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Signs advocating for freedom for Palestinian prisoners. Photo from Flickr from February 27, 2023. By The Peoples Dispatch Israel’s Minister of Public Security, far-right extremist leader Itamar Ben-Gvir, has introduced another measure to worsen the situation of Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons. On Sunday, Ben-Gvir introduced an amendment to a law and effectively canceled the legal provision for the early release of Palestinians that are being held in administration detention. Human

As history continues, some cling frenetically to the certainties of the old world going down. For some Europeans, respect and reciprocity are still difficult concepts, says Peter Mertens.   By Peter Mertens Peoples Dispatch During the closing ceremony of the People’s Summit held at the Euro

(Photo: Jerusalem Post) By Peoples Dispatch In a major win for the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) has voted to boycott Israel, multiple news outlets reported on Tuesday, July 25. The vote on the resolution was held on July 14 and 15 by electronic ballot, the AAA said in a statement. 2,016 or 71% of those who participated voted in favor of the resolution in the all-member referendum and 835 members voted against. The

UPS Teamsters at a practice picket in Manhattan, New York. (Wyatt Souers/Party for Socialism and Liberation) By Natalia Marques / Peoples Dispatch In less than a week the contract covering 340,000 UPS workers, organized by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), would have expired. Instead a tentative deal was reached on Tuesday. UPS workers had spent the past several months organizing to show their employer that they are 100 percent ready to strike if their contract expires without a

Closing of People’s Summit at Free University of Brussels. ( Zoe Alexandra / Peoples Dispatch) By Zoe Alexandra / Peoples Dispatch Without sovereignty and mutual respect, dialogue between regions is impossible. Throughout the days of debate and work at the People’s Summit held parallel to the III CELAC-EU Summit, trade union activists, community leaders, left political leaders, artists, and students from across Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe ratified the importance of spaces for

India train crash: More than 230 dead after Odisha incident 16 minutes ago Footage showed rescuers trying to free victims from the wreckage At least 233...

The Court including several conservative justices decided to reject “independent state legislature theory,” which threatened to virtually overturn the popular vote

At least 16 people were killed, hundreds injured and more than 500 arrested, following three days of protest in Senegal in early June, prompting fears of a further crackdown, reports Leo Earle.

Biden and Stoltenberg are both expressing optimism about Sweden joining the military alliance, but Vijay Prashad explains why Erdogan and Orban are currently standing in the way.     By Vijay Prashad Peoples Dispatch On July 11-12, the 31 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N

Union stands in solidarity with the LGBTQI population of that country