As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly, thousands of pro-Palestine protesters marched only a few blocks away to demand his arrest. Demonstrators first rallied in Times Square, hearing from a variety of speakers from organizations across the pro-Palestine and anti-war movement, then the crowd marched west to the UN headquarters.

Netanyahu gave his second UNGA address since the beginning of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza on the morning of September 26.

“Netanyahu is inside the UN right now. Having just spoken to a mostly empty room about Israel’s war on Gaza,” said Palestinian Youth Movement organizer Nidaa Lafi. “Rest assured Netanyahu, everywhere you go, you will be met with empty rooms.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/27/thousands-march-to-denounce-netanyahu-at-unga-everywhere-you-go-you-will-be-met-with-empty-rooms/

China declared it will voluntarily reduce its economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 7% to 10% from its peak level by 2035, in its attempts to fulfill the requirements of the Paris Agreement. It asked other countries to also “step up actions to realize the beautiful vision of harmony between man and nature and preserve planet earth.”

The announcement was made by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his virtual address to the United Nations Climate Summit, which was held alongside the ongoing UNGA summit in New York on Wednesday, September 24.

The summit was hosted by UN Secretary General António Guterres along with Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. Brazil is the host of the next COP30 conference in November.

This is the first commitment of its kind made by China, which is now the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases at the global forum – mainly due to its massive population of 1.4 billion and decades of rapid industrialization. The commitment renews hope in the success of the world’s attempts to fight climate change.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/26/china-announces-up-to-10-reduction-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-2035/

While the Palestinian Authority welcomed the recognition, the Palestinian grassroots faulted the move as conditional, symbolic, unjust, and took dozens of thousands of lives to be announced.

A handful of Western countries announced their recognition of a Palestinian State on Sunday, September 21, including the UK, Canada, Australia, and Portugal.

France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, and Andorra also joined the move on Monday, September 22, followed by the Republic of San Marino, which announced its recognition on Tuesday September 23.

The new wave of recognition raises the number of sovereign states that have recognized Palestinian statehood to 159 out of 193 member states at the United Nations, representing over 80% of the international community.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/27/western-recognition-of-palestinian-statehood-a-symbolic-move-or-real-progress-towards-a-just-solution/

The Israeli occupation authorities have imposed a new restriction on Beit Iksa and Nabi Samuil villages, and the Al-Khalayleh neighborhood, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem.

The residents of the annexed communities are unable to reach their homes without special Israeli permits anymore.

The move has been considered as a de facto annexation because it removed the communities from the Palestinian administrative registry, placing them under direct Israeli control instead.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/29/israel-imposes-de-facto-annexation-on-three-communities-in-jerusalem/

Across East Africa, solidarity with the people of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) is gaining momentum, as activists, intellectuals, and workers draw inspiration from the revolutionary path being charted by Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

On September 19, 2025, a forum was convened in Nairobi by the Ngong Social Justice Center Revolutionary Socialist League (RSL) and Ukombozi Library to commemorate the second anniversary of the AES. The event’s theme was “Two Years on: Looking At the Alliance of the Sahel”.

The gathering started with the screening of a documentary on Modibo Keïta, Mali’s first president and a leading Pan-Africanist, produced by African Stream. The discussions that followed highlighted the deep historical links between Keita’s socialist vision and the present-day anti-imperialist wave sweeping across the Sahel.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/29/east-africa-rallies-with-the-anti-imperialist-struggle-in-the-sahel/

🇵🇪 Peruvian protesters face repression by right-wing Boluarte government

A controversial pension law has sparked protests and strikes in Peru, which have now evolved to express generalized discontent against the government and Congress, encompassing larger issues such as corruption and extortion.

The disapproval rates of both the government and Congress are over 90% in the country, and people are calling for an ousting of the "corrupt" institutions in Peru. Peruvians will have elections in April 2026, the first since the coup against Pedro Castillo in December 2022.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, spoke of the death of Assata Shakur simply, “We fulfilled our duty.” This humble statement encapsulated four decades of unwavering commitment by the Cuban state to protect one of the United States’ most hunted revolutionaries and let her live her life as a free woman.

