“The people experienced a taste of their power in their defense to uphold democracy. It is now up to them to decide whether this movement will end here or will lead to the creation of a new, transformative power that will finally complete the democratization of South Korea.”

Steven Lee, of the International Strategy Center, writes about the situation in South Korea.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/12/with-martial-law-defeated-now-is-a-decisive-moment-for-change-in-south-korea/

🇳🇪 From the small peasants to farmers with relatively large land-holding, Niger’s farming community explains to Peoples Dispatch why they support the popular anti-France military government.

📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/11/nigers-new-government-is-a-blessing-for-us-farmers/

The surprise victory of HTS had been predicted in November by Iranian officials, who informed Assad about the weakness of the state’s defenses because of the sustained Israeli attacks on Syrian army positions.

📲 Vijay Prashad explains the fall of the Assad Government.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/11/the-fall-of-the-assad-government-in-syria/

Ayatollah Khamenei accused the US and Israel of driving Syria’s crisis while expressing hope that Syrian youth will liberate all occupied territories and strengthen resistance against imperialism in the region.

📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/12/irans-khamenei-blames-us-and-israel-for-syrian-crisis-predicts-liberation/

Biden commutes sentences of roughly 1,500 and pardons 39, but includes no current political prisoners who continue to languish behind bars.

📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/12/biden-commutes-sentences-of-roughly-1500-and-pardons-39-as-human-rights-organizations-demand-death-penalty-pardons/

🇧🇫”All those who dream of seeing Burkina Faso on its knees to hope to bring us back into slavery must understand that they have failed.”

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traore gave an address on the country’s Republic Day and vowed that the country will not bend to foreign meddling and attacks. Burkina Faso is part of the recently formed Alliance of Sahel States (AES) along with Niger and Mali, which seeks to defend the region against French and Western neo-colonialist and imperialist ambitions and promote sovereign development in the region that was pillaged by such powers for decades.

🇰🇷Following the shocking declaration of martial law in South Korea by President Yoon Suk Yeol, opposition lawmakers are alleging that a months-long plot was in the works to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea.

📲 Ju-Hyun Park, organizer with Nodutdol, explains the situation. Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/13/was-south-koreas-coup-an-attempt-to-restart-the-korean-war/

On December 10, International Human Rights Day, women and human rights activists took to the streets in Kenya to protest the alarming rise in femicide cases.

A recent report revealed that in the last three months, a record 97 femicides were recorded in Kenya – a rate of roughly one woman per day.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/13/activists-denounce-kenyan-government-for-inaction-on-femicide-crisis/

Activists from the left movement Potere al Popolo are shaping a new bold political and action program, set to build an Italy centered on participation, equity, and care.

📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/13/potere-al-popolo-dares-to-dream-of-a-more-equitable-future-for-italy/

Opposition parties in India led by Congress and the left parties have demanded independent investigations into one of India’s largest corporate groups Adani and its head Gautam Adani over corruption allegations.

They allege that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is shielding and promoting the businessman due to its own links with the corporate giant, at the cost of the interests of the country.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/14/indias-opposition-accuses-government-of-links-with-adani-calls-for-investigation/

Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, claiming dozens of lives and leaving around one hundred others injured or reportedly missing. The majority of the airstrikes targeted the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/15/israel-continues-to-kill-dozens-of-palestinians-amid-uncertainty-regarding-ceasefire-talks/

Israel announced it would close its embassy in Dublin after Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin declared that Ireland would intervene in South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Irish authorities have warned against a narrow interpretation of the Genocide Convention, arguing that such an approach creates “a culture of impunity in which the protection of civilians is minimized.” Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed more than 45,000 people in the Gaza Strip, the majority of whom are women, children, and elderly people.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/16/israel-to-shut-dublin-embassy-over-irish-intervention-at-icj/

December 14 marked the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s-Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP). ALBA-TCP was created in 2004 as a geopolitical alternative to the devastating advance of neoliberalism in the region.

📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/16/20-years-of-alba-tcp/