This Friday, August 29, the second annual People’s Conference for Palestine began in Detroit, Michigan, bringing together thousands of activists, journalists, labor leaders, and people of conscience.

“This conference is also important because it defies all the forces that conspire to stop and silence our movement, from far right figures, politicians, media outlets and the Zionist lobby,” said Taher Dahleh, an activist with convening organization the Palestinian Youth Movement, in opening the People’s Conference.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/29/we-will-not-stop-palestinian-youth-movement-organizer-opens-peoples-conference-with-fearless-challenge-to-zionism/

Delegations from at least 17 European countries are preparing to join the Global Sumud Flotilla, which will set sail on Sunday, August 31, in a new attempt to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza.

“Workers can effectively oppose war”. Workers from different sectors will make up a significant share of the flotilla’s crew.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/29/european-dockworkers-and-medics-to-join-global-sumud-flotilla/

🇵🇸 Cultural resistance is at the heart of the Palestinian struggle for liberation.

Art, music, poetry, dance, theater, and storytelling, have always been employed by Palestinians as a tool to entrench their identity, mobilize international solidarity, and challenge the Israeli occupation, hand in hand with other forms of resistance.

A play titled "Kiss the Flag" was performed in Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank, to shed the light on different aspects of the Palestinian struggle, particularly the struggle of the Palestinian Prisoners' Movement.

The play came at a crucial time for the Palestinian people, as Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip reaches its 23 month, while the West Bank and Jerusalem also face significant attacks.

The second annual “People’s Conference for Palestine” seeks to strengthen the growing movement for Palestinian liberation within the United States – Israel’s largest political and financial backer.

“Millions marched to break the siege, flotillas set sail one after the other, doctors risked lives, went through repression, every single possible means to participate in medical missions to provide life-saving aid, and millions of workers, regular people, organized for an arms embargo, to demand that companies like Maersk halt all complicity and stop shipping weapons components to the occupation,” said Taher Dahleh, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement and an activist in the labor movement.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/29/peoples-conference-for-palestine-draws-thousands-in-struggle-against-genocide/

As the US escalates its threats against Venezuela, youth of the PSUV engaged in a week-long “Basic Revolutionary Resistance Training”.

The training took place amid rising tensions between Washington and Caracas. The situation flared up when the administration of US President Donald Trump reiterated accusations that the Venezuelan government plays a major role in drug trafficking, increasing the bounty on the head of President Nicolás Maduro, and at the same time deploying troops to the Caribbean to support the US “war on drugs”.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/30/venezuelan-youth-train-to-defend-the-homeland-and-construct-the-future-amid-us-escalation/

Both the PTI and other opposition and rights groups called the convictions a clear case of political persecution and attempts to silence all forms of political dissent in the country.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/29/pakistan-jails-75-opposition-leaders-in-mass-conviction-over-2023-protests-against-imran-khans-arrest/

“It is time to show that unions, as the most important force for workers, know how to take responsibility and take a stand when terrible crimes unfold before our eyes,” the Trade Union of Croatian Journalists (SNH) wrote in a call to action.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/29/croatian-media-workers-protest-against-genocide-and-attacks-on-journalists/

A Congress session in Mexico ended in violence when an opposition leader attacked the president of the Senate, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, pushing and pulling him and throwing punches.

The congressional brawl highlights the deepening crisis of the opposition as Mexico’s political landscape shifts.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/29/pri-leader-throws-punches-in-mexican-congress-as-opposition-clamors-for-us-military-presence/

🇵🇸 Global Sumud Flotilla has set sail for Gaza!

The convoy composed of 50 civilian vessels is carrying activists, doctors and humanitarian cargo. The Sumud Flotilla aims to reach Gaza in mid-September.

The departure of the first ships from Barcelona was accompanied by activists and artists like Bob Vylan and Liam Cunningham who reiterated the urgency of such a mission and condemned the inaction of states in ending Israel's blockade and the genocide.

Lamees Mehanna, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), spoke in the keynote session “Gaza is the Center of the World” at the @peoplesconferenceforpalestine reflecting on the centrality of Gaza and Palestine in today’s world and how the liberation of Palestine is part of transforming the entire world predicated on exploitation and war.

“The movement for Palestinian liberation has been able to weaken the bases of support for Israel and revealed the true face of Zionism as synonymous with genocide. There are many millions now around the world, including within the US, who will never believe Israel’s propaganda again, generations will grow up knowing the truth about Palestine. There have been major developments through organizing that we might have never thought possible a few years ago.”

