Over 10,000 hotel workers went on strike early Sunday morning across the United States in pursuit of fair wages, better working conditions, and more staff to help.
As working people across the United States are increasingly squeezed economically, hotel workers are coming together on the picket line under the slogan “one job should be enough!”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/03/over-10000-hotel-workers-in-the-us-are-on-strike/
As working people across the United States are increasingly squeezed economically, hotel workers are coming together on the picket line under the slogan “one job should be enough!”
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/03/over-10000-hotel-workers-in-the-us-are-on-strike/
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Over 10,000 hotel workers in the US are on strike
Workers, organized by hotel workers’ union UNITE HERE, strategically went on strike during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year
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Since its inception, the mission has been widely repudiated by Haitian civil society as well as by progressive and left groups in Haiti and across the world, precisely for being another military invasion of the country and ignoring the political solutions that the Haitian people have proposed to end the ongoing political, economic, and security crisis.
Moreover, some experts claim that this is a form of mercenarism, in which “first world” countries pay for invasions while the boots on the ground come from “third world” armies.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/03/months-after-kenyan-police-deployed-to-haiti-security-in-the-country-has-not-improved/
Moreover, some experts claim that this is a form of mercenarism, in which “first world” countries pay for invasions while the boots on the ground come from “third world” armies.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/03/months-after-kenyan-police-deployed-to-haiti-security-in-the-country-has-not-improved/
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Months after Kenyan police deployed to Haiti, security in the country has not improved
Kenyan police officers were deployed to Haiti as part of a UN-mandated mission to try to combat gang violence and restore security.
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August 2 marked another year since two Argentine girls, aged 11 and 12, were murdered in Paraguay. Liliana and Maria Carmen Villalba were killed by the Paraguayan Army’s Joint Task Force in 2020 during an operation against the insurgent group Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP).
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/04/four-years-since-the-double-infanticide-and-the-forced-disappearance-of-a-minor-in-paraguay/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/04/four-years-since-the-double-infanticide-and-the-forced-disappearance-of-a-minor-in-paraguay/
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Four years since the double infanticide and the forced disappearance of a minor in Paraguay
Activists and relatives of the girls have complained that the Paraguayan state has taken no action to hold the perpetrators responsible for the crimes.
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we commemorate the Little Rock Nine - a group of nine Black students who courageously enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
On September 4, 1957, the governor of Arkansas ordered the deployment of the Arkansas National Guard to "preserve the peace" and prevent Black students from entering the school.
The governor claimed that there was an "imminent danger of tumult, riot, and breach of peace" due to integration. A mob of white segregationists was also present and prevented the Black students' entry.
On September 23, 1957, President Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10730 to federalize the Arkansas National Guard and deploy them to support the integration and protect Black students.
On September 4, 1957, the governor of Arkansas ordered the deployment of the Arkansas National Guard to "preserve the peace" and prevent Black students from entering the school.
The governor claimed that there was an "imminent danger of tumult, riot, and breach of peace" due to integration. A mob of white segregationists was also present and prevented the Black students' entry.
On September 23, 1957, President Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10730 to federalize the Arkansas National Guard and deploy them to support the integration and protect Black students.
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🇲🇽"Mexico has recovered its dignity, thanks to López Obrador. This is why he leaves with these approval ratings (70%), with this love from the people."
Argentine-Mexican writer and musician Federico Bonasso joined #DisputarElALBA on Monday to discuss the legacy of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the challenges facing Claudia Sheinbaum who will assume office as president next month.
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Argentine-Mexican writer and musician Federico Bonasso joined #DisputarElALBA on Monday to discuss the legacy of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the challenges facing Claudia Sheinbaum who will assume office as president next month.
☀️#DisputarElALBA is a program brought to you by @deraiz, @barricadatv and Peoples Dispatch every Monday. Tune in!
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Carlos Ron, Venezuela’s Deputy Foreign Minister, speaks with Peoples Dispatch about Venezuelan foreign policy and the resiliency of the Chavista movement.
