The calculated and cruel violence suffered by Gisèle Pelicot has shaken the world to its core, yet her demand to make the trial public and shift the shame to the perpetrators of these acts, has inspired many.
The images of a stoic Gisèle Pelicot, who in the small courtroom had to relive events she did not remember, have traveled around the world. However, the victim was quick to say that her expression should not be confused with her state of mind and mental health: “[In the recordings] I am inert, in my bed, and I am being raped. They are barbaric scenes. My world is crumbling, everything is crumbling, everything I’ve built in fifty years. Frankly, for me, they are scenes of terror.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/09/the-courage-of-gisele-pelicot/
The images of a stoic Gisèle Pelicot, who in the small courtroom had to relive events she did not remember, have traveled around the world. However, the victim was quick to say that her expression should not be confused with her state of mind and mental health: “[In the recordings] I am inert, in my bed, and I am being raped. They are barbaric scenes. My world is crumbling, everything is crumbling, everything I’ve built in fifty years. Frankly, for me, they are scenes of terror.”
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The courage of Gisèle Pelicot
The calculated and cruel violence suffered by Gisèle Pelicot has shaken the world to its core, yet her demand to make the trial public and shift the shame to the perpetrators of these acts, has inspired many
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, on his death anniversary, we remember the Chinese revolutionary, Marxist theorist and military strategist Mao Zedong.
Among many other crucial accomplishments, Mao was a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and helped build the Chinese Red Army which he led into war for liberation and victory. In 1949, the CCP, led by Mao, founded the People's Republic of China, and he served as its first president until his death on a day like today in 1976.
Among many other crucial accomplishments, Mao was a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and helped build the Chinese Red Army which he led into war for liberation and victory. In 1949, the CCP, led by Mao, founded the People's Republic of China, and he served as its first president until his death on a day like today in 1976.
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Approximately 300,000 people took to the streets across France to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of conservative Michel Barnier as Prime Minister.
The protests, led by left and progressive groups, reflect growing anger at Macron’s decision to bypass the election results and avoid a progressive government.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/09/300000-march-against-macrons-appointment-of-conservative-prime-minister/
The protests, led by left and progressive groups, reflect growing anger at Macron’s decision to bypass the election results and avoid a progressive government.
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300,000 march against Macron’s appointment of conservative prime minister
Hundreds of thousands of people marched across France on Saturday, protesting Emmanuel Macron’s disregard for the results of the July election
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“In Venezuela right now great things are happening, very positive for the popular camp, there are thousands of organized communities ... The people are making the decisions and the popular leadership has years of experience in their territory organizing the fight for life." Ángel Prado Minister of Cummunes in Venezuela.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/10/angel-prado-on-the-advance-of-venezuelas-participatory-democracy/
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Ángel Prado on the advance of Venezuela’s participatory democracy
Prado's leadership has been key in the implementation of policies that seek to deepen participatory and protagonist democracy, as well as in the consolidation of the socialist communes, a model of territorial organization that has gained strength as a result…
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For the past few weeks, right-wing media and politicians have been whipped up into a frenzy over the supposed takeover of an Aurora, Colorado apartment building by a Venezuelan gang after a video went viral depicting armed men in The Edge at Lowry complex.
Residents of the apartment complexes in question, however, claim that the landlord, the Brooklyn, New York based CBZ Management, has exploited anti-migrant frenzy as an excuse to neglect repairs in the building. The mayor of Aurora, a conservative himself, has dubbed CBZ Management as “out of state slumlords.”
For more clarity on the situation in Aurora, Peoples Dispatch spoke to Nate Kassa, a community organizer with the East Colfax Community Collective, a grassroots organization in Colorado.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/10/how-a-new-york-landlord-exploited-anti-immigrant-propaganda-in-aurora-colorado/
Residents of the apartment complexes in question, however, claim that the landlord, the Brooklyn, New York based CBZ Management, has exploited anti-migrant frenzy as an excuse to neglect repairs in the building. The mayor of Aurora, a conservative himself, has dubbed CBZ Management as “out of state slumlords.”
For more clarity on the situation in Aurora, Peoples Dispatch spoke to Nate Kassa, a community organizer with the East Colfax Community Collective, a grassroots organization in Colorado.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/10/how-a-new-york-landlord-exploited-anti-immigrant-propaganda-in-aurora-colorado/
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How a New York landlord exploited anti-immigrant propaganda in Aurora, Colorado
Peoples Dispatch spoke to Aurora community organizer Nate Kassa on CBZ Management’s weaponization of anti-migrant rhetoric
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, on his death anniversary, we remember António Agostinho Neto Kilamba, the revolutionary leader of Angola and general secretary of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the movement that won freedom for the African country.
After the MPLA declared the independence of Angola from colonial Portugal, Neto became its first president.
Neto died in 1979 of pancreatic cancer.
