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An international media project with the mission of bringing you voices from people's movements and organizations across the globe.
Joined January 2016
#PeoplesHistory | Today, the heroic Greek child Iro Konstantopoulou was born. She was only 13 when the Nazi-Fascist forces of the Axis invaded Greece, and from a very young age, she risked her freedom and life to fight against them. She stole valuable information and monitored
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#PeoplesHistory | Today is the death anniversary of Mexican revolutionary artist Frida Kahlo. A feminist, communist, and activist, Kahlo lived a life of resistance against capitalist and patriarchal systems. Through her art, she explored themes rarely addressed in her
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Israeli warplanes launched an aerial raid on Damascus, and struck tanks of Syria’s army during sectarian clashes, ignoring a ceasefire on the ground and a US request to halt strikes on the country. Read more ⬇.
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Tune in for another episode of Give The People What They Want! with @ZoPepperC, Indian journalist @Prasanth_r, and @RogerAMck, international editor of Morning Star, as they reflect on the prospects of peace in Sudan, attacks on press freedom in Pakistan, Brazil's response to US
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, on her birthday, we share the words of Assata Shakur, a member of the Black Liberation Army. After being charged with a life sentence, Shakur escaped from a New Jersey prison and was granted political asylum in Cuba, where she lives today.
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The polls are still inconclusive, although the three who have the best chances to conquer the presidency are: Moncada, Nasralla, and Asfura. Read more ⬇.
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Critics of the Trump administration’s approach say that the consistent objective across all of his engagements is to align Latin American and Caribbean countries behind the geopolitical interests and ambitions of the US. Read more ⬇.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court demanding a swift review of the legal system to protect press freedom in the country. Read more ⬇.
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The diplomatic row devolved into a potential trade crisis when Trump threatened Brazil with higher tariffs on Brazilian products if it did not cease the alleged persecution of the ultra-right former president Jair Bolsonaro. Read more ⬇.
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Ten days after Black teenager Saniyah Cheatham died in New York City police custody, her family is still waiting for answers. On July 14, Cheatham’s family, local activists, and the family’s attorney Ben Crump, gathered in front of the 41st Precinct of the NYPD in the South
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Big Pharma thrives on profiting from publicly funded innovation: but Public Pharma can take back control and put health over profit. 📲 Read the full article by David Franco on our website.⬇.
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🇧🇫🇳🇪🇲🇱 An assembly of the diaspora community of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) was held in Naples, Italy. The iconic Piazza Garibaldi hosted artists and community members from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, as well as diplomats, in an event to raise awareness about the new
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As infections surge and medicines run out, health organizations are calling for Israel’s medical blockade on Gaza to be prosecuted as a crime in international courts. Read more ⬇.
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🇵🇸 The people of Belgium block weapons shipments to Israel. Human Rights and pro-Palestine activists from Belgium are engaged in a struggle to block an arms shipment from Antwerp to Israel. The shipment includes parts of tanks and vehicles that would have been used to continue
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In a series of quiet diplomatic overtures, the US has approached governments across the continent with proposals to host deportees, including individuals with alleged criminal convictions. Read more ⬇.
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Liberian lawmakers and civil society groups are demanding that the government reveal details of the agreement secretly signed with the US-based mining company Ivanhoe Atlantic. Read more ⬇.
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Iran is ready to engage with the US diplomatically. That is, if the US guarantees that it will not launch another military strike during those negotiations, said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an interview. Read more ⬇.
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Disastrous flash flooding in Central Texas in the beginning of July left at least 121 people dead. The floods now rank among the deadliest natural disasters for children in the US in recent decades. Read more ⬇.
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#PeoplesHistory | Today marks one of history's most pivotal events: the storming of the Bastille fortress in Paris on July 14, 1789. A crowd of Parisians stormed this notorious prison, a powerful symbol of the absolute monarchy's tyranny, in a dramatic display of public anger and
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