🇵🇸[DECLARATION] In defense of press freedom, we demand an end to Israel’s genocide
On World Press Freedom Day, 50+ media outlets from across the world signed this statement to honor Palestinian journalists killed by Israel & demand an end to the genocide.
Read the full statement here: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/03/in-defense-of-press-freedom-we-demand-an-end-to-israels-genocide/
On World Press Freedom Day, 50+ media outlets from across the world signed this statement to honor Palestinian journalists killed by Israel & demand an end to the genocide.
Read the full statement here: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/03/in-defense-of-press-freedom-we-demand-an-end-to-israels-genocide/
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This week marked the 50th anniversary of Vietnam's victory over US imperialism, and working people commemorating International Workers' Day (May Day) across the world.
Tune in for an episode with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they discuss the legacy of Vietnam's victory over the United States and the vibrant international anti-war movement, the looming threat of famine in Gaza, peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, UnFreedom day in South Africa, coup attempts in Burkina Faso as well the upcoming May Day celebrations.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/18A8xAnKX9NBBygYBTqeWO?si=f1be5b2f2b194f42
Tune in for an episode with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they discuss the legacy of Vietnam's victory over the United States and the vibrant international anti-war movement, the looming threat of famine in Gaza, peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, UnFreedom day in South Africa, coup attempts in Burkina Faso as well the upcoming May Day celebrations.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/18A8xAnKX9NBBygYBTqeWO?si=f1be5b2f2b194f42
In just over 3 months, 3,472 Venezuelans were deported as a result of Trump’s policies. In total, more than 139,000 people have been deported from the United States.
In addition to the deportees who returned to Venezuela, another group of 252 Venezuelans were arrested and sent to the maximum security prison in El Salvador, the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). They are accused of being part of the criminal group Tren de Aragua. The US government, however, has not presented any evidence to support this.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/04/more-than-3400-venezuelans-have-returned-to-the-country-since-the-beginning-of-the-trump-administration/
In addition to the deportees who returned to Venezuela, another group of 252 Venezuelans were arrested and sent to the maximum security prison in El Salvador, the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). They are accused of being part of the criminal group Tren de Aragua. The US government, however, has not presented any evidence to support this.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/04/more-than-3400-venezuelans-have-returned-to-the-country-since-the-beginning-of-the-trump-administration/
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More than 3,400 Venezuelans have returned to the country since the beginning of the Trump administration
New wave of migrants arrived in Venezuela this Friday (2) with 172 people
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🇵🇸 Asa Winstanley on how the Israel lobby's accusations of antisemitism against Jeremy Corbyn have set the stage for even more sinister weaponizations of "antisemitism" while Israel commits a genocide in Gaza.
Winstanley is a senior editor at Electronic Intifada and author of Weaponizing Antisemitism: How the Israeli lobby brought down Jeremy Corbyn. He spoke in Newcastle at the "Speaking Truth to Power" event.
Winstanley is a senior editor at Electronic Intifada and author of Weaponizing Antisemitism: How the Israeli lobby brought down Jeremy Corbyn. He spoke in Newcastle at the "Speaking Truth to Power" event.
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As Israel’s latest siege of Gaza stretches into its third month, tens of thousands of children are starving, health and nutrition groups working in the region have warned.
Children, alongside the elderly and pregnant women, are bearing the brunt of Israeli attacks. At the beginning of April, weeks into Israel’s latest blockade, health and nutrition experts already warned of a new wave of deterioration in child health, wiping out progress made during the brief pause in attacks. By the time Israel collapsed the temporary ceasefire in mid-March, families were already forced to ration food again. Since then, the risk of outbreaks has grown, and the psychological toll on children, already severe, has been deepening, with expected long-term consequences.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/05/health-conditions-for-children-in-gaza-desperate-as-blockade-continues/
Children, alongside the elderly and pregnant women, are bearing the brunt of Israeli attacks. At the beginning of April, weeks into Israel’s latest blockade, health and nutrition experts already warned of a new wave of deterioration in child health, wiping out progress made during the brief pause in attacks. By the time Israel collapsed the temporary ceasefire in mid-March, families were already forced to ration food again. Since then, the risk of outbreaks has grown, and the psychological toll on children, already severe, has been deepening, with expected long-term consequences.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/05/health-conditions-for-children-in-gaza-desperate-as-blockade-continues/
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Health conditions for children in Gaza “desperate” as blockade continues
Tens of thousands of children in Gaza are starving under Israel’s latest blockade, while Western governments watch on, WHO officials and aid activists warn
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#PeoplesHistory | 🚩Karl Marx was born on this day in 1818 (May 5, 1818). Marx was a revolutionary German philosopher, economist, journalist, and organizer whose incisive critique of capitalism forever transformed the struggle for a better world.
