#PeoplesHistory | On this day in 1936, fascist forces executed Federico García Lorca at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish writer, poet, and socialist, was a prominent voice in Spain's literary scene but faced significant challenges due to his political views and being gay. His body was never recovered, nor were the motives for his assassination revealed.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that he is sending troops to the southern Caribbean Sea to carry out military operations in the region. He said the goal is to arrest Latin American drug traffickers and linked one of these groups to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/18/us-sends-troops-to-southern-caribbean-in-new-threat-to-venezuela/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/18/us-sends-troops-to-southern-caribbean-in-new-threat-to-venezuela/
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US sends troops to southern Caribbean in new threat to Venezuela
The action was announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who called the Venezuelan government a “criminal organization”.
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#PeoplesHistory | 🇮🇷 On this day in 1953, Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and his democratically elected government were overthrown in a CIA-backed coup. British intelligence backed their US counterparts in this illegal act.
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US President Donald Trump’s White House meeting with European leaders on Monday, August 18, ended with the promise of security guarantees for Ukraine.
The guarantees are part of a series of incentives being offered to the Eastern European country in exchange for signing a potential peace deal with the Russians that would end more than three years of war in Ukraine.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/19/trump-promises-ukraine-russia-summit-after-meeting-with-zelenskyy-and-european-leaders/
The guarantees are part of a series of incentives being offered to the Eastern European country in exchange for signing a potential peace deal with the Russians that would end more than three years of war in Ukraine.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/19/trump-promises-ukraine-russia-summit-after-meeting-with-zelenskyy-and-european-leaders/
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Trump promises Ukraine-Russia summit after meeting with Zelenskyy and European leaders
Ukraine agreed to buy USD 90 billion worth of weapons from the US as part of “security guarantees” promised by the Europeans and the White House in the event of a Ukraine-Russia deal to end the war.
In Washington, DC itself, residents are continuing to “resist” the incursion of federal forces, says DC-based journalist Esther Iverem.
DC residents are “documenting the police, the National Guard, and these different federal agencies here as they harass residents and are arresting people simply trying to go to work. Uber drivers, delivery people, men working in construction as they leave the Home Depot, it’s very targeted.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/19/republican-governors-send-1100-national-guard-troops-to-back-trumps-dc-takeover/
DC residents are “documenting the police, the National Guard, and these different federal agencies here as they harass residents and are arresting people simply trying to go to work. Uber drivers, delivery people, men working in construction as they leave the Home Depot, it’s very targeted.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/19/republican-governors-send-1100-national-guard-troops-to-back-trumps-dc-takeover/
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Republican governors send 1,100 National Guard troops to back Trump’s DC takeover
People across the country express opposition to the further militarization to DC law enforcement
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The spokesperson of Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Majed Al-Ansari confirmed during a press conference on Tuesday, August 19, that the main mediators of Gaza ceasefire negotiations (Qatar and Egypt) received a “positive response” from Hamas to the latest ceasefire proposal that same day.
Gaza ceasefire negotiations were stalled by an unprecedented stalemate for the last month, which analysts believe was in favor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has worked relentlessly to perpetuate the genocidal aggression on Gaza to serve his personal political interests.
However, Netanyahu’s government now faces a new reality, after around one million Israeli people took part in mass protests in different areas across the territories occupied by Israel on Sunday, August 17.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/19/gaza-ceasefire-talks-make-tangible-progress-as-mass-rallies-sweep-israel/
Gaza ceasefire negotiations were stalled by an unprecedented stalemate for the last month, which analysts believe was in favor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has worked relentlessly to perpetuate the genocidal aggression on Gaza to serve his personal political interests.
However, Netanyahu’s government now faces a new reality, after around one million Israeli people took part in mass protests in different areas across the territories occupied by Israel on Sunday, August 17.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/19/gaza-ceasefire-talks-make-tangible-progress-as-mass-rallies-sweep-israel/
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Gaza ceasefire talks make tangible progress as mass rallies sweep Israel
Mediators are awaiting Israel’s response after Hamas responded “positively” to the latest proposal for a 60-day ceasefire that may pave the way for a permanent truce.
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The US bombing of Japan pushed millions in the country to fight for a world without nuclear weapons and with peace.
An interview with Yayoi Tsuchida, peace activist and deputy secretary general of the Organizing Committee of the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (A and H).
