The Regional Latin America and Caribbean Dilemmas of Humanity conference just wrapped up in Santiago de Chile.
Over 200 representatives of people's movements, trade unions, and left groups, as well as intellectuals and artists, engaged in debate and exchanged ideas about the necessary task of building socialism in the region.
Here, in collaboration with Argmediosok, Barricada Tv, Brasil de Fato & El Grito del Sur we share some of the highlights.
Over 200 representatives of people's movements, trade unions, and left groups, as well as intellectuals and artists, engaged in debate and exchanged ideas about the necessary task of building socialism in the region.
Here, in collaboration with Argmediosok, Barricada Tv, Brasil de Fato & El Grito del Sur we share some of the highlights.
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Today, we have a new episode of Give The People What They Want!
Vijay Prashad, Prasanth R and Zoe Alexandra will talk about the 50th anniversary of the coup against Allende in Chile, among many other stories.
https://youtube.com/live/vRnwYAR0oxw
Vijay Prashad, Prasanth R and Zoe Alexandra will talk about the 50th anniversary of the coup against Allende in Chile, among many other stories.
https://youtube.com/live/vRnwYAR0oxw
🇳🇬 The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) of Nigeria has dismissed all petitions challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the elections held on February 25.
The presidential election saw a record low voter turnout of only 29% of the total 93.4 million eligible voters.https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/08/nigerian-bola-tinubu-weathers-challenge-to-electoral-victory-but-faces-resistance-from-labor/
The presidential election saw a record low voter turnout of only 29% of the total 93.4 million eligible voters.https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/08/nigerian-bola-tinubu-weathers-challenge-to-electoral-victory-but-faces-resistance-from-labor/
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Nigerian Bola Tinubu weathers challenge to electoral victory but faces resistance from labor : Peoples Dispatch
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has dismissed all petitions filed by the opposition challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 polls. The ruling was issued in the midst of a two-day strike organized by the Nigeria…
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300 visionaries including organizers, community leaders, and workers met in the Dilemmas of Humanity: A Socialist Horizon conference in Atlanta to discuss how the existing social movements in the US can seize the energy of the class struggle to stand with the masses of people and drive revolutionary change.
Manolo De Los Santos, co-executive director of the People’s Forum in New York City and researcher at the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, outlines six fundamental conclusions emerging from these discussions.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/08/manolo-de-los-santos-a-socialist-horizon-is-where-the-impossible-meets-the-possible/
Manolo De Los Santos, co-executive director of the People’s Forum in New York City and researcher at the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, outlines six fundamental conclusions emerging from these discussions.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/08/manolo-de-los-santos-a-socialist-horizon-is-where-the-impossible-meets-the-possible/
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Manolo De Los Santos: A socialist horizon is where the impossible meets the possible : Peoples Dispatch
The People’s Forum co-executive director reflects on the future of class struggle in the US and across the globe
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🇨🇱 In their latest article, Taroa Zúñiga Silva and Vijay Prashad spoke to the Communist Party’s General Secretary Lautaro Carmona about, among other things, the need in Chile for a communist path, what has happened in the 50 years since the coup against Allende and the attack on communism by the right-wing.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/08/chile-needs-a-communist-party-an-interview-with-lautaro-carmona-general-secretary-of-the-communist-party-of-chile/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/08/chile-needs-a-communist-party-an-interview-with-lautaro-carmona-general-secretary-of-the-communist-party-of-chile/
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"Chile needs a communist party," an interview with Lautaro Carmona, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile : Peoples…
Carmona reflects on the political situation in Chile amid increased right-wing attacks, the death of the CP's president, and the 50th anniversary of the coup against Salvador Allende
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#PeoplesHistory | This is among the last pictures of the socialist President of Chile, Salvador Allende, taken 50 years ago.
This picture is when Allende was assessing the situation and preparing the defense of La Moneda presidential palace, on September 11, 1973, as the CIA-backed coup was underway to overthrow his government. Allende was killed and the coup installed a decades-long bloody dictatorship that imprisoned, tortured, killed and disappeared thousands of mainly working-class, leftist and progressive people.
This picture is when Allende was assessing the situation and preparing the defense of La Moneda presidential palace, on September 11, 1973, as the CIA-backed coup was underway to overthrow his government. Allende was killed and the coup installed a decades-long bloody dictatorship that imprisoned, tortured, killed and disappeared thousands of mainly working-class, leftist and progressive people.
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This is the last speech of Chilean Socialist President Salvador Allende. Allende spoke to the people through Radio Magallanes as the CIA-backed coup was underway. He pledged that he would not resign and would give his life to repay the support of the working class.
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The women of Chile remember and say NEVER AGAIN!
Hundreds of thousands of women mobilized in Santiago, Chile's capital, on the eve of the 50th anniversary against the socialist government of Salvador Allende to repudiate the atrocities of the Pinochet dictatorship. Marches of family members, social movements, and left and progressive organizations were also taken out on Sept 10 and 11 in Chile's capital.
Hundreds of thousands of women mobilized in Santiago, Chile's capital, on the eve of the 50th anniversary against the socialist government of Salvador Allende to repudiate the atrocities of the Pinochet dictatorship. Marches of family members, social movements, and left and progressive organizations were also taken out on Sept 10 and 11 in Chile's capital.
