Israel just began its ground invasion of Lebanon.

Leading up to that, Israel assassinated three leaders of the PFLP, one Hamas leader, and one leader of Hezbollah in Beirut in less than 48 hours.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/30/israel-assassinates-more-resistance-leaders-in-beirut-and-begins-ground-invasion-of-lebanon/

Israel has adopted the assassination of resistance leaders as an approach for decades. However, resistance within the region has grown stronger and more ubiquitous than ever.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/01/hezbollah-deputy-leader-delivers-first-speech-since-nasrallahs-assassination/

The US South is contending with the trail of destruction left by Hurricane Helene, which devastated the region over the past few days, including the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, across the Central Gulf Coast and reaching into the southern Appalachian region.

Despite the unprecedented level of devastation, the federal money to deal with disaster relief appears to have run out.

Thanks to the efforts of conservative lawmakers, the recently passed funding bill excluded disaster aid, even for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) depleted funds because for the second year in a row, FEMA has run out of money before the peak of hurricane season.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/01/congress-failed-to-allocate-relief-funding-ahead-of-hurricane-helene-skipped-town-early-due-to-the-storm/

Iran launches massive missile attack against Israel.

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed that 180 missiles were launched against Israel and warned of further attacks if Israel responds. The attack is in response to Israel’s repeated violations of Iran’s sovereignty and the assassination of regional resistance leaders. The missiles could be seen from Ramallah.

"The West led by the United States is completely out of touch. The whole world wants the genocide against the Palestinians to end now."

Indian historian and Marxist academic Vijay Prashad spoke at the event "Latin America Speaks: Solidarity Vs. Empire". In the midst of dangerous escalation by Israel, Prashad spoke about the role of US-NATO imperialism in driving war around the world.

The city of Tel Aviv, considered a commercial hub and the largest urban center of the Israeli occupation, was rocked by multiple attacks by different fronts on Tuesday, October 1. The attacks were carried out by Hezbollah, Iran, Yemen’s Ansar Allah, and Palestinian resistance fighters, and could mark the first spark of a regional war that the Netanyahu-led Israeli government has been provoking for the last several months.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/01/iran-responds-to-israel-with-missile-attack-on-tel-aviv/

Workers in France took to the streets, demanding improved rights and greater investment in public services, as newly appointed PM Michel Barnier delivered his first address to the National Assembly.

On Tuesday, October 1, two different realities unfolded in France. Thousands of people, led by trade unions including the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) and Solidaires, took to the streets demanding the repeal of President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform, salary increases, and broader improvements to their living standards. Meanwhile, newly appointed Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivered his inaugural speech in the National Assembly, laying out a vision for his mandate that was, essentially, everything but what the workers are rallying for.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/01/trade-unions-demand-respect-of-rights-as-pm-barnier-announces-more-austerity/

At midnight on October 1, nearly 50,000 dockworkers across the US’s East Coast walked off the job, shutting down ports across the coastline across cities including Boston, New York, Miami, and Houston. This is the International Longshoremen’s Association’s (ILA) first strike since 1977.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/01/nearly-50000-us-dockworkers-strike-and-flex-collective-power-over-the-economy/

Prosecutors are investigating several former officials of the government of Sebastián Piñera who work for the San Sebastián University over their relationship with the “Audios Case”.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/01/right-wing-chilean-university-finds-itself-at-the-center-of-multiple-corruption-allegations/

"The CIA's targeting of myself, my family and my associates through aggressive extrajudicial and extraterritorial means, provides a rare insight into how powerful intelligence organizations engage on international repression."

In his first public address since his release, Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange speaks about the political persecution that him and his family suffered at the hands of the United States CIA and the undermining of press freedom.

On September 28, the living martyr of the Koothuparamba struggle, Puthukudi Pushpan, concluded his epic battle with death at the age of fifty-four. He has now joined the ranks of countless martyrs who have inspired generations.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/02/death-was-closer-to-him-than-life-yet-he-faced-it-with-a-smile-remembering-puthukudi-pushpan/

Assange told the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) about his concerns regarding the growing attacks on free speech, stating that, from his perspective, the world now faces more impunity, more secrecy, and more censorship than when the United States first began targeting WikiLeaks for its publications 14 years ago.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/02/council-of-europe-recognizes-julian-assange-as-a-political-prisoner/