 Hello and welcome to the International Daily Roundup with People's Dispatch where we bring to you some of the top stories of the day. Independent journalist and documentary filmmaker Abhi Martin has filed a free speech lawsuit in a federal court in the United States against the state of Georgia and Georgia Southern University over the state's anti-BDS law. BDS or Boycott Divestment and Sanctions is a global movement that seeks to make Israel accountable for the atrocities it commits against the people of occupied Palestine. To discuss this with us in detail we have with us Anish. Hello Anish. So Anish what would be the grounds of this case and what would be their implications? Now so the grounds of the case as we saw in the press conference that they conducted jointly is the right to free speech which is basically their first amendment right. So they are going by their constitutional rights to fight this case and which is rightfully so in many ways because this these laws I mean Georgia is not the only one that has it there are I think about 2022 other states that have it already in many ways that actually penalize people and or firms in one way or the other for advocating BDS. So what it effectively does is infringe upon people's right to express themselves even if it is in opposition to a certain kind of activities by another foreign country and this is being done to protect a foreign country and to penalize American citizens most of the day. So in the implication would be to reaffirm that constitutional right because in many ways you can actually see in the United States talking about Israel has always been very taboo in many ways you don't have mainstream politicians not many talking about it we have had cases of Ilhan Omar being framed as anti-Semitic in even Bernie Sanders who himself is Jewish to be big just because they speak at various different degrees about Israel's crimes against Palestinians and its occupation of Palestinian territories and this will actually push a certain at least a certain discourse and discussion that is solely needed in mainstream United States about why why United States support Israel despite with billions of dollars in the aid despite what it does to to not only its own citizens but to an entirely colonized nation that it occupies effectively so that is what the you can see the larger effects of it will be sure thank you Anish in a historic victory the left wing Shan fine has emerged as the second largest party in the doll the lower house of the irish parliament making a considerable wedge into the century-long two-party rule in Ireland the general elections to the 39 multi-seat constituencies across the country were held on February 8 Saturday to elect the members to the 160 seat doll the elections witnessed a 62.9% turnout this election has been seismic and historic and has been driven by the demand for a change by the people Sean fine said in a statement as results were declared on February 10 Monday the Sean fines registered a thumping victory by securing 37 seats out of the 42 it had contested with 24.53% of votes in the previous elections held in 2016 the left wing party had won 22 seats the incumbent the incumbent fine gale has been able to secure 35 seats in the current elections with 20.86% votes compared to the 47 seats in the last doll the center right Fianna has won 38 seats and 22.18% votes seven seats less than than its performance in the 2016 elections the victory of Sean fine is attributed to its pro people manifesto manifesto for change that promise to take steps to tackle the issues of wealth inequality affordable housing health care and education for all there has been widespread anger against the major establishment parties in Ireland the for the phone the fine the fine gale government led by Leo Virat girl and the fianna fall led by Michael Martin as they failed to address the problems of rising inequality the attack on labor rights and the increasing hate crimes in the country the austerity policies implemented by by phone gap gal and fianna fall have further exacerbated the people's discontent with the establishment of parties as Sean fine rising popularity became evident the corporate media attempted to discredit the party several media houses launched desperate attacks on Sean fine before the elections over the party's links with the provisional Irish republican army IRA which which was involved in the fight against British rule during the northern Ireland conflict with no party able to achieve a simple majority of 80 seats to form the government all eyes are currently focused on Sean finds leadership on whether they decide to form a minority government with the support of the independence 21 seats the green party 12 seats the social democrats six seats the left leaning people before profits five seats and the labor party six seats fianna fall may also may also raise a bit to form the government with the support of the independence and the minor parties that's all we have for today's episode of international daily roundup for more such stories visit our website peoplesdispatch.org subscribe to our youtube channel and follow us on facebook twitter and instagram thanks for watching