📲 Read the full article by Klara Ledroit on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/19/80-years-after-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-human-beings-and-nuclear-weapons-cannot-coexist/
An interview with Yayoi Tsuchida, peace activist and deputy secretary general of the Organizing Committee of the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (A and H).
📲 Read the full article by Klara Ledroit on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/19/80-years-after-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-human-beings-and-nuclear-weapons-cannot-coexist/
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80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: “Human beings and nuclear weapons cannot coexist”
The US bombing of Japan pushed millions in the country to fight for a world without nuclear weapons and with peace.
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Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R., and Roger McKenzie, international editor of the Morning Star. This week, they reflect on the prospects for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, the devastating cholera outbreak in Sudan, Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City and the ongoing murder of journalists in the enclave, the advance of the right wing in Bolivia’s general elections, and the victory of Air Canada workers.
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Give The People What They Want! Peace on the horizon in Europe?
Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R., and Roger McKenzie, international editor of the Morning Star. This week, they reflect on the prospects for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, the…
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🇪🇺"[European leaders] dropped everything that was important to them going on in their countries and hightailed it across the Atlantic, to be humiliated, frankly."
Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, speaks on Give The People What They Want! about the Alaska summit, the possibility of peace between Russia and Ukraine, and the role played by Europe in the war.
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Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, speaks on Give The People What They Want! about the Alaska summit, the possibility of peace between Russia and Ukraine, and the role played by Europe in the war.
🎥Watch the latest episode of Give The People What They Want! on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/live/dfcL7Xg7bPc?si=TYR7Vc15M_lj4eht
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that he will sanction officials who have facilitated the implementation of the Cuban brigade program. Cuba has asserted the program will continue.
According to Rubio, the work of Cuban doctors working in other countries is “forced labor”. The decision is part of a tightening of measures against the Caribbean island, which are in addition to the economic and commercial blockade imposed on the island as a means of punishment against the revolutionary process that began in 1959.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/20/the-us-increases-pressure-on-cuba-by-targeting-its-medical-brigades/
According to Rubio, the work of Cuban doctors working in other countries is “forced labor”. The decision is part of a tightening of measures against the Caribbean island, which are in addition to the economic and commercial blockade imposed on the island as a means of punishment against the revolutionary process that began in 1959.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/20/the-us-increases-pressure-on-cuba-by-targeting-its-medical-brigades/
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The US increases pressure on Cuba by targeting its medical brigades
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that he will sanction officials who have facilitated the implementation of the Cuban brigade program. Cuba has asserted the program will continue.
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Trump claims to be working for peace but is adding fuel to the fire in violent conflicts across the world and is participating in illegal bombing campaigns.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/20/donald-trump-wants-a-nobel/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/20/donald-trump-wants-a-nobel/
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Donald Trump wants a Nobel
Trump claims to be working for peace but is adding fuel to the fire in violent conflicts across the world and is participating in illegal bombing campaigns
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The former PM has been in prison since the coup against Pedro Castillo. In her latest letter, she announced she was embarking on a hunger strike, explicitly stating she does not wish to be revived.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/20/perus-former-pm-betssy-chavez-has-launched-a-hunger-strike-in-prison/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/20/perus-former-pm-betssy-chavez-has-launched-a-hunger-strike-in-prison/
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Peru’s former PM Betssy Chávez has launched a hunger strike in prison
The former PM has been in prison since the coup against Pedro Castillo. In her latest letter, she announced she was embarking on a hunger strike, explicitly stating she does not wish to be revived.
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Iran has welcomed the declaration of peace between its northern neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan earlier this month.
However, it has also made clear its opposition to any US presence in the region, claiming that would be detrimental to regional peace and stability.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/20/iran-welcomes-peace-between-armenia-and-azerbaijan-warns-against-external-forces-in-the-south-caucasus-region/
However, it has also made clear its opposition to any US presence in the region, claiming that would be detrimental to regional peace and stability.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/20/iran-welcomes-peace-between-armenia-and-azerbaijan-warns-against-external-forces-in-the-south-caucasus-region/
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Iran welcomes peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, warns against external forces in the South Caucasus region
Under US mediation, both Armenia and Azerbaijan declared the end of the decades-long conflict over Nagorno Karabakh earlier this month and announced the construction of a transit corridor by US companies.
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