🇰🇷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/
📲 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/
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Was South Korea’s coup an attempt to restart the Korean War?
Opposition lawmakers are alleging the full scope of President Yoon’s coup involved a months-long plot to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea
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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.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/13/activists-denounce-kenyan-government-for-inaction-on-femicide-crisis/
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.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/13/activists-denounce-kenyan-government-for-inaction-on-femicide-crisis/
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Activists denounce Kenyan government for inaction on femicide crisis
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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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/
📲 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/
Peoples Dispatch
Potere al Popolo dares to dream of a more equitable future for Italy
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
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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/
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/
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India’s opposition accuses government of links with Adani, calls for investigation
India’s ruling BJP has been accused of protecting and promoting Adani despite repeated allegations of the company's corrupt practices. Adani was finally indicted in the US last month.
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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/
📲 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/
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Israel continues to kill dozens of Palestinians amid uncertainty regarding ceasefire talks
As ceasefire talks have been recently subject to speculations, Israel continued to commit daily massacres across the Gaza Strip.
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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/
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/
Peoples Dispatch
Israel to shut Dublin embassy over Irish intervention at ICJ
Israel has announced the closure of its embassy in Dublin following Ireland’s decision to intervene in South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice
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People in the US are increasingly demanding alternatives to the present for-profit healthcare system. Recent events have reinvigorated the debate in the country for the radical transformation of the healthcare system.
UnitedHealthcare, the health insurance company of late CEO Brian Thompson, like many other insurance companies makes record profits off of systematic denial of care to policy holders, aka patients. This made UHC one of the most profitable healthcare companies in the United States.
UnitedHealthcare, the health insurance company of late CEO Brian Thompson, like many other insurance companies makes record profits off of systematic denial of care to policy holders, aka patients. This made UHC one of the most profitable healthcare companies in the United States.
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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/
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/16/20-years-of-alba-tcp/
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20 years of ALBA-TCP
ALBA-TCP was founded in 2004 in an attempt to counter the US proposal of creating a “free trade zone of the Americas”
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The election results could mark a shift in Ghana’s politics, which today are shaped by the country’s dire economic situation.
The latest elections saw a significant defeat of the ruling party which was responsible for taking out a 3 billion IMF loan and implementing austerity measures.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/17/ghanas-historic-election-a-vote-for-change/
The latest elections saw a significant defeat of the ruling party which was responsible for taking out a 3 billion IMF loan and implementing austerity measures.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/17/ghanas-historic-election-a-vote-for-change/
Peoples Dispatch
Ghana’s historic election: a vote for change
The latest elections saw a significant defeat of the ruling party which was responsible for taking out a 3 billion IMF loan and implementing austerity measures.
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Following the fall of the Assad government, Israel has launched an aerial bombing campaign to demilitarize Syria while expanding into the Golan Heights in the South.
According to Al Mayadeen, the airstrikes resulted in massive explosions that caused an earthquake-like tremor, and left several civilians killed and injured. The aerial attacks on the Syrian coast have been described as “the heaviest strikes” in the area in more than a decade.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/17/israel-continues-expansion-into-syrian-golan-heights/
According to Al Mayadeen, the airstrikes resulted in massive explosions that caused an earthquake-like tremor, and left several civilians killed and injured. The aerial attacks on the Syrian coast have been described as “the heaviest strikes” in the area in more than a decade.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/17/israel-continues-expansion-into-syrian-golan-heights/
Peoples Dispatch
Israel continues expansion into Syrian Golan Heights
Following the fall of the Assad government, Israel has launched an aerial bombing campaign to demilitarize Syria while expanding into the Golan Heights in the South.
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🇰🇷 Tens of thousands of people mobilized outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday, December 14, to support the bid to impeach President Yoon Seok Yeol. The crowd erupted with cheers when lawmakers voted for his impeachment in the afternoon.
Members of the International Strategy Center were on the streets, speaking to trade union activists and citizens about why they were mobilizing and the significance of the moment in the struggle for true democracy.
🎥Check out the collaborative report of ISC and Peoples Dispatch.
Members of the International Strategy Center were on the streets, speaking to trade union activists and citizens about why they were mobilizing and the significance of the moment in the struggle for true democracy.
🎥Check out the collaborative report of ISC and Peoples Dispatch.
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🇵🇸 Dispatches from Rafah
Asmaa Ibrahim al-Sultan is currently sheltering in a school in Rafah in Southern Gaza with her children. She shared a testimony about her daily challenges to provide adequate and dignified conditions for her family, including her newborn baby.
Israel continues to deprive the people of Gaza of basic necessities such as food and life saving medicine, and continues to lay siege to different parts of the enclave. Meanwhile the United States has continued to provide military, diplomatic, and political support, ignoring demands for an arms embargo and compliance with the ICC arrest warrant.
Asmaa Ibrahim al-Sultan is currently sheltering in a school in Rafah in Southern Gaza with her children. She shared a testimony about her daily challenges to provide adequate and dignified conditions for her family, including her newborn baby.
Israel continues to deprive the people of Gaza of basic necessities such as food and life saving medicine, and continues to lay siege to different parts of the enclave. Meanwhile the United States has continued to provide military, diplomatic, and political support, ignoring demands for an arms embargo and compliance with the ICC arrest warrant.
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Demands for renationalization of water services in England grows as private London water supplier requests bailout.
“This is daylight robbery. There are two people who can stop it, the judge in court today and Steve Reed, the environment secretary. He can protect billpayers from this by withdrawing Thames Water’s license, on the basis of financial insolvency, illegal sewage dumping, or both,” Cat Hobbs, Director of We Own It, told Peoples Dispatch.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/17/can-britain-re-nationalize-water-services/
“This is daylight robbery. There are two people who can stop it, the judge in court today and Steve Reed, the environment secretary. He can protect billpayers from this by withdrawing Thames Water’s license, on the basis of financial insolvency, illegal sewage dumping, or both,” Cat Hobbs, Director of We Own It, told Peoples Dispatch.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/17/can-britain-re-nationalize-water-services/
Peoples Dispatch
Can Britain re-nationalize water services?
Demands for renationalization of water services in England grows as private London water supplier requests bailout
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One year after Israeli forces abducted Dr. Ahmed Muhanna, the director of Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, the lack of information about his status exemplifies a worsening crisis for health workers in Palestine.
In the same period that Dr. Muhanna’s colleagues marked 365 days without answers, Israeli forces killed a nurse and Dr. Saeed Judeh, northern Gaza’s last orthopedic specialist, during attacks in the proximity of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/18/one-year-since-the-abduction-of-dr-ahmed-muhanna-gaza-health-workers-endure-more-attacks/
In the same period that Dr. Muhanna’s colleagues marked 365 days without answers, Israeli forces killed a nurse and Dr. Saeed Judeh, northern Gaza’s last orthopedic specialist, during attacks in the proximity of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/18/one-year-since-the-abduction-of-dr-ahmed-muhanna-gaza-health-workers-endure-more-attacks/
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One year since the abduction of Dr. Ahmed Muhanna, Gaza health workers endure more attacks
A year after Israeli forces abducted Dr. Ahmed Muhanna, head of Al-Awda Hospital, attacks on Palestinian health workers are growing worse
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