🇿🇦 How did 78 miners, and perhaps many more, die in an abandoned mine in South Africa?
Amid a crisis of unemployment and rising prices in South Africa, People have taken to enter abandoned mines to try and find gold and minerals to sell and survive. South African authorities have launched a crackdown on these illegal mines, putting the lives of hundreds of miners at risk.
This is the context in which the bodies of 78 dead miners were retrieved from Buffelsfontein mine’s Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water supply in its crackdown.
Mametlwe Sebei, president of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA), spoke to Pavan Kulkarni about this humanitarian catastrophe and the responsibility of authorities.
Here is what you need to know about the case. Visit our website to read the full article of Pavan Kulkarni.
Amid a crisis of unemployment and rising prices in South Africa, People have taken to enter abandoned mines to try and find gold and minerals to sell and survive. South African authorities have launched a crackdown on these illegal mines, putting the lives of hundreds of miners at risk.
This is the context in which the bodies of 78 dead miners were retrieved from Buffelsfontein mine’s Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water supply in its crackdown.
Mametlwe Sebei, president of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA), spoke to Pavan Kulkarni about this humanitarian catastrophe and the responsibility of authorities.
Here is what you need to know about the case. Visit our website to read the full article of Pavan Kulkarni.
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Hospitals in Gaza are still to begin recuperating from 15 months of relentless attacks when Israeli forces, with support from the Palestinian Authority, launched assaults on healthcare institutions in Jenin.
The absence of hundreds of health workers—imprisoned, tortured or killed by Israel—is deeply felt in Gaza.According to the Ministry of Health, there are no fully functional hospitals in the region, and UNICEF estimates that less than half of the 36 hospitals are partially operational.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/23/after-gaza-israel-attacks-jenins-hospitals/
The absence of hundreds of health workers—imprisoned, tortured or killed by Israel—is deeply felt in Gaza.According to the Ministry of Health, there are no fully functional hospitals in the region, and UNICEF estimates that less than half of the 36 hospitals are partially operational.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/23/after-gaza-israel-attacks-jenins-hospitals/
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After Gaza, Israel attacks Jenin’s hospitals
Following the destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system, Israel has shifted its focus to attacking hospitals and health workers in the West Bank
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It was not enough for him to make threats on social media and write “tremble, you left-wing bastards.”
At the Davos forum, he defended Elon Musk again, after he had made a Nazi salute, and he lashed out violently against what he calls the “woke ideology.”
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/23/milei-once-again-compares-progressivism-and-the-left-to-a-cancer/
At the Davos forum, he defended Elon Musk again, after he had made a Nazi salute, and he lashed out violently against what he calls the “woke ideology.”
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/23/milei-once-again-compares-progressivism-and-the-left-to-a-cancer/
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Milei once again compares progressivism and the left to a “cancer”
It was not enough for him to make threats on social media and write “tremble, you left-wing bastards.” At the Davos forum, he defended Elon Musk again, after he had made a Nazi salute, and he lashed out violently against what he calls the “woke ideology.”
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🇵🇦 Panamanian trade union leader Saúl Méndez of Suntracs
has a message for Marco Rubio and Donald Trump.
"He should be clear that he has no business being in Panama. Neither him nor the Trump administration nor the US Army. Here the sovereignty of the Panamanian people will be respected."
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has a message for Marco Rubio and Donald Trump.
"He should be clear that he has no business being in Panama. Neither him nor the Trump administration nor the US Army. Here the sovereignty of the Panamanian people will be respected."
https://x.com/peoplesdispatch/status/1882841850895380961
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🇵🇦 Panamanian trade union leader Saúl Méndez of @SuntracsPanama has a message for Marco Rubio and Donald Trump.
"He should be clear that he has no business being in Panama. Neither him nor the Trump administration nor the US Army. Here the sovereignty of…
"He should be clear that he has no business being in Panama. Neither him nor the Trump administration nor the US Army. Here the sovereignty of…
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🇨🇴 What is happening in Catatumbo?
Fighting in the region has provoked a humanitarian crisis, with tens of thousands displaced and dozens killed. The roots of this current crisis are deep and the implications are serious, with Petro announcing last week that he was suspending the peace process with the ELN.
The sensitive situation in Colombia represents a threat to the wellbeing and safety of the communities of Catatumbo, which for decades have suffered the impacts of the internal armed conflict, and threatens to completely upend a peace process that is decades in the making.
Given that the situation is actively unfolding and the guns are still hot, there are many elements that are difficult to verify or know with certainty. This is some of what we know so far.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/24/colombias-fragile-peace-ruptures-in-catatumbo/
Fighting in the region has provoked a humanitarian crisis, with tens of thousands displaced and dozens killed. The roots of this current crisis are deep and the implications are serious, with Petro announcing last week that he was suspending the peace process with the ELN.
