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Fergie Chambers’s Extradition Process In Spain

US citizen Fergie Chambers, who was arrested in Spain at the request of US authorities, has entrusted his defense to the International Legal Office for Cooperation and Development (ILOCAD), the law firm led by former judge Baltasar Garzón, in the extradition proceedings currently underway at the National Court of Spain. The firm, which announced this on August 3 in a press release, will represent Chambers throughout the legal process. Chambers was arrested on July 10 in Ibiza pursuant to an international arrest warrant issued by the United States and was subsequently transferred to a prison in Madrid, where he remains.

Basque Police Beat Global Sumud Flotilla Torture Survivors In Spain

The video from Bilbao Airport today is as brutal as it is bewildering. Six Basque activists walk through arrivals, fresh from being intercepted, detained, and abused by Israeli forces while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, carrying physical and psychological scars from their encounter with the Israeli military. Basque police, the Ertzaintza, descended on Loiu Airport with batons drawn. They attacked the activists and the friends and family who had gathered to welcome them home. Four people were arrested, charged with “desobediencia grave, resistencia y atentado a agente de la autoridad” — the standard playbook for criminalizing solidarity.

Gaza Flotilla Activists Kidnapped By Israeli Forces Begin Hunger Strike

At least 87 Gaza aid flotilla activists kidnapped by Israeli forces have begun a hunger strike, according to organisers. Israel’s navy illegally intercepted and boarded flotilla vessels in international waters on Monday and Tuesday. The activists are striking “in protest of their illegal abduction and in solidarity with the over 9,500 Palestinian hostages held in Israeli dungeons,” the Global Sumud Flotilla wrote on social media today. On Tuesday night, Israeli forces “kidnapped” six activists on board the Lina al-Nabulsi, organisers reported.

Italy On Strike Again For Palestine

Thousands of workers across Italy joined a new general strike on May 18, demanding complete severance of ties with Israel, an end to armament policies, and protection for the new civilian flotilla to Gaza – which was attacked again by Israeli forces on the very day of the strike. “We launched today’s general strike with the same strength and spirit as on September 22, 2025: ‘Let’s block everything’ has been and remains the watchword in our struggle against war, against complicity with the genocidal state of Israel, and against rearmament,” the grassroots trade union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) wrote.

On Nakba Day, A Call In Boston To ‘Boycott The US!’

We are here to honor the martyrs of al-Nakba — the Catastrophe — that began 78 years ago and to raise a fist in absolute solidarity with the ongoing Palestinian Resistance! We are also here to honor and support Palestine’s allies in the global struggle — the people of Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Cuba, Venezuela, the Sahel — all the countries and peoples resisting the decades of terror-bombing, deadly sanctions and starvation inflicted by the Zionist and U.S. regimes. So what can we do here, in the heart of the U.S. empire, in the belly of the beast, which is responsible for the global carnage?

BDS Movement Makes Significant Strides Across Europe

Fiona Ben Chekroun, European co-coordinator of the BDS National Committee (BNC), recently visited Ljubljana, Rijeka and Zagreb, where she met with local Palestine solidarity groups and discussed Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaigns in Slovenia and Croatia. Peoples Dispatch spoke with Ben Chekroun about changes and breakthroughs in this arena since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza in October 2023. For the past 20 years, people around the world have responded to the BDS call launched by Palestinians to pressure Israel to comply with international law.

The Global Sumud Flotilla Has Not Given Up

Imagine the following scenario: you are scheduled to board a sailing boat as part of a large fleet carrying humanitarian aid. Some boats in the fleet had already departed ahead of you, yet days before you are scheduled to join them, the boats are violently intercepted in international waters by a foreign power acting 600 nautical miles (1,100km) from its own coast in flagrant violation of international maritime laws. At least 30 of your fellow sea travellers were injured, and at least four have since come forward to report incidents of sexual assault. Another two, Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila, were forcibly taken to Israel, where they faced terrorism charges and were beaten and tortured while in detention.