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/30/ending-this-genocide-is-transforming-the-world-that-has-allowed-for-it-to-happen-says-palestinian-organizer/

🇵🇸 “One of the main North Stars of where we’ve been going, is to create a mass movement for solidarity with Palestine.”

Eugene Puryear, a journalist with BreakThrough News and a member of the ANSWER Coalition, spoke on the plenary “The Struggle Continues: The Fight for Palestine in North America” at the People’s Conference for Palestine.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/31/building-a-mass-movement-for-palestine-is-our-north-star-says-longtime-activist-eugene-puryear/

🇵🇸 "The story here is about Palestine. The story here is how people are being deliberately deprived."

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is set to sail on the Global Sumud Flotilla and emphasized that the story must stay focused on the Palestinian people and Gaza, who are being deliberately starved by Israel in front of the eyes of the world. She once again rebuked Western leaders over their complicity with Israel and in turning their backs on Palestinians.

As at least 50 ships get ready to cross the Mediterranean, People’s Health Dispatch spoke with Dr. James Smith, a British doctor and health activist with Medact and the People’s Health Movement (PHM).

Having volunteered in Gaza during the genocide – and repeatedly blocked from returning by Israeli authorities – Smith now continues his solidarity work through the Flotilla’s latest launch.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/01/its-up-to-all-of-us-british-doctor-shares-why-he-is-on-global-sumud-flotilla/

The first vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla are setting sail in the largest effort yet to break Israel’s sea blockade of Gaza.

Around 50 boats, carrying civilian crews and humanitarian supplies for the people of Palestine, are expected to depart in the first week of September from ports in the Mediterranean.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/01/global-sumud-flotilla-ready-to-break-israels-blockade-of-gaza/

On December 8, 2024, the government of Bashar al-Assad collapsed as the army of the former al-Qaeda leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa entered Damascus and seized the institutions of the Syrian state.

Since Ahmad al-Sharaa took over in Syria, the Damascus government has been given carte blanche to use maximum force against any threat to its continued rule.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/01/syria-after-al-assad/

The connection between the militarized takeover of Washington DC and military threat to Venezuela is not a coincidence.

It is the logical progression of an authoritarian regime that views its own population as a domestic enemy and other nations as obstacles to its global dominance.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/02/trumps-war-drive-from-the-streets-of-washington-dc-to-venezuela/

The summit highlighted the “fluid and chaotic global situation” created due to the unilateral actions of some countries in the West. It noted that the fast changing global scenario has a profound effect on all aspects of life.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/02/xi-jinping-proposes-a-new-global-governance-framework-based-on-sovereignty-and-multilateralism-at-sco-summit/

How does the United States government go from a legitimate concern for the entry of drugs into the country to sending seven US warships and one nuclear-power submarine, to encircle Venezuela for an “enhanced counter-narcotics operation”?

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/02/the-united-states-uses-a-fabricated-drug-charge-for-a-potential-strike-on-venezuela/

Congressional representative Rashida Tlaib amplified a new campaign targeting the pro-Israel lobby, which was announced by organizers at the second annual People’s Conference for Palestine.

AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) is one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the United States. It advocates for strong US–Israel relations and works to influence US foreign policy in Israel’s favor. AIPAC primarily does this by lobbying members of Congress, organizing trips and briefings, and channeling fundraising networks toward candidates who align with its agenda. Critics say it wields outsized influence in Washington and often pressures politicians to adopt pro-Israel positions, even when those conflict with broader public opinion or human rights concerns given the ongoing genocide and mass starvation in Gaza.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/02/peoples-conference-for-palestine-closes-with-a-bold-demand-aipac-out-of-politics/

Al Mezan Center for Human Rights warns of new cases of infectious diseases in Gaza, fueling health risks for a population already weakened by hunger.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/02/gaza-aid-blockade-and-healthcare-attacks-have-led-to-new-infections-rights-groups-warn/

Thousands of people came together in Detroit for the second annual People’s Conference for Palestine, held in Detroit, Michigan from August 29 to 31, for days of shared learning, strategic planning, and dedication to Palestinian liberation.

By the close of the gathering, nearly 4,600 people had registered to attend. The conference’s main hall was named after martyred Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/02/peoples-conference-for-palestine-draws-4600-highlighting-the-strength-of-a-growing-movement/