“Assata taught us most about discipline and about duty.”
Young Black socialist organizer and visual artist Rachel Domond spoke to Peoples Dispatch about Assata Shakur and the inspiration she leaves for Black youth fighting for a better world.
“If we want to win, we must approach our task with seriousness, with commitment, and with discipline, because the enemy that we're up against has forced our revolutionary ancestors into exile, has jailed them, has killed them.”
➡️ Swipe for snippets of our conversation with Rachel Domond, you can read the full interview on our website.
Young Black socialist organizer and visual artist Rachel Domond spoke to Peoples Dispatch about Assata Shakur and the inspiration she leaves for Black youth fighting for a better world.
“If we want to win, we must approach our task with seriousness, with commitment, and with discipline, because the enemy that we're up against has forced our revolutionary ancestors into exile, has jailed them, has killed them.”
➡️ Swipe for snippets of our conversation with Rachel Domond, you can read the full interview on our website.
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Hundreds of people took to the streets of Paraguay’s capital, Asunción, to protest the right-wing government of Santiago Peña (2023-present) and the national political structure in general.
The protest call was made on social media under the slogan “We are the 99.9%”, following several days of protests in the capital. According to the protesters, the Peña government continues to uphold a form of power based on corruption and neglects basic services, especially public health and the safety of the population.
Journalist Amado Arrieta told Peoples Dispatch: “What was demanded in the protests was an end to nepotism, an attempt to stop the advance of narco-politics, which has basically taken over the three branches of government, and more opportunities for young people. The children of politicians get the best jobs, sometimes without having the necessary skills.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/02/another-gen-z-uprising-protests-in-paraguay-against-the-pena-government/
The protest call was made on social media under the slogan “We are the 99.9%”, following several days of protests in the capital. According to the protesters, the Peña government continues to uphold a form of power based on corruption and neglects basic services, especially public health and the safety of the population.
Journalist Amado Arrieta told Peoples Dispatch: “What was demanded in the protests was an end to nepotism, an attempt to stop the advance of narco-politics, which has basically taken over the three branches of government, and more opportunities for young people. The children of politicians get the best jobs, sometimes without having the necessary skills.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/02/another-gen-z-uprising-protests-in-paraguay-against-the-pena-government/
Peoples Dispatch
Another Gen Z uprising?: Protests in Paraguay against the Peña government
The protests on September 28 denounced corruption and insecurity. The government responded with a heavy hand.
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Former Venezuelan diplomat Carlos Ron told Peoples Dispatch that the sole purpose of sanctions is “to inflict pain or suffering onto the population”.
Sanctions are a failed policy as far as its stated goals are concerned, and yet they are repeatedly used by the countries in the West to punish those who dare to carry out independent policies, claimed Venezuelan scholar and former diplomat Carlos Ron regarding the reimposition of international sanctions against Iran this Sunday.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/02/sanctions-will-harm-iranian-people-and-hamper-diplomatic-channels-experts-say/
Sanctions are a failed policy as far as its stated goals are concerned, and yet they are repeatedly used by the countries in the West to punish those who dare to carry out independent policies, claimed Venezuelan scholar and former diplomat Carlos Ron regarding the reimposition of international sanctions against Iran this Sunday.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/02/sanctions-will-harm-iranian-people-and-hamper-diplomatic-channels-experts-say/
Peoples Dispatch
Sanctions will harm Iranian people and hamper diplomatic channels, experts say
Former Venezuelan diplomat Carlos Ron told Peoples Dispatch that the sole purpose of sanctions is “to inflict pain or suffering onto the population”
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Xi Jinping announces the discussion of the 15th Five-Year Plan as the country concludes a cycle focused on quality development. The People’s Republic of China celebrated its 76th anniversary this Wednesday, October 1.
📲 Read the full article by Mauro Ramos of Brasil de Fato on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/02/peoples-republic-of-china-turns-76-what-stage-is-chinese-socialism-in/
📲 Read the full article by Mauro Ramos of Brasil de Fato on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/02/peoples-republic-of-china-turns-76-what-stage-is-chinese-socialism-in/
Peoples Dispatch
People’s Republic of China turns 76: What stage is Chinese socialism in?
Xi Jinping announces the discussion of the 15th Five-Year Plan as the country concludes a cycle focused on quality development.
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Surviving on meager amounts of animal feed ground into a porridge and risking murder, rape, abduction, and torture, journalists struggle to continue reporting in El Fasher, capital city of Sudan’s North Darfur state.
