The Ministry of Energy and Mines in Cuba announced on Friday, October 18, that the National Electrical Energy System had faced a total blackout after the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant suffered an unexpected outage.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel responded to the news saying, “From the country’s leadership, we are dedicating absolute priority to the attention and solution of this highly sensitive energy contingency for the nation. There will be no rest until it is restored.”
The nation-wide blackout that Cuba experienced is evidence of the serious impacts that the blockade has on the entire population, and prompted many solidarity organizations to renew their calls for Biden to lift the deadly blockade.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/18/cuba-faces-nation-wide-blackout-activists-renew-calls-for-an-end-to-the-blockade/
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel responded to the news saying, “From the country’s leadership, we are dedicating absolute priority to the attention and solution of this highly sensitive energy contingency for the nation. There will be no rest until it is restored.”
The nation-wide blackout that Cuba experienced is evidence of the serious impacts that the blockade has on the entire population, and prompted many solidarity organizations to renew their calls for Biden to lift the deadly blockade.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/18/cuba-faces-nation-wide-blackout-activists-renew-calls-for-an-end-to-the-blockade/
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Cuba faces nation-wide blackout, activists renew calls for an end to the blockade
The inclusion of Cuba on the state sponsors of terrorism list has severely limited the island nation from accessing funds and the international market.
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🇨🇺The US blockade of Cuba has plunged the country into darkness.
As of Friday, October 18, Cuba has been suffering an unprecedented national blackout. The cause of this is the lack of fuel and maintenance to keep the electrical grid operating properly. Cuba has been severely restricted from purchasing fuel and crucial supplies because of the tight US blockade on the country. Cuban officials have repeatedly called for Washington to lift some of these suffocating sanctions (and the blockade as a whole) and allow the country to purchase lifesaving supplies, yet once again their pleas have fallen on deaf ears.
Read the account of this blackout from journalist Luis de Jesús, direct from Havana.
📸 Luis de Jesús.
As of Friday, October 18, Cuba has been suffering an unprecedented national blackout. The cause of this is the lack of fuel and maintenance to keep the electrical grid operating properly. Cuba has been severely restricted from purchasing fuel and crucial supplies because of the tight US blockade on the country. Cuban officials have repeatedly called for Washington to lift some of these suffocating sanctions (and the blockade as a whole) and allow the country to purchase lifesaving supplies, yet once again their pleas have fallen on deaf ears.
Read the account of this blackout from journalist Luis de Jesús, direct from Havana.
📸 Luis de Jesús.
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Israeli forces shelled all three major hospitals in northern Gaza—Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda, and the Indonesian Hospital—on the night of October 18-19. The attacks followed a two-week siege imposed on the region by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/19/northern-gaza-hospitals-suffer-a-night-of-israeli-attacks/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/19/northern-gaza-hospitals-suffer-a-night-of-israeli-attacks/
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Northern Gaza hospitals suffer a night of Israeli attacks
All three major hospitals in northern Gaza sustained heavy damage from Israeli forces’ overnight attacks
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Cuban journalist Laura Prada writes from Havana about the national blackout in Cuba, product of the blockade imposed on the island by the United States.
📲 Read her full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/21/cuba-in-the-dark-but-not-defeated/
📲 Read her full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/21/cuba-in-the-dark-but-not-defeated/
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Cuba, in the dark but not defeated
Cuban journalist Laura Prada writes from Havana about the national blackout in Cuba, product of the blockade imposed on the island by the US.
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Thousands of people took to the streets of Naples on October 19, demonstrating against the G7 military agenda and Italy’s proposed reforms that would limit the freedom to dissent.
Protesters, representing a host of organizations including student associations, trade unions, and community centers, rallied against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government’s policies, demanding a shift in priorities toward social needs instead of military spending.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/21/naples-protests-g7-lords-of-war/
Protesters, representing a host of organizations including student associations, trade unions, and community centers, rallied against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government’s policies, demanding a shift in priorities toward social needs instead of military spending.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/21/naples-protests-g7-lords-of-war/
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Naples protests G7 “lords of war”
Over 2,000 people took to the streets of Naples against soaring military spending in Europe and increased repression of dissent as G7 defense ministers convened for high-level talks
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The Shehbaz Sharif government has proposed a comprehensive constitutional amendment which, if passed, will give the government greater control over the judiciary and country’s election commission.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/21/crackdown-on-protests-over-controversial-constitutional-amendments-in-pakistan/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/21/crackdown-on-protests-over-controversial-constitutional-amendments-in-pakistan/
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Crackdown on protests over controversial constitutional amendments in Pakistan
The Shehbaz Sharif government has proposed a comprehensive constitutional amendment which, if passed, will give the government greater control over the judiciary and country’s election commission.
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Activists call for an end to the criminalization of migrant women!
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Derwentside Detention Center for women in Northeast Britain to protest against the government's xenophobic and hostile policies against migrants and asylum seekers and to declare "Refugees are welcome here!"
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Derwentside Detention Center for women in Northeast Britain to protest against the government's xenophobic and hostile policies against migrants and asylum seekers and to declare "Refugees are welcome here!"
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Following a severe collapse of the national power grid on October 18, Cuba continues to make great efforts to restore electrical service to all homes and institutions on the island.
The Electric Company of the capital, Havana, reported that close to 90% of the clients in the capital have been reconnected and announced that “There will be no rest until the Electric System is fully restored.”
