🇵🇸"Nothing, absolutely nothing, justifies the ongoing genocide in Gaza."

🇧🇷Brazilian President Lula da Silva spoke today in the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly underway in New York City to sharply condemn Israel's genocide in Gaza and call for immediate action to stop Israel's criminal actions. Lula also condemned the US veto of the decision of 150 countries to recognize Palestine as a State.

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Several European countries announced their recognition Palestinian statehood during a session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22.

However, these recognitions are likely to include caveats that undermine the officials’ stated intentions. Such disclaimers already accompanied British and Portuguese announcements.

Solidarity movements across Europe have repeatedly demanded recognition of Palestinian statehood during their campaigns over the past 23 months. Yet they stress that such announcements now come late and risk being reduced to token gestures by governments supporting genocide. During the time it took these leaders to reach a decision and draft their statements, Gaza was reduced to rubble and at least 65,000 Palestinians were killed.

Governments preparing to announce recognition also carry a record of repressing pro-Palestine movements at home. Multiple solidarity groups and activists faced legal attacks not only in Britain, but also in France and Belgium. The recognition of Palestinian statehood at the UNGA makes little sense knowing that the same administrations have attempted to punish people campaigning for peace.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/22/what-to-expect-from-the-european-wave-of-palestinian-statehood-recognition/

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban denied that any talks were underway to hand over Bagram Air Base back to the US, claiming “no agreement over even an inch of Afghanistan’s soil is possible,” Tolo News reported.

During a press conference, US President Donald Trump told reporters that his government is in talks with the Taliban to reoccupy the base, which US troops abandoned during their withdrawal from the country, after two decades of occupation, in August 2021.

Trump, though he refused to comment on direct military action to regain the base, nevertheless threatened the Taliban, telling reporters if they don’t hand over the base to the US “you are going to find out what I am gonna do.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/22/trump-threatens-taliban-after-they-declare-afghanistan-will-not-allow-us-military-base-at-bagram/

Thousands are expected to take to the streets of New York City on Friday, September 26 to protest the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the UN General Assembly. In line with the warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), activists are calling for the arrest of the Israeli leader who is accused of perpetuating war crimes against the Palestinian people.

Netanyahu’s presence in the United Nations is especially contested due to Trump’s decision to revoke the visas of 80 Palestinian officials, including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas will give his address via video conference call.

Friday’s protest is organized by a broad coalition of groups including the Palestinian Youth Movement, the Palestinian Feminist Collective, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and the People’s Forum, under the slogans “Arrest Netanyahu”, “Stop the Genocide”, and “Sanction Israel”.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/23/netanyahu-to-face-protests-in-nyc-amid-trumps-ban-of-palestinian-leaders-at-unga/

📢 In the 107th issue of People’s Health Dispatch, we speak with health workers aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla on their mission to break the Gaza blockade, report on cholera in Sudan, and spotlight Kerala’s rights-driven approach to healthcare. Read these stories and more👇🏾
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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is locked in a conflict with the unionized workers and drivers of his Nigeria-based oil refinery. After violating an agreement with the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), signed earlier this month to end its strike, Dangote Refinery secured a court order on September 18, restraining the union from returning to strike for 7 days.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/23/nigerias-oil-workers-resist-monopolization-by-africas-richest-man/

One million people across Italy staged a general strike in support of Palestine and the Global Sumud Flotilla, offering a vision of solidarity sharply at odds with the one displayed by European leaders at the United Nations these days. Ports, train stations, and major junctions were shut down as workers, many of whom members of the grassroots union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB), brought the country to a halt.

In Rome alone, 300,000 demonstrators occupied the city’s main railway hub before marching through the streets. “The call came from Genoa’s dockworkers, and here we are: we’ve blocked everything,” the protesters proclaimed. Among those leading the crowd were firefighters’ union representatives, who told il manifesto: “First responders will never be complicit in genocide, and we are protesting a government that is entrapping us in rearmament.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/23/million-strong-general-strike-blocks-italy-for-palestine/

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) announced its immediate withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday, condemning it as a tool of “imperialism”, silent about the worst crimes by the West and its allies while selectively pursuing its opponents.

