#PeoplesHistory | Today, we honor the South African anti-apartheid activist and Black revolutionary Steve Biko. Biko was a socialist freedom fighter and led the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, which played an essential role in the Soweto uprising, where over 20,000 students protested and were violently repressed by the apartheid regime.
Born on this day, his legacy was tragically cut short when he was tortured and killed by Apartheid police in 1977 at age 30. His life and ideas, however, became “the spark that lit a veld fire across South Africa,” as Mandela later said.
Born on this day, his legacy was tragically cut short when he was tortured and killed by Apartheid police in 1977 at age 30. His life and ideas, however, became “the spark that lit a veld fire across South Africa,” as Mandela later said.
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🇵🇸Palestine solidarity activists continue their hunger strikes
A rally was held outside the Ministry of Justice in London to demand the government intervene and address the grievances of the eight Palestine Action hunger strikers in UK prisons. All of those imprisoned are young activists arrested following actions targeting UK-based sites linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, including Elbit Systems facilities and a Royal Air Force (RAF) base. The latter was used by Keir Starmer’s government as justification to proscribe the direct action group Palestine Action and name it a "terrorist organization", a move that has sparked a widespread civil unrest campaign and a legal process that could bring even more embarrassment for the Labour administration. Since then, hundreds of people, including elderly people, have been arrested just for holding signs in support of Palestine Action.
A rally was held outside the Ministry of Justice in London to demand the government intervene and address the grievances of the eight Palestine Action hunger strikers in UK prisons. All of those imprisoned are young activists arrested following actions targeting UK-based sites linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, including Elbit Systems facilities and a Royal Air Force (RAF) base. The latter was used by Keir Starmer’s government as justification to proscribe the direct action group Palestine Action and name it a "terrorist organization", a move that has sparked a widespread civil unrest campaign and a legal process that could bring even more embarrassment for the Labour administration. Since then, hundreds of people, including elderly people, have been arrested just for holding signs in support of Palestine Action.
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As Bangladesh marks the victory of its 1971 liberation, the secular, socialist foundations of the nation’s birth are under assault by the convergence of US geopolitical interests with religious fundamentalism.
The struggle over Bangladesh is ultimately a struggle over whether the Global South can chart independent paths of development or must submit to the strategic imperatives of declining imperial powers. The forces that opposed Bangladesh’s birth in 1971, that collaborated in genocide, that have spent five decades working to undo the liberation’s progressive content, are today closer to victory than at any point since independence. Whether they succeed will depend not only on the resilience of secular and democratic forces within Bangladesh but on the solidarity of progressive movements across the region and the world. The liberation is not yet complete. It may never be complete. But on December 16, it is under siege as never before.
📲 Read the full article by Atul Chandra ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/bangladeshs-liberation-under-siege/
The struggle over Bangladesh is ultimately a struggle over whether the Global South can chart independent paths of development or must submit to the strategic imperatives of declining imperial powers. The forces that opposed Bangladesh’s birth in 1971, that collaborated in genocide, that have spent five decades working to undo the liberation’s progressive content, are today closer to victory than at any point since independence. Whether they succeed will depend not only on the resilience of secular and democratic forces within Bangladesh but on the solidarity of progressive movements across the region and the world. The liberation is not yet complete. It may never be complete. But on December 16, it is under siege as never before.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/bangladeshs-liberation-under-siege/
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Bangladesh’s liberation under siege
As Bangladesh marks the victory of its 1971 liberation, the secular, socialist foundations of the nation’s birth are under assault by the convergence of US geopolitical interests with religious fundamentalism.
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Is there really a shadow of war? Or is this talk of war merely a way for anachronistic politicians such as Rutte, Carns, and Pistorius to feel relevant in a changed world?
📲 Read the full article by Vijay Prashad on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/17/the-fabulous-hallucinations-of-the-european-leaders/
📲 Read the full article by Vijay Prashad on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/17/the-fabulous-hallucinations-of-the-european-leaders/
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The fabulous hallucinations of the European leaders
Is there really a shadow of war? Or is this talk of war merely a way for anachronistic politicians such as Rutte, Carns, and Pistorius to feel relevant in a changed world?
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In yet another move away from Françafrique, Burkina Faso’s High Council of the Judiciary (CSM) announced on December 15 its decision to suspend participation in the Francophone Network of Judicial Councils, known by its French acronym, RFCMJ.
