There Can Be No Holidays During a Genocide, Health Activists Warn
By Peoples Health Dispatch “There is a real danger that when world leaders return from their Christmas holidays, there will be no health system left in Gaza,” warned Melanie Ward,…
As the US Vetoes UN Ceasefire Resolution, the People Take the Streets for Palestine
Crowds of thousands take to the streets across the country, disrupting centers of power, responding to a call to “Shut It Down for Palestine”
ExxonMobil Wants to Start a War in Latin America
It is clear that the Venezuelans who came to cast their vote on December 3 in a referendum on the Essequibo region saw this less as a conflict between Venezuela…
Israel Wages War Against Gaza’s Remaining Hospitals
The Al-Shifa hospital ran out of fuel due to the ongoing siege by Israeli forces. Occupation snipers and drones have been positioned all around the hospital complex, opening fire at…
Craig Mokhiber on UN’s Failures in Palestine and Why He Quit
By Peoples Dispatch Senior UN Human Rights official Craig Mokhiber recently resigned over the organization’s failure to address the brutal genocide in Gaza and Israel’s apartheid policies against Palestinians. In…
7 Million Displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo as M23 Attacks Continue
Mass displacement reaches record levels as M23, a proxy force backed by Rwanda, continues its offensive in the eastern provinces of the DRC in violation of a ceasefire
Only Israel, the United States, and Ukraine Refuse to Stand With Cuba
187 nations voted for a resolution to end the cruel and illegal 60 plus year US blockade against Cuba.
When the Journalists are Gone, the Stories Will Disappear
Over 29 Palestinian journalists have been killed since October 7 in Israeli’s genocidal bombing of the Gaza strip.
Israel Kills Over 400 Palestinians in a Single Day of Airstrikes
It has been 15 days since Israeli Occupation Forces started their continuous bombings of Gaza following Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, threatening a complete genocide of Palestinians living there.
US Refuses to Acknowledge Systemic Use of Torture by Its Armed Forces in Iraq
A large number of those who were kept in Abu Ghraib and other detention centers run by the US and its allies in Iraq were innocent civilians. Many were subjected…
US Sees Highest Ever Increase in Poverty
Natalia Marques responds to a property developer’s recent call for more “pain” in the U.S. economy by highlighting what happened after pandemic-era aid ended.
“Not one woman less!”: Ecuadorian Women March Against Gender-Based Violence
The march took place on year after the femicide of 34-year-old lawyer María Belén Bernal at the hands of her cop husband Germán Fernando Cáceres inside the Quito Police Training…
Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion Nationally in Landmark Ruling
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the sections of the Federal Penal Code that criminalize women, pregnant persons, and healthcare professionals for abortion are unconstitutional, thereby decriminalizing abortion at the…
Morocco Earthquake Death Toll Continues to Climb as Rescue Operations Intensify
The 6.8 earthquake which struck the country in the late hours of Friday was the deadliest in the last 60 years, and the region’s most powerful earthquake in the last…
2023 Is Already The Deadliest Year on Record for Palestinians in Occupied West Bank, Says UN Envoy
The UN’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, said over 200 Palestinians have been killed in the Occupied West Bank this year. He blamed “unilateral acts” by Israel, including increased settlement…