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Caracas, Venezuela hosted a historic gathering of solidarity with the Palestinian cause on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, on Friday, November 29.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro presided over the International Conference of Solidarity with Palestine, an event that brought together delegates from 53 countries, 119 organizations and more than 250 participants, all committed to the defense of the rights of the Palestinian people. The slogan of the conference was “From Venezuela to Palestine: We will live and we will be victorious!”
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/02/international-conference-of-solidarity-with-palestine-held-in-venezuela/
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Amazon workers in the US, organized with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, joined a global call to action as part of the campaign to “make Amazon pay,” done in conjunction with unions around the world. Amazon teamsters organized multiple actions on the busiest commercial days of the year in the US, “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” following Thanksgiving.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/02/amazon-teamsters-join-global-call-to-make-amazon-pay/
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The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announced in a video posted on Telegram on Monday December 2, that 33 Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip have been killed since October 7 last year.

The movement said that the majority of those captives were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the besieged enclave

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/03/hamas-announces-first-official-death-toll-of-israeli-captives-in-gaza-as-ceasefire-talks-resume-in-egypt/
The tensions between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and US president-elect Donald Trump are growing, with Trump continuing to launch accusations and threats at the Southern neighbor of the US, only to be met with a firm and resolute Sheinbaum.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/02/claudia-sheinbaum-stands-up-to-donald-trump-calls-for-respect-of-migrants-human-rights/
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On November 29, Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau rushed to Florida to have dinner with US President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort, following Trump’s threats to impose a 25% tariff on goods coming from Mexico and Canada, unless the two countries take action to stop so-called illegal immigration and the flow of drugs into the United States.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/03/canada-scrambles-amid-trumps-tariff-threats/
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol just declared emergency martial law to supposedly eradicate “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces.”

In response to Yoon’s decree of martial law, the people of South Korea mobilized in opposition, with thousands protesting outside of the National Assembly with chants of “Abolish Martial Law! Down with dictatorship!”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/03/south-korean-president-declares-martial-law-sparking-protest/
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🚩🇮🇳 Indian farmers are back on the streets surrounding the capital New Delhi.

Tens of thousands of Indian farmers took to the streets and marched towards the capital New Delhi, with key demands for the far-right BJP government to address the crisis of livelihood.

The farmers organized with the United Farmers Front (SKM) are demanding:
- compensation for land acquired by the state to build urban infrastructure in and around the capital city
- ⁠a better rehabilitation package for those who lost their land.
- ⁠Minimum support price for crops

Today the police cracked down on the protest and arrested at least 160 farmers.
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From November 8 to 15, twelve people from the countries of the Sahel visited Cuba to meet with Cuban people who carry forward the revolutionary project, and learn about Cuba’s socialist model and deep friendship with the peoples of Africa.

Malian, Burkinabé, and Nigerien visitors to Cuba felt an even stronger push to fight for socialism after seeing the progress of Africa’s sister revolution in Cuba.

An article by Inemesit Richardson the president of the Thomas Sankara Centre for African Liberation and Unity (also known as Burkina Books),

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/03/delegation-from-alliance-of-sahel-states-visits-cuba-for-revolutionary-exchange/
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Thousands of farmers continued their protests at the borders of India’s capital New Delhi on Wednesday, December 4 despite a crackdown by the Uttar Pradesh government led by the ultra right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a day earlier. Farmers defied the state repression and betrayals claiming the struggle will become even more intense now.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/04/indian-farmers-are-back-at-the-borders-of-new-delhi/
#PeoplesHistory | Today we remember Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party (BPP) and chair of the Illinois chapter, and Mark Clark, member of the BPP. The Chicago Police killed Hampton and Clark in what many have called a summary execution.

Hampton, who was assassinated by the state at age 21, was a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary who built broad unity across the working class to fight the systems of white supremacy and capitalism in the United States.
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Health facilities operated by UNRWA in Gaza are on the brink of exhausting at least 60 essential medications by the end of the month if Israel continues to block health supplies from entering the Strip.

The shortage of medical supplies is worsening the risk of infections and complications from generally treatable conditions.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/04/gaza-faces-complete-medicine-shortage-amid-ongoing-israeli-blockade/
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🇵🇸 Students at Birzeit University gathered to honor their martyrs.

Dhafer Rimawi (19), who was studying at Birzeit University, and his brother Jawad Rimawi (22), who had recently graduated from Birzeit, were shot dead by Israeli Occupation Forces during a raid carried out in Kafr Ein village near Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank in November 2022. The two brothers are among dozens of Birzeit University's students, graduates and scholars, who were killed by the IOF throughout decades.

According to the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Office (OCHA), 155 Palestinians were killed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in 2022.
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“What strengthens the popular movement in Niger is the synergy between the leaders and the people. That makes the government strong.”

Philippe Toyo Noudjènoumè, general secretary of the Communist Party of Benin, spoke with Brasil de Fato in an exclusive interview.

This article was translated from an article originally published in Portuguese on Brasil de Fato.

📲 Read it in English on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/04/there-is-no-terrorism-there-is-only-france-says-president-of-the-west-african-peoples-organization/
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#PeoplesHistory | On this day in 1928, the United Fruit Company, with the Colombian Army and the support of the US, massacred thousands of workers in Colombia. United Fruit Company workers had been on strike for weeks prior demanding better working conditions but the company had refused to address their demands.

In response they called for the Colombian army to repress the workers, killing thousands, though there is no official death toll til today.
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Michel Barnier was forced to hand in his resignation as France’s Prime Minister after a majority of parliamentarians supported a no-confidence motion led by the progressive New Popular Front.

Barnier’s administration had been in office for just three months, and will now go down as one of the shortest-lived in French history. The situation already sparked warnings about a looming political crisis, as the country finds itself under pressure from EU institutions due to deficit management matters.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/05/no-confidence-vote-overthrows-french-prime-minister-barnier/
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