Assata Shakur’s flight and exile were not just a physical escape from an unjust and violent system; they were a political and ideological act. Her unwavering belief in a socialist future, a world free from the exploitative forces of capitalism, imperialism, and racism, was what made her a profound threat to the US establishment.

A living testament to the possibility of resistance, Assata embodied the courage not only to think about change but to fight for a new world entirely.

📲 Read the full article by Manolo De Los Santos on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/29/a-fugitives-freedom-assata-shakurs-exile-in-cuba/

Germany’s biggest demonstration to date in solidarity with Palestine brought more than 100,000 people into the streets of Berlin on Saturday, September 27. Initiated by a wide coalition of organizations – including Palestinian groups, peace and health associations, climate activists, and artists – the protest demanded an end to German-Israeli military cooperation and repression of solidarity movements, as well as support for Palestinians’ right to self-determination.

“We are taking to the streets to demand an immediate end to the genocide in Gaza and to stand up for the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, freedom, and dignity,” Basem Said of the Palestinian community in Berlin said of the protest’s demands.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/29/massive-berlin-protest-exposes-widening-split-between-the-people-and-government-on-palestine-and-gaza-genocide/

“The United Nations headquarters cannot continue to be in New York,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro wrote on X. The US State Department revoked Petro’s visa after the head of state gave a speech denouncing Israel’s genocide at a pro-Palestine protest near the convening of the UN General Assembly.

“Now they will try to turn my free and human opinion into a crime,” Petro wrote. The Colombian leader has taken a strong stance against the Israeli war on Gaza throughout his presidency.

“What the US government is doing to me breaks all the norms of immunity on which the functioning of the United Nations and its General Assembly is based,” Petro wrote. Petro highlighted how 80 Palestinian officials were denied entry into the United States for the General Assembly.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/29/following-visa-revocation-colombias-petro-joins-calls-to-move-un-hq/

Condemning King Mswati III for advocating Taiwan’s secession from China in his address to the UN General Assembly last week, the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) said that his call for UN recognition of Taiwan is “not sovereign diplomacy, but imperial control.”

The last absolute monarch in Africa, Mswati reigns over Swaziland, which is the last African country to recognize Taiwan’s sovereignty. It is one of eleven worldwide, mostly Caribbean and some small Pacific islands, which recognize the island nation.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/29/swaziland-monarchs-call-for-un-recognition-of-taiwan-is-not-sovereign-diplomacy-but-imperial-control-communist-party/

🇳🇪 ICYMI, Niger's prime minister called out France for financing terrorism in the Sahel and attempting to sabotage the country's development with economic warfare at the #UNGA.

Listen to the PM of Niger's Transition Government Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman and read more about his speech at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on our website.

"As long as the same states that “recognize” Palestine fail to impose sanctions on Israel or make it comply with international law, the whole act remains a sham."

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/whats-behind-western-recognition-of-palestinian-statehood/

At the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman, prime minister of Niger’s Transition Government, delivered a defiant and historic speech that laid bare the aspirations of the Sahel alliance and accused France of orchestrating decades of destabilization in the region.

Zeine began by aligning Niger with the statement delivered the previous day by Malian Prime Minister Abdullah Maïga, who also spoke on behalf of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – the political, economic, and defense alliance formed by Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso in 2023 after they severed ties with ECOWAS.

“He forcefully expressed the aspirations of our alliance and our people, with full respect for our sovereignty, the defense of our interests, and genuine cooperation with all countries enamored of peace and justice,” Zeine affirmed.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/niger-defends-sahel-sovereignty-calls-out-french-colonialism-at-unga/

Iran rejected the invocation of international sanctions against it under the snapback provision, claiming they are illegal and unjustified. It declared that neither Iran nor any other member country of the UN is obliged to recognize and implement these sanctions.

