April 2022 : Page 11 of 15 : Peoples Dispatch

Tunisia

Thousands march in Tunisia against president’s continuing power-grab

April 11, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

The demonstrations went ahead despite heavy presence of security forces and riot control personnel to prevent protesters from joining

Venezuela

Venezuela’s Great Housing Mission achieves major milestone of delive …

April 10, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

The Great Housing Mission of Venezuela (GMVV), launched by Commander Hugo Chávez in 2011, provides decent homes to low-income families at a low cost or free of charge, depending on their income

Pakistan

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan ousted by parliament

April 9, 2022April 9, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

Khan had previously dissolved the parliament in the face a no-confidence motion but it was reinstated following a Supreme Court ruling on Thursday April 7

Daily Round-up

Pakistan’s Supreme Court restores the National Assembly and other st …

April 10, 2022April 8, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the Pakistan Supreme Court’s verdict on the dismissal of the no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan; a report on the extent of ecological damage being driven by countries including the US in pursuit of excess material use; the decision of Yemen’s exiled President Hadi to step down and transfer power to a new presidential council amid the 2-month ceasefire in the war; and the upcoming review process of Brazil’s landmark Quota Law which seeks to address inequalities in higher education through affirmative action.

Greece | Ukraine

Progressives in Greece reject Zelensky’s address to parliament w …

April 8, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

The testimony of the neo-Nazi Azov solidier in Greek parliament following the address of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been widely condemned

World

Russia suspended from the UN Human Rights Council

April 8, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

China and Cuba opposed the resolution sponsored by the US and supported mostly by its allies in Europe and the Americas.

Yemen

Saudi-based Yemeni leader steps down as president

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

The Houthis, who had rejected the invitation to join the talks in Riyadh where the presidential council was created, have refused to recognize the council calling it a foreign implant without any real representation of the Yemeni people

Burkina Faso

Blaise Compaoré convicted for the murder of revolutionary Burkinabé …

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 by Tanupriya Singh

The trial of Compaoré for the murder of revolutionary Thomas Sankara lasted six months and 100 witnesses testified against him and 13 others.

World

Fighting for health for all today

April 7, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In a special edition of People’s Health Dispatch published on World Health Day, health activists Dr. Abhishek Royal (India), Rhiannon Osborne (UK), and Denis Saffer (Brazil) talk about the concept of Health for All and the meaning it will continue to have in future days of the struggle for health.

World

David Sanders on being a health activist

May 23, 2023April 7, 2022 by David Sanders

David Sanders talks about his life as a health activist, the role of Primary Health Care for the Health for All agenda, and how neoliberalism obstructs possible advances in global health

Cuba

‘We will prevail’: a conversation with Cuba’s President Miguel D …

April 7, 2022 by Manolo De Los Santos

Miguel Díaz Canel speaks to Manolo De Los Santos about the current challenges facing Cuba and the people’s resolve to continue building a project to save humanity

Daily Round-up

UK’s anti-refugee immigration bill rejected in House of Lords again …

April 10, 2022April 7, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the horrific deaths of over a 100 asylum-seekers in the Central Mediterranean as European countries continue to pursue brutal border policies; the conviction and sentencing of former Burkinabe President Blaise Compaoré in the assassination of his predecessor, pan-Africanist and Marxist revolutionary icon, Thomas Sankara; the demand by the February 14 Revolution Youth Coalition for the disbanding of the US Navy base in Bahrain; and a raid by the Italian gendarmerie forces, the Carabinieri, on the headquarters of the Union Sindacale di Base trade union which has been organizing a series of actions against war and the anti-worker policies of the government.