🇬🇹 Thousands of Guatemalans have been on an indefinite national strike to reject the moves by the Attorney General’s office and the Courts to undermine the results of the August presidential elections and prevent president-elect Bernardo Arévalo from taking office in January.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/13/mobilizations-continue-in-guatemala-against-impending-coup/

🇵🇸 On the seventh day of its war in the besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation forces ordered over 1.1 million Palestinians in the northern parts of the territory to evacuate their homes and move to the south in the next few hours on Friday, October 13.

The Israeli ultimatum includes the UN staff and all the shelters run by them for the Gazans who were displaced in Israeli bombings in the last seven days.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/13/israel-tells-1-1-million-gazans-to-evacuate-in-under-24-hours-or-face-consequences/

🇸🇾 Israel forces simultaneously bombed the Damascus and Aleppo airports in Syria early on Thursday October 12, in flagrant violation of international law.

In response to the strikes, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the attack was an attempt by Israel to “export its crises, inflame the situation in the region, and divert attention from war crimes, crimes against humanity, and mass massacres committed against innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who are subjected to a brutal campaign of killing and indiscriminate and barbaric bombing that targeted infrastructure and facilities.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/12/israel-bombs-syrian-airports-increasing-the-possibility-of-a-spillover-of-ongoing-violence/

🇧🇷 During an era marked by the ascent of far-right governments and influenced by a neoliberal economic agenda, addressing malnutrition challenges – including undernutrition and its consequences, as well as overweight/obesity — demands the development of strategies to overcome systemic barriers that prevent countries from ensuring the right to health on the national level.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/12/tackling-malnutrition-in-an-era-of-political-uncertainty-the-case-of-brazil/

As Israel’s war against Palestinians ramps up to genocidal proportions, the people of the world called mass mobilizations to reaffirm their support of the Palestinian cause on October 13.

Despite the full mobilization of the NYPD, thousands in NYC marched in support of Palestine.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/13/as-israel-threatens-genocide-people-across-the-world-march-with-palestine/

With the presence of some 500 delegates from more than 70 countries, the III International Conference Dilemmas of Humanity began this Saturday October 14 with the struggle for the liberation of Palestine and against imperialism as central themes.
The massive event, taking place in the South African city of Johannesburg, began with a panel discussion on the situation of oppression currently suffered by the Palestinian people, in the midst of the genocidal offensive launched by Israel against the Gaza Strip.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/14/if-palestine-is-occupied-there-is-no-peace-in-the-world/

What does socialism and building socialism mean to the leaders of mass movements and left political parties from across the world? This question is at the center of the debates for the next several days at the III International Dilemmas of Humanity Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/10/15/socialism-is-not-just-a-possibility-it-is-the-only-possibility-left-leaders-gather-in-johannesburg/