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/21/power-is-gradually-restored-in-cuba-hurricane-oscar-downgraded-to-tropical-storm/
The Electric Company of the capital, Havana, reported that close to 90% of the clients in the capital have been reconnected and announced that “There will be no rest until the Electric System is fully restored.”
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/21/power-is-gradually-restored-in-cuba-hurricane-oscar-downgraded-to-tropical-storm/
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Power is gradually restored in Cuba, Hurricane Oscar downgraded to tropical storm
After several false starts over the weekend, the efforts to recover Cuba’s electrical system began to make headway on October 21. Meanwhile, authorities have declared that Oscar has become a tropical storm.
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🇵🇸Palestinians in the West Bank continue daily protest sit-ins against the ongoing Israeli genocide against their fellow compatriots in Gaza.
The daily sit-ins started when Israel began its latest genocidal campaign against Gaza. As the war expanded to other parts of the region, the activists have also been showing solidarity with people in Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq.
The daily sit-ins started when Israel began its latest genocidal campaign against Gaza. As the war expanded to other parts of the region, the activists have also been showing solidarity with people in Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq.
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People in the US are set to head to the ballot box on November 5 to decide their next president.
Peoples Dispatch spoke to socialist candidate Claudia De la Cruz, running with vice presidential candidate Karina Garcia on the ticket of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, in an exclusive interview on her perspective on immigration, hurricane relief, US aid to Israel, and other key issues in these upcoming elections.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/18/amid-war-and-natural-disasters-capitalism-is-at-root-of-crisis-says-socialist-candidate-for-president/
Peoples Dispatch spoke to socialist candidate Claudia De la Cruz, running with vice presidential candidate Karina Garcia on the ticket of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, in an exclusive interview on her perspective on immigration, hurricane relief, US aid to Israel, and other key issues in these upcoming elections.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/18/amid-war-and-natural-disasters-capitalism-is-at-root-of-crisis-says-socialist-candidate-for-president/
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Amid war and natural disasters, capitalism is at root of crisis, says socialist candidate for president
“A third party option takes away that consent from the ruling class and gives power to working class people,” says Claudia De la Cruz, socialist candidate for president
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Amer Qawas and Hossam Abu Ghazalah, were killed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) after they crossed the Jordanian border into occupied Palestine near the Dead Sea, and opened fire at Israeli soldiers.
Two IOF soldiers were injured in the attack according to Israeli media, which also reported that the two young Jordanian gunmen who launched the attack were dressed in Jordanian Army uniform.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/22/two-jordanians-killed-in-second-cross-border-attack-against-israeli-occupation-forces/
Two IOF soldiers were injured in the attack according to Israeli media, which also reported that the two young Jordanian gunmen who launched the attack were dressed in Jordanian Army uniform.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/22/two-jordanians-killed-in-second-cross-border-attack-against-israeli-occupation-forces/
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Two Jordanians killed in second cross-border attack against Israeli Occupation Forces
The incident marks the second attack launched by Jordanian nationals against Israeli forces in the last month, in retaliation for Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza.
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The IMF has brought about fuel price hikes for the third time this year in Egypt, deepening the cost of living crisis and eating further into household incomes at a time of growing poverty, into which increasing sections of the middle class have fast been sinking.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/22/egyptian-government-implements-third-fuel-price-hike-at-the-behest-of-the-imf/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/22/egyptian-government-implements-third-fuel-price-hike-at-the-behest-of-the-imf/
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Egyptian government implements third fuel price hike at the behest of the IMF
The fuel price hike announced on October 18 in Egypt is a part of its government’s commitment to the IMF to eliminate fuel subsidies in phases by December 2025.
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As US presidential elections approach in the coming weeks, activists and organizers are ringing the alarm bells about the broad practice of voter suppression that still exists in the United States—including through the means of voter roll purges, laws that criminalize handing out water to voters, and felony disenfranchisement.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/22/in-the-us-voting-is-a-privilege-not-a-right/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/22/in-the-us-voting-is-a-privilege-not-a-right/
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In the US, voting is a privilege, not a right
People in the US are set to head to the polls soon to decide their next president. But the country has yet to contend with a past and present reality of voter suppression
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🎹🎸🇦🇷 Happy birthday to Charly García, the rebellious voice of Argentine rock who dared to speak truth to power.
In a time of state terrorism, torture, and forced disappearances, when silence was mandated, his music screamed louder. From 'Los Dinosaurios' and 'Botas Locas' to 'No Bombardeen Buenos Aires,' he turned his music into a weapon of resistance against the military dictatorship (1976-1983), giving voice to a generation living in fear.
Through Sui Generis, Serú Girán and his solo work, he crafted anthems of freedom that still resonate today. Whether in sky blue and white or sporting his iconic half-black, half-white mustache, he showed us that rock isn't just about music—it's about standing up for what's right. ¡Feliz cumpleaños to a true legend!🤘
#CharlyGarcia #RockArgentino
In a time of state terrorism, torture, and forced disappearances, when silence was mandated, his music screamed louder. From 'Los Dinosaurios' and 'Botas Locas' to 'No Bombardeen Buenos Aires,' he turned his music into a weapon of resistance against the military dictatorship (1976-1983), giving voice to a generation living in fear.
Through Sui Generis, Serú Girán and his solo work, he crafted anthems of freedom that still resonate today. Whether in sky blue and white or sporting his iconic half-black, half-white mustache, he showed us that rock isn't just about music—it's about standing up for what's right. ¡Feliz cumpleaños to a true legend!🤘
#CharlyGarcia #RockArgentino
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