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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/17/ghanas-historic-election-a-vote-for-change/
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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.
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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.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/17/israel-continues-expansion-into-syrian-golan-heights/
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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.
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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.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/17/can-britain-re-nationalize-water-services/
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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.
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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.
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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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Hundreds of students at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) marched within the campus on Monday, December 16, commemorating the fifth anniversary of the state’s attack on students at one of India’s premier universities in New Delhi.
Speaking to Peoples Dispatch, Sanam Husain, unit secretary of the left-wing Student Federation of India (SFI), claimed the JMI administration was suppressing democratic spaces at the university, acting under the directives of the right-wing central government, which has curtailed all democratic spaces.
Sanam expressed concern that punitive actions would be taken against students who participated in Monday’s march, as has happened in the past, considering the intimidation against SFI leadership, including threats of suspensions and fines.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/18/jamia-millia-islamia-students-rally-against-attacks-on-religious-minorities-in-india/
Speaking to Peoples Dispatch, Sanam Husain, unit secretary of the left-wing Student Federation of India (SFI), claimed the JMI administration was suppressing democratic spaces at the university, acting under the directives of the right-wing central government, which has curtailed all democratic spaces.
Sanam expressed concern that punitive actions would be taken against students who participated in Monday’s march, as has happened in the past, considering the intimidation against SFI leadership, including threats of suspensions and fines.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/18/jamia-millia-islamia-students-rally-against-attacks-on-religious-minorities-in-india/
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Jamia Millia Islamia students rally against attacks on religious minorities in India
Students at New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia marked the anniversary of the state’s brutal crackdown on a protest against discriminatory laws five years ago
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The lives of hundreds of thousands, especially in the famine-struck Zamzam camp for Internally Displaced People (IDPs), hang in the balance as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has intensified attacks on North Darfur state’s capital El Fasher.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/18/besieged-and-bombed-amid-famine-hundreds-of-thousands-of-idps-struggle-to-survive-in-darfur/
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Besieged and bombed amid famine, hundreds of thousands of IDPs struggle to survive in Darfur
As the war between Sudan’s security forces continues into its 21st month, casualties mount in North Darfur’s besieged capital El Fasher, which has been cut off from food aid amid spreading famine while local markets are being bombed.
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🇵🇸 Dispatches from Rafah #2
10-year-old Dana shares about the difficulties she faces as a young girl being in a displaced persons camp.
Despite calls from international bodies like the United Nations, the World Health Organization, as well as leading international humanitarian organizations, Israel has continued to severely restrict the entry of aid shipments to Gaza. Israeli forces also continue to carry out airstrikes across Gaza strip, killing dozens in the last several days.
10-year-old Dana shares about the difficulties she faces as a young girl being in a displaced persons camp.
Despite calls from international bodies like the United Nations, the World Health Organization, as well as leading international humanitarian organizations, Israel has continued to severely restrict the entry of aid shipments to Gaza. Israeli forces also continue to carry out airstrikes across Gaza strip, killing dozens in the last several days.
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