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/
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/
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Imperialist attacks make nuclear proliferation a necessity
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.
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#PeoplesHistory | Bertolt Brecht was a revolutionary German playwright & poet. Brecht transformed theater by integrating Marxist analysis, fundamentally changing how plays were written, staged, and understood by working people. His work has been adapted, performed, translated, and studied by millions across the world.
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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/
📲 Read the full article by Vijay Prashad on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/the-accursed-fate-of-palestinians-in-israeli-prisons/
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The accursed fate of Palestinians in Israeli prisons
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.
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🇬🇷🇵🇸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.
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.
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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/
📲 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/
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How much truth is there in Germany’s decision not to supply weapons to Israel?
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.
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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/
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/
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Socialist Movement of Ghana condemns rising xenophobia
Recent protests against Nigerians in Ghana drew condemnation amid fears of rising xenophobia.
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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/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/lebanon-criticizes-iran-as-it-prepares-to-implement-hezbollah-disarmament-plan/
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Lebanon criticizes Iran as it prepares to implement Hezbollah disarmament plan
Iran dismissed the accusations of interference in internal affairs, saying that only the US did by imposing its plan to disarm the resistance group on the Lebanese state.
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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/
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/
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Public support for Israeli military action in Gaza reaches historic low in the US
The US continues to fund Israel while support from below dwindles to a mere 32%
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🚨London-based university SOAS expelled a student for her pro-Palestine activism.
The school known for being a hub of radical and post-colonial activism and thinking expelled Haya Adam, of SOAS' Palestine Society on August 7.
Adam spoke with Vijay Prashad of The Tricontinental Institute, about her expulsion and the hypocrisy of the institution that teaches one set of values while practicing another. Adam also reflects on the paths forward in her struggle and the struggle for the liberation of Palestine.
🎥 Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/As5RE9Es6vE
The school known for being a hub of radical and post-colonial activism and thinking expelled Haya Adam, of SOAS' Palestine Society on August 7.
Adam spoke with Vijay Prashad of The Tricontinental Institute, about her expulsion and the hypocrisy of the institution that teaches one set of values while practicing another. Adam also reflects on the paths forward in her struggle and the struggle for the liberation of Palestine.
🎥 Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/As5RE9Es6vE
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There is growing opposition to Israel from within Donald Trump’s MAGA base, where once solid support for the American-Israeli alliance is fracturing.
📲 Read the full article by Giorgio Cafiero on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/why-the-maga-movement-is-turning-against-israel/
📲 Read the full article by Giorgio Cafiero on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/why-the-maga-movement-is-turning-against-israel/
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Why the MAGA movement is turning against Israel
There is growing opposition to Israel from within Donald Trump's MAGA base, where once solid support for the American-Israeli alliance is fracturing
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"Black Youth Want to Live"
🏴Activists from Levante Popular da Juventude (Popular Youth Uprising) organized a "escrache" (Public Shaming Protest) in front of the house of the right-wing Governor, Cláudio Castro, in the affluent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.
The activists demanded justice for Black young people who have been assassinated in Rio de Janeiro and an end to racist police brutality. Police violence in Rio de Janeiro intensified sharply in early 2025, with state forces killing 34.4% more people in January-April than in 2024.
🏴Activists from Levante Popular da Juventude (Popular Youth Uprising) organized a "escrache" (Public Shaming Protest) in front of the house of the right-wing Governor, Cláudio Castro, in the affluent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.
The activists demanded justice for Black young people who have been assassinated in Rio de Janeiro and an end to racist police brutality. Police violence in Rio de Janeiro intensified sharply in early 2025, with state forces killing 34.4% more people in January-April than in 2024.
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The Ecuadorian president has decided to confront the Constitutional Court, which has partially blocked his controversial laws, in the streets and at the polls.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/tensions-rise-in-ecuador-as-president-noboa-protests-against-the-constitutional-court/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/tensions-rise-in-ecuador-as-president-noboa-protests-against-the-constitutional-court/
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Tensions rise in Ecuador as President Noboa protests against the Constitutional Court
The Ecuadorian president has decided to confront the Constitutional Court, which has partially blocked his controversial laws, in the streets and at the polls.
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Hundreds of plantation workers in Malaysia, under the leadership of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), marched to the parliament building in Kuala Lumpur and presented their demand for housing for all.
