#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember Paulo Freire, legendary Brazilian educator, revolutionary, and author of the renowned text ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed.'
Born in Recife, Freire completed his studies in Philosophy and started developing an educational praxis while working with the literacy missions for peasants and workers.
Following the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état sponsored by the US, Paulo Freire was forced into exile.
During his exile in Chile, where he worked closely with agrarian reform movements, he wrote his magnum opus, 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed,' a foundational text of critical pedagogy.
Born in Recife, Freire completed his studies in Philosophy and started developing an educational praxis while working with the literacy missions for peasants and workers.
Following the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état sponsored by the US, Paulo Freire was forced into exile.
During his exile in Chile, where he worked closely with agrarian reform movements, he wrote his magnum opus, 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed,' a foundational text of critical pedagogy.
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US President Donald Trump has said he is designating “antifa” as a “major terrorist organization” in a post to his social media platform, Truth Social, sparking major free speech concerns.
Latest Trump administration move sparks concerns about free speech and legal implications; the United States has no legal framework for domestic groups to be classified as terrorist organizations.
“I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote on September 17. “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/trump-intensifies-free-speech-crackdown-with-threats-against-antifa/
Latest Trump administration move sparks concerns about free speech and legal implications; the United States has no legal framework for domestic groups to be classified as terrorist organizations.
“I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote on September 17. “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices.”
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Trump intensifies free speech crackdown with threats against “Antifa”
Latest Trump administration move sparks concerns about free speech and legal implications; the United States has no legal framework for domestic groups to be classified as terrorist organizations
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Less than one week after Israeli warplanes launched an aggression on the Qatari capital, Doha, in an attempt to assassinate Hamas senior leaders, an emergency Arab-Islamic summit was held in Qatar to discuss possible ways to confront Israel after the offensive.
A final communique was issued at the end of the summit, condemning the Israeli aggression on Qatar and other countries in the region, including Syria, Iran, and Lebanon. It also denounced Israel’s ongoing genocide, starvation, and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, as well as settlement activities and expansionist policies in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
Moreover, the communique called on Arab and Islamic states to exert diplomatic pressure and take all possible legal measures against Israel, without mentioning any military action as a potential response to its continuous aggression and violations.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/arab-islamic-summit-produces-embarrassing-response-to-israels-crimes-says-dr-issam-khawaja/
A final communique was issued at the end of the summit, condemning the Israeli aggression on Qatar and other countries in the region, including Syria, Iran, and Lebanon. It also denounced Israel’s ongoing genocide, starvation, and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, as well as settlement activities and expansionist policies in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
Moreover, the communique called on Arab and Islamic states to exert diplomatic pressure and take all possible legal measures against Israel, without mentioning any military action as a potential response to its continuous aggression and violations.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/arab-islamic-summit-produces-embarrassing-response-to-israels-crimes-says-dr-issam-khawaja/
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Arab-Islamic summit produces “embarrassing” response to Israel’s crimes, says Dr. Issam Khawaja
The recent Arab-Islamic summit has been criticized for its nominal outcomes, in line with past summits typically marked with inaction when it comes to Israeli violations and crimes across the West Asia region.
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Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a “strategic mutual defense agreement” in Riyadh on Wednesday, September 17. Analysts speculate that the agreement could unleash fundamental shifts in regional politics.
Among other things, the deal, signed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the latter’s visit to Saudi Arabia, provides for joint responses in the case of an attack against one of the signatories.
The joint response provision was confirmed by a statement issued by the prime minister’s office in Islamabad on the same. The statement says that the agreement “aims to develop aspects of defense cooperation between the two countries and strengthen joint deterrence against any aggression,” Dawn reported.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/pakistan-and-saudi-arabia-sign-landmark-defense-agreement-in-a-step-toward-regional-alignment/
Among other things, the deal, signed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the latter’s visit to Saudi Arabia, provides for joint responses in the case of an attack against one of the signatories.
The joint response provision was confirmed by a statement issued by the prime minister’s office in Islamabad on the same. The statement says that the agreement “aims to develop aspects of defense cooperation between the two countries and strengthen joint deterrence against any aggression,” Dawn reported.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/pakistan-and-saudi-arabia-sign-landmark-defense-agreement-in-a-step-toward-regional-alignment/
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Pakistan and Saudi Arabia sign landmark defense agreement in a step toward regional alignment
It is speculated that the agreement may change the geopolitical equation in the Persian Gulf, providing countries in the region greater freedom from their current political and strategic dependence on the US.
