Sekou Odinga, former political prisoner and Black liberation fighter, passed away at age 79. Organizers, including Jalil Muntaqim, Nino Brown, and JD from the Jericho Movement, reflected on his legacy of struggle.
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Pakistan carried out drone and missile strikes inside Iran early on Thursday, January 18, in what is seen as retaliation for Iranian strikes on its territory on Tuesday.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/18/pakistan-retaliates-with-strikes-inside-iran-killing-nine/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/18/pakistan-retaliates-with-strikes-inside-iran-killing-nine/
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Pakistan retaliates with strikes inside Iran killing nine : Peoples Dispatch
Pakistan's strike was in retaliation to an Iranian attack on Tuesday which targeted against alleged bases of the group Jaish al-Adl. The terrorist outfit had claimed responsibility for a attack in Iran in December
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The far-right libertarian was sworn in on December 10, 2023 and since then has launched all-out attacks on the working class through presidential decrees and omnibus laws, all of which have been vehemently opposed on the streets.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/19/argentinas-far-right-libertarian-president-warns-in-davos-the-west-is-in-danger/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/19/argentinas-far-right-libertarian-president-warns-in-davos-the-west-is-in-danger/
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Argentina’s far-right libertarian president warns in Davos, “the West is in danger” : Peoples Dispatch
The Argentine president also said that “socialism is an impoverishing model that failed”, blamed the economic crisis on “radical feminism” and denied climate change.
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Israel does not see any possibility of a two-state solution, proclaimed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, January 18 even as his forces killed more than 150 Palestinians in less than 24 hours in various air and ground offensives across Gaza and other occupied territories.
Gazans are also facing an unprecedented days-long communications blackout.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/19/with-25000-dead-in-gaza-netanyahu-rejects-any-possibility-of-two-state-future/
Gazans are also facing an unprecedented days-long communications blackout.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/19/with-25000-dead-in-gaza-netanyahu-rejects-any-possibility-of-two-state-future/
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With 25,000 dead in Gaza, Netanyahu rejects any possibility of two-state future : Peoples Dispatch
Rejecting proposals for peace in the region, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies any possibility of a two-state solution.
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Cuba stands firmly with Palestine!
At the XIX Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kampala, Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa spoke on Cuba's longstanding ties with the Non-Aligned Movement and the continued importance of its anti-colonial mission.
He stressed that unity among member states is essential for resisting Western capitalist policies that perpetuate inequality and exploitation - the lingering effects of imperialism across the Global South.
Cuba also called on the Non-Aligned Movement to support the Palestinian cause.
At the XIX Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kampala, Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa spoke on Cuba's longstanding ties with the Non-Aligned Movement and the continued importance of its anti-colonial mission.
He stressed that unity among member states is essential for resisting Western capitalist policies that perpetuate inequality and exploitation - the lingering effects of imperialism across the Global South.
Cuba also called on the Non-Aligned Movement to support the Palestinian cause.
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Chile and Mexico have called upon the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the crimes being committed amid Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza.
In a statement released on January 18, Mexico and Chile stated that their referral to the ICC was “due to growing concern about the latest escalation of violence, particularly against civilian targets, and the alleged continued commission of crimes under the jurisdiction of the Court, specifically since the attack on October 7, 2023, carried out by Hamas militants and the subsequent hostilities in Gaza.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/19/mexico-and-chile-call-on-international-criminal-court-to-investigate-crimes-in-gaza/
In a statement released on January 18, Mexico and Chile stated that their referral to the ICC was “due to growing concern about the latest escalation of violence, particularly against civilian targets, and the alleged continued commission of crimes under the jurisdiction of the Court, specifically since the attack on October 7, 2023, carried out by Hamas militants and the subsequent hostilities in Gaza.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/19/mexico-and-chile-call-on-international-criminal-court-to-investigate-crimes-in-gaza/
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Mexico and Chile call on International Criminal Court to investigate crimes in Gaza
Mexico and Chile have joined South Africa, Bolivia, Djibouti, Bangladesh, and the Comoros in calling on the ICC to investigate Israel for its crimes in Gaza, including war crimes and genocide.
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US President Biden stirred controversy when asked whether the airstrikes in Yemen were “working.”
“Well, when you say working, are they stopping the Houthis? No,” responded Biden, quite frankly. “Are they going to continue? Yes.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/19/biden-admits-airstrikes-against-yemen-arent-working-us-continues-bombing-anyway/
“Well, when you say working, are they stopping the Houthis? No,” responded Biden, quite frankly. “Are they going to continue? Yes.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/19/biden-admits-airstrikes-against-yemen-arent-working-us-continues-bombing-anyway/
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Biden admits airstrikes against Yemen aren’t working, US continues bombing anyway
Instead of responding to call to pressure Israel for a ceasefire, the US continues to escalate the regional conflict
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On the afternoon of January 19, Friday, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) abducted Haitham Dafallah, the chief editor of Al-Maydan newspaper, published thrice a week by the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP).
