The United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stated on Friday, October 11, that two of its personnel were injured from explosions that occurred close to an observation tower within its headquarters in Naqoura in southern Lebanon.

The incident was the second attack by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on UNIFIL and its personnel in 48 hours.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/12/israel-targets-un-peacekeepers-in-lebanon/

A number of Palestinians were burned alive and dozens of others injured after Israel targeted tents of displaced people inside the premises of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah city with incendiary bombs in the early hours of Monday, October 14.

The images of displaced Palestinians being burned alive by Israeli attacks sparked outrage across the world as Israel appears to be no closer to heeding international calls for a ceasefire.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/14/israel-burns-displaced-palestinians-alive-in-central-gaza/

🇵🇸British rapper, journalist, and activist Lowkey spoke in Newcastle, UK at the "A Year of Resistance in the Face of Genocide" event.

Lowkey underscored the legal basis of people's right to resist occupation and Israel's genocidal war and the need for the peoples of the world to stand with Palestine and speak out against imperialist propaganda, which seeks to justify Israeli-US crimes in West Asia.

British rapper, journalist, and activist Lowkey spoke in Newcastle, UK at the “A Year of Resistance in the Face of Genocide” event.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/15/british-rapper-lowkey-on-resistance-to-israels-genocide/

The Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah launched a series of strikes with a squadron of drones on Sunday, October 13, on a training camp affiliated with Israel’s Golani Brigade in Binyamina, south of Haifa.

The drone strikes are part of “the Khaybar operations”, which Hezbollah began on October 1, announcing that they will encompass a series of attacks and strikes in response of the “targeting of civilians and the massacres committed by the enemy, and in answer to the call ‘Labbeik ya Nasrallah’ [Here I am, at your service O Nasrallah]”.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/15/hezbollah-inflicts-more-losses-on-israel-with-drone-attack-in-haifa/

🇦🇷 Argentina's right-wing and "anarcho-capitalist" President Javier Milei tries to present himself as a new alternative and against the political class (the "casta"), but he uses the oldest and most washed-up neoliberal policies in the book.

Far from targeting the ruling class, his policies have widened the gaps between rich and poor, to benefit rich people, destroy the middle class, and further plunge the poor people further into oppression. Poverty now stands at 53% of the population, the highest figure in two decades.

We discussed Milei's attacks on workers and his economic and political model with Nicolás Caropresi of the @MTE on our latest episode of #DisputarElAlba.

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Thousands marched in Havana to denounce Israeli genocide in a demonstration organized by the Young Communist League of Cuba.

“We have come here today to show our strong rejection of the actions that Israel is carrying out against that nation,” stated the UCJ. “Enough of death and suffering!”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/15/cuban-president-miguel-diaz-canel-joins-march-in-support-of-palestine/

The remarkable resilience of Palestinians is a powerful example of human courage and dignity in the face of terrible violence.
📲 Read Vijay Prashad's full article on our website:https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/15/when-children-are-murdered-what-is-there-to-celebrate/

“Migrants are not a threat to working people anywhere… The real threats are the Republican Party, the Democrats, and the ruling class they serve.”

We spoke to socialist presidential candidate Claudia De la Cruz on the left perspective on one of the most controversial topics of this US election season: immigration.

#PeoplesVictory | Samsung workers in India achieved their demands after a 37-day strike!!

Members of the Samsung India Workers Union (SIWU) went on strike for 37 days to demand better working conditions, wages, and recognition of their union. The 1500 workers challenged the extreme exploitation of the company and the government repression, and won.

Police in Pakistan’s Sindh province attacked a peaceful protest gathering called the Sindh Rawadari March in Karachi and arrested several activists and leaders of left parties, women rights groups and other civil society members.
📲 Read the full article on our website.https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/16/pakistani-security-forces-attack-protesters-demanding-justice-in-case-of-extrajudicial-killing/

Next Sunday, October 27, the people of Uruguay will elect their president and parliamentarians. For now, none of the political forces have a big enough difference in the polls that would indicate a clear winner in the first round of the election.

Two political forces, one a right-wing coalition and the other, a center-left, will presumably get the most votes.

In any case, a potential presidential runoff does not work as a simple mathematical sum. Hence, the two major Uruguayan political tendencies are already looking ahead to the second round and are therefore working on possible alliances and strategies to add the necessary votes to obtain the coveted presidency of Uruguay.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/16/uruguay-prepares-for-general-elections/

University students and professors in Argentina are taking over dozens of university buildings and administrative offices in protest of right-wing President Javier Milei’s veto of the University Financing Law (which was intended to adjust the amount of money received by universities given the rampant inflation). His veto was ratified by the Chamber of Deputies last week.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/17/students-take-over-university-buildings-in-argentina-to-demand-funding-for-education/

The 37 day strike of the workers of the Samsung India’s Sriperumbudur plant near Chennai in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu was called off on Wednesday, October 16 after an agreement was reached with the management.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/17/samsung-workers-strike-in-indias-tamil-nadu-ends-after-37-days-workers-claim-victory/

Israeli warplanes carpet-bombed Nabatieh city in southern Lebanon, targeting several buildings and sites, on Wednesday, October 16.

Nabatieh Municipality building was among the targets, resulting in the killing of the city’s mayor and five other key officials, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. A medical facility near the municipality building was also targeted by an Israeli airstrike, killing at least two doctors.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/17/israel-carpet-bombs-nabatieh-targeting-medical-and-municipal-facilities/

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and the Israeli Security Agency (Shabak) issued a joint statement on Thursday, October 17, announcing the assassination of the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance movement Hamas, Yahya Sinwar.

The statement clarified that investigations were still underway to verify whether the body, which the IOF found in Gaza after engaging in armed clashes with Palestinian resistance fighters in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip the day earlier, was of Sinwar.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/17/israel-says-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-was-killed-in-combat-in-rafah/

The armed forces of the United States, the Philippines, and several of their allies started a massive military exercise in the Philippines on Tuesday, October 15, amidst growing concerns of rising external intervention and possibility of conflict in the Asia-Pacific region.

In the last couple of years the US has on several occasions used the phrase of “free and open Indo-Pacific” to justify its moves against China in the region.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/17/us-begins-another-military-exercise-with-the-philippines-and-other-asian-allies-near-taiwan-strait/