While the United States provides Israel with the needed destructive tools claiming that Israel is launching a large-scale war out of self-defense, Israel has massacred thousands of civilians across West Asia in the course of 10 months.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/15/the-us-reasserts-its-support-for-israels-massacres-by-selling-it-20-billion-in-arms/

At 4:30 am on August 10, Israeli jet fighters flew over Gaza City and dropped US-made GBU-39 250-pound bombs on the al-Taba’een school and mosque.

It is almost as if the Israeli army is trying to gather as many Palestinians as possible in one place and then kill them all.

An article by Vijay Prashad.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/14/every-place-in-gaza-including-schools-is-a-target/

On Sunday, August 11, members of the Philadelphia community rallied to demand that first-degree murder charges against former officer Mark Dial be reinstated for the police killing of Eddie Irizarry. On August 8 of this year, the first-degree murder charge specifically was dropped, and former officer Dial was released on bail.
In the United States, it is incredibly rare for police officers to be charged for killing civilians. According to data from Philip Stinson, a criminal justice expert at Bowling Green State University, less than 2% of officers who kill in the line of duty are charged with a crime.
“Dropping the charge of first degree murder is a slap in the face to Eddie’s family and to all Philadelphia residents who do not want to live under police terror. Killer cops belong behind bars, not on our streets,” said Kensington community organizer Xiomara Torres, part of the grassroots Justice for Eddie campaign
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/15/a-year-after-the-police-killing-of-eddie-irizarry-charges-dropped-against-killer-cop/

This past week, the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research launched its Dossier #79 entitled “To confront rising neofascism, the Latin American Left must rediscover itself”. In this article, we summarize the most important ideas of this document.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/15/why-is-the-far-right-winning-support-from-the-working-class/

On Thursday August 15, the governments of Brazil and Colombia announced on different channels that Venezuela should hold fresh elections or organize a cohabitation government with the far-right. Their volte-face came after having called for caution and to wait for the results of the investigations initiated by the Supreme Court of Justice regarding the electoral results. At the time, they had radically distanced them from the position of conservative and centrist leaders of the region who, following the position of the United States, recognized Edmundo González as the winner of the July 28 elections.

Colombia and Brazil’s latest position also sets them apart from Mexico. During his morning press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said, “Let’s see what the court decides. I do not think it is prudent for us from the outside, a foreign government, whoever it may be, to give our opinion on something that should be resolved by Venezuelans.”

Rander Peña, the Vice Minister for Latin America of Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry and Vice President of International Affairs of PSUV, said in a public meeting on Thursday that Venezuela’s electoral law does not permit a second round or a repetition of elections and in response to the president’s call “there will be no second round in Venezuela and there will be no repetition of elections in Venezuela.” Regarding a government of “cohabitation” with the far-right, Peña said, can you imagine if we had asked for a government of cohabitation of Bolsonaro and Lula? Of Petro and Uribe? This is a complete fantasy.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/15/amlo-says-calling-for-fresh-elections-in-venezuela-not-prudent/

On Thursday, August 14, the eve of India’s 78th independence day, thousands of women rallied to reclaim public space at night.

The call for the night vigil was given by the left organizations demanding justice for the doctor raped and killed while on duty in a public hospital in Kolkata last week.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/15/thousands-hit-streets-across-india-demanding-safe-spaces-and-justice-for-women/

President Nicolas Maduro told the media that he rejects calls for redo elections by his counterparts in Brazil & Colombia.

“Venezuela has the sovereignty of an independent country...the conflicts in Venezuela of any kind are solved among Venezuelans.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/16/president-maduro-responds-to-lula-and-petros-call-for-redo-election-we-are-a-sovereign-country/

Given its failure to prioritize social sector investmets and its complete negligence of sports, it took Pakistan over seven decades to win its first individual Olympic gold medal.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/14/arshad-nadeems-rare-triumph-in-olympics-gives-pakistan-an-opportunity-to-address-structural-issues/

"When we protest here in Peru, we are called terrorists. But when they protest in Venezuela, burning everything they find in their way, then they are worried about the protesters' human rights."

In an address to Peruvian Congress, Guillermo Bermejo called out the hypocrisy of the Peruvian right - which has been silent about the massacres committed by Dina Boluarte's government but supports the "protests" of the Venezuelan right. He emphasized, if you want to stand in solidarity, stand up for the people of Palestine.

Venezuela’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Ron, gives a play by play on exactly what happened on election night and how the Bolivarian Revolution upholds democracy.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/16/carlos-ron-on-the-democratic-tradition-of-venezuelas-bolivarian-revolution/

This week marked the anniversary of the birth of Marxist and communist revolutionary Fidel Castro, here we reflect on his political life after the triumph of the revolution in 1959

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/16/fidel-building-and-defending-the-cuban-revolution/

“President Boric uses Venezuela to divert from his own catastrophe.”

Jorge Arreaza, the Secretary General of ALBA-TCP, discusses why countries in the region despite being in name progressive, have made statements about what Venezuela “should do”, instead of respecting its democracy and institutions.

He said this in the first episode of “Disputar el ALBA” - brought to you by Barricada tv, De Raiz Media & Peoples Dispatch. Watch every Monday at 19h MEX, 21h CCS, & 22h ARG.

Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah released a video on Friday August 16, unveiling an underground military facility dug through mountains called “Imad 4”, designated for launching missiles.

The facility is believed to be named after Hezbollah late military leader Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in Syria in 2008.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/17/threat-of-regional-war-still-looms-in-west-asia/

Cybersecurity has become a central element in Venezuela, in a context where computer attacks have not ceased since the presidential elections.

The report provided by the Minister of Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez, during the Council of State and the National Defense Council warns the entire Venezuelan population of this scenario in which vulnerabilities of the national technological system are exploited.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/18/cyber-attacks-against-venezuela-their-scope-and-technical-dimensions/

Protests continue across India against femicide and to demand that the state guarantee the safety of women.

Following the rape and murder of a doctor at a medical college and hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, tens of thousands have been out on the streets across India to demand an end to gender-based violence. Left organizations have been leading such agitations, highlighting that state neglect of such crimes has been systematic and the state must take a stronger role in holding perpetrators accountable