"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/

Journalist unions and civil society groups came together to commemorate the first anniversary of the Indian government’s crackdown on independent media outlet NewsClick and arrest of its founding editor Prabir Purkayastha, on Thursday, October 3 at the Press Club of India (PCI) in New Delhi.

Many former NewsClick employees are struggling to find an alternative job even after months of unemployment due to the vilification and fear mongering campaign launched by the ultra-right government in India.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/03/a-year-after-the-attack-on-newsclick-journalists-in-india-call-for-a-united-fight-against-assaults-on-independent-media/

As Israel broadens its invasion, health systems in both Gaza and Lebanon are under attack, facing mounting threats and destruction.

Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s civil and health infrastructure continues to shock humanitarian workers who manage to enter the enclave during their missions. Isabelle Defourny, a physician with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), described the dire conditions in Gaza during a recent media briefing, following her latest visit to the region. She was once again stunned by the precarious living conditions of forcibly displaced people and the landscape, completely flattened by Israeli attacks.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/03/israels-attacks-on-healthcare-in-lebanon-echo-devastation-in-gaza/

Laila Soueif, the mother of imprisoned Egyptian-British political activist and writer Alaa Abdel Fattah, announced on Monday, September 30 that she started a hunger strike to protest Alaa’s continued imprisonment.

“Once again, the Egyptian authorities have violated their own laws to persecute my son. At this stage. I consider this a kidnapping as well as unlawful detention,” Soueif said in a statement.

Despite being scheduled for release on September 29, Egyptian authorities have refused to release Abdel Fattah.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/03/mother-of-alaa-abdel-fattah-starts-hunger-strike-to-protest-his-continued-imprisonment/

Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas has announced that FEMA does not have enough money to make it through hurricane season.

But instead of allocating funds, Congress is set to stay out on vacation until November 12, and the US continues to unconditionally fund Israel’s genocidal rampage in West Asia. Hurricane Helene victims respond to government inaction.

Hurricane Helene survivors describe their conditions: “We still constantly waiting for help, we need water, we need food, we need the government to respond.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/03/us-leaves-hurricane-helene-survivors-behind-while-funding-israels-genocidal-war/