In the last part of our three-part interview series with Ron, who also heads the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Amongst Peoples, Ron describes the political aspirations of the far-right opposition in Venezuela, Venezuela’s foreign policy that seeks to end dependence on the US, and the resiliency of Chavismo.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/04/how-the-bolivarian-revolution-is-challenging-us-dominance-in-latin-america/
In the last part of our three-part interview series with Ron, who also heads the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Amongst Peoples, Ron describes the political aspirations of the far-right opposition in Venezuela, Venezuela’s foreign policy that seeks to end dependence on the US, and the resiliency of Chavismo.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/04/how-the-bolivarian-revolution-is-challenging-us-dominance-in-latin-america/
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How the Bolivarian Revolution is challenging US dominance in Latin America
Carlos Ron, Venezuela’s Deputy Foreign Minister, speaks with Peoples Dispatch about Venezuelan foreign policy and the resiliency of the Chavista movement
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While the Turkish government has been engaged in military collaborations with the US and its allies to protect Israel, masses in Türkiye have showed steadfast support to the Palestinian people.
The Turkish Communist Party (TKP) alongside other Turkish political groups and masses took to the streets on Tuesday, September 3, near İzmir port to protest the anchoring of the United States’ Navy multi-purpose amphibious assault ship, USS Wasp (LHD-1) at the port.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/04/yankee-go-home-turkish-masses-protest-presence-of-us-navy-ship-at-izmir-port/
The Turkish Communist Party (TKP) alongside other Turkish political groups and masses took to the streets on Tuesday, September 3, near İzmir port to protest the anchoring of the United States’ Navy multi-purpose amphibious assault ship, USS Wasp (LHD-1) at the port.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/04/yankee-go-home-turkish-masses-protest-presence-of-us-navy-ship-at-izmir-port/
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember progressive Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was murdered on September 5, 2017.
Gauri Lankesh, the Editor of the weekly Lankesh Patrike, was a rationalist and a progressive thinker who wrote on a number of social issues and took a strong stand against Hindu right-wing forces.
For her work, Lankesh had to pay the ultimate price when three gunmen shot her seven times as she was about to enter her home.
While not conclusive, evidence from the official investigation points the finger at the Sanatan Sanstha, an extremist organization whose ideology of Hindu supremacism is in violation of India's constitution and runs counter to the country's long tradition of religious syncretism.
Gauri Lankesh, the Editor of the weekly Lankesh Patrike, was a rationalist and a progressive thinker who wrote on a number of social issues and took a strong stand against Hindu right-wing forces.
For her work, Lankesh had to pay the ultimate price when three gunmen shot her seven times as she was about to enter her home.
While not conclusive, evidence from the official investigation points the finger at the Sanatan Sanstha, an extremist organization whose ideology of Hindu supremacism is in violation of India's constitution and runs counter to the country's long tradition of religious syncretism.
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A mass mobilization will be held on September 7, the date on which Brazilian independence is celebrated, under the motto “All life is worthy of care. But who cares?”
Thirty years after it emerged with the motto “Life First”, the Cry of the Excluded (Grito dos Excluídos in Portuguese), a series of mass mobilizations held annually on Brazil’s Independence Day, has much to pay homage to. The space for denouncing the country’s historic social inequalities brings together dozens of social movements. This year to mark the date, these organizations are preparing a massive mobilization in various regions of the country on September 7, under the motto “All life is worthy of care. But who cares?” The details were presented on Tuesday by the organizers.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/04/cry-of-the-excluded-marks-30-years-defending-true-independence-in-brazil/
Thirty years after it emerged with the motto “Life First”, the Cry of the Excluded (Grito dos Excluídos in Portuguese), a series of mass mobilizations held annually on Brazil’s Independence Day, has much to pay homage to. The space for denouncing the country’s historic social inequalities brings together dozens of social movements. This year to mark the date, these organizations are preparing a massive mobilization in various regions of the country on September 7, under the motto “All life is worthy of care. But who cares?” The details were presented on Tuesday by the organizers.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/04/cry-of-the-excluded-marks-30-years-defending-true-independence-in-brazil/
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Cry of the Excluded marks 30 years defending “true independence” in Brazil
A mass mobilization will be held on September 7, the date on which Brazilian independence is celebrated, under the motto “All life is worthy of care. But who cares?”
