Immigrant rights activists decry “horrific” arrests at courthouses involving separation of families

After Carmen, a mother of five US citizen daughters, was arrested by plainclothes ICE agents in front of her husband at San Antonio Immigration Court for an immigration hearing, Texas immigrant rights activists sprung into action.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/04/ice-set-a-trap-immigrant-rights-activists-push-back-against-arrests-at-immigration-courts/

#PeoplesHistory | 🚩🇲🇽 Born today: Pancho Villa, the revolutionary general who led peasants to victory. His División del Norte won decisive victories against elites, seized land for the poor, and dared to raid the US. A symbol of people's rage against exploitation and the power of the oppressed.

Despite widespread opposition in Serbia, the European Commission has included a lithium and boron mining project by multinational corporation Rio Tinto on its list of strategic projects located outside the European Union.

The announcement has been met with outrage by residents of the Jadar Valley and activists across Serbia, who have spent years mobilizing to block the project. “The European Commission has backed this project despite the opposition of the people, who have been resisting it for five years, as its realization poses significant risks to water supplies, the environment, and the economy,” the campaign Pravo na vodu (Right to Water) wrote on social media.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/eu-labels-rio-tintos-lithium-mine-in-serbia-a-strategic-project/

According to the text of the proclamation, the intent of this newest policy is to “protect its citizens from aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten our national security, espouse hateful ideology, or otherwise exploit the immigration laws for malevolent purposes.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/trump-resurrects-full-travel-ban-against-12-global-south-countries/

June 1 marked the first year of the second term of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who won the 2024 presidential elections with almost 85% of the votes.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/one-more-year-of-bukele-tough-on-crime-struggling-with-poverty/

Trade unions, health and housing organizations, and peace groups across Britain are preparing for a major national demonstration against the Labour government’s austerity measures.

Since taking office in 2024, Starmer’s cabinet has announced several policies that threaten people’s livelihoods, including cuts to winter fuel support for the elderly, the continuation of the two-child benefit cap, and reductions in support payments for people with disabilities.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/06/we-will-stop-starmers-class-war-activists-promise-ahead-of-demonstration/

Tens of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires, the country’s capital, June 4 to demand an immediate change in the ultra-neoliberal policies of President Javier Milei.

The mobilization took place outside the National Congress, which was discussing a potential increase in pensions for retirees. Last year, Milei vetoed a pension increase that was approved by the Congress.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/06/mileis-chainsaw-economics-met-with-working-class-unity/

Since Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected in September 2024, he has made four state visits. First to India, then to China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Vietnam. This itinerary says a lot about the state of the international economy and debt-saddled Sri Lanka’s options within it.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/can-global-south-investments-develop-sri-lanka/

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi concluded a one-day visit Monday, June 2, to Egypt’s capital, Cairo, during which he met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/06/iran-egypt-initiate-a-new-chapter-of-rapprochement-amid-growing-regional-tensions/

Advancing towards the harmonization of laws and judicial system in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), its member countries – Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – have decided to establish the Sahelian Criminal and Human Rights Court (CPS-DH).

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/07/aes-to-establish-a-sahelian-criminal-and-human-rights-court/

🚨🚨The Freedom Flotilla "Madleen" is currently under attack by Israeli forces in international waters. In their last report before their connection was cut, the Madleen's crew of human rights activists had denounced that Israeli forces boarded the vessel and demanded their "surrender". This was after surrounding the boat with quadcopters and spraying them with a white irritant substance.

Read more about the Freedom Flotilla here: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/03/freedom-flotilla-en-route-to-gaza-to-deliver-aid-and-shift-moral-compass-of-the-world/

🇵🇸 Israeli forces assaulted the humanitarian vessel “Madleen” en route to Gaza, seizing the cargo and abducting its crew

Following confirmation of the interception, demands for the crew’s immediate release poured in from across the world – though not from many of their own governments. By noon CEST, several hours after the assault on Madleen, only Türkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs had issued a public statement explicitly condemning Israel’s actions, while the Spanish administration summoned Israeli diplomats over the incident. Others – including French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, under whose flag the ship was sailing – remained silent.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/09/israeli-forces-assault-freedom-flotillas-madleen-abduct-crew/

A fragmented Libya faces internal violence, funded by foreign powers interested in controlling Libya’s future oil production.

Read Vijay Prashad's article ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/03/the-guns-are-again-ablaze-in-libya/