2024 was a difficult year marked by intense struggle, unexpected geopolitical shifts, and tremendous loss.
🚩Yet, amid these challenges and setbacks, people across the world continued to resist and fight against capitalist exploitation, imperialist and zionist war and violence, and oppression.
🌍At Peoples Dispatch we work tirelessly to bring you, our readers and our community, these stories of hope, resilience, and courage. We know that we have a world to win!
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🚩Yet, amid these challenges and setbacks, people across the world continued to resist and fight against capitalist exploitation, imperialist and zionist war and violence, and oppression.
🌍At Peoples Dispatch we work tirelessly to bring you, our readers and our community, these stories of hope, resilience, and courage. We know that we have a world to win!
☀️Let us know some of the stories that gave you hope this year.
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Israel claimed that it escalated its aggression on Yemen after the Yemeni Armed Forces stepped up its missile and drone attacks on Israel during the past few weeks. Speaking to local media on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to launch an open war on Yemen.
“We’re just getting started with them,” Netanyahu said. “We won’t allow them [to attack Israel] these days, today and any other day. We will strike them to the bitter end until they learn. As I said, Hamas learned, Hezbollah learned, and Syria learned. The Houthis will learn too,” he added.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/28/israel-threatens-all-out-war-on-yemen/
“We’re just getting started with them,” Netanyahu said. “We won’t allow them [to attack Israel] these days, today and any other day. We will strike them to the bitter end until they learn. As I said, Hamas learned, Hezbollah learned, and Syria learned. The Houthis will learn too,” he added.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/28/israel-threatens-all-out-war-on-yemen/
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Israel threatens all-out war on Yemen
Israel has escalated its attacks against Yemen, most recently launching airstrikes on civilian infrastructure at Sanaa Airport which almost resulted in the death of the WHO Director.
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Four children in Guayaquil, Ecuador were disappeared after they were arrested by state forces on December 8. The news of their parents desperately searching for their underage children has dominated the news in Ecuador for the last several weeks even amid the festive season.
On December 8, Ismael and Josué Arroyo (15 and 14 years old), Saúl Arboleda (15 years old), and Steven Medina (11 years old) were detained by a military contingent patrolling the area where the boys were playing football. The four young Afro-Ecuadorian boys have not been seen since then.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/27/disappearance-of-4-afro-ecuadorian-children-after-detention-by-military-has-sparked-mass-indignation/
On December 8, Ismael and Josué Arroyo (15 and 14 years old), Saúl Arboleda (15 years old), and Steven Medina (11 years old) were detained by a military contingent patrolling the area where the boys were playing football. The four young Afro-Ecuadorian boys have not been seen since then.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/27/disappearance-of-4-afro-ecuadorian-children-after-detention-by-military-has-sparked-mass-indignation/
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Disappearance of 4 Afro-Ecuadorian children after detention by military has sparked mass indignation
The case has revived an existing social trauma about the disappearance of children, especially poor and Black ones, at the hands of the State. There is a general feeling of pain and uncertainty among the population.
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🇵🇸 The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) set Kamal Adwan Hospital on fire on Friday, December 27, putting the largest medical facility in the northern part of the besieged enclave out of service. Kamal Adwan is located in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip and was one of the last functioning hospitals in the area.
Hamas official Osama Hamdan refuted Israeli claims that there were Palestinian fighters in the hospital. Hamdan added that the attack on the hospital is part of Israel's attempt “to end all manifestations of civilian steadfastness in northern Gaza.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/28/the-siege-of-kamal-adwan-hospital-when-israel-made-a-hospital-its-staff-and-patients-military-targets/
Hamas official Osama Hamdan refuted Israeli claims that there were Palestinian fighters in the hospital. Hamdan added that the attack on the hospital is part of Israel's attempt “to end all manifestations of civilian steadfastness in northern Gaza.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/28/the-siege-of-kamal-adwan-hospital-when-israel-made-a-hospital-its-staff-and-patients-military-targets/
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The siege of Kamal Adwan Hospital: When Israel made a hospital, its staff, and patients, military targets
As part of its ethnic cleansing policies, Israel continues to systematically target medical facilities and health workers across the Gaza strip.