📚⚒️ Marx’s groundbreaking theories: historical dialectical materialism, class struggle, and surplus value, unveiled the exploitative engine driving capitalist societies. Through works like Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto, he, along with his close collaborator Friedrich Engels, dissected how capitalism alienates labor, concentrates wealth, and perpetuates inequality, urging humanity to envision a world beyond profit.
🌍✊🏽 By exposing the contradictions of bourgeois society and championing the revolutionary potential of the working class, Marx’s legacy endures as a beacon. His timeless call, “Workers of the world, unite!” remains a rallying cry for collective liberation, reminding us that another world is not only possible - it is necessary.
📚⚒️ Marx’s groundbreaking theories: historical dialectical materialism, class struggle, and surplus value, unveiled the exploitative engine driving capitalist societies. Through works like Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto, he, along with his close collaborator Friedrich Engels, dissected how capitalism alienates labor, concentrates wealth, and perpetuates inequality, urging humanity to envision a world beyond profit.
🌍✊🏽 By exposing the contradictions of bourgeois society and championing the revolutionary potential of the working class, Marx’s legacy endures as a beacon. His timeless call, “Workers of the world, unite!” remains a rallying cry for collective liberation, reminding us that another world is not only possible - it is necessary.
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NYU law students secure the right to take final exams following university’s repression of peaceful protests.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/05/nyu-law-students-refused-to-sign-away-their-right-to-protest-and-won/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/05/nyu-law-students-refused-to-sign-away-their-right-to-protest-and-won/
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NYU law students refused to sign away their right to protest – and won
NYU law students secure the right to take final exams following university’s repression of peaceful protests
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The Ansar Allah-led Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Sunday, May 4, the launch of a comprehensive aerial blockade on Israel, following the Israeli government’s approval earlier that day of a plan to expand the military operation in the besieged Gaza strip.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/05/yemens-ansar-allah-announces-comprehensive-aerial-blockade-on-israel/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/05/yemens-ansar-allah-announces-comprehensive-aerial-blockade-on-israel/
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Yemen’s Ansar Allah announces comprehensive aerial blockade on Israel
The Yemeni group's blockade was announced in response to Israel’s plans to expand its military operations in Gaza.
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Listen to Laura Pidcock of Declassified UK talk about how the Labour government seeks to wash its hands of war crimes, all while supporting the production of the weapons being used to bomb children and civilians in Gaza. She criticizes the sinister decoupling of war with the weapons industry and calls for an end to the genocide and an end to the UK's complicity.
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Tens of thousands of Panamanian students march in Panama City to demand right-wing President José Raúl Mulino respect university autonomy and the country's national sovereignty.
They criticize that Mulino's government conceded to threats from the Trump administration by hindering Chinese business operations in Panama, increasing US influence in the control of the Panama Canal, and installing US military bases in national territory.
The student protest takes place amid an indefinite national strike of tens of thousands of workers.
Workers from different economic sectors have been on strike since April 28 and show no signs of letting up despite intimidation and repression.
They criticize that Mulino's government conceded to threats from the Trump administration by hindering Chinese business operations in Panama, increasing US influence in the control of the Panama Canal, and installing US military bases in national territory.
The student protest takes place amid an indefinite national strike of tens of thousands of workers.
Workers from different economic sectors have been on strike since April 28 and show no signs of letting up despite intimidation and repression.
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🇮🇳🇵🇰India's attacks against Pakistan have provoked fears that the simmering tensions between the two nuclear-armed powers could escalate, with many urging that the nations exercise restraint.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/07/pakistan-calls-indias-attacks-unprovoked-and-blatant-act-of-war/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/07/pakistan-calls-indias-attacks-unprovoked-and-blatant-act-of-war/
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Pakistan calls India’s attacks “unprovoked and blatant act of war”
The attack has provoked fears that the simmering tensions between the two nuclear-armed powers could escalate, with many urging that the nations exercise restraint.
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The Israeli security cabinet unanimously approved on Monday, May 5, a plan to seize control of the entire Gaza Strip and maintain its presence there through an expanded military operation called “Gideon’s Chariots.”