The sensitive situation in Colombia represents a threat to the wellbeing and safety of the communities of Catatumbo, which for decades have suffered the impacts of the internal armed conflict, and threatens to completely upend a peace process that is decades in the making.
Given that the situation is actively unfolding and the guns are still hot, there are many elements that are difficult to verify or know with certainty. This is some of what we know so far.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/24/colombias-fragile-peace-ruptures-in-catatumbo/
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🇮🇳 VIJOO KRISHNAN speaks to Peoples Dispatch about the farmers' struggle in India.
"The defeat that the [BJP government] suffered at the hands of the united farmers movement, with the working class supporting us, they take it as an insult [and] that is conditioning many of their policies today."
Krishnan is the General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and a Central Committee Member of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M).
https://x.com/peoplesdispatch/status/1882925511862628461
"The defeat that the [BJP government] suffered at the hands of the united farmers movement, with the working class supporting us, they take it as an insult [and] that is conditioning many of their policies today."
Krishnan is the General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and a Central Committee Member of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M).
https://x.com/peoplesdispatch/status/1882925511862628461
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🇮🇳 VIJOO KRISHNAN speaks to Peoples Dispatch about the farmers' struggle in India.
"The defeat that the [BJP government] suffered at the hands of the united farmers movement, with the working class supporting us, they take it as an insult [and] that is conditioning…
"The defeat that the [BJP government] suffered at the hands of the united farmers movement, with the working class supporting us, they take it as an insult [and] that is conditioning…
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Kenya has deployed another batch of 217 police officers to Haiti, adding to the 400 sent last year as part of a “multinational mission” aimed at addressing the country’s deepening crisis of gang violence.
The intervention aims to protect critical infrastructure and conduct “targeted operations” alongside the Haitian National Police, however, there are significant doubts about its effectiveness in resolving the systemic challenges plaguing Haiti.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/24/kenya-deploys-200-more-police-officers-to-haiti-as-crisis-escalates/
The intervention aims to protect critical infrastructure and conduct “targeted operations” alongside the Haitian National Police, however, there are significant doubts about its effectiveness in resolving the systemic challenges plaguing Haiti.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/24/kenya-deploys-200-more-police-officers-to-haiti-as-crisis-escalates/
Peoples Dispatch
Kenya deploys 200 more police officers to Haiti as crisis escalates
Kenya’s ongoing intervention in Haiti faces growing doubts amid escalating crisis and humanitarian challenges.
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🇵🇸 We express our total solidarity to Ali Abunimah, the executive director of the indispensable outlet Electronic Intifada who was just arrested in Zurich, Switzerland ahead of a speaking event.
Since it was founded over 20 years ago, EI has provided consistent and rigorous coverage of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and against the Israeli occupation.
Abunimah’s arrest takes place in the context of increased repression of activists and journalists in the Palestine solidarity movement across Europe. Just a few months ago, the home of EI’s associate editor, Asa Winstanley, was raided by British counterterrorism police.
As a media outlet committed to justice and true press freedom, we express our unwavering solidarity with Ali and Electronic Intifada.
Since it was founded over 20 years ago, EI has provided consistent and rigorous coverage of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and against the Israeli occupation.
Abunimah’s arrest takes place in the context of increased repression of activists and journalists in the Palestine solidarity movement across Europe. Just a few months ago, the home of EI’s associate editor, Asa Winstanley, was raided by British counterterrorism police.
As a media outlet committed to justice and true press freedom, we express our unwavering solidarity with Ali and Electronic Intifada.
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Donald Trump’s push to withdraw from the WHO raises budgetary concerns, but signals cautious hope for strengthening Global South voices in the forum.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/25/trump-bids-who-goodbye-what-comes-next/
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/25/trump-bids-who-goodbye-what-comes-next/
Peoples Dispatch
Trump bids WHO goodbye: what comes next?
Donald Trump’s push to withdraw from the WHO raises budgetary concerns, but signals cautious hope for strengthening Global South voices in the forum
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As Trump’s 2017 tax cuts for the wealthy expire this year, one of his first orders of business as president is to order an extension.
Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) effectively allowed the ultra-wealthy to hoard USD 2 trillion in wealth.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/24/trumps-tax-cuts-on-wealthy-may-increase-the-same-budget-deficit-he-seeks-to-reduce/
Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) effectively allowed the ultra-wealthy to hoard USD 2 trillion in wealth.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/24/trumps-tax-cuts-on-wealthy-may-increase-the-same-budget-deficit-he-seeks-to-reduce/
Peoples Dispatch
Trump’s tax cuts on wealthy may increase the same budget deficit he seeks to reduce
Trump’s planned extension to his first administration’s tax cuts to the wealthy could add trillions to the federal deficit. Republicans plan to pay for this off the backs of the working class.
