The Labour Party has been hemorrhaging both popularity and members since coming into power in 2024, with disturbing results: for the first time ever, the far-right Reform UK recently polled neck and neck with the two largest parties in Britain. The information caused concern among Labour ranks but led to no significant changes. In fact, Labour leadership appears to be making the same mistake as other center-left parties in Europe—adopting right-wing rhetoric and policies in the hope of outdoing the original.
https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/11/labour-turns-to-the-right-while-chasing-reform/
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Labour turns to the right while chasing Reform
With far-right Reform UK polling neck and neck with Britain’s largest parties, Keir Starmer’s Labour responds by shifting further to the right
On February 10, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela announced the return of the first Venezuelan migrants since the inauguration of Donald Trump and the kick-off of his anti-immigrant mass deportation policy.
The arrival of the 190 deported migrants to Venezuela, was achieved through an agreement reached in a meeting held on January 31 between Nicolás Maduro and Richard Grenell, special envoy of the Trump government.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/11/venezuela-welcomes-first-migrants-deported-under-trump-as-part-of-return-to-the-homeland-plan/
The arrival of the 190 deported migrants to Venezuela, was achieved through an agreement reached in a meeting held on January 31 between Nicolás Maduro and Richard Grenell, special envoy of the Trump government.
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Venezuela welcomes first migrants deported under Trump as part of “Return to the Homeland” plan
So far, 900,000 people have been returned to Venezuela through the “Return to the Homeland” initiative.
"They know how to blow up bridges, they don't know how to build them anymore."
Executive director of The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad, spoke in London at the Latin America Conference about the new world that is emerging, and how the United States is responding.
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Executive director of The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad, spoke in London at the Latin America Conference about the new world that is emerging, and how the United States is responding.
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"They know how to blow up bridges, they don't know how to build them anymore."
Executive director of @tri_continental, @vijayprashad, spoke in London at the Latin America Conference about the new world that is emerging, and how the United States is responding.
Executive director of @tri_continental, @vijayprashad, spoke in London at the Latin America Conference about the new world that is emerging, and how the United States is responding.
“He was also subjected to severe physical abuse,” Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported, “including beatings with batons and electric shock sticks, as well as repeated blows to the chest.”
In his first meeting with a lawyer since December 2024, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya confirmed fears of torture and medical neglect in Israeli prison.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/12/dr-hussam-abu-safiya-has-been-tortured-and-denied-care-while-in-israeli-prison/
In his first meeting with a lawyer since December 2024, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya confirmed fears of torture and medical neglect in Israeli prison.
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Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been tortured and denied care while in Israeli prison
In his first meeting with a lawyer since December 2024, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya confirmed fears of torture and medical neglect in Israeli prison
#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember and honor Marshall "Eddie" Conway, a member of the Black Panther Party and revolutionary activist for the liberation of Black people in the United States.
Conway dedicated his life to the Black liberation struggle and the fight against racism and inequality. He spent 44 years behind bars as a political prisoner. Conway was an integral part of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party. After his release in 2014, Eddie continued the struggle, taking up journalism with The Real News Network. Even as his health declined, a product of the 4 decades he spent in prison, Eddie never abandoned the struggle. He lived his life for the people.
¡Hasta siempre!
Conway dedicated his life to the Black liberation struggle and the fight against racism and inequality. He spent 44 years behind bars as a political prisoner. Conway was an integral part of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party. After his release in 2014, Eddie continued the struggle, taking up journalism with The Real News Network. Even as his health declined, a product of the 4 decades he spent in prison, Eddie never abandoned the struggle. He lived his life for the people.
¡Hasta siempre!
🇵🇸 "We will never sell you Gaza and we will never leave our homeland."
Palestinians respond to statements from Donald Trump threatening to take over Gaza and expel all Palestinians living there.
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Palestinians respond to statements from Donald Trump threatening to take over Gaza and expel all Palestinians living there.
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Youth members of the far-right Brothers of Italy forced their way into Bologna’s city hall while others claimed Italian ownership over Slovenian and Croatian territories.
