Police crackdown on communist activists amid unrest in Kenya and other stories

Today we take a look at the crackdown on communist activists in Kenya, ILO’s report on widespread job losses in the LAC region, a hunger strike by undocumented workers for pandemic aid in the US, Israel’s announcement that it will not cooperate with the ICC probe, and the withdrawal of felony charges against 3 organizers in the US.

April 09, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the arrest and persecution of communist activists in Kenya, a recent ILO report on widespread, pandemic-related job losses in the Latin American and Caribbean region, a hunger strike launched by the undocumented immigrant workers in the US to demand pandemic assistance, the Israeli government’s announcement stating that it will not cooperate with the ICC war crimes probe, and the withdrawal of felony charges against 3 anti-racism organizers in the US.