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🇨🇩 The war-torn country has accused the US-based global tech giant of war crimes, forgery and deception by using illegally extracted and smuggled minerals in its products.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/30/the-drcs-historic-case-against-apple-over-blood-minerals-in-its-supply-chain/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/30/the-drcs-historic-case-against-apple-over-blood-minerals-in-its-supply-chain/
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The DRC’s historic case against Apple over blood minerals in its supply chain
The war-torn country has accused the US-based global tech giant of war crimes, forgery and deception by using illegally extracted and smuggled minerals in its products.
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🇭🇷 Milanović has attracted support across the political spectrum, particularly for opposing Croatia’s potential involvement in the war in Ukraine, pledging as commander-in-chief that no Croatian troops will be deployed to fight “others’ wars.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/30/croatias-presidential-race-heads-to-second-round/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/30/croatias-presidential-race-heads-to-second-round/
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Croatia’s presidential race heads to second round
Incumbent president Zoran Milanović missed a first-round victory in Croatia’s presidential election, setting the stage for a run-off on January 12, 2025
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🇵🇸 A sniper from the Palestinian Authority’s security forces killed female journalist Shatha al-Sabbagh in Jenin refugee camp on Saturday, December 28. Shatha (22) was on her way to a grocery shop close to her house along with her two little nephews, her mother, and a sister-in-law, when the sniper shot her in the head, according to Shatha’s mother, who witnessed the incident.
The bereaved mother held the Palestinian Authority’s security forces fully accountable for murdering her daughter. She also considered the incident a targeted assassination as a barrage of bullets was fired by the security forces at people in the street, who tried to rescue Shatha, including her mother.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/31/palestinian-authority-security-forces-kill-female-journalist-in-jenin/
The bereaved mother held the Palestinian Authority’s security forces fully accountable for murdering her daughter. She also considered the incident a targeted assassination as a barrage of bullets was fired by the security forces at people in the street, who tried to rescue Shatha, including her mother.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/31/palestinian-authority-security-forces-kill-female-journalist-in-jenin/
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Palestinian Authority security forces kill female journalist in Jenin
Shatha al-Sabbagh was shot in the head by a sniper a day after interviewing victims of the Palestinian Authority's security campaign in the Jenin refugee camp.
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Political parties in Bangladesh have opposed the calls for scrapping the 1972 constitution claiming the move unnecessary and against the spirit of the country’s liberation war in which millions sacrificed their lives.
Sharif Shamshir, a prominent left activist, told Peoples Dispatch that the move was expected given the religious nature of the student movement. After removing the Hasina government through the anti-quota movement in July-August they are moving to scrap the constitution now, he said. He expressed apprehensions that the move will further erode the secular polity in the country and pave the way for the rise of regressive forces in the country.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/student-movements-call-to-scrap-bangladeshs-1972-constitution-met-with-widespread-rejection/
Sharif Shamshir, a prominent left activist, told Peoples Dispatch that the move was expected given the religious nature of the student movement. After removing the Hasina government through the anti-quota movement in July-August they are moving to scrap the constitution now, he said. He expressed apprehensions that the move will further erode the secular polity in the country and pave the way for the rise of regressive forces in the country.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/student-movements-call-to-scrap-bangladeshs-1972-constitution-met-with-widespread-rejection/
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Student movement’s call to scrap Bangladesh’s 1972 constitution met with widespread rejection
The student movement has called the 1972 constitution, drafted after the 1971 war of liberation against Pakistan, as “Mujibist” and accused that it facilitated the prolonged rule of the Awami League.
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67 people, including 35 children and 22 women, were trampled to death in three separate stampedes that ensued in Nigeria as desperate crowds struggled to get their hands on a bag or two of groceries being distributed at Christmas charity events.
After dozens died in stampedes, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu remarked, “We should just get on with it.” Tinubu’s IMF-prescribed policies have more than doubled food prices in the country, condemning millions more to hunger.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/67-killed-in-stampedes-at-christmas-food-drives-in-nigeria-as-imf-induced-hunger-engulfed-millions-more-in-202467-killed-in-stampedes-at-christmas-food-charity-events-in-nigeria-as-imf-induced-hunger/
After dozens died in stampedes, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu remarked, “We should just get on with it.” Tinubu’s IMF-prescribed policies have more than doubled food prices in the country, condemning millions more to hunger.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/67-killed-in-stampedes-at-christmas-food-drives-in-nigeria-as-imf-induced-hunger-engulfed-millions-more-in-202467-killed-in-stampedes-at-christmas-food-charity-events-in-nigeria-as-imf-induced-hunger/
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67 killed in stampedes at Christmas food drives in Nigeria as IMF-induced hunger engulfed millions more in 2024
After dozens died in stampedes, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu remarked, “We should just get on with it.” Tinubu’s IMF-prescribed policies have more than doubled food prices in the country, condemning millions more to hunger.