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Solidarity with Palestine has long been a recurring theme at Belgium’s ManiFiesta, yet it has taken on particular significance since Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip began. Between September 13 and 14 in Ostend, at least two dozen events – including discussions, film screenings, dabke workshops, and concerts – highlighted the struggle for Palestinian liberation and the role of European movements in supporting it.
“It’s very evident how Palestine is front and center here at the festival,” Basil Farraj of the Bisan Center for Research and Development told Peoples Dispatch. “It’s nice to see how Viva Salud and other organizations have managed to create these international solidarity connections, not only with Palestine, but also with Cuba, the Congo, and others.”
“It’s very important work that’s being done to transnationalize our struggles, because the struggle in – and for – Palestine is not isolated from other struggles worldwide,” he added.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/palestine-solidarity-takes-center-stage-at-manifiesta-2025/
“It’s very evident how Palestine is front and center here at the festival,” Basil Farraj of the Bisan Center for Research and Development told Peoples Dispatch. “It’s nice to see how Viva Salud and other organizations have managed to create these international solidarity connections, not only with Palestine, but also with Cuba, the Congo, and others.”
“It’s very important work that’s being done to transnationalize our struggles, because the struggle in – and for – Palestine is not isolated from other struggles worldwide,” he added.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/palestine-solidarity-takes-center-stage-at-manifiesta-2025/
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Palestine solidarity takes center stage at ManiFiesta 2025
ManiFiesta 2025 emphasized solidarity with Palestine, uniting health workers from Palestine and the Global South to envision a future rooted in justice and liberation.
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Lying over blankets spread out on the dirt in isolation centers thatched up with mud and straw, thousands, many visibly malnourished, suffer cholera with no medical care in Sudan’s western region of Darfur.
Since the outbreak in Darfur this June, the deadly disease has infected almost 12,200 people, claiming at least 509 lives as of Wednesday, September 17, when 135 new cases and 17 deaths were reported by the General Coordination of Darfur Displaced People and Refugees.
Its spokesperson, Adam Rojal, added that the rate of spread is increasing, killing at least 48 last week, when 1,665 fresh cases were recorded, “in addition to malaria” and “malnutrition among children”.
Numbers understate the severity of the epidemic because the underdeveloped healthcare infrastructure in Darfur, already ravaged by a regional civil war in the 2000s, has completely collapsed amid the fighting between the army and the paramilitary since April 2023.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/thousands-suffer-cholera-with-no-medical-care-in-war-torn-sudans-darfur/
Since the outbreak in Darfur this June, the deadly disease has infected almost 12,200 people, claiming at least 509 lives as of Wednesday, September 17, when 135 new cases and 17 deaths were reported by the General Coordination of Darfur Displaced People and Refugees.
Its spokesperson, Adam Rojal, added that the rate of spread is increasing, killing at least 48 last week, when 1,665 fresh cases were recorded, “in addition to malaria” and “malnutrition among children”.
Numbers understate the severity of the epidemic because the underdeveloped healthcare infrastructure in Darfur, already ravaged by a regional civil war in the 2000s, has completely collapsed amid the fighting between the army and the paramilitary since April 2023.
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Thousands suffer cholera with no medical care in war-torn Sudan’s Darfur
Almost 12,200 people have been infected with the deadly disease that has claimed over 500 lives in the region in less than three months since it was first detected in the crowded camps for displaced people in North Darfur.
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The documentary “Sahel: Homeland or Death” (“Sahel: La Patrie ou La Mort”), produced by BdF, premiered this Tuesday, September 16, in São Paulo. The film examines grassroots resistance and the new development trajectories being charted in Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali following waves of civilian and military uprisings in recent years.
BdF reporter Pedro Stropasolas spent two months traveling across the Sahel to document the foundations of what locals describe as “real independence”. Stropasolas, who was on assignment in the region, directed the film which presents the role of popular resistance in sustaining revolutionary processes and draws on in-depth reporting of social dynamics and geopolitical struggles.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/bdfs-new-documentary-sahel-la-patrie-ou-la-mort-highlights-africas-struggle-for-sovereignty/
BdF reporter Pedro Stropasolas spent two months traveling across the Sahel to document the foundations of what locals describe as “real independence”. Stropasolas, who was on assignment in the region, directed the film which presents the role of popular resistance in sustaining revolutionary processes and draws on in-depth reporting of social dynamics and geopolitical struggles.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/bdfs-new-documentary-sahel-la-patrie-ou-la-mort-highlights-africas-struggle-for-sovereignty/
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BdF’s new documentary “Sahel: La Patrie ou La Mort” highlights Africa’s struggle for sovereignty
The film highlights popular resistance and new development paths in Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali.
