Peoples dispatch spoke to Abel Prieto, Cuban writer and the president of Casa de las Américas, and Dr. José R. Cabañas, the director of the Center for International Policy Research, about Trump’s threats and the impact of the US attack on Venezuela across the region.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/21/the-yankee-empire-is-in-irreversible-decline-cubans-respond-to-trumps-threats/

“We are not backing down. We’re here to stay and we’re here to fight,” said Kadija, a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis.

Hundreds of Somali-owned businesses are joining a multi-sector general strike on January 23, as communities across Minnesota mobilize to demand ICE out of the state.

Claims by the Trump administration that the Somali community committed “billions of dollars in fraud” have largely been debunked, or were left unsubstantiated. However, the accusations were used to justify the initial deployment of 2,000 militarized ICE officers to the Minneapolis area.

The rhetoric (aimed squarely at the Somali community) continues to be repeated by federal officials as they defend the operation. At the same time, ICE violence continues to escalate across Minnesota. Most recently, ICE arrested two teenagers in south Minneapolis on January 22, as reported by MPR News.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/22/somali-business-owners-spearhead-minnesota-shutdown-against-ice/

The British government continues to push National Health Service (NHS) institutions to implement a contract with Palantir – a US tech firm complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and in ongoing ICE violence in the United States – despite risks to data protection, health sovereignty, and access to care.

A discussion coordinated by the Peace and Justice Project on Tuesday, January 20, brought together researchers, activists, and health workers to examine the likely consequences of the plan.

The issue is not new to activists: many local initiatives have already opposed the NHS becoming reliant on Palantir products. Yet speakers emphasized that broader engagement is now essential. Duncan McCann of the Good Law Project stressed that patients, health workers, and policymakers alike must understand that the deal has “real impacts on NHS functioning.” “It’s not just esoteric concerns,” he said.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/22/british-government-pressures-nhs-institutions-to-adopt-palantir-plan/

Once again the empire has emerged as the number one profiteer of wars ravaging over the globe. However, this time, the Trump administration is not planning to do so only by looting the wealth belonging to the affected population, but also through explicit bargaining with allies and rivals alike.

The US President has set a USD 1 billion fee to 60 countries for permanent membership in a body designated to administer Gaza.

The White House released a statement revealing a US-led three-layer structure, which is supposed to take control of post-war Gaza.

The complex governing system consists of the newly formed National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), which will be steered by what the US government called as the “Executive Board”, that in turn emanates from Trump’s “Board of Peace”.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/22/wanted-war-criminal-benjamin-netanyahu-and-over-60-world-leaders-reportedly-invited-by-trump-to-govern-gaza/

Yohandris Varona Torres, a Cuban combatant and survivor of the US attack on Venezuela, describes the events of January 3.

Cuba honored 32 soldiers who fell in combat with the US army on January 3 in Venezuela, carrying out security activities legally agreed upon with the Caracas government. Many of the Cubans killed were part of the personal security detail of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was kidnapped after the attack and transferred to the United States. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans attended the ceremonies commemorating the fallen in what the Cuban government described as a new attack against the Revolution.

But not all Cubans who fought against US forces died. Little by little, the testimonies of Cuban soldiers who survived a clearly uneven fight have been revealed.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/23/even-though-our-weapons-were-smaller-we-didnt-stop-fighting-the-testimony-of-a-cuban-combatant-after-the-us-attack-on-venezuela/

🇨🇺🇨🇳 “We firmly believe that with our joint efforts no blockade can extinguish the light of hope.”

China has delivered 30,000 tons of rice to Cuba, stepping up in defiance of the decades-long US blockade that has heavily restricted the Caribbean island’s trade and international relations. As Washington continues to isolate the tiny country, the socialist projects of Cuba and China are standing together in solidarity.

Journalists and opposition politicians described the decision to remove TeleSur from national TV programming as censorship against alternative and critical journalism.

On January 15, Bolivia’s National Telecommunications Company (ENTEL) announced: “Starting January 17, 2026, the television channels Russia TV and TeleSur will be removed from the lineup of Fiber Optic Television Services, IPTV, Satellite Television, [among others].”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/23/bolivian-government-removes-telesur-from-national-television-programming/

“There are countries whose governments have chosen vassalage, have chosen slavery, have chosen to be a colony. But those of us who have chosen freedom, independence, our historical dignity, it is an honor to able to be at the forefront of this battle.”

Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez spoke at the Federal Government Council at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas to express her commitment to the Bolivarian Revolution and to the defense of the continent. Rodriguez expressed her gratitude to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who expressed his country’s solidarity with Venezuela amid the US aggressions against the South American nation, and their condolences for the soldiers killed during the illegal US attack on Venezuela on January 3.

Thousands of farmers and peasants who marched to the district headquarters in Palghar in India’s western state of Maharashtra celebrated their victory and announced the suspension of the protest after most of their demands were met.

Workers and farmers in India are preparing for a national mobilization against the right-wing government’s promotion of sectarian hatred after winning major concessions in Maharashtra march.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/23/indian-farmers-end-march-after-administration-agrees-to-major-demands/

While US President Donald Trump was bragging about bringing a purported peace to the world by allegedly stopping eight wars, including Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza, the Israeli war machine continued massacring Palestinians in the war-torn enclave.

At least 11 Palestinians, including three children and three photojournalists, were killed in a new wave of assaults carried out by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in different parts of the besieged Gaza strip.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/23/israel-kills-11-palestinians-including-three-children-and-three-journalists-in-gaza/

Minnesota made history with a general strike on Friday, January 23, demanding the removal of ICE from the state. It is the first time in over 80 years that a general strike has been seen in the United States.

Dozens of unions participated, thousands of businesses closed down, and over 100,000 people marched through downtown Minneapolis, despite temperatures below -30° C.

Minnesotans have declared that actions like this will continue until they see justice for Renee Nicole Good, murdered by a federal agent two weeks ago, and ICE out of Minnesota.

The arrests of two beloved Black activists in Minneapolis sparked outrage and defiance from the community, with leaders calling for resistance and a nationwide general strike against state repression.

The arrests, leaders say, are a direct attack on freedom of speech and basic constitutional rights, as well as a sign of what the future of the Trump administration holds for communities across the country. With more urgency than ever, Black leaders in the Twin Cities called on the whole nation to renew its commitment to fighting ICE and the Trump administration.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/23/federal-arrests-over-ice-protest-in-a-minneapolis-church-ignite-fierce-resistance-from-black-community/

Now that Washington has forced the Venezuelan government to stop selling oil to Cuba, Havana has had to turn to other allies who have promised their help. Among them is China, which has pledged food and financial aid to the revolutionary government in Havana.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/23/china-and-russia-reaffirm-commitment-to-cuba/

On January 20, scores of farmers, members of Indigenous communities, and activists in Malaysia rallied in Kuala Lumpur to oppose the government’s decision to join the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plant (UPOV), calling the move detrimental to national interests.

Protesters mobilized under the banner of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), shouting slogans including “seed is not a commodity, it is the life of a farmer,” and opposed the proposed amendments to the Protection of New Varieties of Plants Act 2004.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/23/malaysian-farmers-warn-of-threats-to-countrys-seed-and-food-sovereignty/