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Months after a strike numbering in the tens of thousands, US dockworkers throughout the East Coast could once again walk off the job just before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/us-dockworkers-could-go-on-strike-again-before-trumps-inauguration/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/us-dockworkers-could-go-on-strike-again-before-trumps-inauguration/
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US dockworkers could go on strike again before Trump’s inauguration
Dockworkers union and longshore industry at impasse at the bargaining table over use of automation
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A report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development reveals an 18% increase in homelessness in 2023.
The Biden administration blames increased migration—leaving out the cost of living crisis and the rollback of pandemic-era social services.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/biden-blames-increase-on-homeless-on-migration-sidelining-cost-of-living-and-unaffordability-crisis/
The Biden administration blames increased migration—leaving out the cost of living crisis and the rollback of pandemic-era social services.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/biden-blames-increase-on-homeless-on-migration-sidelining-cost-of-living-and-unaffordability-crisis/
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Biden blames increase on homeless on migration—sidelining cost of living and unaffordability crisis
A report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development revealed that there was an 18% increase in homelessness in 2023
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“Kamal Adwan Hospital is no more,” stated Dr. Mustafa Barghouti during a webinar organized by the People’s Health Movement (PHM) on December 28, 2024.
The destruction of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has pushed healthcare to the brink of collapse, as freezing temperatures and ongoing Israeli attacks kill more Palestinians.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/israeli-destruction-of-gazas-healthcare-is-a-blueprint-for-future-imperialist-wars/
The destruction of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has pushed healthcare to the brink of collapse, as freezing temperatures and ongoing Israeli attacks kill more Palestinians.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/israeli-destruction-of-gazas-healthcare-is-a-blueprint-for-future-imperialist-wars/
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Israeli destruction of Gaza’s healthcare is a blueprint for future imperialist wars
The destruction of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has pushed healthcare to the brink of collapse, as freezing temperatures and ongoing Israeli attacks kill more Palestinians
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People in India’s north-western Punjab province observed complete shutdown on Monday, December 30 in support of farmers agitating for a legally guaranteed minimum support price (MSP) for their farm products.
The call for a proposed march came as the indefinite hunger strike of one of the farmer leaders, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, entered its 37th day on Wednesday, January 1.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/indian-farmers-are-prepared-to-march-on-delhi-once-again/
The call for a proposed march came as the indefinite hunger strike of one of the farmer leaders, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, entered its 37th day on Wednesday, January 1.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/02/indian-farmers-are-prepared-to-march-on-delhi-once-again/
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Indian farmers are prepared to march on Delhi once again
A shutdown was observed in some parts of India on December 30 in support of protesting farmers who are demanding the government implement a legal minimum support price for all farm produce as promised in 2021.
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🇪🇨 Ecuador is in mourning after the government confirmed that the four charred corpses found near an army base were the four Ecuadorian children kidnapped by military forces on December 8.
Ismael Arroyo and Josué Arroyo (15 and 14 years old), Saúl Arboleda (15 years old), and Steven Medina (11 years old) were picked up and kidnapped by military forces patrolling the south of Guayaquil, on December 8. Videos and testimonies show that the military forces beat the children; they were never seen again.
The government only responded to the events after the case blew up on social media and sparked popular outrage against the armed forces in the country. People are also affirming that this case of forced disappearance corresponds to a larger phenomenon mainly targeting Black and poor communities in the country.
Ismael Arroyo and Josué Arroyo (15 and 14 years old), Saúl Arboleda (15 years old), and Steven Medina (11 years old) were picked up and kidnapped by military forces patrolling the south of Guayaquil, on December 8. Videos and testimonies show that the military forces beat the children; they were never seen again.
The government only responded to the events after the case blew up on social media and sparked popular outrage against the armed forces in the country. People are also affirming that this case of forced disappearance corresponds to a larger phenomenon mainly targeting Black and poor communities in the country.