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On January 22, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a ruling on the disappearance, torture, and subsequent murder of four children in Guayaquil at the end of last year.
In a statement, the Court declared: “The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the disappearance and subsequent murder and incineration of the bodies of 11-year-old Steven Medina and adolescents Josué Arroyo, 14, Saúl Arboleda and Ismael Arroyo, 15, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.”
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/26/iachr-condemns-the-murder-and-torture-of-the-four-children-in-guayaquil/
In a statement, the Court declared: “The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the disappearance and subsequent murder and incineration of the bodies of 11-year-old Steven Medina and adolescents Josué Arroyo, 14, Saúl Arboleda and Ismael Arroyo, 15, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.”
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/26/iachr-condemns-the-murder-and-torture-of-the-four-children-in-guayaquil/
Peoples Dispatch
IACHR condemns the murder and torture of the four children in Guayaquil
The ruling calls for the urgent clarification of the crime and strongly requests that the Ecuadorian State protect the lives of all people, regardless of their social or ethnic status.
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🇵🇸 Palestinians are returning to northern Gaza following an agreement in the ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians are making the journey by foot back to the north. The area was one of the hardest hit during the 15 months of Israel's genocide and during the last months before the ceasefire, the north was under a near total siege and cut off from aid and essential supplies.
Though they return to leveled buildings and destruction, the return of Palestinians to their land is hailed as a victory against attempts by the Israeli occupation to ethnically cleanse Gaza.
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Tens of thousands of Palestinians are making the journey by foot back to the north. The area was one of the hardest hit during the 15 months of Israel's genocide and during the last months before the ceasefire, the north was under a near total siege and cut off from aid and essential supplies.
Though they return to leveled buildings and destruction, the return of Palestinians to their land is hailed as a victory against attempts by the Israeli occupation to ethnically cleanse Gaza.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFVb2VggnB4/
On the afternoon of Saturday, January 25, Palestinian journalist and co-founder of Electronic Intifada Ali Abunimah was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland, ahead of a speaking event.
According to a statement released by Swiss Action for Human Rights, Abunimah “was violently and forcibly taken by unidentified individuals in civilian clothing while walking on the streets of Zurich,” and is now being held in administrative detention and awaiting possible deportation on Monday, January 27.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/27/global-outcry-following-detention-of-palestinian-journalist-ali-abunimah/
According to a statement released by Swiss Action for Human Rights, Abunimah “was violently and forcibly taken by unidentified individuals in civilian clothing while walking on the streets of Zurich,” and is now being held in administrative detention and awaiting possible deportation on Monday, January 27.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/27/global-outcry-following-detention-of-palestinian-journalist-ali-abunimah/
Peoples Dispatch
Global outcry following detention of Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah
According to a human rights group, Swiss authorities may be preparing to deport Abunimah following his detention on Saturday
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember Howard Zinn, the US historian who brought the people's perspective to the fore with his groundbreaking book "A People's History of the United States". Zinn was a prolific writer, a renowned socialist intellectual, a veteran of World War II, and popular educator.
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🇨🇩What is happening in Goma?
Media outlets have reported that the M23 forces (proxy of the Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) have taken control of the border city, but the fight with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) for control of the city continues.
Congolese researcher and activist Kambale Musavuli writes on the latest developments.
Read more on our website
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/27/the-battle-for-control-of-goma-continues/
Media outlets have reported that the M23 forces (proxy of the Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) have taken control of the border city, but the fight with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) for control of the city continues.
Congolese researcher and activist Kambale Musavuli writes on the latest developments.
Read more on our website
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/27/the-battle-for-control-of-goma-continues/
Peoples Dispatch
The battle for control of Goma continues
Multiple media reports have stated that the entirety of Goma, the capital of North Kivu, has been taken over by M23, yet the fighting continues as does the war of narratives.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and other farmers’ groups carried out tractor parades in areas across India on the country’s Republic Day.
Their national mobilization was in an effort to continue putting pressure on the central government to respond to their demands.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/27/farmers-organize-tractor-rallies-across-india-and-issue-ultimatum-to-the-government/
Their national mobilization was in an effort to continue putting pressure on the central government to respond to their demands.
📲 Read the full article on our website.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/27/farmers-organize-tractor-rallies-across-india-and-issue-ultimatum-to-the-government/
Peoples Dispatch
Farmers organize tractor rallies across India and issue ultimatum to the government
In recent months farmers have intensified their struggle against the central government and its policies which favor corporations over the millions of small farmers in India.
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