Support for a ceasefire grows in US Congress
Palestine United States

Support for a ceasefire grows in US Congress

In the country that provides the most material and political support for Israel, members of congress cannot ignore the growing movement for Palestine

Peoples Dispatch
November 21, 2023
Carbon emissions from richest 1% pose fatal threat to humanity
World

Carbon emissions from richest 1% pose fatal threat to humanity

The richest 1% of the world’s population has emitted the same amount of carbon as the poorest two-thirds. The emissions by the ultra-wealthy in 2019 alone were enough to kill 1.3 million people

Peoples Dispatch
November 21, 2023
Spanish Premier Pedro Sánchez announces cabinet members of the progressive coalition government
Spain

Spanish Premier Pedro Sánchez announces cabinet members of the progressive coalition government

Conservative and right-wing sections have organized protests across the country denouncing Sánchez’s negotiations with Catalan and Basque sections

Peoples Dispatch
November 21, 2023
Israeli war on Palestine continues unabated as more are slaughtered in Gaza, occupied West Bank
Israel Palestine

Israeli war on Palestine continues unabated as more are slaughtered in Gaza, occupied West Bank

Airstrikes and ground attacks in Gaza have killed and injured hundreds of civilians while more Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids in the West Bank

Peoples Dispatch
November 20, 2023
Houthis capture vessel in Red Sea with links to Israel and call for immediate ceasefire
Yemen

Houthis capture vessel in Red Sea with links to Israel and call for immediate ceasefire

The Yemeni group stated that if Israel does not stop its attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, the conflict could take on regional proportions

Peoples Dispatch
November 20, 2023
Israel surrounds Indonesian hospital in Gaza with tanks, kills at least 12
Israel Palestine

Israel surrounds Indonesian hospital in Gaza with tanks, kills at least 12

Last week Israeli ground forces forced all the patients and health staff to evacuate from Gaza’s largest Al-Shifa hospital after killing dozens of patients and staff

Peoples Dispatch
November 20, 2023
‘Polytechnic’ of resistance: 50 years of the historic uprising in Athens
Greece

‘Polytechnic’ of resistance: 50 years of the historic uprising in Athens

A students’ strike in Athens Polytechnic on November 14, 1973, escalated to an open revolt which marked the beginning of the end of the US-backed military junta

Peoples Dispatch
November 20, 2023
Far-right libertarian Javier Milei is the next president of Argentina
Argentina

Far-right libertarian Javier Milei is the next president of Argentina

Milei won a resounding victory with an over 10 point margin over the center-left peronist candidate Sergio Massa

Peoples Dispatch
November 20, 2023