A day after the UN sanctions were revived, a statement issued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry claimed that the three European countries, the UK, France, and Germany, along with the US, “misused the dispute resolution mechanism”, under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and UN Security Council resolution 2231, to target Iran illegally.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/re-imposition-of-international-sanctions-is-illegal-and-unjustified-says-iran/

A week since protests began in Ecuador against the decision by Daniel Noboa’s right-wing government to eliminate the diesel subsidy, nearly 100 people have been detained and one person was killed by police repression.

The nationwide protests kicked off after Marlon Vargas, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), Ecuador’s most important social movement, called on all sectors of society to take to the streets and reject the move by Noboa.

the radical response of the Noboa government to the protests has prompted several human rights organizations to speak out. UN Special Rapporteur Gina Romero noted that the executive branch has initiated a crackdown on the Indigenous movement, social organizations, and protesters in general. She also stated: “I have received reports that the Ecuadorian Armed Forces are acting in protest contexts, which is contrary to international standards on the right to assembly, even in states of emergency. Cease fire against protesters! Protesting is a right, it cannot cost lives.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/one-dead-and-nearly-100-arrested-amid-heavy-repression-of-protests-in-ecuador/

“Please country, join us. As mothers, daughters, and sisters,” Carla Saavedra, the aunt of one of the murdered women, told CNN, as thousands took to the streets of Buenos Aires to protest violence against women.

“What happened is terrible. It happened to all of us, not only our family. It happened to all of us as a society.”

Outrage and grief continue to grow in the aftermath of the triple femicide that shocked Argentina last week.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/mass-protests-in-argentina-denounce-live-streamed-triple-femicide/

“Imperialism cannot erase the unquestionable social and economic accomplishments of Cuba during decades of the revolution,” said Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, at an event in New York City on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on September 27.

The event, titled “Cuba and the UN: A Fight for the Global South,” was hosted by the People’s Forum, a New York City-based movement incubator, and featured Rodríguez as a speaker. Imperialism, as Rodríguez reaffirmed, “cannot make us abandon the path of socialism.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/imperialism-cannot-make-us-abandon-the-path-of-socialism-reaffirms-cuban-foreign-minister/

New Zealand’s stance on the genocide in Gaza in the UNGA speech was heavily criticized by activists who saw it as a betrayal of the people.

📲 Read the full article by Gabriella Brayne on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/assata-and-aotearoa-revealing-the-moral-senselessness-of-our-oppressors/

Hospitals in Gaza remain among the main targets of Israeli assaults. Several facilities were forced to close last week due to attacks and shortages. On September 30, the Ministry of Health in Gaza warned of the “disastrous challenges faced by medical teams due to the shortage of medicines and consumables,” stressing that Israel’s actions are having devastating consequences for those injured.

Doctors Against Genocide (DAG) recently also sounded the alarm, emphasizing that renewed sieges and strikes had led to the full or partial suspension of services in several healthcare institutions, including Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital and the specialist ophthalmology hospital. “Each shutdown denies thousands access to life-saving care and forces civilians into mass displacement,” said Dr. Nidal Jboor of DAG.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/israels-attacks-on-gazas-healthcare-show-no-sign-of-stopping/

🇲🇦The mass protests witnessed on the streets of Morocco, which are likely to continue, did not emerge out of a vacuum, but resulted from historic policies that have contributed to record-high unemployment among youth and deterioration of essential social services including healthcare and education.

Prioritizing the expenditure of public finances on building stadiums for the 2030 FIFA World cup, while the situation of healthcare sector, education and employment has been drastically deteriorating, fueled popular anger.

The central demands of the protest are for the government to focus on guaranteeing free, quality public education and public healthcare for all, and invest in the people.

📲 Read the full article by Wahid Ben Ali and Aseel Saleh on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/moroccans-take-to-the-streets-in-largest-protests-in-years/

Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of the Morning Star. In this episode, they reflect on Israel's continued genocide on the people of Gaza, Trump’s "peace" plan, major developments at the United Nations General Assembly, the UN’s approval of a “Gang Suppression Force” for Haiti, and the youth protests in Morocco and Madagascar.

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