🚩Belgian MEP Marc Botenga condemns the illegal US attack on Iran during the mass march against NATO in The Hague.

Health workers, trade unions, and activists rallied outside the European Parliament in Brussels, demanding concrete action against the daily attacks by Israeli occupation forces on Gaza's healthcare system.

"As representatives of health workers and associations active in the sector, we are outraged by what our colleagues and the Palestinian people are enduring," the unions' joint statement read.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/22/health-trade-unions-urge-eu-to-act-on-attacks-against-gazas-healthcare/

"The US bombing of Iran is a criminal act"

On Sunday, thousands rallied at The Hague to protest the upcoming NATO Summit. Protesters denounced the US bombing of Iran and called for an end to US aggression across the world. Protests and rallies have been taking place across Europe to criticize the demand by the US for member states to increase military spending and the EU's call to "rearm" Europe.

In yet another assertion of sovereignty, the government of Niger announced that it would nationalize the Somaïr uranium venture, wresting control from the multinational nuclear fuel cycle corporation Orano.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/23/niger-to-nationalize-uranium-to-wrest-control-over-its-resource-from-france/

🇵🇸“Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian who refused to remain silent”

Two days after being released from ICE custody, pro-Palestine activist and Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil was back on the streets outside of the University, surrounded by a crowd of hundreds of supporters.2

"The Israeli-US war on Iran is not merely a battle between states; it is a confrontation between two visions of world order."

📲 Read the full article by Peiman Salehi on our website⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/23/clash-of-two-world-orders-hegemony-vs-sovereignty/

“The world has completely forgotten the crisis in Sudan” where “a slow death” has become the plight of millions, decried Adam Rojal, spokesperson of the General Coordination of Darfur Displaced People and Refugees.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/23/now-in-its-third-year-war-in-sudan-is-is-far-from-over/

On Monday afternoon, US President Donald Trump posted a confusing message on his social media platform, Truth Social, claiming that a ceasefire had been agreed to by Israel and Iran.

The ceasefire announcement came less than 48 hours after the US joined Israel’s unprovoked aggression on Iran, striking its nuclear sites.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/24/trump-announces-ceasefire-after-irans-retaliatory-attack-on-largest-us-military-base-in-west-asia/

“Based on international law, Iran retains its complete and lawful right to respond to this blatant act of aggression,” Iranian ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani told the world community while speaking during an emergency session of the Security Council called to discuss the US aggressions.

Pakistan, China, and Russia jointly proposed a resolution condemning the attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites and demanding unconditional and immediate ceasefire.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/24/iran-demands-security-council-condemn-us-violations-of-international-law/

Peter Mertens breaks down why Trump is demanding that European member states contribute 5% of their budget for the military: so the US can focus on China.

Mertens - the General Secretary of PTB - was speaking at the opening of the International Forum to Peace - days ahead of the NATO Summit in The Hague.

The International Forum to Peace was organized by a number of international platforms against imperialism and for peace including IPA, ALBA-TCP, Foro de São Paulo, European Left, and Progressive International

CODEPINK activists argue that Rafael Grossi should resign as IAEA Director before he further undermines nuclear non-proliferation and drags the world any closer to nuclear war.

📲 Read the full article by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies on our website ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/23/how-the-us-israel-used-rafael-grossi-to-hijack-the-iaea-and-start-a-war-on-iran/

☠️"We want peace. We want dignified work and jobs for our people, we want housing, and clean water and air."

As part of the activities organized in cities across Europe to protest the NATO Summit held in The Hague, activists organized a "die-in" in Brussels. Organizers condemned the drive for war promoted by NATO, the leaders of the European Union, and the United States.

📲 Read more about the NATO Summit, counter protests, and more at our website.

“Military spending will enrich the arms industry. The bulk of this money will go to large American, Turkish, and Israeli companies. Around 40% will end up in the hands of Europe’s own arms giants: Leonardo, Rheinmetall, Thales,” said Potere al Popolo’s (Power to the People) Marta Collot during the protest

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/24/disarmiamoli-brings-30000-to-rome-against-nato-and-war/

Tune in for another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra and Indian journalist Prasanth R as they discuss the unprovoked US-backed Israeli assault on Iran, aid massacres in Gaza, indifference at the G7 summit, and the protests in Kenya following the death of a blogger in police custody.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/54Lq84OwVu1dsXISKwFDdD?si=OJGlFCCuRfmXp291k6mCiA

José Raúl Mulino’s right-wing government again declared a state of emergency in the province of Bocas del Toro, in the northwest region of Panama. The decree initiates the temporary suspension of several constitutional guarantees, such as freedom of movement, while giving the state the power to detain someone without a warrant.

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http://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/24/panamanian-government-declares-state-of-emergency-in-bocas-del-toro-and-cuts-internet-amid-national-strike/

National Tree Day was celebrated in Burkina Faso. In 2025, the seventh edition brought thousands of citizens, grassroots organizations and authorities from the West African country onto the streets to answer a call from their Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré: to plant 5 million trees in one hour.

The seventh edition of the National Tree Day in Burkina Faso is inspired by Thomas Sankara’s legacy of environmentalism.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/24/in-the-fight-against-desertification-burkina-faso-mobilizes-to-plant-5-million-trees-in-one-hour/

Heads of state from NATO member countries are gathered in The Hague from June 24 to 25 for a summit expected to substantially increase Europe’s military budgets.

Few countries have (slightly) pushed back against the armament agenda. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the proposed targets “counterproductive” and contrary to his administration’s welfare goals. Belgian and Slovak authorities expressed similar reservations, but early remarks from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte suggested little understanding for different opinions during the summit.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/25/rearming-europe-tops-agenda-at-nato-summit/

Newly elected President of South Korea, Lee Jae Myung, will skip this year’s summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Lee cited the growing unrest in West Asia following the US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday as one of the reasons for the decision.

📲 Read the full article on our website⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/24/south-korean-president-decides-to-skip-nato-summit-for-the-first-time-in-four-years/

🇨🇳"The US establishment fears the emergence of China"

Tings Chak, of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and the International Peoples' Assembly, spoke at the International Forum for Peace - days ahead of the NATO Summit in The Hague, about the US Cold War on China and US' military build-up and encroachment around China.

The International Forum to Peace was organized by a number of international platforms against imperialism and for peace including IPA, ALBA-TCP, Foro de São Paulo, European Left, and Progressive International

Tune in for another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they discuss the ceasefire deal between Iran and Israel, weeks of aid massacres in Gaza, DRC-Rwanda peace talks, mistreatment of African migrant workers in Saudi Arabia and the UK, as well as the victory of socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primaries for NYC mayoral elections.
https://www.youtube.com/live/NcX5UHH-NUU?si=LwRROZUWxNHX53ZV

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are set to sign a long-awaited peace agreement on June 27, in a step toward ending months of intense fighting started by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.

The conflict has ravaged eastern DRC, claiming thousands of lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/24/drc-and-rwanda-to-sign-peace-agreement-as-us-seeks-mineral-deal/