🇮🇳 Indian Police carried out a massive operation this morning targetting journalists and former employees of progressive media outlets Newsclick and Peoples Dispatch, as well as Tricontinental Research Services.
Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and administrator Amit Chakraborty have been arrested under the draconian anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). At least 500 police officers and intelligence agents participated in the operation.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/03/50-detained-over-100-homes-raided-in-sweeping-crackdown-on-press-freedom-in-india/
Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and administrator Amit Chakraborty have been arrested under the draconian anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). At least 500 police officers and intelligence agents participated in the operation.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/03/50-detained-over-100-homes-raided-in-sweeping-crackdown-on-press-freedom-in-india/
Peoples Dispatch
50 detained, over 100 homes raided in sweeping crackdown on press freedom in India : Peoples Dispatch
Indian authorities carried out mass raids and detentions under the guise of the draconian UAPA on the morning of October 3
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On October 4, 75,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in several US states are set to go on strike for three days following the breakdown of contract negotiations last week.
This size of strike is unprecedented in the healthcare field in the US. “We are in a healthcare staffing crisis, but Kaiser is unwilling to even meet with our bargaining team to discuss a wage proposal that would keep good healthcare workers at our facilities,” wrote SEIU-UHW. “That has never happened before in the 25 years of our partnership.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/03/biggest-health-worker-strike-in-us-history-to-begin-tomorrow/
This size of strike is unprecedented in the healthcare field in the US. “We are in a healthcare staffing crisis, but Kaiser is unwilling to even meet with our bargaining team to discuss a wage proposal that would keep good healthcare workers at our facilities,” wrote SEIU-UHW. “That has never happened before in the 25 years of our partnership.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/03/biggest-health-worker-strike-in-us-history-to-begin-tomorrow/
Peoples Dispatch
Biggest health worker strike in US history to begin tomorrow : Peoples Dispatch
75,000 healthcare workers across nonprofit Kaiser Permanente facilities will walk off the job tomorrow in an ongoing fight for safer staffing levels
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🇭🇹 On Monday, October 2 the United Nations Security Council voted to authorize a Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti, led by Kenya, to purportedly “fight street gangs.”
This deployment of foreign troops to Haiti is just the latest in a series of attempts on the part of Western powers spanning decades to subvert the country’s sovereignty and the popular will of the Haitian people.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/04/kenyan-political-leaders-decry-un-authorization-of-military-intervention-in-haiti/
This deployment of foreign troops to Haiti is just the latest in a series of attempts on the part of Western powers spanning decades to subvert the country’s sovereignty and the popular will of the Haitian people.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/04/kenyan-political-leaders-decry-un-authorization-of-military-intervention-in-haiti/
Peoples Dispatch
Kenyan political leaders decry UN authorization of military intervention in Haiti : Peoples Dispatch
A UN Security Council vote authorized the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to Haiti, a move seen by some Kenyans as a violation of sovereignty and part of the United States’ neo-colonial agenda.
The right-wing Modi government of India has escalated attacks on press freedom and human rights with the raids on journalists from Peoples Dispatch and Newsclick.
On October 3rd, at least 500 police officers and intelligence agents raided the homes of over 100 journalists, contractors, and former employees associated with the progressive news outlets Newsclick and Peoples Dispatch. The case was under the draconian UAPA law, and backed up with the baseless accusations made in an anti-China hit piece in the New York Times. These are the human casualties of McCarthyism.
On October 3rd, at least 500 police officers and intelligence agents raided the homes of over 100 journalists, contractors, and former employees associated with the progressive news outlets Newsclick and Peoples Dispatch. The case was under the draconian UAPA law, and backed up with the baseless accusations made in an anti-China hit piece in the New York Times. These are the human casualties of McCarthyism.
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On October 4, three days after federal student loan payments resumed for 44 million people in the US, President Joe Biden canceled USD 9 million, just 0.5% of the USD 1.6 trillion total federal student debt owed. Biden’s additional debt relief affected 125,000 student loan borrowers.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/04/after-student-loan-payments-resume-biden-cancels-0-5-of-total-federal-student-debt/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/04/after-student-loan-payments-resume-biden-cancels-0-5-of-total-federal-student-debt/
Peoples Dispatch
After student loan payments resume, Biden cancels 0.5% of total federal student debt : Peoples Dispatch
Student loan borrowers who have been calling for complete cancellation have denounced band aid solutions to debt crisis
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The coordinated repressive action was carried out as part of an investigation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, a draconian law which has been widely criticized by human rights organizations in India and internationally as it undermines civil liberties and rights.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/04/international-uproar-following-mass-raids-and-arrest-of-indian-journalists/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/04/international-uproar-following-mass-raids-and-arrest-of-indian-journalists/
Peoples Dispatch
International uproar following mass raids and arrest of Indian journalists
There has been an outpouring of solidarity following the raid and arrest of journalists in India, who have been targeted as a result of baseless accusations published in the New York Times
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#PeoplesHistory | Today we remember Miguel Enríquez, the Chilean revolutionary physician, politician and founder of the Chilean Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR). Enríquez was killed by the US-backed Pinochet military dictatorship in 1974.
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Protests have been organized from Kerala to New York City to reject the right-wing government crackdown on Indian journalists on October 3. They also demand the immediate release of Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakraborty.
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Over 230 journalists, political leaders, artists, academics, and progressive activists have signed an open letter repudiating the repression of Indian authorities against over 100 journalists affiliated with Indian leftist outlet Newsclick, international outlet Peoples Dispatch, and Tricontinental Research Services,
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/06/230-journalists-political-leaders-artists-and-academics-sign-statement-in-support-of-newsclick/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/06/230-journalists-political-leaders-artists-and-academics-sign-statement-in-support-of-newsclick/
Peoples Dispatch
430+ journalists, political leaders, artists, and academics sign statement in support of Newsclick
Days after the mass raids on journalists in India, personalities from over 30 countries reject the attack on press freedom and call for the immediate release of those detained
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Join us for a special episode of Give The People What They Want! We will be discussing the escalation of attacks against NewsClick as well as the other key issues in this week's international news.
👉https://youtube.com/live/hb7rn9Hol9s
👉https://youtube.com/live/hb7rn9Hol9s
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🇦🇷 Following the comments by far-right presidential hopeful Javier Milei denying the truth about the military dictatorship in Argentina, ARG Medios editor Julian Pilatti sets the record straight.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/06/why-we-say-there-were-30000-a-manual-to-avoid-denialism-in-argentina/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/06/why-we-say-there-were-30000-a-manual-to-avoid-denialism-in-argentina/
Peoples Dispatch
Why we say there were 30,000: a manual to avoid denialism in Argentina
After Milei's statements in the presidential debate, it is necessary to remember why we talk about 30,000 disappeared during the Argentine dictatorship
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