The group’s actions and statements align completely with the ruling far-right party’s discourse on post-war events, which seeks to equate the crimes of fascist forces with actions of the anti-fascist resistance.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/13/brothers-of-italy-youth-stage-protest-whitewashing-fascist-crimes-in-wwii/
The group’s actions and statements align completely with the ruling far-right party’s discourse on post-war events, which seeks to equate the crimes of fascist forces with actions of the anti-fascist resistance.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/13/brothers-of-italy-youth-stage-protest-whitewashing-fascist-crimes-in-wwii/
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Italy’s Far-Right Government Is Relitigating World War II
Far-right Italian premier Giorgia Meloni likes to claim her party has “left fascism in the past.” Yet the announcement of a new museum honoring Italian victims of Yugoslav partisans represents a disturbing attempt to rewrite the history of World War II.
Over 480 people were arrested in Panama on February 12 during a national demonstration called for by trade unions and social movements.
Police repression was extreme. After the police descended on the protests in Panama City, more than 100 demonstrators were injured and 15 policemen were wounded.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/13/panamanian-police-arrest-over-400-during-protests-against-the-privatization-of-social-security/
Police repression was extreme. After the police descended on the protests in Panama City, more than 100 demonstrators were injured and 15 policemen were wounded.
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Panamanian police arrest over 400 during protests against the privatization of Social Security
Organized workers have denounced the police’s brutal treatment of demonstrators before and after the protest. President Mulino has called them “terrorists”.
Grassroots organizers in Massachusetts are demanding that their state stand with immigrant communities in declaring Massachusetts a sanctuary state—ensuring that state officials will not collaborate with Trump’s policy of mass immigrant detentions and deportations.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/13/massachusetts-organizers-fight-for-a-sanctuary-state-putting-democratic-party-on-notice/
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Massachusetts organizers fight for a sanctuary state, putting Democratic Party on notice
Through sanctuary state campaign, immigrant rights organizers highlight how both major parties are participants in anti-migrant persecution
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, though unelected, has somehow become one of the most powerful government officials in Trump’s administration, charged with slashing the budget for social programs and government departments that administer and support key services for the people of the United States.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/14/billionaire-elon-musk-seeks-to-slash-the-federal-spending-while-saving-government-handouts-for-himself/
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Billionaire Elon Musk seeks to slash the federal spending while saving government handouts for himself
Cutting spending is not “optional,” but “essential,” Musk pontificates, yet does not apply the same rules to government spending on his own corporate endeavors
India’s ultra-right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his support for the US plan to deport all undocumented immigrants from the country, stating India is ready to take back all its citizens unconditionally.
Trump has declared India a good friend of the US and claimed the two countries are looking for ways to increase their bilateral trade. However, he also blamed India for imposing unfair tariffs on goods imported from the US and threatened reciprocal tariffs.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/14/modi-reiterates-support-for-trumps-deportation-plan-vows-to-take-all-undocumented-citizens-back/
Trump has declared India a good friend of the US and claimed the two countries are looking for ways to increase their bilateral trade. However, he also blamed India for imposing unfair tariffs on goods imported from the US and threatened reciprocal tariffs.
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Modi reiterates support for Trump’s deportation plan, vows to take all undocumented citizens back
Despite Trump threatening higher tariffs, India and the US announced their wish to increase trade and defense coordination.
#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember Black revolutionary leader and founding member of the Black Panther Party, Huey P. Newton.
Newton was instrumental in laying the ideological and organizational foundation for the BPP, such as the 10 Point Program, and is renowned for his role in helping develop the community-focused survival programs, such as the Free Breakfast for Children program.
Newton’s writings and work, such as his 1973 autobiography "Revolutionary Suicide", have left a permanent mark on the Black Liberation movement and the socialist movement broadly.
Newton, like many others in the Black liberation movement, was a target of the FBI’s COINTELPRO, which sought to sow division between revolutionary leaders and organizations. Newton was assassinated on August 22, 1989.
