Protesters shut down traffic across NYC this morning, blocking 3 major bridges and 1 tunnel, protesting Israel's genocidal war against Gaza.

The NYPD reportedly arrested 400+ people related to the traffic blockages. Demonstrators used chains, PVC pipes, & concrete to delay arrest, forcing police to use electric saws to separate them.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/08/palestine-solidarity-demonstrators-block-rush-hour-traffic-in-nyc/

🇿🇦/🇵🇸 Bolivia has joined the ranks of countries who support South Africa’s historic case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The Hague is set to initiate public hearings on the matter on January 11.

The ICJ is the judicial institution of the United Nations, and countries including Israel and South Africa are bound by the Court by virtue of their membership of the UN. The Court adjudicates disputes between countries and its decisions are legally binding. Israel and South Africa are also State Parties to the 1948 Genocide Convention, under which Pretoria has brought its lawsuit.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/08/support-grows-for-south-africas-case-against-israel/

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Don't miss out on an enriching experience! Join Vijay Prashad, Zoe Alexandra, and Prasanth R as they provide insightful analysis of the latest working-class news in your weekly roundup.

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Claudine Gay resigned from the Presidency of Harvard University following right-wing, pro-Israel attacks, because she was viewed by many powerful donors as insufficiently Zionist. But Gay refused to defend student organizers as Harvard’s administration pursued disciplinary action against the Palestine solidarity movement on campus, describes Prince Williams, undergraduate student organizer.

Watch the full interview here:
https://youtu.be/TPPA-ZtYXwk

Farmers and trade unions across Germany are up in arms against the incumbent traffic light coalition government's bids to cut down tax relief for agricultural diesel and also to cut an exemption from vehicle taxes for farming vehicles.

According to reports, succumbing to widespread protests, on January 4, the government hinted its willingness to continue the motor vehicle tax exemption for agricultural and forestry vehicles and also proposed a phased reduction of subsidy to agricultural diesel from 2024 to 2026.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/09/farmers-protests-surge-in-germany-against-cuts-in-subsidies-and-tax-increases/

Major protests and demonstrations continue across Europe denouncing the ongoing genocidal war waged by Israel on the people of Gaza.

Despite appeals from all major international organizations, including the United Nations, human rights groups, and the majority of the world nations, Israel relentlessly carries on its pursuit for the destruction of Gaza, with the backing of US and its allies in Europe.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/09/calls-to-prosecute-israel-for-war-crimes-grow-louder-in-europe/

Workers of the former GKN factory in Campi Bisenzio near Florence in Italy have been in a fight against layoffs and plant closure for more than 900 days, creating history.

The movement has generated a path-breaking alternative that seeks to buy back the plant by raising a million euros through solidarity crowdfunding initiative.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/10/insorgiamo-the-million-euro-solidarity-co-op-initiative-of-italian-ex-gkn-workers/

As the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gears up to hear South Africa’s case against Israel for its ongoing genocide in Gaza, a growing number of countries have announced their support for the proceedings.

South Africa has accused Israel of violating its obligation to prevent and punish genocide under the 1948 Convention, by carrying out acts and omissions “intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial, and ethnic group.”

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/10/israel-scrambles-as-support-for-south-africas-case-at-the-hague-increases/

On Jan. 9, the anniversary of the Juliaca Massacre, thousands of Peruvians marched through the streets of Lima to remember the victims and continue their opposition to the government of Dina Boluarte installed by a US-backed coup d'etat.

Colombia & Brazil join a growing list of countries that have expressed support to South Africa’s initiative to charge Israel with crimes of genocide.

South Africa will present its case at the ICJ tomorrow, January 11.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/11/lula-petro-and-arab-league-declare-support-to-south-africas-case-against-israel/

People across the world were shocked to see a drug gang waving rifles and grenades in the TC Television studios in Guayaquil, and the scene was perhaps the cinematic peak of successive days of explosions, riots, lootings, shootings, car explosions, and widespread panic that has paralyzed the country.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/11/ecuador-in-crisis-five-points-to-understand-a-country-broken-by-neoliberalism/