“Prices for what little food remains are astronomical,” the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report on Wednesday, October 1. A kilogram of sugar – costing two US dollars before this war between the RSF and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) started in April 2023 – “now costs … USD 28”, while rice and flour sell at “USD 80 a kilo”.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/02/hunted-raped-starved-cpjs-chilling-report-on-journalists-in-sudans-el-fasher/
“Prices for what little food remains are astronomical,” the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report on Wednesday, October 1. A kilogram of sugar – costing two US dollars before this war between the RSF and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) started in April 2023 – “now costs … USD 28”, while rice and flour sell at “USD 80 a kilo”.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/02/hunted-raped-starved-cpjs-chilling-report-on-journalists-in-sudans-el-fasher/
Peoples Dispatch
“Hunted, raped, starved”: CPJ’s chilling report on journalists in Sudan’s El Fasher
Risking murder, rape, and torture, journalists continue working in the besieged city, walled off without food supply, surviving on animal fodder that has poisoned many.
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🇵🇸 Latin America stands up for Palestine and the Global Sumud Flotilla
Spontaneous demonstrations erupted in cities across the region when news broke of Israel’s interception of the GSF and kidnapping of 500 activists, including many Latin Americans.
Leaders of the region including Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Colombian President Gustavo Petro have called for the release and protection of the activists and for an end to the genocide and the blockade on Gaza.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/latin-america-condemns-interception-of-global-sumud-flotilla-and-detention-of-activists-by-israel/
Spontaneous demonstrations erupted in cities across the region when news broke of Israel’s interception of the GSF and kidnapping of 500 activists, including many Latin Americans.
Leaders of the region including Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Colombian President Gustavo Petro have called for the release and protection of the activists and for an end to the genocide and the blockade on Gaza.
Read more ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/latin-america-condemns-interception-of-global-sumud-flotilla-and-detention-of-activists-by-israel/
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“We have been aware that the Zionist entity’s terrorism and brutality have no limits, but we chose to sacrifice ourselves,” Khaled Boujemma, a Tunisian human rights activist and a member of the Maghreb branch of the Global Sumud Flotilla Steering committee, told Peoples Dispatch.
Day after day, Israel grows more and more audacious in its quest to impose its hegemony not only over the West Asia region, but also over the entire world, violating land, air, and international waters alike. The interception of the GSF and abduction of hundred of activists from across the world has set a new bar in the lengths it will go to preserve its project
Palestinian political activist, freedom fighter and former prisoner in Israeli jails Mr. Omar Assaf told Peoples Dispatch, "The arrest of those people of conscience by the Israeli authorities on the high seas constitute a flagrant violation of all international norms and conventions, and the international law. Therefore, all countries around the world should bear responsibility for that. Moreover, international human rights organizations are obliged to assume special responsibility in exerting pressure on the Israeli occupation."
📲 Read the full article on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/arab-grassroots-decry-israels-flagrant-overseas-piracy-against-gaza-bound-global-sumud-flotilla-in-international-waters/
Day after day, Israel grows more and more audacious in its quest to impose its hegemony not only over the West Asia region, but also over the entire world, violating land, air, and international waters alike. The interception of the GSF and abduction of hundred of activists from across the world has set a new bar in the lengths it will go to preserve its project
Palestinian political activist, freedom fighter and former prisoner in Israeli jails Mr. Omar Assaf told Peoples Dispatch, "The arrest of those people of conscience by the Israeli authorities on the high seas constitute a flagrant violation of all international norms and conventions, and the international law. Therefore, all countries around the world should bear responsibility for that. Moreover, international human rights organizations are obliged to assume special responsibility in exerting pressure on the Israeli occupation."
📲 Read the full article on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/arab-grassroots-decry-israels-flagrant-overseas-piracy-against-gaza-bound-global-sumud-flotilla-in-international-waters/
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As establishment politicians scramble to cut a deal to end the shutdown, the Democratic Party base seems eager for an even fiercer fight.
The US government shut down at midnight on October 1 after Congress failed to approve new spending bills, forcing federal agencies nationwide to halt or scale back operations. At the heart of the shutdown is a standoff between Republican and Democratic Party politicians over healthcare. Over the summer, Republican lawmakers passed Donald Trump’s sweeping “Big Beautiful Bill” that makes deep cuts to public healthcare.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/02/healthcare-takes-center-stage-in-shutdown-as-democratic-base-pressures-silent-leaders/
The US government shut down at midnight on October 1 after Congress failed to approve new spending bills, forcing federal agencies nationwide to halt or scale back operations. At the heart of the shutdown is a standoff between Republican and Democratic Party politicians over healthcare. Over the summer, Republican lawmakers passed Donald Trump’s sweeping “Big Beautiful Bill” that makes deep cuts to public healthcare.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/02/healthcare-takes-center-stage-in-shutdown-as-democratic-base-pressures-silent-leaders/
Peoples Dispatch
Healthcare takes center stage in shutdown as Democratic base pressures silent leaders
As the shutdown begins, Republicans push deep cuts to Medicaid while Democrats face mounting pressure from their base to finally an even more decisive stand on healthcare
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“Tens of thousands of people took to the streets for the general strike in support of Palestine: this is a huge success,” Giuliano Granato of the left party Potere al Popolo reported from one of the marches.
