Labor subcontracting - Belgium
Belgium

Workers Party of Belgium slams exploitative labor subcontracting 

Authorities have found out that 55 potential victims of human trafficking were employed at a construction site in Antwerp at extremely low wages

Peoples Dispatch
August 2, 2022
Israeli raids in Jenin
Israel Palestine

Israel carries out mass arrests of Palestinians inside occupied West Bank, 17-year-old boy killed in Jenin

The Occupied West Bank is governed by Israeli military law which gives the occupation forces complete judicial, executive and legislative rights over nearly three million Palestinians

Peoples Dispatch
August 2, 2022
Serbia Protests
Serbia

Progressive sections in Serbia protest attack on demonstrators in Novi Sad

The Novi Sad city administration led by Mayor Miloš Vučević is accused of repressing the people’s protests against an urban plan using private security agencies, at the behest of private interests

Peoples Dispatch
August 2, 2022
Antonio García: Peace is not always associated with social justice and the welfare of society
Colombia

Antonio García: Peace is not always associated with social justice and the welfare of society

The first commander of the National Liberation Army, Antonio García, spoke about the possibility for peace amid a time of historic transformation in Colombia

Peoples Dispatch
August 2, 2022
Fatalities “desirable”: Israeli documents on Kafr Qasim massacre declassified
Israel

Fatalities “desirable”: Israeli documents on Kafr Qasim massacre declassified

Israeli Border Police forces killed at least 48 Palestinians in the village of Kafr Qasim in 1956. Now-unsealed court transcripts reveal a deliberate plot for displacement.

Peoples Dispatch
August 1, 2022
FBI conducts coordinated raids against Black Liberation organization
United States

FBI conducts coordinated raids against Black Liberation organization

The FBI’s history is marked by violent attempts to “neutralize” Black organizations. Some worry that recent raids on the Uhuru Movement is another such attempt

Peoples Dispatch
August 1, 2022
Riyad Mansour Palestine UN
Palestine

At UNSC meeting, Israel’s atrocities under the scanner

The Palestinian envoy recently announced a renewed effort to gain full UN membership following UN Security Council discussions on conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories and the political process

Peoples Dispatch
August 1, 2022
Iraqi parliament stormed
Iraq

Moqtada al-Sadr’s supporters go on indefinite sit-in inside Iraqi parliament

While asking the demonstrators to maintain peace, Moqtada al-Sadr called the sit-in a “golden opportunity” to “fundamentally change the political system and the constitution” of the country

Peoples Dispatch
August 1, 2022