🇦🇷 Tomorrow Argentines will cast their votes in the run off presidential election and choose between progressive candidate Sergio Massa and far-right candidate Javier Milei.

All the latest opinion polls indicate the candidates are tied.
#Argentina
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/18/gap-narrows-between-milei-and-massa-ahead-of-argentine-presidential-race/

The pressure on Israel is intensifying as mobilizations grow in size and number across the world demanding a ceasefire and a free Palestine.

Natalia Marques of Peoples dispatch was on the ground at the #ShutItDown4Palestine protest on Nov 17 in New York City where protesters mobilized outside the transportation hub Penn Station.

🇰🇪/🇭🇹 Kenyan High Court blocks parliamentary authorization of police mission to Haiti

A High Court in Nairobi has extended its orders blocking the deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti.

The Kenyan contingent is set to lead a US- and United Nations-backed “Multinational Security Support” (MSS) mission which will intervene in the Caribbean country to ostensibly “re-establish security in Haiti and build security conditions conducive to holding free and fair elections.”

The deployment has been vehemently rejected by the Haitian people, who have taken to the streets in mass protests against “foreign occupation.”

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/18/kenyan-high-court-blocks-parliamentary-authorization-of-police-mission-to-haiti/

🇦🇷 Far-right Javier Milei has clinched an unexpected victory in Argentina's presidential race.

Center-left candidate Sergio Massa trailed behind by more than 10 points. Leading up to the race, human rights activists and survivors and victims of the dictatorship had intensified the campaign calling for a vote against Milei - citing his intention to withdraw the hard fought for rights of the Argentine people such as education, healthcare, and more.

🇦🇷 Far-right libertarian Javier Milei is the next president of Argentina

Javier Milei, the candidate of the Liberty Advances far-right libertarian party, was victorious in the second round presidential elections in Argentina held on November 19.

In his victory speech, Milei told supporters, “The situation in Argentina is critical. There is no space for gradualisms nor for lukewarmness or ambiguities…If we don’t advance rapidly with the structural changes that Argentina needs, we will face the worst crisis in our history.”

He added, “Our commitment is with democracy, with free trade, and with peace. We will work elbow to elbow with all of the nations of the free world.”

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/20/far-right-libertarian-javier-milei-is-the-next-president-of-argentina/

🇧🇩 Political crisis of Bangladesh is the byproduct of the capitalist crisis

In September 2023, Rashed Khan Menon, MP and president of Workers Party of Bangladesh, opened a Pandora’s box in his speech in the Parliament Session. He said that the US wants Saint Martin Island of Bangladesh for a permanent military base in Bangladesh.

The speech not only caused an uproar in Bangladesh, but also compelled the US foreign department to clarify that the US is not interested in Saint Martin. Shortly after, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina echoed similar concerns in the Parliament regarding the US diplomatic moves and pressures in the name of free and fair elections and to establish “real democracy.”

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/20/political-crisis-of-bangladesh-is-the-byproduct-of-the-capitalist-crisis/

🇬🇷 ‘Polytechnic’ of resistance: 50 years of the historic uprising in Athens

On November 17, progressive sections in Greece marked the 50th anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising of 1973. A massive rally from the Athens Polytechnic passed through various parts of the city, including the US Embassy.

The marchers expressed solidarity with Palestine and demanded that the Greek government end its support for Israel’s ongoing genocidal war in Gaza. When the march reached the US Embassy, they chanted slogans calling on the US and NATO to get out from Greece. Earlier, a wreath-laying ceremony was also held at the Polytechnic Uprising Memorial. Commemorative rallies and other events were also held in various cities across the country.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/20/polytechnic-of-resistance-50-years-of-the-historic-uprising-in-athens/

🇦🇷“We will be on the streets”

Juan Grabois, founder of Movimiento de Trabajadores Excluidos and leader of Frente Patria Grande, spoke after the victory of Javier Milei about the tasks of popular movements in the face of the far-right president elect’s threats to the rights and freedoms of the Argentine people.

🇾🇪 Houthis capture vessel in Red Sea with links to Israel and call for immediate ceasefire

Ansar Allah (Houthis), the ruling force in most parts of Yemen, announced that they captured an Israeli ship in the Red Sea.

The Galaxy Leader vessel captured by the Houthis is linked to a British company partially owned by Israeli businessman Abraham Ungar and was leased to Japan at the time of its seizure. It was traveling from Turkey to India when it was captured by Houthis forces off the Yemen coast.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/20/houthis-capture-vessel-in-red-sea-with-links-to-israel-and-call-for-immediate-ceasefire/

Dr. Ahmad Muhanna, director of the Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia, Northern Gaza, speaks about the conditions in the hospital.

"We are doing our best and we are the only hospital in the Gaza City and in the northern area working now."

🇿🇦/🇵🇸 The National Assembly of South Africa has approved a resolution for the closure of Israel’s embassy in Pretoria over the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The motion, which was presented by the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, Julius Malema, was approved by Parliament on November 21 with 248 votes in favor and 91 votes against. It will now have to be approved by President Cyril Ramaphosa in order to come into force.

“We call on the Ramaphosa ANC government to shut down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and end all diplomatic relations with that brutal apartheid Israeli regime. We call on all the world to isolate Israel by boycott, disinvestment and sanctions until they end their military occupation and allow Palestinian refugees in surrounding countries like Lebanon and Syria, the right of return,” Malema said in parliament last week.

The ruling African National Congress (ANC) had announced that it would support the motion “given the unfolding atrocities in occupied Palestine”.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/21/south-african-parliament-votes-to-close-israeli-embassy/

🇵🇸 Israel’s war machine can’t break the steadfastness of Palestinian health workers


Al-Awda hospital in Jabalya refugee camp, is one of the latest health institutions in Palestine to be directly targeted by Israeli occupation forces.

On Tuesday, November 21, at least three health workers were killed, and more were injured during one iteration of the attack.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/22/israels-war-machine-cant-break-the-steadfastness-of-palestinian-health-workers/

🇵🇸Israel and Hamas agree on deal for four-day truce as Gaza deal toll crosses 14,000

The deal mediated by Qatar would see 50 Israeli captives being released in return for a four-day halt in attacks by Israel & the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners.

The pause is subject to extension after the four days by one additional day for every 10 hostages that Hamas releases after the initial group.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/22/deal-reached-by-israel-and-hamas-for-humanitarian-pause-as-deal-toll-crosses-14000/

Israel has been ‘above’ international law ever since its inception

After failing several times, the members of the UN Security Council were able to reach a compromise and adopt a resolution on November 15, almost 40 days after the Israeli war began on October 7, demanding “urgent and extended” humanitarian “pauses” in Gaza.

However, as was expected, Israel refused to implement it. Instead it negotiated a deal with Palestinian resistance movement Hamas under Qatar’s mediation and agreed to halt its offensives in Gaza for four days in exchange of hostages.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/22/israel-has-been-above-international-law-ever-since-its-inception/