“It shows that there is a majority in the country that is fighting for Palestine and doing what our government has not dared to do for two years.”
Hundreds of thousands of people have again taken to the streets of Italy in response to a general strike call originally launched by the grassroots union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) and later joined by some of the country’s largest trade union confederations.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/workers-shut-down-italy-again-in-solidarity-with-palestine/
“It shows that there is a majority in the country that is fighting for Palestine and doing what our government has not dared to do for two years.”
Hundreds of thousands of people have again taken to the streets of Italy in response to a general strike call originally launched by the grassroots union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) and later joined by some of the country’s largest trade union confederations.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/workers-shut-down-italy-again-in-solidarity-with-palestine/
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"What is being carried out against Venezuela, is not an operation against drug trafficking but rather, a regime change operation.
For the last 26 years, Venezuela has undergone a profound political transformation successfully asserting sovereignty over the world’s largest proven oil reserves primarily by using revenues to attack decades of poverty and social exclusion through social programs. It also embarked on ending Washington’s historical political influence."
📲 Read the full article by Carlos Ron on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/we-will-blow-you-out-of-existence-trumps-caribbean-spectacle/
For the last 26 years, Venezuela has undergone a profound political transformation successfully asserting sovereignty over the world’s largest proven oil reserves primarily by using revenues to attack decades of poverty and social exclusion through social programs. It also embarked on ending Washington’s historical political influence."
📲 Read the full article by Carlos Ron on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/we-will-blow-you-out-of-existence-trumps-caribbean-spectacle/
Peoples Dispatch
“We will blow you out of existence”: Trump’s Caribbean spectacle
What is being carried out against Venezuela, is not an operation against drug trafficking but rather, a regime change operation.
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Protests broke out in various countries in Asia on Thursday, October 2, following the Israeli attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) on Wednesday and the abduction of hundreds of activists.
Protests have erupted in cities across the world to reject Israel’s attacks on Gaza and on the Global Sumud Flotilla. People have demanded the immediate release of the activists and an end to Israel’s genocidal blockade and attacks on Gaza. Activists and movements across Asia have joined the wave of protests, in some cases to demand that their fellow comrades and compatriots be released.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/people-of-asia-mobilize-in-solidarity-with-global-sumud-flotilla-condemn-israeli-war-crimes/
Protests have erupted in cities across the world to reject Israel’s attacks on Gaza and on the Global Sumud Flotilla. People have demanded the immediate release of the activists and an end to Israel’s genocidal blockade and attacks on Gaza. Activists and movements across Asia have joined the wave of protests, in some cases to demand that their fellow comrades and compatriots be released.
Read more ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/people-of-asia-mobilize-in-solidarity-with-global-sumud-flotilla-condemn-israeli-war-crimes/
Peoples Dispatch
People of Asia mobilize in solidarity with Global Sumud Flotilla, condemn Israeli war crimes
The GSF, a convoy of over 40 ships with hundreds of activists on board was heading towards Gaza to break the Israeli siege and deliver much needed humanitarian aid to its starving citizens.
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“Xochitl is a lifelong organizer and fighter and her freedom today is only possible because her community organized and fought for her,” wrote Free Cata Now, a social media page dedicated to the fight for Santiago’s release. “Today we celebrate but we will not forget the injustice Xochitl experienced nor the thousands of others who remain in detention.”
After over 60 days in detention, ICE complied quickly with a judge’s order to release immigrant rights activist Xóchitl Santiago.
📲 Read the full article on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/ice-releases-immigrant-rights-activist-xochitl-santiago-after-over-60-days-of-detention/
After over 60 days in detention, ICE complied quickly with a judge’s order to release immigrant rights activist Xóchitl Santiago.
📲 Read the full article on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/ice-releases-immigrant-rights-activist-xochitl-santiago-after-over-60-days-of-detention/
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Women and the LGBTQIA+ community have become the faces of resistance against the far-right Salvadoran government.
In a country where transgender women are now required to identify as “very high-risk men”, four transgender women dressed as beauty queens and surrounded by giant bouquets of flowers throw candy to the thousands of participants of this year’s Pride march in San Salvador.
President Nayib Bukele — known as the “millennial president” and an unconditional ally of Donald Trump — has significantly weakened dissent through increased state surveillance, the persecution of critical voices, and laws that benefit emerging elites.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/beating-back-bukeles-war-on-gender-ideology/
In a country where transgender women are now required to identify as “very high-risk men”, four transgender women dressed as beauty queens and surrounded by giant bouquets of flowers throw candy to the thousands of participants of this year’s Pride march in San Salvador.