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A funeral was held in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday, September 16, for 31 Yemeni journalists, who were assassinated in Israeli airstrikes that targeted the offices of 26 September and Al-Yemen newspapers in the city one week earlier.
Over 20 other journalists, and dozens of civilians were injured in the aggression, which destroyed the headquarters of the two newspapers completely.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/20/yemen-bids-farewell-to-31-journalists-assassinated-by-israel/
Over 20 other journalists, and dozens of civilians were injured in the aggression, which destroyed the headquarters of the two newspapers completely.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/20/yemen-bids-farewell-to-31-journalists-assassinated-by-israel/
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Yemen bids farewell to 31 journalists assassinated by Israel
Israel has been targeting journalists across the West Asia region during the last couple of years to silence the voices that expose its crimes.
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On September 15, the body of 21-year-old student Demartravion “Trey” Reed was found hanging near the pickleball courts at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. An autopsy conducted by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death to be a suicide. But civil rights leaders and Reed’s family are questioning the official narrative.
Before the official autopsy results were announced, the NAACP wrote in a post on Instagram that “our people have not historically hung ourselves from trees,” referring to the history of violent lynching of Black people in the US, concentrated in Deep South areas of the country during the Jim Crow era.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/20/after-black-man-found-hanging-from-a-tree-in-mississippi-civil-rights-leaders-question-official-story/
Before the official autopsy results were announced, the NAACP wrote in a post on Instagram that “our people have not historically hung ourselves from trees,” referring to the history of violent lynching of Black people in the US, concentrated in Deep South areas of the country during the Jim Crow era.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/20/after-black-man-found-hanging-from-a-tree-in-mississippi-civil-rights-leaders-question-official-story/
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After Black man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi, civil rights leaders question official story
Independent autopsy sought as Reed’s death sparks scrutiny and historic parallels to US legacy of racially-motivated lynchings
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Months after facing Israeli and US aggression, Iran presented a resolution in the IAEA general conference demanding the prohibition of attacks or threats of attacks on nuclear sites under its safeguard.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/un-security-council-reimposes-comprehensive-international-sanctions-on-iran/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/un-security-council-reimposes-comprehensive-international-sanctions-on-iran/
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UN Security Council reimposes comprehensive international sanctions on Iran
Months after facing Israeli and US aggression, Iran presented a resolution in the IAEA general conference demanding the prohibition of attacks or threats of attacks on nuclear sites under its safeguard.
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The increase in violence comes amid the presence of foreign troops in Haiti in a process approved by the United Nations and financed by Washington.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/violence-in-haiti-worsens/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/violence-in-haiti-worsens/
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Violence in Haiti worsens
The increase in violence comes amid the presence of foreign troops in Haiti in a process approved by the United Nations and financed by Washington.
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In his opening address, General Secretary of SMG Kwesi Pratt Jnr. shared some of the key achievements of the organization since its last congress in 2021.
📲 Read the full article by Kate Janse Van Rensburg on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/21/from-collectives-to-campaigns-the-socialist-movement-of-ghana-strides-forward/
📲 Read the full article by Kate Janse Van Rensburg on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/21/from-collectives-to-campaigns-the-socialist-movement-of-ghana-strides-forward/
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From collectives to campaigns, the Socialist Movement of Ghana strides forward
In his opening address, General Secretary of SMG Kwesi Pratt Jnr. shared some of the key achievements of the organization since its last congress in 2021.
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With slogans of “Down with Trump”, “Down with imperialist agenda”, Swaziland’s pro-democracy activists exiled in South Africa protested outside the US embassy in Pretoria on September 19, condemning the Trump-King Mswati deportation deal.
For an alleged USD 500 million, Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati III, reached a deal with US President Donald Trump allowing him to deport migrants convicted of crimes to Swaziland. The first group of five deportees, none of whom were from Africa, was flown into Swaziland (renamed eSwatini by Mswati) on June 15.
The US Department of Homeland Security’s spokesperson had described the deportees – convicted of violent crimes including murder and child rape – as “so uniquely barbaric that their home countries” in Asia and Latin America “refused to take them back.”
