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‼️ In the past 24 hours, right-wing mobs have carried out acts of violence in points across Venezuela. The images speak for themselves; this is not a popular uprising for democracy but right-wing violence backed by the elites and the US.
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"They are trying to impose a fascist counter-revolutionary coup d'etat in Venezuela"

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro denounces a right-wing coup attempt against the Bolivarian Revolution. He has stated that the US Empire is backing these coup attempts.
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The Israeli military police arrested 9 (some sources say 10) reservist soldiers from Sde Teiman prison in Negev desert, in occupied Palestine.

The soldiers were reportedly arrested and referred to investigation after a Palestinian detainee was hospitalized due to a severe injury in his rectum as a result of a rape incident.

In protest of the soldiers’ arrest, members of the Israeli Knesset, accompanied by dozens of Israeli residents, rioted outside Sde Teiman prison in an attempt to break in.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/30/israel-arrests-soldiers-who-stand-accused-of-gang-raping-a-palestinian-detainee/
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On July 28, the 70th birthday of Hugo Chávez (1954-2013), Nicolás Maduro Moros won the Venezuelan presidential election, the fifth since the Bolivarian Constitution was ratified in 1999.

About half of Venezuela’s voting population is reliably wedded to the Bolivarian project, and no other political project in Venezuela has the kind of election machine built by the forces of the Bolivarian revolution.

An article by Vijay Prashad.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/30/the-venezuelan-people-stay-with-the-bolivarian-revolution/
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"We are defending peace and the dignity of the people. We have fought a lot for it and don't get confused. People are still in the streets to support the legacy and the project of our commander, Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías."

Tens of thousands are marching to the Miraflores Square in Caracas to defend the Bolivarian Revolution, their reelected president, Nicolás Maduro, and to condemn the right wing violence. We went to the ground and spoke to people at Catia Square.
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Musician Roger Waters sends a special message to "oligarch" Elon Musk, who has been tweeting against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and expressing support to the far right groups in the country which have been behind the violent mob violence.
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In a major escalation towards regional war, Israel today bombed one of the most densely populated areas in Beirut.

The Israeli military claims to have targeted a senior Hezbollah commander, who in fact survived the attack. Israeli forces have claimed that this commander was responsible for the attack on Majdal Shams, in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights on Saturday, July 27.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/30/israel-bombs-beirut/
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“We are not facing democratic opposition, we are facing a violent, fascist, and criminal counterrevolution.”

Immediately after Maduro’s victory the Venezuelan right-wing, supported by the US State Department, promoted a familiar script: the Venezuelan elections were somehow rigged, to the contrary of what was reported by international electoral observers on the ground.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/31/nicolas-maduro-condemns-right-wing-coup-underway-in-venezuela/
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Pakistani security forces briefly detained Asad Iqbal Butt, the head of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).

The human rights leader was taken from his home in Karachi and threatened against participation in a scheduled rally called to oppose the enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/31/security-forces-detain-chief-of-human-rights-commission-of-pakistan-in-crackdown-on-balochistan-rally/
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In a press conference on Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, denounced that a right-wing fascist coup d'etat has been underway since before the elections of July 28 in his country.

What Venezuelans call "Guarimbas" (riots) broke out after the electoral power confirmed that Nicolás Maduro won the elections. In several points across the country, people burned hospitals, tore down statues of Chavez and Indigenous figures and have been blocking roads and airports. The Venezuelan people have mobilized in defense of the revolution and to demand an end to the right wing violence. As of Wednesday, the violent attacks have decreased.
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Last week, Israeli PM and accused war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu was given a standing ovation in the halls of the US Congress.

Peoples Dispatch was on the streets with the tens of thousands of people from labor unions, artists groups, tenant groups, and other mass organizations that mobilized against Netanyahu’s visit and called for his arrest.

WATCH and see how the masses in the US stand against genocide!
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/31/the-us-working-class-united-against-netanyahu/
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Skin infections are spreading rapidly in the Gaza Strip, fueled by the severe lack of water and sanitation essentials resulting from ongoing Israeli attacks, adding to recently expressed fears of the reemergence of polio.

Infants and children, most of whom have been displaced multiple times, are at severe risk.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/31/skin-infections-in-gaza-skyrocket/
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The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on Wednesday July 31, 2024, that the leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated along with one of his bodyguards in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his residence in the Iranian capital Tehran.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/31/israel-assassinates-hamas-political-bureau-chief-ismail-haniyeh-in-tehran/
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"Venezuela must be respected! Venezuela has an important revolutionary conscience."

We are on the streets of Caracas to follow the massive march in support of the Bolivarian Revolution and against the right wing attacks which seek to undermine their democratic process.

We spoke to Ramón Velázquez, the minister for the Popular Power for Transportation, who explained how strong the Venezuelan revolutionary conscience is and how the people will defend their process.
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Peruvian President Dina Boluarte announced that she would increase the basic salary, change the name of the Ministry of the Interior, increase the salaries of the police and the armed forces (her closest allies during this time in office), and construct a building for the Peruvian National Archive.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/31/the-great-national-march-demands-the-departure-of-dina-boluartes-government-and-congress/
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