President Nayib Bukele — known as the “millennial president” and an unconditional ally of Donald Trump — has significantly weakened dissent through increased state surveillance, the persecution of critical voices, and laws that benefit emerging elites.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/03/beating-back-bukeles-war-on-gender-ideology/
Peoples Dispatch
Beating back Bukele’s war on “gender ideology”
Women and the LGBTQIA+ community have become the faces of resistance against the far-right Salvadoran government.
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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.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Mbfcw3gmpw30i0PZwb6oI?si=NbUv4QJGRReMyHzAoXb0AQ
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Mbfcw3gmpw30i0PZwb6oI?si=NbUv4QJGRReMyHzAoXb0AQ
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Indirect talks are underway in Cairo after Hamas responded positively to an agreement proposed by US President Donald Trump.
Despite the advance, Israel continues to bomb Gaza.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/04/israel-continues-airstrikes-on-gaza-after-hamas-agrees-to-release-all-israeli-captives/
Despite the advance, Israel continues to bomb Gaza.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/04/israel-continues-airstrikes-on-gaza-after-hamas-agrees-to-release-all-israeli-captives/
Paraguay:
After several days of roadblocks, Indigenous communities achieved their goal. The protesters demanded the resignation of the president of Paraguayan Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INDI), the restoration of the institution’s headquarters and against recent decisions of the right-wing government of Santiago Peña.
Peña hails from the Colorado Party, one of the oldest parties in Latin America, which, incidentally, was the political base of the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989), one of the longest-serving dictators in 20th-century history..
To better understand this moment of struggle, Peoples Dispatch spoke with Amado Arrieta, a Paraguayan journalist and member of the Popular Party.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/04/indigenous-resistance-in-paraguay-forces-penas-government-to-back-down/
After several days of roadblocks, Indigenous communities achieved their goal. The protesters demanded the resignation of the president of Paraguayan Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INDI), the restoration of the institution’s headquarters and against recent decisions of the right-wing government of Santiago Peña.
Peña hails from the Colorado Party, one of the oldest parties in Latin America, which, incidentally, was the political base of the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989), one of the longest-serving dictators in 20th-century history..
To better understand this moment of struggle, Peoples Dispatch spoke with Amado Arrieta, a Paraguayan journalist and member of the Popular Party.
Read more ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/04/indigenous-resistance-in-paraguay-forces-penas-government-to-back-down/
Peoples Dispatch
Indigenous resistance in Paraguay forces Peña’s government to back down
After several days of roadblocks, Indigenous communities achieved their goal. We spoke with Paraguayan journalist Amado Arrieta to learn more about the context and development of the protest.
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Over a hundred volunteers from the Global Sumud Flotilla remain captive in Israel after being kidnapped in international waters by occupation forces during their attempt to break the illegal sea blockade of Gaza. Those who have been released report escalating abuse by Israeli authorities, particularly targeting women and activists of Arab backgrounds, in what is likely to be a campaign to intimidate and prevent others from joining future flotillas.
“From the moment of interception, all activists were held incommunicado, with communication systems having been jammed, some of them subjected to degrading treatment and water cannons,” the Global Sumud Flotilla wrote in a statement. The legal center Adalah, which is providing legal counsel to the flotilla’s crew, echoed these concerns, saying its lawyers were initially prevented from reaching the detainees. As a result, several activists were processed without even having spoken to legal representatives.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/06/humiliation-and-abuse-flotilla-activists-speak-out-about-treatment-in-israeli-prison-reiterate-demand-to-end-genocide/
“From the moment of interception, all activists were held incommunicado, with communication systems having been jammed, some of them subjected to degrading treatment and water cannons,” the Global Sumud Flotilla wrote in a statement. The legal center Adalah, which is providing legal counsel to the flotilla’s crew, echoed these concerns, saying its lawyers were initially prevented from reaching the detainees. As a result, several activists were processed without even having spoken to legal representatives.
Read more ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/06/humiliation-and-abuse-flotilla-activists-speak-out-about-treatment-in-israeli-prison-reiterate-demand-to-end-genocide/
Peoples Dispatch
Humiliation and abuse: Flotilla activists speak out about treatment in Israeli prison, reiterate demand to end genocide
Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla faced physical and psychological violence and intimidation by Israeli forces while in prison.
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🇵🇸 "I don’t want just me to be free. I want the Palestinian people to be free!"
Days after Israel illegally intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla and arrested over 400 participants, hundreds have been released from Israeli prisons, where they endured physical and psychological torture. Dozens still remain in detention. Freed GSF participants have emphasized that the message remains the same: Israel must end the siege and genocide on Gaza and free the over 10,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Days after Israel illegally intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla and arrested over 400 participants, hundreds have been released from Israeli prisons, where they endured physical and psychological torture. Dozens still remain in detention. Freed GSF participants have emphasized that the message remains the same: Israel must end the siege and genocide on Gaza and free the over 10,000 Palestinian prisoners.
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