However, in a decision condemned as “treacherous” in Swaziland, Mswati agreed to take them in, “only because he wants more money to enjoy with his children and 15 wives”, said the president of Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO), Sakhile Nxumalo, in his address to the demonstration.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/20/exiled-swazi-activists-protest-trump-deportation-deal-outside-us-embassy-in-south-africa/
For an alleged USD 500 million, Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati III, reached a deal with US President Donald Trump allowing him to deport migrants convicted of crimes to Swaziland. The first group of five deportees, none of whom were from Africa, was flown into Swaziland (renamed eSwatini by Mswati) on June 15.
The US Department of Homeland Security’s spokesperson had described the deportees – convicted of violent crimes including murder and child rape – as “so uniquely barbaric that their home countries” in Asia and Latin America “refused to take them back.”
However, in a decision condemned as “treacherous” in Swaziland, Mswati agreed to take them in, “only because he wants more money to enjoy with his children and 15 wives”, said the president of Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO), Sakhile Nxumalo, in his address to the demonstration.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/20/exiled-swazi-activists-protest-trump-deportation-deal-outside-us-embassy-in-south-africa/
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Exiled Swazi activists protest Trump deportation deal outside US embassy in South Africa
King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, is accused of accepting USD 500 million from the Trump administration to accept deported criminals in Swaziland.
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The Second World War as seen from Asia, is a different story than that one shown in Hollywood, and remembering it is fundamental to face the challenges of our time.
The official histories of the Second World War, curated by Western powers, are built upon a foundation of deliberate omissions. They typically mark the war’s beginning with the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 or the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. This chronological sleight of hand is a profound political act, framing the conflict as a primarily European affair and erasing a full decade of war, fascism, and resistance that had already engulfed Asia.
📲 Read the full article by Tings Chak on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/21/the-war-that-began-in-asia-revisiting-the-roots-of-the-world-anti-fascist-war/
The official histories of the Second World War, curated by Western powers, are built upon a foundation of deliberate omissions. They typically mark the war’s beginning with the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 or the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. This chronological sleight of hand is a profound political act, framing the conflict as a primarily European affair and erasing a full decade of war, fascism, and resistance that had already engulfed Asia.
📲 Read the full article by Tings Chak on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/21/the-war-that-began-in-asia-revisiting-the-roots-of-the-world-anti-fascist-war/
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The war that began in Asia: Revisiting the roots of the world anti-fascist war
The Second World War as seen from Asia, is a different story than that one shown in Hollywood, and remembering it is fundamental to face the challenges of our time.
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🇮🇹🇵🇸 Italy goes on strike for Palestine and Global Sumud Flotilla, facing violent repression
Tens of thousands participated in a national strike called for by unions in Italy in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla. In cities across Italy, thousands on the streets demanded an end to the Israeli genocide of Palestinians, and for the safety of the humanitarians, activists, journalists, and health workers who are taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest attempt to break the blockade on Gaza. Protesters also demand that their government cut all ties with Israel and stop enabling the genocide of the Palestinian people.
Tens of thousands participated in a national strike called for by unions in Italy in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla. In cities across Italy, thousands on the streets demanded an end to the Israeli genocide of Palestinians, and for the safety of the humanitarians, activists, journalists, and health workers who are taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest attempt to break the blockade on Gaza. Protesters also demand that their government cut all ties with Israel and stop enabling the genocide of the Palestinian people.
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“When the world stays silent, we set sail.”
Artists and musicians are onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla that is headed towards Gaza to break the blockade. Phill Campbell reflects on the power of song.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/22/sailing-to-break-the-siege-singing-to-break-the-silence/
Artists and musicians are onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla that is headed towards Gaza to break the blockade. Phill Campbell reflects on the power of song.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/22/sailing-to-break-the-siege-singing-to-break-the-silence/
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Sailing to break the siege, singing to break the silence
Artists and musicians are onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla that is headed towards Gaza to break the blockade. Phill Campbell reflects on the power of song
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🇵🇸VOICES FROM THE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA!
Ayoub Habraoui, from the International People's Assembly, narrates the difficulties faced by the flotilla as drones (accused of being Israeli) are hovering ahead in an attempt to deter them from advancing forward. However, activists have reaffirmed their commitment to continue towards Gaza to break the Israeli blockade on the enclave and deliver aid.
Ayoub Habraoui, from the International People's Assembly, narrates the difficulties faced by the flotilla as drones (accused of being Israeli) are hovering ahead in an attempt to deter them from advancing forward. However, activists have reaffirmed their commitment to continue towards Gaza to break the Israeli blockade on the enclave and deliver aid.
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