Ratifying the Rome Statute in the early 2000s, its three member countries – Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – have been members of the ICC for over three decades.

“However, over time, they have come to observe that this jurisdiction has transformed into an instrument of neo-colonial repression in the hands of imperialism, thereby becoming the global example of selective justice,” states the AES communique on September 22.

“The ICC has proven incapable of addressing and prosecuting established war crimes, crimes against humanity, [and] genocide”, it added in the statement.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/23/aes-countries-exit-the-icc-denouncing-it-as-an-instrument-of-neo-colonial-repression/

🇵🇸VOICES FROM THE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA!

"The international silence and betrayal must be stopped ... We bear no hatred towards anyone, our sole goal is to stop [Israel's] aggression against the innocent people".

A message from Marouan Ben Guettaia, of the Global Summud Flotilla Steering Committee, defying the threats and calls of "Hamas Flotilla" from the Israeli Foreign Ministry and establishment.

The Global Sumud Flotilla keeps calling on pacifists and humanitarians from across the globe to keep defying the Israeli attacks and censorship and keep calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza.

Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, editor of Peoples Dispatch, and Indian journalist Prasanth R as they reflect on the ongoing session of the United Nations General Assembly in which leaders of the Global South have called for an end to the genocide in Gaza. They also discussed US attacks on the sovereignty of Brazil and Venezuela, the release of activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the second anniversary of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), and the ongoing protests in Ecuador and Peru.
https://www.youtube.com/live/LU8uD8QQ-VU?si=pLj7zM8wVeNuolOo

🇨🇴 Colombian President Gustavo Petro spoke at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and called for a renewed UN, where "genocidal Netanyahu" is not allowed to be free especially after an international sentence has been issued against him. Petro called for a military intervention to stop the genocide in Gaza and for a new world order that would not allow the inequalities lived today, nor the impunity of war crimes.

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Under the slogan “United for the Peru we deserve,” thousands of people, especially young people – took to the streets last weekend to protest a law enacted on September 20 that reforms the pension system. The protest soon began to denounce the executive branch’s administration in general terms.

This is the opinion of Peruvian sociologist Lucía Alvites, who spoke with Peoples Dispatch about the recent demonstrations: “The mobilizations of recent months and the most recent ones have had a common root: the protests against the coup d’état against Pedro Castillo in December 2022, because youth collectives, social movements, and university organizing spaces are the ones that have mobilized in the protests of late 2022 and early 2023.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/24/anti-government-protests-continue-in-peru-despite-heavy-repression/

Advisor to the Burkinabé Prime Minister refutes the idea that Sahel countries are exchanging French imperialism for another.

The Thomas Sankara Memorial project – inaugurated in May this year at the site where the pan-Africanist leader was assassinated – is, for Luc Damiba, special advisor to the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, clear evidence that President Ibrahim Traoré is committed to continuing the 1983 revolution.

Damiba received Brasil de Fato at the site where Sankara fell, along with 12 of his companions, in a massacre orchestrated by his then-friend Blaise Compaoré with support from France, on October 15, 1987.

📲 Read the full article by Pedro Stropasolas of Brasil de Fato on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/23/russia-and-china-respect-us-burkina-faso-affirms-sahel-geopolitics-are-based-on-partnership/#

Vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla came under attack during the night of September 24 near Greece as they continued sailing toward Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade. Crews reported drones circling overhead and more than a dozen explosions, with some ships sustaining damage.

“We were near the Greek coast when we were woken by a strong explosion, with several drones overhead,” said dockworker José Nivoi, a member of the Italian union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) and the Genoa collective CALP, from aboard one of the boats. “We also heard the sounds of what seemed like classic drones. Explosive devices were launched into the water, very bright. At this point, I’d say they’re trying to cause psychological stress rather than launch full-scale attacks.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/24/global-sumud-flotilla-attacked-on-its-way-to-gaza/