🚨🚨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.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/03/the-guns-are-again-ablaze-in-libya/

🇵🇸In a blatant violation of international law, Israeli forces intercepted the “Madleen” in international waters and abducted the 12 crew members, while waging a propaganda campaign against them.


As of now, lawyers from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition have been unable to establish contact with the crew members.

In response to widespread international outrage at the blatant violation of international law, Israeli officials and media outlets went on the offensive, launching a smear campaign demonizing the activists on the flotilla, particularly Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, accusing them of “antisemitism”.


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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/09/israeli-officials-launch-smear-campaign-against-members-of-freedom-flotilla/

☀️ "Freedom Ride" caravan against Trump's immigration policies kicks off in Newark

Dozens of faith leaders gathered outside of the recently inaugurated ICE Detention Center, Delaney Hall, in Newark, New Jersey to kick off the “Freedom Ride” caravan. This caravan of activists and organizers will stop at several southern cites and end up in Jena, Louisiana, outside of the ICE facility where Palestine activist and Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil is being held by the Trump administration.

The “Freedom Ride,” organized by IFCO/Pastors for Peace, highlights not only the attacks on immigrants and free speech, but the growing movement against Trump’s policies which activists argue are attacking basic democratic rights in the United States.

President Donald Trump’s reinstatement of travel restrictions on Venezuelan nationals was met with strong condemnation from the Venezuelan government, which pledged to continue defending its migrants.

“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically condemns and rejects the campaign of stigmatization and criminalization launched against the Venezuelan people by the government of the United States of America,” read a statement Thursday from the Nicolás Maduro government.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/09/maduro-government-pledges-to-defend-venezuelans-following-trumps-travel-ban/

The fight against fascism was waged by Soviet soldiers, Ethiopian and Chinese peasants, Black and Latin Americans as well as Vietnamese guerrillas alike.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/09/victory-day-reclaiming-the-global-souths-legacy/

Iran condemned a fresh round of US sanctions on its citizens and commercial entities, calling them a reflection of the US’s long-standing hostility towards the country and its people.

Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, described the sanctions as a flagrant violation of international laws and another attempt to deny Iranians their fundamental rights and increase their hardships.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/09/iran-condemns-fresh-us-sanctions/

Since Friday afternoon, mass protests have been taking place across Los Angeles in response to raids carried out by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Protests calling for an end to ICE raids continued into Monday, despite facing heavy repression from the Los Angeles police and the deployment of the National Guard at the request of President Donald Trump. The mass public outcry in Los Angeles to ICE operations reflect a growing popular discontent towards Trump’s immigration policies.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/09/militarized-raids-against-migrants-spark-mass-protests-in-los-angeles/

Thousands of volunteers from more than 50 countries are partaking in the Global March to Gaza to break the siege and blockade, deliver humanitarian aid, and demand an end to Israel’s genocide.

Called the “Global March to Gaza”, the campaign marks a significant moment in the international solidarity movement with Palestine. The key objectives outlined by the organizers of the global march are to end the famine in Gaza, facilitate the entry of thousands of aid trucks stalled for months at the Rafah crossing, establish a stable and permanent humanitarian corridor, expose Israel’s crimes, and demand accountability for those responsible.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/10/from-solidarity-to-action-the-global-march-to-gaza-unites-the-world-against-israels-genocide/

🇮🇳🇵🇸 Indian students marching towards the Israeli embassy in the capital New Delhi were violently attacked and repressed by security forces.

Students organized the march to protest Israel's illegal interception of the Freedom Flotilla and the arrest of its crew members on Monday, June 9. They also manifested their rejection of Israel's ongoing blockade of aid into Gaza and called for an end to Israel's genocide.

Students led by left-wing organizations such as the All India Students Association (AISA), Student Federation of India (SFI), and others, also accused the ultra-right-wing government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of abandoning India’s historic pro-Palestine stance and pursuing a pro-Israel policy.

Students accused India’s ultra-right-wing government of supporting Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, and demanded the release of Freedom Flotilla activists.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/10/indian-police-attack-students-during-march-against-israeli-blockade-on-gaza/

This past weekend, dozens of artists, activists, and faith leaders hit the road with the “Freedom Ride” caravan in response to the Trump administration’s broad attacks on democratic rights, including ICE raids that have sparked nationwide protests.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/10/activists-launch-freedom-ride-caravan-in-defense-of-immigrant-rights/

Soueif started the hunger strike in September 2024 in protest of the arbitrary imprisonment of her son by Egyptian authorities.

Alaa was supposed to be released on September 29, 2024, after he served his full five-year sentence. Yet, the Egyptian authorities decided to keep him in prison, claiming that the two years he had spent in pre-trial detention didn’t count toward his sentence.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/10/mother-of-imprisoned-egyptian-british-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattah-at-risk-of-death-amid-nine-month-long-hunger-strike/

On June 7, the senator of the right-wing Democratic Center party, Miguel Uribe Turbay, was shot several times while he was in a public meeting in the Modelia neighborhood in the capital of the country, Bogotá. The attack was carried out by a 15-year-old who was apprehended a few minutes after firing the shots.


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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/10/a-presidential-pre-candidate-was-shot-in-colombia/

The arrest of Grabois and the closing down of the Institute showcase the ongoing campaign of Milei’s government to undermine public sector institutions, erase the country’s historical memory, and suppress the political opposition.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/11/arrest-of-juan-grabois-highlights-mileis-war-on-peronism-and-the-public-sector/