Articles by Peoples Dispatch
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Israel Convicted of Genocide at People’s Tribunal–Parallel to G20–in Rio de Janeiro
Leandro Melito | Brasil de Fato/Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2024
16 Nov 2024 – Israel was convicted of genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza yesterday by the People’s Tribunal, which brought together jurists, lawyers, and activists to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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44% of All Palestinians Killed by Israel Since October 7 Are Children
Abdul Rahman | Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2024
8 Apr 2024 – Over 14,000 children have been killed and nearly 17,000 others have lost at least one or both of their parents in the Israeli bombings or ground offensives in the last six months in Gaza.
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Real Estate Events to Sell Stolen Palestinian Land Met with Protests
Natalia Marques | Peoples Dispatches - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Mar 2024
14 Mar 2024 – “The Great Real Estate Event” in the US and Canada exhibits property stolen from Palestinian land for sale. They have met with mass protests by Palestine solidarity activists leading to clashes with Zionist attendees and protesters.
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At ICJ Hearing, Global South Countries Call for End to Occupation of Palestine; US and Allies Back Israel
Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Feb 2024
25 Feb 2024 – The ICJ is conducting hearings before giving an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. The US and its allies have asked the court to not demand an end to the occupation.
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After Expelling Palestinian Workers, Israel Turns to the Global South for Labor
Tanupriya Singh | Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2024
26 Jan 2024 – Israel has thus far signed agreements with Kenya and Malawi to bring in workers to its agricultural sector, which has otherwise relied on Palestinian and Thai migrant labor.
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Israel’s War Crimes
Vijay Prashad | Peoples Dispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jan 2024
29 Dec 2023 – Every time the UN can get more aid into Gaza, the Israeli bombardment of civilian areas intensifies, and the civilian deaths increase.
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West Asian Governments Take Assertive Stances against Israeli Occupation and Its Crimes
Abdul Rahman | Peoples Dispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
10 Nov 2023 – A large number of Arab and other West Asian countries have defied the US pressures and openly taken a stand against the Israeli war in Gaza for the first time in decades.
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Germany Bans Public Grieving and Solidarity with Palestine
Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Oct 2023
23 Oct 2023 – Germany is home to Europe’s largest Palestinian community, with roughly 80,000. Its criminalization of solidarity with Palestine has taken on entirely new dimensions since October 7.
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US Cluster Munitions Supply to Ukraine Will Harm Civilians the Most
Abdul Rahman | Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jul 2023
14 Jul 2023 – Millions of people have been affected by the use of cluster munitions in countries like Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan and Iraq, even years after the invasions and occupations by the USA. The same plight awaits Ukrainian civilians in the current East European war zone.
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At Summit, NATO Reiterates It Will Fight Russia to the Last Ukrainian
Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
12 Jul 2023 – At the Vilnius summit, NATO assured more arms to Ukraine to fight Russians instead of Zelensky’s much-desired accession to the war alliance.
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US Tells Another Bedtime Story to Scare Away Normal Relations with China and Cuba
Manolo De Los Santos and Kate Gonzales | Peoples Dispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jun 2023
9 Jun 2023 – Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that China has plans to set up a “spy base” in Cuba to “eavesdrop” on the United States and “identify potential strike targets.”
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UN Expresses Concerns over Reports of US Spying on Its Top Officials
Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Apr 2023
19 Apr 2023 – The classified documents leaked from the US Department of Defense recently have yet again exposed how it spies on even its close allies and violates their sovereignty to pursue its own interests.
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The Answer to ‘Full Spectrum Dominance’
Roger McKenzie | Peoples Dispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Apr 2023
31 Mar 2023 – The United States is interested in safeguarding the profits of monopoly capital, which carries politicians around in its pockets like loose change. It demands that the world bow down to its wills and whims. A failure to do so is met with the full force of the international military-industrial-media complex it controls.
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US Occupiers Lash Out as Syria War Draws to an End
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Peoples Dispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Apr 2023
U.S. Is Stirring Up Syrian Cauldron -> Washington is worried about a peace between Damascus and its estranged Arab neighbors–as well as Turkey–that is marginalizing the U.S. and its allies, the “collective West”.
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U.S. and NATO Allies Were Responsible for Nearly 65% of Global Arms Exports in 2018-22
Peoples Dispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2023
14 Mar 2023 – The US share in global arms exports increased from 33% to 40% in 2018-22, and its ally France, the third-largest exporter of weapons, had its share increasing from roughly 7.1% to 11%.
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US House of Representatives Votes to Defeat Resolution Demanding Troop Withdrawal from Syria
Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Mar 2023
10 Mar 2023 – The US has built an illegal base and deployed nearly 900 soldiers in Syria, who have helped prolong the war in the country and facilitated the loot of its natural resources especially oil by the US.
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UN Special Rapporteur Calls for the End of All Unilateral Sanctions against Iran
Peoples Dispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Sep 2022
14 Sep 2022 – Alena Douhan also expressed the need to create a legal framework to prevent countries such as the US taking unilateral action against others.
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German Parliament Condemns Psychological Torture of Julian Assange
Peoples Dispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jul 2022
In a historic vote on July 6, the German parliament voted in favor of a petition condemning “in the strongest possible terms the psychological torture of journalist Julian Assange and the associated attack on press freedom in Germany and Europe.”
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Europe Dumps Its Climate Commitments after Facing Shortage of Russian Gas
Abdul Rahman | Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jun 2022
26 Jun 2022 – The quick shift by rich European countries to “dirty” energy sources such as coal instead of managing demands raises serious concerns about the fate of global climate action and the future of the environmental movement.
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Venezuela’s Great Housing Mission Achieves Major Milestone of Delivering 4 Million Homes
Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Apr 2022
On 7 Apr 2022, the socialist government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro celebrated the delivery of a record 4 million homes to its citizens as part of a social housing program called the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela launched by Commander Hugo Chávez in 2011.
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Demolitions of Palestinian Houses Continue
Peoples Dispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Mar 2021
New report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Palestinian Territories published on Mar 16 revealed that the monthly average of demolition of Palestinian houses by the occupying Israeli authorities has increased by 65% in 2021 as compared to 2020. In the month of February alone, at least 305 Palestinians, including 172 children, lost their homes and were displaced.
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After Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia
Vijay Prashad | Peoples Dispatch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2019
The overthrow of the elected leader cannot be understood without a glance at the nation’s massive reserves of this crucial mineral.
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Reports Confirm Political Bias behind Legal Persecution of Brazil’s Ex-President Lula
Peoples Dispatch – Brasil de Fato,
24 Jun 2019
10 Jun 201 – Today the news publication The Intercept revealed that prosecutors in the “Operation Car Wash” task force, as well as the judge presiding over the case, Sérgio Moro, worked to persecute former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in order to prevent a return of the Workers’ Party to power, and thus contributed to the victory of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro.
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