Newton was instrumental in laying the ideological and organizational foundation for the BPP, such as the 10 Point Program, and is renowned for his role in helping develop the community-focused survival programs, such as the Free Breakfast for Children program.
Newton’s writings and work, such as his 1973 autobiography "Revolutionary Suicide", have left a permanent mark on the Black Liberation movement and the socialist movement broadly.
Newton, like many others in the Black liberation movement, was a target of the FBI’s COINTELPRO, which sought to sow division between revolutionary leaders and organizations. Newton was assassinated on August 22, 1989.
Successive university administrations have tried to implement BJP’s wider policy of suppressing all kinds of dissent by preventing student activism on campus.
This explains why they are so adamant to punish those who raised their voices against the growing religious polarization in the country and organized students to oppose the same, Sanam Hussain, SFI Jamia unit secretary, claimed while talking to Peoples Dispatch.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/17/indian-students-face-police-crackdown-for-demanding-an-end-to-violence-against-religious-minorities/
This explains why they are so adamant to punish those who raised their voices against the growing religious polarization in the country and organized students to oppose the same, Sanam Hussain, SFI Jamia unit secretary, claimed while talking to Peoples Dispatch.
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Indian students face police crackdown for demanding an end to violence against religious minorities
Over a dozen students were detained by police last week and several others face disciplinary actions for demanding their basic rights to dissent and open spaces in the university premises.
🇪🇨 "My parents were clear from the very beginning. They're going to have to kill all of us, but we are not leaving from here"
Maria Fernanda Restrepo Arismendi, a filmmaker, social activist, and researcher spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the forced disappearance of her brothers, Santiago and Andrés, at the hands of the Ecuadorian National Police in 1988. To this day, despite a tireless, decades-long struggle led by her family, especially her father Pedro Restrepo, the truth of their disappearances has yet to come to light.
Camera: Roberto Peñafiel.
Edit: Vyshakh Thaliyil
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Maria Fernanda Restrepo Arismendi, a filmmaker, social activist, and researcher spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the forced disappearance of her brothers, Santiago and Andrés, at the hands of the Ecuadorian National Police in 1988. To this day, despite a tireless, decades-long struggle led by her family, especially her father Pedro Restrepo, the truth of their disappearances has yet to come to light.
Camera: Roberto Peñafiel.
Edit: Vyshakh Thaliyil
🎥Watch the full interview here:
https://youtu.be/8aLjLxNE0MY?si=UPbO9_xYGk1rVCpK
#PeoplesVictory | Leonard Peltier, the Indigenous leader and longest-held political prisoner in the United States, IS FINALLY FREE!
After nearly 50 years of political imprisonment, Peltier, now 80 years old, walked free today. Peltier's sentence was commuted by Joe Biden one on of his last days as president. Leonard's freedom is the result of decades of struggle against his unjust and racist incarceration.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/18/after-49-years-in-prison-leonard-peltier-is-finally-free/
After nearly 50 years of political imprisonment, Peltier, now 80 years old, walked free today. Peltier's sentence was commuted by Joe Biden one on of his last days as president. Leonard's freedom is the result of decades of struggle against his unjust and racist incarceration.
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/18/after-49-years-in-prison-leonard-peltier-is-finally-free/
At least three Palestinian police officers were killed and several others injured in an Israeli drone strike that targeted them in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, while they were securing aid trucks entering the besieged strip.
The Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza condemned the assault, and called on “mediators and the international community to pressure the [Israeli] occupation to halt its targeting of the police force, which is a civilian body responsible for maintaining public security and organizing daily affairs.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.com.org/2025/02/18/israeli-drone-strike-kills-palestinian-police-officers-amid-obstruction-of-negotiations-for-ceasefires-second-phase/
The Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza condemned the assault, and called on “mediators and the international community to pressure the [Israeli] occupation to halt its targeting of the police force, which is a civilian body responsible for maintaining public security and organizing daily affairs.”
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Israeli drone strike kills Palestinian police officers amid obstruction of negotiations for ceasefire’s second phase
The strike is yet another violation of the ceasefire by Israel, who has been stalemating the negotiations of the deal’s second phase.