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/

Adila Hassim, senior counsel for South Africa, speaking before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), urging the court to demand Israel halt the genocidal war against Gaza and the Palestinian people.

She stated: "This killing is nothing short of the destruction of Palestinian life. It is inflicted deliberately, no one is spared, not even newborn babies."

Under the slogan "Save Education, Reject NEP," students from across India have called a national mobilization to fight against the far-right BJP government's attacks on education.
Mayukh Biswas of the Students' Federation of India talks about why they're fighting back. #UnitedStudentsOfIndia

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US and the UK forces carried out several air strikes inside Yemen early on Friday, January 12.

According to Yemen’s official news agency Saba, “the American and British aggression launched raids on the capital Sanaa and [various locations] in the provinces of Hodeidah, Saada, and Dhamar.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/12/us-and-uk-target-several-locations-in-yemen-in-early-morning-strikes/