April 2022 : Page 14 of 15 : Peoples Dispatch

Europe

Europe is sleepwalking into another World War

April 4, 2022 by Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Portuguese intellectual Boaventura de Sousa Santos reflects on the wrecklessness with which US and Europe are advancing to yet another violent conflict of global dimensions

Pakistan

Pakistan in the midst of a full-blown constitutional crisis

April 5, 2022April 4, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

Pakistan’s Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the constitutionality of Sunday’s incidents at the National Assembly. A no-trust vote against the Imran Khan government was dismissed on account of it being part of a ‘foreign conspiracy’

Daily Round-up

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet resigns amid crisis, 2-month ceasefire in Yemen, …

April 6, 2022April 4, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the ongoing protests and political developments in Sri Lanka as the country faces its worst economic crisis; the terms of the two-month long UN-brokered ceasefire between Yemen’s Houthis and the US-backed, Saudi-led coalition; the victory of center-right candidate Rodrigo Chaves in Costa Rica’s presidential elections; and the month-long strike by health workers in Haiti to demand better wages and working conditions amid rising insecurity in the country.

Belgium

Educators up in arms in Belgium demanding pay rise, smaller classrooms …

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

Schools teachers across Belgium are suffering due to the combined effect of the COVID-19 crisis, harsh workloads, crippling infrastructure, inconsistent sectoral agreements and the insensitivity of the government. Now, the worsening cost of living crisis marked by higher energy prices has pushed teachers to the brink

Sri Lanka

Protests intensify in Sri Lanka as economy goes off the rails

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

Protests continued in Sri Lanka on Monday, including in front of the residence of the prime minister. The entire cabinet quit on Sunday amid the agitations and a massive economic crisis

Yemen

Warring parties agree on two-month ceasefire in Yemen but will it hold …

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

The ceasefire announcement was widely welcomed and has raised hopes of peace although there have been reports of attacks from the Saudi side. The Saudi-led coalition has partially lifted its siege allowing fuel tankers to reach Hodeidah port after months

Greece

Greek rail workers protest transport of tanks for NATO’s military ve …

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

The Greek working class has intensified protests against the country’s involvement in the imperialist maneuvers of the US and NATO alliance in Europe

United States

Young Amazon workers on Staten Island rattle the halls of power

April 4, 2022 by Jacob Buckner

A closer look at the organizing efforts of the Amazon workers in Staten Island that made history by winning the first ever union in the US at the multi-billion dollar corporation

Ecuador

Ecuadorian president restructures cabinet amid growing political crisi …

April 3, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In recent weeks, the tensions have escalated between the right-wing national government and the progressive opposition parties that dominate the Parliament

World

Colonial states continue to deny the impact of slavery

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 by Newsclick

Demands for reparation for centuries of slavery from the Caribbean and elsewhere are not about seeking aid or emotional compensation but a quest for fundamental historical corrections, says Sumangala Damodaran, professor at Ambedkar University Delhi, in conversation with Prabir Purkayastha, editor-in-chief of NewsClick.

Anger in Jamaica over the recent British royals’ visit is over atrocities of slavery and how resources were expropriated, but not just that. “The demands for reparations are not just to pay money for what was done to the slaves but for the damage caused over generations that last to this day,” Damodaran says.

Purkayastha and Damodaran discuss the demands of Jamaican activists who have given the British royals a 30-point charter of reparations, including educating the child descendants of those enslaved.

Greece

Health workers in Greece mobilize against pro-privatization reform

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 by Peoples Health Dispatch

Health workers in Greece stopped working for three hours and took to the streets to protest new pro-privatization legislation promoted by the government

Haiti

Rise of violence, deterioration of rights sparks month-long actions am …

May 12, 2023April 2, 2022 by Peoples Health Dispatch

Health workers in major public hospitals in Haiti continue to strike over bad working conditions, as others join them to protest a hike in gang violence and kidnappings