42 years after the 1983 revolution, Burkina Faso takes bold steps toward sovereignty.

📲 Read the full article Pedro Stropasolas on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/13/ibrahim-traore-is-the-continuation-of-burkina-fasos-revolution-says-brother-of-pan-africanist-leader-thomas-sankara/

The Israeli Cabinet approved a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to occupy the entire Gaza Strip. The approval has been met with widespread condemnation from numerous countries, as well as international and regional institutions.

As per Netanyahu’s proposal, Israel will take control of the entire Strip, before handing it over to “an unspecified Arab governing force”, while not placing Israel in control of the Strip as a civil government. The Palestinian Authority will not play a role in “post-Hamas” Gaza either.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/13/netanyahu-ignores-international-condemnation-and-pushes-forward-with-plan-to-occupy-gaza/

Amid Israel’s starvation of Gaza, a broad coalition of pro-Palestine groups are planning a march of thousands through the streets of New York City.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/13/thousands-to-join-mass-march-for-humanity-in-nyc-against-israels-starvation-of-gaza/

Thousands of Argentines took to the streets of the capital, Buenos Aires, demanding an end to the genocide being committed in Gaza, Palestine Israel. The slogan of the march was “We are all children of Gaza”.

The protesters denounced the indiscriminate attacks and forced starvation that, they claimed, Israeli forces are perpetrating against the civilian population.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/13/thousands-march-in-argentina-to-demand-an-end-to-the-genocide-in-gaza/

Religious minorities in Pakistan face various forms of discrimination and persecution because of social and institutional biases allegedly preserved and promoted by elements in society and the state.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/13/thousands-participate-in-a-rally-demanding-equal-rights-for-religious-minorities-in-pakistan/

Taking power in 2011 with the help of French military intervention, 83-year-old President Alassane Ouattara is attempting to grab office for a fourth term by barring both main contestants from running for the upcoming election in October.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/13/tens-of-thousands-protest-in-ivory-coast-against-the-slide-into-dictatorship/

On the 99th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s birth, we remember the revolutionary government’s support for Palestine, especially its condemnation of the genocide of the Palestinian people.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/in-1979-fidel-called-it-genocide-cubas-legacy-of-solidarity-with-palestine/

After facing popular resistance and a considerable court battle, the police in India’s major city of Mumbai have finally withdrawn its objections to a pro-Palestinian protest and granted the required permissions.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) welcomed the court’s decision to accept the police’s revised stand, claiming it “vindicates the correctness of CPI (M) stand and nullifies court’s own earlier ill remarks and earlier anti-democratic refusal of police.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/pressure-from-progressives-forces-indian-authorities-to-allow-protest-against-israels-genocide-in-gaza/

Recent history and the US war drive make a clear case that acquiring nuclear weapons is the most rational choice for states seeking any autonomy from US domination.

Listen to Vijay Prashad, Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and Dae-Han Song of the International Strategy Center and the No Cold War collective.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/13/imperialist-attacks-make-nuclear-proliferation-a-necessity/

As of August 2025, 10,800 Palestinian political detainees and political prisoners languish in Israeli jails. Since 1967, 320 political prisoners have died inside Israeli prisons.

📲 Read the full article by Vijay Prashad on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/the-accursed-fate-of-palestinians-in-israeli-prisons/

🇬🇷🇵🇸Greece rejects Israeli ship

Protests have been going on in several Greek ports against the Israeli cruise ship 'Crown Iris', where IOF soldiers are reportedly among the tourists on board.

At the Port of Piraeus, a mass rally was organized by leftist trade unions and political parties.

The protests called for Greece to cut all ties with Israel and recognize the state of Palestine.

Pressure on Germany is mounting from multiple fronts: the resilience of Gaza’s people and fighters, the global solidarity movement, and even Nicaragua’s lawsuit against the German government.

📲 Read the full article by Leon Wystrychowski on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/how-much-truth-is-there-in-germanys-decision-not-to-supply-weapons-to-israel/

Recent protests against Nigerians in Ghana drew condemnation amid fears of rising xenophobia.

Placards bearing the slogan, videos, and similar messages trended on social media, a development that risks inflaming xenophobic violence in a region with deep historical and cultural ties.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/socialist-movement-of-ghana-condemns-rising-xenophobia/

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun held a meeting with Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, during which they discussed reinforcing bilateral cooperation “based on mutual respect and within the limits of sovereignty and friendship.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/lebanon-criticizes-iran-as-it-prepares-to-implement-hezbollah-disarmament-plan/

The US continues to fund Israel while support from below dwindles to a mere 32%.


People in the US are rejecting Israel’s war on Gaza more than ever before, a Gallup poll revealed.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/public-support-for-israeli-military-action-in-gaza-reaches-historic-low-in-the-us/