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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After several months of ongoing protest in the streets of New York, pro-Palestine demonstrators are experiencing a new wave of police repression and vigilante violence.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/22/after-over-100-days-of-protests-repression-intensifies-against-palestine-solidarity-movement-in-nyc/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/22/after-over-100-days-of-protests-repression-intensifies-against-palestine-solidarity-movement-in-nyc/
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After over 100 days of protests, repression intensifies against Palestine solidarity movement in NYC : Peoples Dispatch
Demonstrators in New York City are experiencing a new wave of repression from the NYPD though protests show no signs of stopping
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SEIU, which boasts two million members, just joined a growing section of the US labor movement in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. SEIU is now the largest union in the country to issue such a statement.
“Wherever violence, fear and hatred thrive, working people cannot,” reads a statement by Mary Kay Henry, the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/22/one-of-the-largest-unions-in-the-united-states-just-called-for-a-ceasefire-in-gaza/
“Wherever violence, fear and hatred thrive, working people cannot,” reads a statement by Mary Kay Henry, the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/22/one-of-the-largest-unions-in-the-united-states-just-called-for-a-ceasefire-in-gaza/
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One of the largest unions in the United States just called for a ceasefire in Gaza : Peoples Dispatch
The Service Employees International Union, which boasts two million members, joined a growing section of the US labor movement in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
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On January 22, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed the consecration ritual at a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Ram in the city of Ayodhya, fulfilling the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) 2014 electoral promise just months before another general election.
While the BJP’s ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its affiliated organizations that comprise the umbrella Sangh Parivar, had maintained that the demolition of the mosque was the result of spontaneous mobilizations of kar sevaks (religious devotees), reports and accounts, particularly the Liberhan Commission inquiry stated otherwise.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/22/pm-modi-consecrates-controversial-ram-temple-in-ayodhya-declares-new-era-for-india/
While the BJP’s ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its affiliated organizations that comprise the umbrella Sangh Parivar, had maintained that the demolition of the mosque was the result of spontaneous mobilizations of kar sevaks (religious devotees), reports and accounts, particularly the Liberhan Commission inquiry stated otherwise.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/22/pm-modi-consecrates-controversial-ram-temple-in-ayodhya-declares-new-era-for-india/
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PM Modi consecrates controversial Ram temple in Ayodhya, declares “new era” for India
32 years after the Babri mosque was demolished by Hindu right-wing mobs, a temple dedicated to the Hindu deity, Ram, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22.
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Namibian Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah spoke on the sidelines of the 19th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Kampala, to explain how the UN needs to be reformed to act in favor of peace and not in favor of warmongering.
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Hundreds of thousands of workers and helpers at Anganwadis (rural childcare centers) in Andhra Pradesh, India, who had been on strike for 42 days, called off their agitation after the government agreed to their main demands.
The workers and helpers, mainly women, had been on strike since December 12, demanding recognition as government employees and pay increases.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/23/anganwadi-workers-in-andhra-pradesh-declare-victory-after-42-day-strike/
The workers and helpers, mainly women, had been on strike since December 12, demanding recognition as government employees and pay increases.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/01/23/anganwadi-workers-in-andhra-pradesh-declare-victory-after-42-day-strike/
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Anganwadi workers in Andhra Pradesh declare victory after 42-day strike : Peoples Dispatch
Terming the strike as a "grand victory,” the All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers said in a statement that it "proved the strength of the working people"
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember the iconic legacy of Paul Robeson—a world-renowned singer, actor, athlete, and activist who epitomized proletarian internationalism and solidarity.
A vocal advocate for labor and an outspoken critic of fascism and imperialism, Robeson brought relentless passion in fighting oppression and injustice. His radical politics and embrace of socialism made him a prime target for the US government's attempts to stifle dissent.
Despite constant surveillance and condemnation, Robeson refused to disavow being a leftist or supporting the Soviet Union. His principled stands came at immense personal cost as a smear campaign stripped him of the fame he earned across artistic, academic, and athletic realms—even denying a US passport that left him stranded for years.
Though the establishment attempted to write Robeson out of history books, his extraordinary talents and unwavering commitment to truth continue inspiring new revolutionary generations today.
A vocal advocate for labor and an outspoken critic of fascism and imperialism, Robeson brought relentless passion in fighting oppression and injustice. His radical politics and embrace of socialism made him a prime target for the US government's attempts to stifle dissent.
Despite constant surveillance and condemnation, Robeson refused to disavow being a leftist or supporting the Soviet Union. His principled stands came at immense personal cost as a smear campaign stripped him of the fame he earned across artistic, academic, and athletic realms—even denying a US passport that left him stranded for years.
Though the establishment attempted to write Robeson out of history books, his extraordinary talents and unwavering commitment to truth continue inspiring new revolutionary generations today.
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