They-Want--BRICS-summit--Updates-from-Niger-e28kgju/a-aa9o225
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🇨🇺 In his latest article, Luis De Jesus Reyes of Claridad Puerto Rico, writes on how the Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío criticized the Biden administration on its lack of political will to improve the relations with the island.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/30/us-unwilling-to-improve-relations-with-cuba/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/30/us-unwilling-to-improve-relations-with-cuba/
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US "Unwilling" to improve relations with Cuba : Peoples Dispatch
In an interview with US outlet MSNBC, Cuban official Carlos Fernández de Cossío criticized the inaction by the Biden administration to improve relations between the two countries
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🇵🇸 Israeli occupation forces killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy at a train station in the Bab al-Amoud area of occupied East Jerusalem by shooting him at point blank range on Wednesday, August 30.
According to eyewitnesses, Khaled Samer al-Zaneen was first assaulted by illegal settlers. He was then shot by the Israeli forces who were called on the scene by the people who assaulted and left him to bleed on the ground.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/31/palestinian-minor-shot-dead-by-israeli-occupation-forces-in-occupied-jerusalem/
According to eyewitnesses, Khaled Samer al-Zaneen was first assaulted by illegal settlers. He was then shot by the Israeli forces who were called on the scene by the people who assaulted and left him to bleed on the ground.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/31/palestinian-minor-shot-dead-by-israeli-occupation-forces-in-occupied-jerusalem/
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Palestinian minor shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in occupied Jerusalem : Peoples Dispatch
The Israeli occupation has already killed over 35 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem this year, and is keeping over 165 Palestinian minors in prison
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On your weekly round-up of working-class news, Vijay Prashad, Zoe Alexandra and Prasanth R, will talk about what's going on in Gabon, among many other stories.
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On your weekly round-up of working-class news, Vijay Prashad, Zoe Alexandra and Prasanth R, will talk about what's going on in Gabon, among many other stories.
👉https://www.youtube.com/live/JUdCCgwvjtg?si=K5hEuTvenR7gSILQ
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The Latin America and Caribbean Dilemmas of Humanity conference will take place in the Chilean capital from September 2-4. The conference seeks to provoke debate and discussion about building socialism and finding solutions to address the major crises generated by capitalism.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/01/50-years-after-the-coup-against-allende-movements-and-intellectuals-converge-in-chile-to-discuss-building-socialism-in-latin-america/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/01/50-years-after-the-coup-against-allende-movements-and-intellectuals-converge-in-chile-to-discuss-building-socialism-in-latin-america/
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50 years after the coup against Allende, movements and intellectuals converge in Chile to discuss building socialism in Latin America…
The Latin America and Caribbean Dilemmas of Humanity conference will take place in the Chilean capital from September 2-4. The conference seeks to provoke debate and discussion about building socialism and finding solutions to address the major crises generated…
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🇨🇺 US-based airline JetBlue announced that it has suspended all flights to Cuba, effective September 17.
“Demand for travel to the island has been significantly affected by changes to the regulatory landscape and restrictions on our customers’ ability to enter Cuba,” stated the airline. “We look forward to resuming our service to Havana and continuing to pursue opportunities within Cuba should travel become more accessible in the future.”https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/01/jetblue-suspends-all-flights-to-cuba/
“Demand for travel to the island has been significantly affected by changes to the regulatory landscape and restrictions on our customers’ ability to enter Cuba,” stated the airline. “We look forward to resuming our service to Havana and continuing to pursue opportunities within Cuba should travel become more accessible in the future.”https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/01/jetblue-suspends-all-flights-to-cuba/
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JetBlue suspends all flights to Cuba : Peoples Dispatch
JetBlue, which became the first US airline in 50 years to fly direct to Cuba in 2016, is suspending all flights to the island due to “changes to the regulatory landscape”
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Eugene Puryear, journalist with BreakThrough News and a founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, spoke at the Socialist Horizon Conference in Atlanta, Georgia about what a society run by workers would look like. “Everyone would have the right to control their own workday, workers would control their own workplace,” he says.
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The debate on the position of Latin America and the Caribbean within the global context was central on the first day of the Regional Dilemmas of Humanity Conference, which seeks to be “a platform for discussion and consensus…on the urgent strategies to overcome the civilizational crisis we are currently going through, and to build socialism as our emancipatory horizon.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/03/imperialism-has-nothing-to-offer-us-only-threats-dilemmas-of-humanity-conference-in-santiago/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/03/imperialism-has-nothing-to-offer-us-only-threats-dilemmas-of-humanity-conference-in-santiago/
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“Imperialism has nothing to offer us, only threats:” Dilemmas of Humanity conference in Santiago : Peoples Dispatch
Over 230 representatives of social movements, trade unions, and left parties from 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are taking part in the Regional Dilemmas of Humanity Conference in Chile. The conference opened with a call for socialist solutions…
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This week Vijayprashad Prasad, Prasanth R & Zoe Alexandra discussed about what's happening in Gabon and West Africa, among many other working-class news.
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This week Vijayprashad Prasad, Prasanth R & Zoe Alexandra discussed about what's happening in Gabon and West Africa, among many other working-class news.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peoples-dispatch/episodes/Give-The-People-What-They-Want--Coup-in-Gabon--Imran-Khans-political-future-e28svtt/a-aaaipa3
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we commemorate the Little Rock Nine - a group of nine African American students who courageously enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
On September 4, 1957, the governor of Arkansas ordered the deployment of the Arkansas National Guard to "preserve the peace" and prevent Black students from entering the school. The governor claimed that there was an "imminent danger of tumult, riot, and breach of peace" due to the integration. A mob of white segregationists was also present and prevented the Black students' entry.
On September 23, 1957, President Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10730 to federalize the Arkansas National Guard and deploy them to support the integration as they protected African American students.
On September 4, 1957, the governor of Arkansas ordered the deployment of the Arkansas National Guard to "preserve the peace" and prevent Black students from entering the school. The governor claimed that there was an "imminent danger of tumult, riot, and breach of peace" due to the integration. A mob of white segregationists was also present and prevented the Black students' entry.
On September 23, 1957, President Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10730 to federalize the Arkansas National Guard and deploy them to support the integration as they protected African American students.
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