April 2022 : Page 3 of 15 : Peoples Dispatch

Israel fires artillery rounds inside Lebanon

April 27, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

Israel often violates Lebanese territorial sovereignty by launching attacks or using its air space to attack Syria despite the presence of UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL in the region since 1978

World

Do humans have nutritional wisdom?

April 27, 2022 by Sandipan Talukdar

A new study with a novel approach has shed fresh light on this field of research. It suggests that our food choices are even more sophisticated than was thought previously, and this choice is influenced by nutrients and not only calories, as thought earlier

Latin America Caribbean

ALBA Movements’ assembly kicks off in Argentina

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

Over 250 delegates from across Latin America, the Caribbean and the world are participating in the third assembly of the platform of people’s movements

Daily Round-up

President Xiomara Castro repeals neoliberal ZEDE Law in landmark step …

April 27, 2022April 26, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the repeal of the Law of Zones of Employment and Economic Development by progressive President Xiomara Castro in Honduras; renewed threats by the US and its allies against a security cooperation agreement between China and the Solomon Islands; an appeal by UN experts urging the international community to resume its support to 6 leading Palestinian civil society organizations outlawed by Israel; and the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on the global military expenditure in 2021.

Nicaragua

Nicaragua formally withdraws from the OAS

April 26, 2022 by Brasil de Fato

After Venezuela, the country is the second to suspend its participation in the body which claims to work for continental cooperation

World

Global military expenditure increases for seventh year in a row: SIPRI …

April 26, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

Four out of the top 10 biggest military spenders are NATO members that collectively spent nearly half of total global expenditure in 2021, or a total of USD 982 billion

China | Solomon Islands

US and Pacific allies panic over Solomon Islands-China security deal

April 26, 2022 by Anish R M

The security cooperation deal signed between the two governments came in the backdrop of anti-Chinese violence and riots precipitating in a political crisis on the island nation in November last year

Egypt

41 political prisoners freed in Egypt ahead of Eid

April 26, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

Egypt, among the world’s top jailers, has approximately 65,000 political prisoners out of a total prison population of about 120,000. As many as 26,000 of them are in pre-trial detention

Israel | Palestine

Palestine Action’s direct action temporarily shuts down Elbit’s Lo …

April 26, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

The London headquarters of Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms manufacturer was temporarily shut down on April 20, by activists belonging to Palestine Action and Extinction Rebellion Youth. Palestine Action noted that the Israeli military sources 85% of its drones from Elbit, making it Israel’s biggest arms manufacturer.

Daily Round-up

Aid group condemns junta-backed militia for attack in Sudan’s Darfur …

April 26, 2022April 25, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we look at renewed violence in Sudan’s Darfur region which has killed over 160 people and displaced an estimated 20,000; the victory of President Emmanuel Macron in France’s presidential runoff election against the backdrop of growing discontent and the rising threat of far-right extremism; the Israeli Supreme Court’s rejection of a petition filed by the Palestinian Bakr family against the closure of an inquiry into the 2014 airstrike which killed 4 children in Gaza; and the expulsion of the Organization of American States from Nicaragua by the Sandinista government of President Daniel Ortega.

United States

How the tax system in the US benefits the rich and burdens the working …

April 25, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News explains how the structure of taxation in the US helps the ultra-rich who end up paying far less than they can and should due to a variety of loopholes. He explains how the taxation system, despite being progressive in theory, does not place a huge burden on the rich. He also talks about how state income taxes contribute this to this trend.

World

Mapping Faultlines: NATO is fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian

April 25, 2022 by Newsclick

Two months into the war in Ukraine, NewsClick’s Prabir Purkyayastha talks about what has clearly become a conflict between NATO and Russia. He explains NATO’s aims and methods and the problems that may be caused by the massive supplies of weapons to Ukraine. He also analyzes the latest developments on the energy front as European countries realize that halting Russian supplies is easier said than done.