The police tried to prevent PSM leaders and the members of the Farm Society Support Committee (JSML) from reaching the parliament. S Arutchelvan, deputy chairman of the PSM was even pushed to the ground by the police.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/malaysian-plantation-workers-mobilize-to-demand-housing-rights/
The police tried to prevent PSM leaders and the members of the Farm Society Support Committee (JSML) from reaching the parliament. S Arutchelvan, deputy chairman of the PSM was even pushed to the ground by the police.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/14/malaysian-plantation-workers-mobilize-to-demand-housing-rights/
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Malaysian plantation workers mobilize to demand housing rights
The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and the Farm Society Support Committee (JSML) have prepared a draft law which proposes a universal public housing plan for all farm workers in the country.
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As the second anniversary of the Alliance of Sahel States approaches on September 16, 2025, the Pan Africanism Today Secretariat (PAT), composed of over 70 people’s movements and organizations across Africa, has issued a call to action, urging all progressive forces across the continent and around the globe to stand in solidarity with the AES.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/16/organizations-from-the-african-continent-launch-day-of-solidarity-with-the-alliance-of-sahel-states/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/16/organizations-from-the-african-continent-launch-day-of-solidarity-with-the-alliance-of-sahel-states/
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Organizations from the African continent launch day of solidarity with the Alliance of Sahel States
Pan Africanism Today Secretariat rallies global solidarity as Sahel nations mark two years of defying neocolonial rule
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Popular movements in India and Vietnam observed Cuba solidarity day on Wednesday, August 13, to mark the commencement of the centenary celebrations of Fidel Castro’s birth.
Apart from expressing solidarity with the people of Cuba and their struggles against US imperialist policies, the movements also announced the mobilization of funds to support the Cuban people.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/15/popular-movements-in-india-and-vietnam-launch-cuba-solidarity-campaigns-on-fidels-birthday/
Apart from expressing solidarity with the people of Cuba and their struggles against US imperialist policies, the movements also announced the mobilization of funds to support the Cuban people.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/15/popular-movements-in-india-and-vietnam-launch-cuba-solidarity-campaigns-on-fidels-birthday/
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Popular movements in India and Vietnam launch Cuba solidarity campaigns on Fidel’s birthday
The people in the region extended their solidarity with the Cuban people who have been fighting against the US economic blockade for decades.
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A protester told BreakThrough News that Trump’s takeover is “an outright war on poor people.”
“We are now seeing federal troops combining forces to harass and detain, follow and surveil, Black, Brown, working class, poor, unhoused people in DC. What else could that be but war?”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/15/dc-residents-decry-trumps-war-on-poor-people-amid-federal-takeover-of-citys-law-enforcement/
“We are now seeing federal troops combining forces to harass and detain, follow and surveil, Black, Brown, working class, poor, unhoused people in DC. What else could that be but war?”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/15/dc-residents-decry-trumps-war-on-poor-people-amid-federal-takeover-of-citys-law-enforcement/
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DC residents decry Trump’s “war on poor people” amid federal takeover of city’s law enforcement
DC residents stand firm against federal takeover which many label as racially charged
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Carlos Treviño, former director of the Mexican state oil company Pemex (2017-2018), was arrested in the United States.
Mexican authorities allege that Treviño received bribes from the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The arrest and possible extradition come during the Pemex rescue plan announced in August by President Sheinbaum.
📲 Read the full article on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/15/former-pemex-director-arrested-in-the-us-on-corruption-charges/
Mexican authorities allege that Treviño received bribes from the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The arrest and possible extradition come during the Pemex rescue plan announced in August by President Sheinbaum.
📲 Read the full article on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/15/former-pemex-director-arrested-in-the-us-on-corruption-charges/
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Former Pemex director arrested in the US on corruption charges
Mexican authorities allege that Treviño received bribes from the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The arrest and possible extradition come during the Pemex rescue plan announced in August by President Sheinbaum.
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Despite the rise in cost of living in Pakistan and a law fixing the minimum wage at just 140 US dollars per month, many factory owners have slashed wages, citing global market troubles.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/15/workers-in-pakistans-punjab-fight-for-their-basic-rights/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/15/workers-in-pakistans-punjab-fight-for-their-basic-rights/
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Workers’ in Pakistan’s Punjab fight for their basic rights
Despite the rise in cost of living in Pakistan and a law fixing the minimum wage at just 140 US dollars per month, many factory owners have slashed wages, citing global market troubles.
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