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The ninth Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) or the China-Africa Summit opened on Thursday, September 5 at the Great Hall of the People at Beijing. In the inaugural address the Chinese President Xi Jinping announced to upgrade all existing relations with African countries to the level of “strategic relationship.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/05/china-upgrades-bilateral-relations-in-africa-to-strategic-relationships-during-china-africa-summit/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/05/china-upgrades-bilateral-relations-in-africa-to-strategic-relationships-during-china-africa-summit/
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we say Happy Birthday to Claudette Colvin, a pioneer of the Civil Rights movement in the United States.
Colvin was arrested at age 15 in the segregated US South on March 2, 1955, when she refused to give up her seat for a white woman in Montgomery, Alabama. Claudette would then go to court, with the other three plaintiffs in the first federal court case filed by Fred Gray, to challenge the bus segregation in the city.
Colvin was arrested at age 15 in the segregated US South on March 2, 1955, when she refused to give up her seat for a white woman in Montgomery, Alabama. Claudette would then go to court, with the other three plaintiffs in the first federal court case filed by Fred Gray, to challenge the bus segregation in the city.
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The brutality of Milei’s far-right government has been put on display with the heavy handed repression doled out to elderly pensioners in the country who have been protesting for an increase in their pensions.
On Monday September 2, the President of Argentina, radical right-winger Javier Milei, vetoed a law that had already passed the first level of the Legislature, and that sought to increase pensions and retirement benefits given the rampant inflation in the country.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/05/milei-vetoes-pension-increase-and-doubles-down-on-repression/
On Monday September 2, the President of Argentina, radical right-winger Javier Milei, vetoed a law that had already passed the first level of the Legislature, and that sought to increase pensions and retirement benefits given the rampant inflation in the country.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/05/milei-vetoes-pension-increase-and-doubles-down-on-repression/
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French President Emmanuel Macron has finally nominated a new Prime Minister. However, his choice is not someone from the New Popular Front (NFP), the left-progressive alliance that won the most seats in the recent snap election.
Macron's appointment of conservative Michel Barnier as Prime Minister has sparked outrage among progressives in France.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/05/macron-faces-protest-over-appointment-of-right-wing-pm/
Macron's appointment of conservative Michel Barnier as Prime Minister has sparked outrage among progressives in France.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/05/macron-faces-protest-over-appointment-of-right-wing-pm/
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Last week, a video went viral showing a group of armed men at The Edge at Lowry apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado. The video has made its rounds across the right-wing media and political commentators, capitalizing on the fear mongering around the reported influx of migrants entering the United States, especially from Venezuela.
According to the apartment’s landlord, Brooklyn-based CBZ Management, members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua have taken control of the buildings, stolen rent money from residents, and chased out the property management.
But the right-wing fear mongering over gangs in Colorado obscures the larger issue of landlord neglect, according to residents.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/05/right-wing-fear-mongering-over-gangs-in-colorado-obscures-larger-issue-of-landlord-neglect/
According to the apartment’s landlord, Brooklyn-based CBZ Management, members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua have taken control of the buildings, stolen rent money from residents, and chased out the property management.
But the right-wing fear mongering over gangs in Colorado obscures the larger issue of landlord neglect, according to residents.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/05/right-wing-fear-mongering-over-gangs-in-colorado-obscures-larger-issue-of-landlord-neglect/
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Pensioners in Argentina are on the front lines against President Milei's "chainsaw" economics which have seen deep budget cuts and an exacerbated economic crisis. Many who have worked their entire lives are now finding themselves unable to survive on their pensions due to inflation and currency devaluation and have demanded immediate and serious aid from the government.
Read why they have been protesting week after week against Milei's neoliberal measures.
Read why they have been protesting week after week against Milei's neoliberal measures.
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Thousands are expected to gather in Ostend, Belgium, on September 7-8 for ManiFiesta, a festival of solidarity organized by a coalition of left organizations in the country.
The event will mark the unofficial start of Belgium’s political season, bringing together activists, trade unionists, and political leaders to discuss some of the most pressing issues in Europe and the world today.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/06/manifiesta-brings-a-weekend-of-solidarity-and-activism-to-belgium/
The event will mark the unofficial start of Belgium’s political season, bringing together activists, trade unionists, and political leaders to discuss some of the most pressing issues in Europe and the world today.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/06/manifiesta-brings-a-weekend-of-solidarity-and-activism-to-belgium/
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