🇵🇸Birzeit University hosts Engineering Destruction: Militarization and the War Economy conference

The Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies organized the Engineering Destruction: Militarization and the War Economy conference from July 29 to 31 at Birzeit University, in cooperation with the National Pedagogic University in Colombia, Security in Context research network, and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences.

Academics, researchers, political leaders and freed Palestinian prisoners spoke at the conference, examining the roots of militarization and its economic and social implications on the global and local levels.

The conference also explored ways to foster broader international solidarity campaigns with peoples, who struggle against imperialism in other regions of the World such as the Global South.

The Karnataka IT/ITes Employees Union (KITU) is the only registered union for IT and related industries in India’s southern state of Karnataka, the hub of the software industry in the country.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/01/worker-resistance-stops-karnataka-governments-plan-to-increase-it-work-hours/

Niger’s revolution in July 2023 and the creation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) reignited the spirit of sovereignty and Pan-African resistance across the continent. A recent webinar hosted by Pan African Today explored the significance of this moment.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/01/two-years-on-nigers-revolutionary-anniversary-marks-continued-defiance-for-sovereignty/

Thousands of members and supporters of the shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo marched through the streets of Durban to mark “Unfreedom Day”.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/01/new-documentary-highlights-struggle-of-south-african-shackdwellers-who-denounce-post-apartheid-freedom-without-economic-emancipation/

Between 2010 and 2021, unilateral sanctions caused over 500,000 deaths annually, surpassing yearly global deaths from armed conflict.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/02/every-year-sanctions-kill-more-people-than-wars/

“Our nations are caught in the middle,” of the massive US escalation in aggression towards China.

Peoples Dispatch spoke to Kawenaʻulaokalā Kapahua, of the Hawaiian independence party Hui Aloha ʻĀina.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/03/the-united-states-pivot-to-the-pacific-provides-an-opportunity-to-fight-empire-says-hawaiian-independence-activist/

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa ordered the transfer and expulsion of more than 800 Colombians detained in Ecuador.

The measure caused a stir in Ecuador and Colombia, as Noboa, according to Colombian authorities, did not follow the usual extradition process, but sent the Colombian detainees out of the country.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/ecuador-deports-more-than-800-colombian-prisoners-bogota-protests/

🇧🇷"I don't need to be subordinated to the dollar!"

Brazilian President Lula da Silva spoke this weekend at the national meeting of the Workers' Party of Brazil (PT). He condemned Trump's attacks against Brazil and asserted that Brazil's sovereignty must be respected and that it will continue building with the countries of the Global South to break out of dollar hegemony.

Dockworkers in Italy secure victory as shipping companies announce the return of Israeli-bound weapons cargo to its point of origin.

“We were informed today that the three containers carrying military equipment, destined for La Spezia and transported aboard the COSCO Pisces, will not be unloaded in either Genoa or La Spezia,” the union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) stated on Thursday. “This decision marks a tangible result of union action and the pressure exerted by USB.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/dockworkers-in-italy-win-against-arms-shipment-to-israel/

On the anniversary of Thomas Sankara coming to power in Burkina Faso, Jonis Ghedi Alasow reflects on how his legacy lives on in new Sahelian revolutions today.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/sankaras-revolution-rises-again/

The move is seen as a pragmatic approach by Syria’s new rulers, who may not be limiting their foreign policy to the US-led Western bloc, despite Moscow’s support for Assad’s government during the Syrian civil war.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/syrias-interim-government-says-it-wants-russia-by-its-side-amid-efforts-toward-bilateral-relations/

Hundreds of thousands rallied on Sunday, August 3, calling for an end to Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people marking one of the largest political mobilizations in Sydney for decades.

📲 Read the full article by Nick Dobrijevich on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/pro-palestine-demonstration-shuts-down-sydney-harbour-bridge/

Over the last several years, the Karnataka government has repeatedly announced that they intend to hand over district public hospitals to private establishments, under the guise of setting up medical colleges in public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/the-peoples-campaign-against-privatization-of-district-hospitals-in-karnataka/

Angola, one of Africa’s top oil producers, is in turmoil after protests erupted over a sharp fuel price hike driven by IMF-backed subsidy cuts.

In a country where more than a third of the population lives on less than USD 2.15 a day, and where the unemployment rate stands at 14.5%, the removal of subsidies has intensified public frustration. Inflation currently sits at 27.5%, and over 80% of the employed population works in the informal sector, earning meager wages.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/angola-22-killed-during-mass-protests-against-fuel-prices/

The demonstration raised clear demands to the Australian government: an end to military cooperation with Israel and sanctions against the apartheid state.

📲 Read the full article by Apurva Chaudhry on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/a-united-call-to-end-genocide-300000-march-for-gaza-in-sydney-australia/

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ latest resolutions to block certain arms sales to Israel received more support in the US Senate than ever before.

Sanders’ resolutions would have blocked the sale of around 5,000 bombs to Israel, along with tens of thousands of assault rifles.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/pressure-mounts-on-us-politicians-as-democratic-party-voter-base-pushes-to-end-aid-to-israel/

Claiming it will lead to new forms of colonialism in the country, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), India’s largest farmer’s organization, has demanded that the Indian government suspend the recently signed free trade agreement with the UK.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/04/indias-left-groups-and-farmers-demand-halt-to-uk-trade-deal-and-similar-free-trade-deals/

Hamas issued a statement refuting remarks attributed to US Special Envoy to “the Middle East” Steve Witkoff that the Palestinian resistance movement showed willingness to “demilitarize” to end Israel’s ongoing genocidal aggression on Gaza.

“Resistance and its weapons is a national and legal entitlement as long as the occupation persists, and it has been recognized by international conventions and norms,” the statement reads.

📲 Read the full article on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/05/hamas-to-witkoff-we-will-not-disarm-unless-an-independent-palestinian-state-is-established/

Cholera stalks hundreds of thousands taking refuge in the Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps in the Tawila area of war-torn Sudan’s North Darfur state.

By Monday, August 4, the cumulative daily cases here exceeded 3,150, including 65 deaths, said Adam Rojal, spokesperson of the General Coordination of Darfur Displaced People and Refugees. Most cases are concentrated in the Daba Nira and Omdat Tawila.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/05/cholera-threatens-starved-idps-in-war-torn-darfur/

“We began seeking organizational rights in the middle of May 2025,” NUMSA regional secretary, Andile Zitho, told Peoples Dispatch. Faced with the company’s refusal, the union escalated a labor dispute, which, by law, must first be arbitrated before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/05/numsa-leads-indefinite-strike-at-south-africas-leading-cookware-manufacturer/

In this article, we review the different tariffs that will be applied to Latin American countries and the reasons behind their variation.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/05/tariffs-on-latin-america-mapping-the-new-trade-taxes/