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Happy birthday to The People’s Forum, which was founded in New York City on September 9, 2018, as a “movement incubator” to unite working class movements in the US and abroad.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/11/socialist-movement-incubator-celebrates-five-year-anniversary-in-the-heart-of-nyc/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/11/socialist-movement-incubator-celebrates-five-year-anniversary-in-the-heart-of-nyc/
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Socialist “movement incubator” celebrates five year anniversary in the heart of NYC : Peoples Dispatch
The People’s Forum commemorates five years of building the socialist movement in the United States and internationally
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🇳🇪 Questioning the “sincerity” of France’s comments about the withdrawal of its troops from Niger, the transitional military government, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), has accused the former colonizer of mobilizing for war.
CNSP spokesperson Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane said on September 9 that a “hundred or so rotations of [French] military cargo planes unloaded large quantities of war material and equipment” in multiple member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/12/nigers-government-accuses-france-of-mobilizing-for-war-after-discussing-troop-withdrawal/
CNSP spokesperson Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane said on September 9 that a “hundred or so rotations of [French] military cargo planes unloaded large quantities of war material and equipment” in multiple member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/12/nigers-government-accuses-france-of-mobilizing-for-war-after-discussing-troop-withdrawal/
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Niger’s government accuses France of mobilizing for war after discussing troop withdrawal : Peoples Dispatch
The commander of French forces in the Sahel has discussed disengagement from Niger, yet Macron has refused to withdraw troops, whose continued presence in Niger was deemed ‘illegal’
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#PeopleHistory | Today, we remember Steve Biko, the South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who fought to build political consciousness among Black South Africans.
Biko was the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement and emphasized the importance of Black South Africans achieving psychological liberation and self-reliance in order to bring about fundamental change in the country. His contributions were a key part of the movement that would eventually end the Apartheid regime in his country.
Biko suffered constant political persecution and was tortured to death by the Apartheid security forces after violating the travel ban against him. He died from brain injuries after being beaten by several members of the police during an "interrogation."
Biko was the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement and emphasized the importance of Black South Africans achieving psychological liberation and self-reliance in order to bring about fundamental change in the country. His contributions were a key part of the movement that would eventually end the Apartheid regime in his country.
Biko suffered constant political persecution and was tortured to death by the Apartheid security forces after violating the travel ban against him. He died from brain injuries after being beaten by several members of the police during an "interrogation."
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At midnight on Thursday, the master contract for 144,000 US autoworkers employed at the three largest car manufacturers (General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis) will expire.
Workers have been preparing for months for this moment, using the UPS Teamsters’ historic contract win as inspiration. The United Auto Workers, which represents the 144,000 workers employed at the “Big Three” automakers, has organized grassroots actions such as practice pickets.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/12/in-two-days-144000-us-autoworkers-workers-are-set-to-strike/
Workers have been preparing for months for this moment, using the UPS Teamsters’ historic contract win as inspiration. The United Auto Workers, which represents the 144,000 workers employed at the “Big Three” automakers, has organized grassroots actions such as practice pickets.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/12/in-two-days-144000-us-autoworkers-workers-are-set-to-strike/
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In two days, 144,000 US autoworkers workers are set to strike : Peoples Dispatch
The master contract for 144,000 unionized workers expires on September 14. Workers are ready to strike the three largest automakers in the nation
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Palestinian human rights organizations have denounced that a female Palestinian prisoner was subjected to brutal torture by the Israeli prison authorities while in custody.
The Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-prisoners Affairs Commission on Monday said that 41-year-old Fatima Amarneh, who hails from Jenin, told her lawyer that Israeli soldiers had beaten her until she lost consciousness while arresting her.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/12/female-palestinian-prisoner-allegedly-tortured-by-israeli-authorities/
The Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-prisoners Affairs Commission on Monday said that 41-year-old Fatima Amarneh, who hails from Jenin, told her lawyer that Israeli soldiers had beaten her until she lost consciousness while arresting her.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/12/female-palestinian-prisoner-allegedly-tortured-by-israeli-authorities/
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Female Palestinian prisoner allegedly tortured by Israeli authorities : Peoples Dispatch
Fatima Amarneh was arrested on September 4 after being accused of attempting to stab an Israeli soldier. She has allegedly been subjected to repeated abuse and torture by the Israeli police and prison officials
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🇨🇱 Tens of thousands of people gathered with candles at the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile on the night of September 11 to honor the victims of the military dictatorship that was installed on September 11, 1973 with the coup against the government of Salvador Allende.
This year marks 50 years since the coup against the Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende. Local and national authorities in Chile, as well as social and progressive movements and organizations, have organized an array of activities to commemorate the crime.https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/13/allende-lives/
This year marks 50 years since the coup against the Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende. Local and national authorities in Chile, as well as social and progressive movements and organizations, have organized an array of activities to commemorate the crime.https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/13/allende-lives/
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Allende lives : Peoples Dispatch
A series of activities have been organized over the past week in honor of the 50th anniversary of the coup d’état against then Chilean President Salvador Allende
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