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Following dialogue between leaders, Trump’s Mexico and Canada tariffs delayed by one month

Following two separate conversations with Mexican and Canadian leaders, Trump delays 25% tariffs on the two countries by one month

Revenue of weapons manufacturers continues to rise amid global wars and conflicts

US arms suppliers recorded a 29% jump in sales in 2024 and constituted a total share of 42% of the world’s total arms trade in 2023.

Nine nations aim to hold Israel accountable for crimes against humanity and implement arms embargo

Nine countries including South Africa, Namibia, and Chile formed the Hague Group to hold Israel accountable for its crimes

Global outcry following detention of Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah

According to a human rights group, Swiss authorities may be preparing to deport Abunimah following his detention on Saturday

Trump bids WHO goodbye: what comes next?

Donald Trump’s push to withdraw from the WHO raises budgetary concerns, but signals cautious hope for strengthening Global South voices in the forum

11-05 Ukraine war - Update Wars are fueling the rise of resistant superbugs in the Global South

Antimicrobial resistance, a full-fledged global health crisis, is compounded by the devastating impact of war and armed conflicts

Pope Francis calls Israel’s bombing of Gaza children a “great cruelty”

Israel continues to commit massacres in Gaza, and has launched attacks on Pope Francis for speaking up in defense of the Palestinian people.

Peter Mertens: “Where there is a working class, there will always be hope”

The Belgian political leader spoke to Peoples Dispatch about his book Mutiny and what this moment of mass discontent and major geopolitical shifts means for working class struggle.

Sovereignty, modernization, and cooperation championed at Global South Academic Forum in Shanghai

The forum concluded: “Without socialism, independence movements among weaker nations during the imperialist era cannot address issues of new and old colonialism”

People’s movements raise concern over EU-Mercosur agreement

Experts and social movements worry about the agreement’s potential negative impacts on Brazilian industry and peasant struggle

Amazon Teamsters join global call to make Amazon Pay

Amazon workers stage actions during “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday”, the busiest commercial days of the year

People of Sahel inspire global movement against imperialism

From November 19-21, hundreds gathered in Niamey for the Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel and heard first hand from people who have been on the frontlines of the struggle against French colonialism.