After the MPLA declared the independence of Angola from colonial Portugal, Neto became its first president.
Neto died in 1979 of pancreatic cancer.
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Lenacapavir, an injectable antiretroviral drug developed by Gilead Sciences, recently made headlines after a Phase 3 clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda showed it to be 100% effective in preventing HIV among cisgender women and adolescent girls.
Yet, this case highlights a broader, systemic problem within the pharmaceutical industry, which is dominated by large transnational corporations, commonly referred to as Big Pharma.
While the production cost of this medicine could be estimated at US$40 per patient per year—including a 30% profit margin—lenacapavir is currently marketed at US$42,250 per patient per year to treat HIV infection.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/10/public-pharma-vs-abusive-prices-the-case-of-the-latest-hiv-prevention-drug/
Yet, this case highlights a broader, systemic problem within the pharmaceutical industry, which is dominated by large transnational corporations, commonly referred to as Big Pharma.
While the production cost of this medicine could be estimated at US$40 per patient per year—including a 30% profit margin—lenacapavir is currently marketed at US$42,250 per patient per year to treat HIV infection.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/10/public-pharma-vs-abusive-prices-the-case-of-the-latest-hiv-prevention-drug/
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Public Pharma vs. abusive prices: the case of the latest HIV-prevention drug
The high price tag on the HIV drug lenacapavir underscores the widespread dysfunction within Big Pharma
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Whether scholasticide or educide, the phenomenon is ghastly; it is nothing less than the attempt to erase the culture of Palestinians.
In April 2024, a group of UN special rapporteurs and other experts known as the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council accused the Israelis of “scholasticide.” They reported that the destruction of most of Gaza’s schools and universities constituted “persistent, callous attacks on educational infrastructure in Gaza.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/10/the-israelis-are-conducting-scholasticide-in-occupied-palestine/
In April 2024, a group of UN special rapporteurs and other experts known as the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council accused the Israelis of “scholasticide.” They reported that the destruction of most of Gaza’s schools and universities constituted “persistent, callous attacks on educational infrastructure in Gaza.”
📲 Read the full article by Vijay Prashad on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/10/the-israelis-are-conducting-scholasticide-in-occupied-palestine/
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🇯🇴Jordan held parliamentary elections on September 10 in a context of increased tensions in the country.
Initial reports indicated lower voter turnout in the elections despite recent election reforms aimed at expanding participation.
The masses in Jordan have been out on the streets for the last 11 months demanding that their government take action to stop Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, and now in the West Bank.
The unprecedented attack carried out by Jordanian truck driver Maher Al-Jazi on September 8, killing 3 Israeli border guards, has further driven a wedge between the government and the people who demand an end to all cooperation with Israel. Now they demand the return of his body from Israeli occupation authorities.
Peoples Dispatch reporter Aseel Saleh reports from the ground.
Initial reports indicated lower voter turnout in the elections despite recent election reforms aimed at expanding participation.
The masses in Jordan have been out on the streets for the last 11 months demanding that their government take action to stop Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, and now in the West Bank.
The unprecedented attack carried out by Jordanian truck driver Maher Al-Jazi on September 8, killing 3 Israeli border guards, has further driven a wedge between the government and the people who demand an end to all cooperation with Israel. Now they demand the return of his body from Israeli occupation authorities.
Peoples Dispatch reporter Aseel Saleh reports from the ground.
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#PeoplesHistory | This is one of the last pictures of the socialist President of Chile, Salvador Allende, taken 51 years ago on September 11, 1973.
In this picture, Allende is preparing the defense of La Moneda Presidential Palace, as the CIA-backed coup was underway to overthrow his government.
The coup plotters, led by Augusto Pinochet, installed a decades-long bloody dictatorship that imprisoned, tortured, killed, and disappeared thousands of mainly working-class, leftist and progressive people.
The far-right Chilean military and the CIA carried out the coup to destroy the socialist process that Allende was implementing in Chile, which included nationalizing key industries, providing health, housing, and schools for the working class, and taking Chile on a socialist path. This was unacceptable for imperialist powers and their local lackeys.
In this picture, Allende is preparing the defense of La Moneda Presidential Palace, as the CIA-backed coup was underway to overthrow his government.
The coup plotters, led by Augusto Pinochet, installed a decades-long bloody dictatorship that imprisoned, tortured, killed, and disappeared thousands of mainly working-class, leftist and progressive people.
The far-right Chilean military and the CIA carried out the coup to destroy the socialist process that Allende was implementing in Chile, which included nationalizing key industries, providing health, housing, and schools for the working class, and taking Chile on a socialist path. This was unacceptable for imperialist powers and their local lackeys.
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🇨🇱"Eternal Glory for Salvador Allende ... The Chilean people will crush fascism!" - Fidel Castro.
On September 28, 1973, just 17 days after the CIA-backed coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende, Commander Fidel Castro addressed the revolutionary masses of Cuba in the Plaza of the Revolution to explain what had happened in the South American country and the heroic actions of Allende who died defending the La Moneda presidential palace.
