Trump’s promise to conduct mass deportations of 15 to 20 million people is a major threat. This plan could lead to widespread family separations that could have ripple effects through the entire Latino community in the US, potentially impacting one in three Latinos in the country. Trump’s campaign has defied expectations in his borderline fascistic rhetoric this election cycle, hurling debunked allegations that Haitian migrants are eating other peoples’ pets in Ohio and that Venezuelan migrants are terrorizing tenants in Colorado.

But would a Harris administration look significantly different than a second Trump administration? Both Biden and Harris have come under fire by the left for perpetuating not only Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, but many of his same policies.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/30/on-immigration-harris-and-trump-have-more-similarities-than-one-mi

As of October 28, the longest-held political prisoner in the United States, Leonard Peltier, has been hospitalized. Peltier, who recently turned 80 behind bars, has dealt with various health concerns due to his long confinement, which include diabetes, high blood pressure, and surviving COVID-19.

Peltier’s supporters are calling for him to receive an emergency medical transfer out of prison to a medical facility.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/30/longest-held-us-political-prisoner-leonard-peltier-is-hospitalized/

🇻🇪🇧🇷 Why did Lula block Venezuela from BRICS?

Journalist and founder of Opera Mundi Breno Altman joined us on #DisputarElAlba this week to speak about the BRICS summit in Kazan, the opportunities and limitations of the multilateral grouping, and what impact it has on Latin America.

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Abu Taha was the first Jordanian journalist to be sentenced to prison based on the new, widely condemned Cybercrime Law.

Abu Taha was arrested reportedly in response to an article and an investigative report she wrote which were published on Lebanese news site Annasher at the end of April.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/30/hiba-abu-taha-the-imprisoned-journalist-who-dared-to-expose-jordans-complicity-with-israel/

🇵🇸Indian historian and activist Vijay Prashad spoke at a rally in New Zealand about the role of Western powers in Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people and the people in the region. Israel is shooting the weapons, but the US, Germany, New Zealand, and other Western powers are providing the weapons, bombs, and ammunition to exterminate the fierce Palestinian people.

With US Presidential elections just days away, the Kamala Harris campaign is scrambling to capture the hearts and minds of Black voters, particularly Black men, who Democrats worry have drifted away from their Party.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/31/has-the-two-party-system-failed-black-men/

The government has not only failed to address the structural problems in country’s agriculture but has been in a hurry to please the IMF and big corporate houses which further pushes farmers to deprivation and poverty.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/31/farmers-in-pakistan-organize-to-face-the-growing-attacks-on-their-livelihood/

Ever since Donald Trump announced his run for another term as US president, European analysts have speculated about the impact this might have on the region.

While some insist that a Kamala Harris presidency would be a more stable and reliable partnership for Europe, perspectives from the left suggest this should not be taken for granted.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/01/what-a-new-us-presidency-might-mean-for-europe/

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum made a very clear anti-neoliberal gesture in her morning press conference: the de-privatization of two emblematic Mexican energy companies. Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) will now be fully controlled by the federal government.

The government also signed a decree for the Mexican State to regain full rights over passenger railroads.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/01/claudia-sheinbaum-de-privatizes-two-major-oil-and-energy-companies/

The elections for African Union Commission Chairperson are set for February 2025, yet it seems that candidates’ are more focused on the possible symbolic victory rather than a chance to build continental unity and challenge western dominance.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/01/african-union-2025-elections-are-a-contest-of-prestige-and-clout-not-continental-vision/

The Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research recently launched its dossier number 81 ennoscriptd “The Twentieth Century, the Global South, and China’s Historical Position”. The text was written by Chinese scholar Wang Hui who is a professor of Chinese language and literature at Tsinghua University.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/01/the-rise-of-china-and-the-global-south-is-part-of-a-century-long-process/

Will the upcoming US presidential elections impact the Palestinian struggle for liberation?

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the impact of the US on the region.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/01/dr-mustafa-barghouthi-the-us-could-restrain-israel-but-has-chosen-not-to/

🇪🇭 “The sole and exclusive sovereign over Western Sahara is the Sahrawi people. [Neither] Macron, nor anyone else, has the right to decide on their behalf,” the government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), as Western Sahara is officially known.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/02/france-turns-to-occupied-western-sahara-for-colonial-plunder/

“Never in modern history have so many people faced starvation and famine as in Sudan today,” according to UN experts.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in war-torn Sudan have unleashed yet another depopulation campaign in the towns and villages of Gezira state, killing hundreds, looting, raping, and burning crops in the country’s breadbasket amid a famine that has engulfed over half the population.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/04/rsf-is-depopulating-war-torn-sudans-breadbasket-amid-an-unprecedented-famine/

Peoples Dispatch interviewed several experts and social movement leaders about the upcoming US presidential election and its implications for Asia.

Both the leading candidates Trump and Harris have almost identical agendas of promoting US imperialist interests but equally fail to take note of significant shifts in global politics.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/03/both-harris-and-trump-want-the-us-hegemony-over-the-world-to-continue-says-prabir-purkayastha/

The Monroe Doctrine has dictated US policy on Latin America for 201 years, yet in the upcoming elections, analysts say that while imperialism drives both their policies, there are still some differences between Trump and Harris.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/03/will-the-outcome-of-the-us-elections-impact-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/

❗2024 US elections: what the corporate media won’t tell you

Swipe through to check out the Peoples Dispatch guide to underreported issues and perspectives regarding the 2024 US elections on Tuesday, November 5.

From third party candidates, to inflation and cost of living, immigration policies, and voter suppression, we bring you everything you want to know but won't find on mainstream media.

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