At 11 in the night, the RSF returned to search and confiscate the cellphones in his home where he stays with his three children, in the Al-Giref West neighborhood in the east of the capital Khartoum.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/21/sudanese-communist-party-newspapers-editor-abducted-by-paramilitary-rsf/
At 11 in the night, the RSF returned to search and confiscate the cellphones in his home where he stays with his three children, in the Al-Giref West neighborhood in the east of the capital Khartoum.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/21/sudanese-communist-party-newspapers-editor-abducted-by-paramilitary-rsf/
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Sudanese Communist Party newspaper’s editor abducted by paramilitary RSF
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been at war with Sudan’s army since April 15, 2023, broke into the family home of Haitham Dafallah, the chief editor of Al-Maydan newspaper, and abducted him along with his brother, on January 19.
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we honor Italian Marxist Antonio #Gramsci's revolutionary legacy of elevating class consciousness to challenge fascist hegemony.
Gramsci strove to expose and resist the ruling elite's ideological instruments used to maintain control and to create conditions for the working class to achieve an egalitarian future. Despite being imprisoned for organizing Italy's workers against capitalist and fascist oppression, this revolutionary thinker, through his writings, continued to chart the course for the working class to break its shackles.
Gramsci's peerless analysis of class struggle remains indispensable for revolutionary movements confronting capitalism and fascism today.
Gramsci strove to expose and resist the ruling elite's ideological instruments used to maintain control and to create conditions for the working class to achieve an egalitarian future. Despite being imprisoned for organizing Italy's workers against capitalist and fascist oppression, this revolutionary thinker, through his writings, continued to chart the course for the working class to break its shackles.
Gramsci's peerless analysis of class struggle remains indispensable for revolutionary movements confronting capitalism and fascism today.
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Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian accused Israel of using “mindless terrorism” to cover up its losses in its war on Gaza.
Abdollahian claimed that, “although the Zionist enemy has destroyed Gaza on a large scale and martyred tens of thousands of people, it has not achieved any of its goals, so it is trying to make up for its defeat by resorting to blind terrorism,” Press TV reported.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/22/iran-accuses-israel-of-using-blind-terrorism-to-cover-up-its-military-failures-in-gaza/
Abdollahian claimed that, “although the Zionist enemy has destroyed Gaza on a large scale and martyred tens of thousands of people, it has not achieved any of its goals, so it is trying to make up for its defeat by resorting to blind terrorism,” Press TV reported.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/22/iran-accuses-israel-of-using-blind-terrorism-to-cover-up-its-military-failures-in-gaza/
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Iran accuses Israel of using “blind terrorism” to cover up its military failures in Gaza : Peoples Dispatch
Israel has been carrying out air strikes in Lebanon and Syria allegedly targeting Hezbollah and Iranian targets in clear attempts to provoke a regional war
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#PeoplesHistory | 40 years ago, the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement, one of the largest social movements in Latin America, was founded in Cascavel (Paraná) in 1984. Since then the movement has fought for people’s land reform, rights for all people, and socialism.
We bring you here some key info about the MST and its struggle over the last 40 years.
We bring you here some key info about the MST and its struggle over the last 40 years.
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On January 20, more than two million people joined the massive human chain protest organized by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), in protest against the far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government’s apathy and discrimination towards the State of Kerala.
By 5 pm on Saturday, people from all walks of life, including youth, students, women, workers, cultural activists, and leftist politicians, joined the 651 km-long unbroken human chain. The millions who joined the human chain took an oath to take the struggle forward and also participated in political and cultural gatherings organized in more than 200 locations along the human chain, spanning the length of Kerala.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/22/close-to-2-million-join-human-chain-in-kerala-against-bjp-led-national-governments-apathy/
By 5 pm on Saturday, people from all walks of life, including youth, students, women, workers, cultural activists, and leftist politicians, joined the 651 km-long unbroken human chain. The millions who joined the human chain took an oath to take the struggle forward and also participated in political and cultural gatherings organized in more than 200 locations along the human chain, spanning the length of Kerala.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/22/close-to-2-million-join-human-chain-in-kerala-against-bjp-led-national-governments-apathy/
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Over 2 million join human chain in Kerala against BJP-led national government's apathy : Peoples Dispatch
The human chain was organized by the Democratic Youth Federation of India. The national government has been accused of discriminating against Left-led State of Kerala , while also putting up administrative hurdles to its developmental programs
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