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🇨🇳 China announced sanctions against seven US-based military industrial companies and their senior executives last week. It claimed the move was a “countermeasure” against the US providing “huge military aid and arms sales” to its Taiwan region.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/03/china-imposes-sanctions-on-us-defense-contractors-for-selling-arms-to-taiwan/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/03/china-imposes-sanctions-on-us-defense-contractors-for-selling-arms-to-taiwan/
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China imposes sanctions on US defense contractors for selling arms to Taiwan
China alleges that the US approach to Taiwan is guided by “cold war zero sum mentality” which violates its own declared commitments to the “one-China policy” and agreements of non-interference in internal matters.
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The Palestinian Authority (PA) announced the suspension of the operations of Al Jazeera Media Network, and the temporary suspension of all journalists, staff, and associated channels affiliated with the network in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, January 1.
The suspension of the network’s operation was criticized by Al Jazeera, rights groups, and Palestinian movements as being part of the PA’s attempt to impose a media blackout amid the large-scale security campaign carried out by its security forces against the Jenin refugee camp.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/03/pa-suspends-al-jazeera-over-biased-coverage-and-incitement-amid-widespread-condemnation/
The suspension of the network’s operation was criticized by Al Jazeera, rights groups, and Palestinian movements as being part of the PA’s attempt to impose a media blackout amid the large-scale security campaign carried out by its security forces against the Jenin refugee camp.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/03/pa-suspends-al-jazeera-over-biased-coverage-and-incitement-amid-widespread-condemnation/
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PA suspends Al Jazeera over “biased coverage and incitement” amid widespread condemnation
The decision was made by a ministerial committee of the Palestinian Authority on January 1 and was subsequently rejected by leading international press freedom organizations.
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"The arrival of expensive Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in South America is now a fact."
Vijay Prashad writes on the global banana trade, and how the United States is trying to make the commerce of bananas into a national security issue
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/04/the-banana-road-from-south-america-to-china/
Vijay Prashad writes on the global banana trade, and how the United States is trying to make the commerce of bananas into a national security issue
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/04/the-banana-road-from-south-america-to-china/
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The banana road from South America to China
Despite US efforts to block it, China has made significant advances in its commercial and economic partnerships with South American countries.
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🇰🇪 Kenya’s high court declared that the proposed higher education funding model is unconstitutional, arguing the its discriminatory, due to its unequal treatment based on financial ability, school type, age & ambiguous criteria like “household income".
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/04/kenyas-high-court-delivers-blow-to-neoliberal-university-funding-model/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/04/kenyas-high-court-delivers-blow-to-neoliberal-university-funding-model/
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Kenya’s High Court delivers blow to neoliberal university funding model
Kenya’s high court sided with students and declared the recently proposed higher education funding model unconstitutional
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Three months after Austria’s general election, the far-right Freedom Party inches closer to power as mainstream parties fail to form a coalition.
The far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and Kickl gleefully welcomed the collapse of the coalition talks, describing the effort as a doomed traffic-light coalition, referencing the recently failed German federal government. “It is clear that the FPÖ was and is the only stable factor in Austrian domestic politics,” the party stated on social media.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/06/austrian-far-right-within-reach-of-power-as-coalition-talks-collapse/
The far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and Kickl gleefully welcomed the collapse of the coalition talks, describing the effort as a doomed traffic-light coalition, referencing the recently failed German federal government. “It is clear that the FPÖ was and is the only stable factor in Austrian domestic politics,” the party stated on social media.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/06/austrian-far-right-within-reach-of-power-as-coalition-talks-collapse/
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Austrian far-right within reach of power as coalition talks collapse
Three months after Austria’s general election, the far-right Freedom Party inches closer to power as mainstream parties fail to form a coalition
PeoplesHistory | 🇿🇦Today, on his death anniversary, we remember the South African communist and freedom fighter Joe Slovo.
Slovo was a key leader in the South African resistance against the apartheid regime, a member of the South African Communist Party and a commander in the armed wing of the African National Congress, uMkhonto we Sizwe.
Slovo was a key leader in the South African resistance against the apartheid regime, a member of the South African Communist Party and a commander in the armed wing of the African National Congress, uMkhonto we Sizwe.
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