Palestinian Supporters Attacked By Cops At Stolen Land Sale

May 5 — New York City police attacked people protesting illegal sales of stolen Palestinian land. Officers used pepper spray and kettled demonstrators. Some of these cops were trained by the Zionist state’s military, who’ve committed genocide in Gaza. The protest was called by PAL-Awda NY/NJ, which has long been campaigning against these illegal land sales. Members of Healthcare Workers 4 Palestine, CUNY 4 Palestine and other groups also participated. The stolen land sale had been condemned by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose election campaign featured support for Palestinian rights.

Google AI Workers Unionize Against Tech Giant’s Role In US, Israeli War Crimes

On 6 May, Google DeepMind workers in the UK asked management to recognize the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite the Union as their workplace representatives, as staff prepare to challenge the use of Google AI technology by the US and Israeli militaries. “We don’t want our AI models complicit in violations of international law, but they already are aiding Israel’s genocide of Palestinians,” one DeepMind employee said. “Even if our work is only used for administrative purposes, as leadership has repeatedly told us, it is still helping make genocide cheaper, faster, and more efficient.

We Have To Restore People’s Confidence In Collective Strength

In a recent interview with German Foreign Policy, Peter Mertens talks about the wave of protests in Belgium against the erosion of workers’ rights and social standards, which has been ongoing for more than a year. Mertens is an author and General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PVDA-PTB), which has participated in the trade union-led demonstrations and strikes from the outset and is currently the strongest party in the capital region of Brussels, polling at more than a quarter of the vote. Mertens argues that the link between social protests and the fight against militarization is obvious: “It is the same people who are footing the bill for both”; this is “impossible to ignore”.

We Will Never Abandon Our Prisoners Alone In Their Struggle

For over five decades, Palestinians have observed Palestinian Prisoner’s Day on April 17 as a national day to honor the thousands of Palestinian political detainees held in Israeli occupation prisons, highlight their struggle, and demand their freedom. In commemoration of the day, which is considered by Palestinians as a sacred occasion of patriotism and loyalty, Peoples Dispatch spoke to Mr. Raed Abu al-Hummus, head of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs. Abu al-Hummus, who is also a freed Palestinian prisoner, assumed his new position in the commission with the rank of minister in February 2025, amid highly challenging political and security circumstances.

Salah Sarsour: A Pillar Taken, A Community That Will Not Yield

There are people you meet in the struggle for Palestine and justice who leave a mark not because of titles they hold or platforms they command, but because of who they are — quietly, consistently, and without asking for anything in return. Salah Sarsour is that kind of person. And the fact that he is sitting tonight in a detention facility, torn from his family and his community by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who pulled him over with no legitimate cause, is an injustice that demands that every one of us speak. I first met Salah over thirty years ago, when I was beginning to organize for Palestine on a national level and found myself visiting the Muslim community in Milwaukee.

Global Sumud Flotilla: We Refuse To Wait

The Global Sumud Flotilla will set sail from Barcelona this Sunday, April 12, 2026, joined by Open Arms and Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise. While countries trade ceasefire announcements, the Israeli regime’s assault on Gaza and ground offensive in Lebanon continue as of this morning, underscoring how little has changed for civilians under fire and how urgent it is to act. The flotilla’s strategy and purpose are clear: to challenge israel's illegal siege on Gaza, deliver aid, and confront the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people and the complicity that enables it.

UK Mass Crackdown On Palestine Activism: Chaos In The Courts

The conviction of two leaders of the Palestine solidarity movement, Chris Nineham, the vice-chair of the Stop the War Coalition, and Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, for breaching police conditions as organisers of a peaceful Palestine protest has been widely seen as a direct assault on the right to protest. But it’s far from the only case of its kind. In fact state overreach is causing confusion in the UK court system, as it struggles to cope with hundreds of cases brought under the Public Order Act and anti-terrorism legislation.

Why I Resigned From The UN To Join The Gaza Freedom Flotilla

Chloé Fíona Ludden is a scientist who grew up between France and Ireland. She describes herself as a “curious person,” scientifically-minded, who has long been driven by questions like, “How can supposedly rich and developed societies tolerate so much poverty and inequality?” She studied environmental governance, and worked at multiple research institutes and international organizations, including the European Union, IPCC and the United Nations Secretariat. As a person, she strives “to restore a sense of the future as a place where we actually want to go.”
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