Headquartered in Quebec, a French-speaking part of Canada, the organization seeks to “develop common standards” in judiciaries of Francophone countries. Over half of its 23 members are former colonies in Africa.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/another-break-from-francafrique-burkina-faso-suspends-participation-in-francophone-judicial-body/
Headquartered in Quebec, a French-speaking part of Canada, the organization seeks to “develop common standards” in judiciaries of Francophone countries. Over half of its 23 members are former colonies in Africa.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/another-break-from-francafrique-burkina-faso-suspends-participation-in-francophone-judicial-body/
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Another break from Françafrique: Burkina Faso suspends participation in francophone judicial body
The severing of ties to the France-led judicial council, announced on December 15 as part of Burkina Faso’s broader break from Françafrique.
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According to media reports, the approval came after weeks of US pressure on Tel Aviv, in order to improve relations with Cairo after Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday, December 18, that he approved a USD 34.7 billion deal with Egypt, three months after it had been halted over allegations that the Arab country had violated the 1979 Camp David peace treaty with Israel.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/israel-approves-35-billion-gas-deal-with-egypt-three-months-after-it-was-halted/
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday, December 18, that he approved a USD 34.7 billion deal with Egypt, three months after it had been halted over allegations that the Arab country had violated the 1979 Camp David peace treaty with Israel.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/israel-approves-35-billion-gas-deal-with-egypt-three-months-after-it-was-halted/
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Israel approves $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, three months after it was halted
According to media reports, the approval came after weeks of US pressure on Tel Aviv, in order to improve relations with Cairo after Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza.
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Neoliberal free-market economic policies are creating an unprecedented concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few, leaving the majority of the world population with little or no means to make a decent life and almost no power over their destiny, claims the 2026 World Inequality Report published earlier this month.
The report claims, “inequality today is not confined to income or wealth; it affects every domain of economic and social life” resulting in the world facing unequal access to basic material resources, gender disparities, territorial divides and climate change, among others.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/half-of-the-worlds-population-owns-just-2-of-global-wealth-un-report-finds/
The report claims, “inequality today is not confined to income or wealth; it affects every domain of economic and social life” resulting in the world facing unequal access to basic material resources, gender disparities, territorial divides and climate change, among others.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/half-of-the-worlds-population-owns-just-2-of-global-wealth-un-report-finds/
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Half of the world’s population owns just 2% of global wealth, UN report finds
Rising inequality is reinforced by the global financial system, which privileges the wealthier countries and compels the poorer nations to transfer a substantial part of their national income to them.
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Today, we remember the beginning of the Sudanese revolution. What started as protests against IMF-backed austerity became a mass uprising against 30 years of dictatorship under Omar al-Bashir. Workers, women, and youth organized across the country. Bashir fell, but the military power endured.
Today, amid war, displacement, and hunger, Sudanese resistance committees continue the struggle for bread, dignity, and democracy.
The Sudanese revolution is unfinished, but not over.
Today, amid war, displacement, and hunger, Sudanese resistance committees continue the struggle for bread, dignity, and democracy.
The Sudanese revolution is unfinished, but not over.
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🇦🇷Argentine workers win first victory against Milei's neoliberal labor reform
Tens of thousands of workers convened by Argentina's main trade union confederations gathered in front of the Casa Rosada presidential palace to reject the neoliberal labor reforms proposed by right-wing President Javier Milei.
According to workers, the reforms are meant to help big corporations by cutting down workers’ rights and also are disadvantageous to small and medium businesses, in order to support transnational investments. The street mobilization won its first victory by postponing the debate and vote on the reform until February 2026.
Tens of thousands of workers convened by Argentina's main trade union confederations gathered in front of the Casa Rosada presidential palace to reject the neoliberal labor reforms proposed by right-wing President Javier Milei.
According to workers, the reforms are meant to help big corporations by cutting down workers’ rights and also are disadvantageous to small and medium businesses, in order to support transnational investments. The street mobilization won its first victory by postponing the debate and vote on the reform until February 2026.
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If Africa has learned anything from the last century, it’s this: whenever the world’s great powers announce a new “war”, on terror, on drugs, on trafficking, it usually means Africa is about to become someone else’s battlefield again.
📲 Read the full article by Raïs Neza Boneza on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/the-war-on-terror-the-war-on-drugs-and-other-bedtime-stories-for-grown-nations/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/the-war-on-terror-the-war-on-drugs-and-other-bedtime-stories-for-grown-nations/
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The war on terror, the war on drugs, and other bedtime stories for grown nations
If Africa has learned anything from the last century, it’s this: whenever the world’s great powers announce a new “war”, on terror, on drugs, on trafficking, it usually means Africa is about to become someone else’s battlefield again.
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There is currently no invasion by any foreign force in our country, and there is no basis for thinking that we represent a threat to peace in the region.