On September 28, 1973, just 17 days after the CIA-backed coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende, Commander Fidel Castro addressed the revolutionary masses of Cuba in the Plaza of the Revolution to explain what had happened in the South American country and the heroic actions of Allende who died defending the La Moneda presidential palace.
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At least 40 Palestinians have been killed and more than 65 others injured in Israeli airstrikes that targeted a tent encampment located in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza strip on Tuesday, September 10.
The heavy aerial assault also created two massive, nine-meter deep craters, which has led many to allege that Israel used US-manufactured 2,000 pound bombs in the attack.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/11/israel-carries-out-new-massacre-in-humanitarian-safe-zone-in-khan-younis/
The heavy aerial assault also created two massive, nine-meter deep craters, which has led many to allege that Israel used US-manufactured 2,000 pound bombs in the attack.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/11/israel-carries-out-new-massacre-in-humanitarian-safe-zone-in-khan-younis/
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Israel carries out new massacre in “humanitarian safe zone” in Khan Younis
The Israel Occupation Forces have systematically struck areas already designated as “humanitarian safe zones” during its one-year genocide in Gaza, including Al-Mawasi in Khan Younis
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Jordan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced in a press conference on Wednesday, September 11, the endorsement of the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections that took place on Tuesday.
The results indicate the clear victory of Jordan’s largest opposition party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/11/muslim-brotherhood-gains-majority-of-votes-in-jordans-parliamentary-elections/
The results indicate the clear victory of Jordan’s largest opposition party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/11/muslim-brotherhood-gains-majority-of-votes-in-jordans-parliamentary-elections/
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Muslim Brotherhood gains majority of votes in Jordan’s parliamentary elections
Jordan’s national politics has always been impacted by the situation in occupied Palestine given the strong relations between the two peoples, and their lengthy joint struggle against the Zionist interests in the region.
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🚩Red Salute Sitaram Yechury!
🇮🇳The veteran Indian communist leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sitaram Yechury, passed away today, September 12, 2024, in the Indian capital, New Delhi.
Yechury was a lifelong communist leader. His clarity on uniting India's working class and overcoming deep divisions of caste, gender, religion, and geography, made him one of India's most important political voices. For the general elections held this year, Yechury was central to forging broad unity and building the secular and democratic opposition alliance INDIA. Comrade Sitaram carried forward the left's legacy of anti-imperialism and internationalism with his constant solidarity with popular movements across the globe, such as the Palestinian movement for liberation and popular movements in Latin America. He was also a lifelong friend of China and rejected Cold War fear mongering by the Indian government.
🚩Rest in power Sitaram!
🇮🇳The veteran Indian communist leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sitaram Yechury, passed away today, September 12, 2024, in the Indian capital, New Delhi.
Yechury was a lifelong communist leader. His clarity on uniting India's working class and overcoming deep divisions of caste, gender, religion, and geography, made him one of India's most important political voices. For the general elections held this year, Yechury was central to forging broad unity and building the secular and democratic opposition alliance INDIA. Comrade Sitaram carried forward the left's legacy of anti-imperialism and internationalism with his constant solidarity with popular movements across the globe, such as the Palestinian movement for liberation and popular movements in Latin America. He was also a lifelong friend of China and rejected Cold War fear mongering by the Indian government.
🚩Rest in power Sitaram!
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In the early morning of September 11, Mexico’s Senate approved the Judicial Reform with 86 votes in favor and 41 against. The constitutional reform was achieved despite fierce opposition from business groups, high-ranking judges, foreign embassies, and right-wing law students
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Mexico’s Senate approves Judicial Reform
The Mexican head of state achieved his goal of passing the Judicial Reform before leaving office on October 1.
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, 100 years ago, the revolutionary anti-colonial leader Amilcar Cabral was born in Guinea-Bissau.
Cabral was an agricultural engineer, organizer, and political leader who fought against Portuguese colonial rule in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. He became one of the most essential Pan-Africanist thinkers and anti-colonial revolutionaries in history.
Cabral, forced into exile by Portuguese colonial powers, helped create the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and later on would go to create the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC).
Cabral was assassinated on January 20, 1973 before Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde won their independence in a plot backed and supported by the Portuguese.
His contributions to National Liberation Marxism continue to inform movements and inspire millions today.
Cabral was an agricultural engineer, organizer, and political leader who fought against Portuguese colonial rule in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. He became one of the most essential Pan-Africanist thinkers and anti-colonial revolutionaries in history.
Cabral, forced into exile by Portuguese colonial powers, helped create the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and later on would go to create the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC).
Cabral was assassinated on January 20, 1973 before Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde won their independence in a plot backed and supported by the Portuguese.
His contributions to National Liberation Marxism continue to inform movements and inspire millions today.
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