The US and its allies use unilateral coercive measures to achieve their geopolitical and strategic objectives against other countries, in spite of them being in violation of basic principles of the UN charter.

In the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held in Geneva on Friday, September 13, China and several other developing countries from across the world denounced all forms of illegal unilateral coercive measures by the US and its allies, demanding their immediate and unconditional withdrawal.

📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/16/developing-countries-demand-unconditional-withdrawal-of-sanctions-by-us-and-allies/

The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions has issued a statement marking nearly one year of resistance to genocide since October 7.

Addressing their “Brothers and Sisters of trade and workers’ unions in North America, Europe, and the rest of the world,” the PGFTU calls on “the free world and the global labor movement to stand in a broad and pressing solidarity campaign with our people in Gaza.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/17/pgftu-calls-for-unions-to-support-mask-off-maersk-campaign/

Juan López, a Honduran environmentalist and councilman of the Municipality of Tocoa for the Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre), was shot and killed. He was a dedicated environmental defender and was engaged in struggles against open-pit mining, for which he had been threatened on several occasions. As a result, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights requested special protection to safeguard his life in 2023.

López was killed in a popular neighborhood of Tocoa while in his car. The perpetrators escaped and are still being searched for by the police. According to the NGO Global Witness, during 2023, 18 environmental leaders were murdered in Honduras, making it the second most dangerous country for environmentalists, only behind Brazil (25) and Colombia (79).

📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/17/environmental-and-community-activist-juan-lopez-murdered-in-honduras/

Israel continues to carry out war crimes and breach the sovereignty of countries in the region, while the international community remains unmoved.

The Lebanese Internal Security Forces announced on Tuesday, September 17, that thousands of pagers or wireless communication devices exploded in a number of areas across Lebanon, including in the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

The explosion of the pagers killed at least nine people, including a child, and injured over 3,000 others. Videos that have circulated online of the explosions, illustrate how many occurred in public places and caused transit accidents, secondary injuries, and general chaos.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/17/hezbollah-holds-israel-responsible-for-cyber-terrorist-attack-in-lebanon/

Although Israel has a policy of confiscating the bodies of individuals who carry out attacks against its forces, it returned Al-Jazi’s body to maintain security relations with the Jordanian government amid outrage of the Jordanian people.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/17/jordan-receives-body-of-maher-al-jazi-from-israeli-authorities/

Marcellus Williams, 55 years old, is set to be executed by lethal injection in less than a week for a crime that he did not commit. Activists and supporters are fighting tooth and nail against the Missouri court system to save the life of a man who has been proven innocent by DNA evidence.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/18/advocates-fight-to-stop-execution-of-innocent-death-row-prisoner-marcellus-williams-in-less-than-a-week/

🚩☀️ManiFiesta is a vibrant cultural festival championing solidarity and internationalism.

It was held in Ostend, Belgium during the first weekend of September and is organized by the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB) with support from Intal, Cubanismo, and Redfox. ManiFiesta brought together activists, trade unionists, and political leaders from across the globe. Together, they engaged in lively discussions on some of the most urgent social, political, and economic challenges facing Europe and the world today - especially on the resistance to Israel's genocidal war in Gaza.

🎥Watch the full video report: https://youtu.be/CTXcxBYcvFw?si=RidVtWfo0pFi0fRL

A new report from the Palestinian Ministry of Health warns that over 1,000 health workers in Gaza have been killed by Israeli forces since October 2023.

Meanwhile, a severe shortage of essential hygiene supplies continues to exacerbate the health crisis
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/18/death-toll-of-gazas-health-workers-crosses-1000/

At least nine people were killed and more than 300 others injured when thousands of wireless devices including walkie-talkies were detonated in different parts of Lebanon on Wednesday, September 18.

The new blasts took place, while the information regarding the first day’s cyber terrorist attacks through pagers remained largely unknown and subject to speculation.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/18/new-wave-of-israeli-terrorist-cyber-attacks-hit-lebanon/

On Sunday September 15, AMLO gave one of his last public addresses to an overflowing Zócalo as part of the political ritual “Grito de Dolores”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/18/amlo-marks-the-end-of-presidency-with-moving-address-to-masses-of-people/

Pharmacy services in Serbia have become entirely profit-driven, with the needs of the population pushed aside.

Workers from the public pharmacy Apoteka Beograd held a protest in Belgrade. They protested due to unpaid wages and the ongoing shortages of medicines needed for daily activities.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/18/can-serbia-cure-its-public-pharmacies/

🇵🇪 One of the most corrupt and violent dictators in Latin America, Alberto Fujimori, died last week without facing justice for the many crimes he committed against the people of Peru.

We discussed the legacy of Fujimori and his economic and political model which continues to shape Peruvian politics today with Peruvian activists and analysts Anahí Durand and Julio Arbizu on our latest episode of #DisputarElAlba.

☀️#DisputarElALBA is a program brought to you by De Raiz, Barricada TV and Peoples Dispatch every Monday at 19h Mexico and 22h Argentina. Tune in!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDEMNls4LLg

Nassau County police targeted and arrested a Palestine solidarity activist protesting while wearing a keffiyeh. The arrest took place while activists were protesting the illegal sale of stolen Palestinian land at a so-called “real estate” event in Cedarhurst, New York.📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/19/palestine-solidarity-activist-arrested-for-wearing-keffiyeh-in-long-island/

On September 18, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution that demanded that Israel immediately withdraw from the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) of East Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank.

📲 Read Vijay Prashad's full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/19/the-world-says-that-israels-unlawful-occupation-of-palestine-must-end/

The US has called on all parties to de-escalate to prevent a regional war from happening in the wake of the Israeli terrorist cyber attacks in Lebanon and Syria, yet has reiterated its commitment to stand by Israel.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/19/sayyed-hassan-nasrallah-israel-crossed-all-red-lines/