April 2022 : Peoples Dispatch

Sacha Llorenti: “ALBA is fundamentally anti-imperialist”

April 30, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

During the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together

Australia

The many trials of Australian whistleblower David McBride

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

Whistleblower David McBride, who revealed details of possible war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, faces a trial in September. Thought an official report pretty much vindicated his revelations, the Australian government has continued the legal process against him. In this interview, he talks about what led him to reveal this information, the various allegations and pressure tactics against him, and the war against whistleblowers across the world.

World

May Day: Worker’s struggle celebration is well-deserved after a …

April 30, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

After a year of ongoing crisis, Peoples Dispatch looks back on some of the most important labor struggles of this past year.

Kosovo

Health workers in Kosovo demand investment in health system for the be …

April 30, 2022 by Peoples Health Dispatch

Health workers’ organizations in Kosovo have highlighted the need for safe staffing ratios and better working conditions as professionals continue to leave the country in droves

Sri Lanka

With IMF in the picture, Sri Lanka’s public health sector faces a ne …

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 by Shriya Singh

Which the current economic crisis has had a disastrous impact on the health sector, the conditions that will be imposed as part of a possible IMF deal could bring about long-term structural challenges

Brazil

Lula: It is the workers who drive the real economy

April 30, 2022April 29, 2022 by Brasil de Fato

To Brazil’s former President, economic recovery can’t be separated from improving people’s living conditions

Daily Round-up

India faces water shortages, power cuts amid record temperatures and o …

April 30, 2022April 29, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the record-breaking heat wave impacting India and Pakistan causing water and coal shortages and decline in wheat yields; renewed attacks by the Israeli occupation forces at the Al Aqsa mosque compound and the surge of raids in the Occupied West Bank; the 11-day strike launched by railway cleaning workers employed by Churchill in the UK to demand a living wage and other benefits; and the growing demands for public transparency regarding the rights violations, including torture, committed by the armed forces during the military dictatorship in Brazil.

Israel | Palestine

Israeli attacks on Palestinian journalists

Media and legal groups file complaint at ICC over Israeli violence aga …

April 29, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

The groups mentioned in detail the cases of Ahmed Abu Hussein, Yaser Murtaja, Muath Amarneh and Nedal Eshtayeh, journalists who were shot dead or seriously injured by Israeli army snipers while they were covering popular protests in the blockaded Gaza strip

Colombia

“We killed innocent people”: retired Colombian army offici …

May 12, 2023April 29, 2022 by Tanya Wadhwa

Ten retired soldiers and one civilian admit to kidnapping and murdering 120 innocent peasants, framing them as left-wing guerrilla fighters killed in combat

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years in prison in first of 11 corr …

May 2, 2022April 29, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

The military has accused the former head of state of election fraud, violating the Official Secrets Act and several other offenses that could potentially lead to her being behind bars for decades

Lebanon

Lebanon headed for crucial make or break parliamentary elections on Ma …

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 by Abdul Rahman

Many opposition groups that took to the streets in October 2019 demanding systemic political changes have formed joint lists seeking the popular mandate

Egypt