This Sunday August 25, tens of thousands of Venezuelans are going to the polls once again in 4,505 “communal circuits,” to vote for different communally managed projects in Venezuela’s 2nd "National Popular Consultation."

This process is part of the construction of a new “communal” state based on popular power. This was a key proposal of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez which has been assumed by current President Nicolás Maduro and the Venezuelan people.

This is the third time that the Public Prosecutor’s Office has made a frontal attack on President Arévalo. And it is no coincidence that all these actions have been carried out by Rafael Curruchiche, head of Guatemala’s Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity (FECI), who seems to want to remove Arévalo at any cost.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/25/even-as-president-guatemalas-new-leader-continues-to-face-attacks-from-attorney-general/

The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah launched 320 Katyusha rockets against strategic targets in Israel in the early morning of Sunday, August 25.

A few hours after the strikes, Hezbollah said in a statement that the first phase of the announced attack to respond to the assassination of the movement’s top commander, Fuad Shukr, on July 31, has been completed.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/26/hezbollah-launches-massive-first-phase-strike-in-retaliation-for-top-commanders-assassination/

Left parties and groups in Bangladesh condemned the arrest of former member of parliament and left leader Rashed Khan Menon last week by the interim government.

The groups called the arrest a political revenge and demanded his immediate release.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/26/workers-party-of-bangladesh-claims-menons-arrest-is-political-revenge/

On August 26, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced that it had received over 50,000 tons in shipments of arms and military equipment from the US since October 7.

Israel has used these shipments in carrying out a war that has been labeled by international bodies and nations as a genocide against the people of Gaza, with over 40,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces thus far. The weapons deliveries are “crucial for sustaining the IDF’s operational capabilities during the ongoing war,” claim Israeli forces.


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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/26/israeli-has-received-50000-tons-of-weapons-from-the-us-since-october-7/

On August 25, elections were held again in Venezuela. 4,500 communes of the Caribbean country went to the polls to choose from 24,000 projects related to roads, electricity, sports, drinking water, gas, housing, health, education, environment, productive units, public transportation, and many other social development initiatives, in what is known as the Second National Popular Consultation.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/27/the-2nd-national-popular-consultation-was-held-in-venezuela/

Emmanuel Macron continues to block the formation of a New Popular Front-led government, sparking outrage over his disregard for democratic processes.

The NFP emerged as the group with the largest number of parliamentary seats in the election, despite not securing an absolute majority. This lack of an absolute majority has been exploited by political opponents, ranging from Macron’s liberals to the far-right led by Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, who argue that there was no clear election winner and seek to block a progressive government from taking office.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/27/two-months-after-elections-macron-refuses-to-nominate-progressive-prime-minister/

One of the five tours of the Humanitarian Caravan for Life in Colombia recently came to a close in the department of Chocó.

With a delegation of more than 20 internationalists from Europe, Central America and the United States, the caravan carried out a medical mission and a cultural day with Afro and Indigenous communities.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/28/caravan-for-life-reflects-on-stakes-of-humanitarian-crisis-in-colombia/

Protests against femicide carried out by the medical professionals and left-wing activists in India’s West Bengal province have now entered their third week.

Apart from demanding justice for the victim and better security for women at the workplace, protestors have also raised the need for larger societal changes.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/28/left-led-anti-femicide-demonstrations-enter-third-week-in-indias-west-bengal/

On Tuesday, August 27, Waffle House workers across three locations in Atlanta held a speakout and rally outside of Centennial Park after delivering their demands to the fast food chain.

This is in protest of Waffle House announcing that they would change the way that workers receive credit card tips: instead of workers being paid the tips they earned daily after working their shifts, workers would only be provided with these tips weekly.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/28/waffle-house-workers-demand-liveable-wages-and-tip-protections/

Israel continues to close all possible doors to a ceasefire in Gaza and de-escalation in the West Asia region, intensifying military operations and provocations in the West Bank and Gaza.

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched the largest military operation across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, August 27, aiming at crushing the Palestinian armed resistance groups.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz wrote on X on Wednesday, August 28, “We must deal with the threat just as we deal with the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza, including the temporary evacuation of Palestinian residents and whatever steps are required. This is a war for everything and we must win it.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/28/israel-invades-the-west-bank-in-largest-operation-since-2002/

On Monday, August 26, the XI Extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) was held.

The summit focused on the current situation in Venezuela and the challenges the country faces amid international pressure to force a change in government following the last presidential elections.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/28/alba-tcp-extraordinary-summit-declares-support-for-venezuelas-sovereignty/

Abu Shujaa was killed with 4 other resistance fighters from the Tulkarm Brigade during a clash with the IOF in Nour Shams camp. The camp has been under fire since Aug 27, when Israel began its largest military operation in the West Bank since 2002.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/29/israel-assassinates-tulkarm-brigade-commander-abu-shujaa-continues-massacres-in-west-bank-and-gaza/

On August 27, AMLO announced that he would put diplomatic relations with the ambassadors of the United States and Canada on “pause”. According to the Mexican president, this measure was taken due to the “interfering” declarations of both diplomatic representatives given the (almost) imminent approval of the Judicial Reform promoted by the Executive, which, among other things, proposes the election by popular vote of the different judges in Mexico.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/30/mexico-puts-relations-with-the-embassies-of-the-united-states-and-canada-on-pause/

The Venezuelan government announced that there was an attack on the national electricity system that affected the entire country. Authorities say that the right-wing opposition is likely behind the attacks & that those responsible will be held accountable.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/30/venezuela-suffers-national-blackout-government-denounces-sabotage-to-electrical-grid/