The only and most likely possibility is that we will be invaded by the US government in pursuit of nothing more than the global maintenance of its hegemony at the expense of our resources, our sweat, and our blood, both ours and that of our children.
📲 Read the full article by Giuliano Salvatore ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/19/in-venezuela-we-have-not-been-invaded/
The only and most likely possibility is that we will be invaded by the US government in pursuit of nothing more than the global maintenance of its hegemony at the expense of our resources, our sweat, and our blood, both ours and that of our children.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/19/in-venezuela-we-have-not-been-invaded/
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In Venezuela, we have not been invaded
There is currently no invasion by any foreign force in our country, and there is no basis for thinking that we represent a threat to peace in the region.
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Resident doctors – formerly known as junior doctors, a term referring to qualified physicians undergoing clinical training – in England are on strike again from December 17 to 22, after the Labour government failed to adequately address concerns over pay and job availability. “Resident doctors need jobs, and when they find those jobs, they need to be paid fairly for them,” the British Medical Association (BMA), which represents tens of thousands of physicians, said in outlining the strike demands.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/doctors-in-england-strike-for-jobs-and-pay/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/18/doctors-in-england-strike-for-jobs-and-pay/
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Doctors in England strike for jobs and pay
Resident doctors in England are on strike again, demanding fair pay and NHS jobs.
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Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have burnt and buried bodies, likely in the tens of thousands, after massacring civilians while overrunning El Fasher, the last city in Sudan’s western region of Darfur that held out against the paramilitary until late October.
The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) said in a report published on December 16 that it “assesses to high confidence” that the RSF “engaged in widespread and systematic mass killing” after entering the besieged and starved city on October 26.
Analyzing satellite images showing “clusters of objects consistent with human remains”, “reddish discoloration consistent with blood”, charred earth and dug up ground consistent with the burning and burial of corpses, Yale HRL assesses that RSF has killed and disposed of people “likely in the tens of thousands”.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/19/rsf-has-burnt-and-buried-tens-of-thousands-of-corpses-in-el-fasher-says-yale-report/
The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) said in a report published on December 16 that it “assesses to high confidence” that the RSF “engaged in widespread and systematic mass killing” after entering the besieged and starved city on October 26.
Analyzing satellite images showing “clusters of objects consistent with human remains”, “reddish discoloration consistent with blood”, charred earth and dug up ground consistent with the burning and burial of corpses, Yale HRL assesses that RSF has killed and disposed of people “likely in the tens of thousands”.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/19/rsf-has-burnt-and-buried-tens-of-thousands-of-corpses-in-el-fasher-says-yale-report/
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RSF has burnt and buried tens of thousands of corpses in El Fasher, says Yale report
Analyzing satellite images showing "clusters of objects consistent with human remains", "reddish discoloration consistent with blood", charred earth and dug up ground consistent with the burning and burial of corpses, Yale HRL assesses that RSF has killed…
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European Union leaders have agreed to continue fueling the war in Ukraine by providing €90 billion in loans to the Eastern European country over the next two years, secured through joint borrowing – a model they are usually not keen to pursue. The decision was announced at a meeting of the European Council in the early hours of Friday, December 19. The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia will not participate in the debt.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/19/eu-countries-to-pursue-joint-borrowing-to-fund-ukraine-war/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/19/eu-countries-to-pursue-joint-borrowing-to-fund-ukraine-war/
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EU countries to pursue joint borrowing to fund Ukraine war
EU leaders have agreed to raise €90 billion through joint borrowing to finance support, largely military, for Ukraine, advancing their own militarization agenda.
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The government in India’s north-western province of Rajasthan was forced to reconsider the proposed ethanol plant in Hanumangarh district, after large-scale protests by the farmers refused to subside.
The announcement was made after thousands of farmers gathered at the grain market in Tibbi, a significant commercial hub in the district, to continue pressing for their demands, days after a large-scale police repression.
Farmers refused to accept the state’s claims that the plant would bring economic development, pointing out the possible harm the factory would cause to the regional environment and water resources.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/19/farmers-force-right-wing-government-to-reconsider-ethanol-plant-in-indias-rajasthan/
The announcement was made after thousands of farmers gathered at the grain market in Tibbi, a significant commercial hub in the district, to continue pressing for their demands, days after a large-scale police repression.
Farmers refused to accept the state’s claims that the plant would bring economic development, pointing out the possible harm the factory would cause to the regional environment and water resources.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/19/farmers-force-right-wing-government-to-reconsider-ethanol-plant-in-indias-rajasthan/
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Farmers force right wing government to reconsider ethanol plant in India’s Rajasthan
Rejecting the government's claims of development, farmers successfully protested against an ethanol plant over its potential impact on ground water depletion and regional environment.
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