According to an Israeli defense official, Israel will move forward with the new military operation in the war-torn enclave if no deal regarding the release of Israeli captives is reached with Hamas by the end of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the West Asia region next week.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/06/israeli-security-cabinet-approves-plans-to-seize-entire-gaza-strip-and-control-delivery-of-humanitarian-aid/
According to an Israeli defense official, Israel will move forward with the new military operation in the war-torn enclave if no deal regarding the release of Israeli captives is reached with Hamas by the end of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the West Asia region next week.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/06/israeli-security-cabinet-approves-plans-to-seize-entire-gaza-strip-and-control-delivery-of-humanitarian-aid/
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Israeli security cabinet approves plans to seize entire Gaza Strip and control delivery of humanitarian aid
By doing so, Israel appears to be pushing Palestinians in Gaza toward a desperate exodus from their homeland, leaving them with no viable means of survival.
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Attack helicopters bombed the only functional hospital in Fangak county in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, leaving “a catchment of over 100,000 people” with no access to critical medical care, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
“The pharmacy was destroyed. All medical supplies lost,” said Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which has been operating this facility since 2014.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/06/ethnic-profiling-and-attacks-on-hospitals-as-south-sudan-hurtles-back-into-civil-war/
“The pharmacy was destroyed. All medical supplies lost,” said Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which has been operating this facility since 2014.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/06/ethnic-profiling-and-attacks-on-hospitals-as-south-sudan-hurtles-back-into-civil-war/
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Ethnic profiling and attacks on hospitals as South Sudan hurtles back into civil war
The government has profiled the country’s second-largest ethnic community, splitting the counties where they are dominant into “friendly” and “hostile”.
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🇵🇰🇮🇳"For the working peoples of India and Pakistan, whose histories, languages, and struggles are shared, this war only brings death, homelessness, poverty, unemployment, inflation, and nothing else."
Pakistani intellectual and political activist Dr. Taimur Rahman issues an urgent appeal for peace and de-escalation on the subcontinent in the wake of India's attacks on Pakistan on May 7, 2025.
Pakistani intellectual and political activist Dr. Taimur Rahman issues an urgent appeal for peace and de-escalation on the subcontinent in the wake of India's attacks on Pakistan on May 7, 2025.
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Tune in for an episode with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they discuss the rising tensions between India and Pakistan, Israel's promise to expand the war on Gaza, the conflict in Haiti, resurgence of Reform UK in council elections, the protests against social security reforms in Pananma as well as the 80th anniversary of Victory Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1cCIcj4Z78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1cCIcj4Z78
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#PeoplesHistory | 67 Days That Toppled an Empire 🇻🇳
On May 7, 1954, the Viet Minh - a force of farmers, workers, and guerrilla fighters, led by Ho Chi Minh - defeated French colonial forces at Dien Bien Phu.
From March 13 to May 7, 1954, the Viet Minh’s relentless fight at Dien Bien Phu delivered a crushing blow to French colonialism. This victory didn’t just end decades of imperial, colonial rule - it ignited hope for liberation struggles worldwide.
Just a year later, the Vietnamese people would continue their struggle for full liberation of their homeland from imperialist designs, and on April 30, 1975 defeated the US and its proxy force.
On May 7, 1954, the Viet Minh - a force of farmers, workers, and guerrilla fighters, led by Ho Chi Minh - defeated French colonial forces at Dien Bien Phu.
From March 13 to May 7, 1954, the Viet Minh’s relentless fight at Dien Bien Phu delivered a crushing blow to French colonialism. This victory didn’t just end decades of imperial, colonial rule - it ignited hope for liberation struggles worldwide.
Just a year later, the Vietnamese people would continue their struggle for full liberation of their homeland from imperialist designs, and on April 30, 1975 defeated the US and its proxy force.
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Early high-level events marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany are underway in Russia, where the traditional Victory Parade on Friday, May 9, will welcome a host of world leaders and other guests to commemorate the Red Army’s role in the liberation of Europe.
According to Russian authorities, 29 countries have confirmed their leaders will attend the event, including Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Cuba, Venezuela, and Vietnam, while the EU remains absent.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/07/global-south-leaders-join-victory-day-events-in-moscow-as-europe-stays-away/
According to Russian authorities, 29 countries have confirmed their leaders will attend the event, including Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Cuba, Venezuela, and Vietnam, while the EU remains absent.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/07/global-south-leaders-join-victory-day-events-in-moscow-as-europe-stays-away/
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Global South leaders join Victory Day events in Moscow as Europe stays away
Marking the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat, Global South leaders are gathering in Moscow, while EU remains absent
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