Delen Dela Paz and Albert Pascual from the Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) reflect on changes in the health system one year into the Marcos Jr administration in the Philippines. Despite promises of improvement to health services delivery and the health insurance model, the people in the Philippines are still struggling because of high emigration rates of health workers and worsening of social determinants of health.
Month: August 2023
Categories Bahrain
Prisoners launch hunger strike in Bahrain
The strike was launched at the Jaw Rehabilitation and Reform Center, which is mainly used to imprison government critics, dissidents, human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners
Categories Ecuador
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated …
The former member of Ecuador’s National Assembly Villavicencio had previously denounced receiving threats from members of criminal groups
Categories Colombia
Gustavo Petro’s first year: Social and environmental justice and …
Petro’s inaugural year was characterized by guaranteeing free higher education, agrarian reform, reopening of relations with Venezuela, and an attempt to reform health care, labor regulations, and pensions
Categories Niger
Niger accuses France of destabilization. Peoples’ movements urge aga …
As tension continues to mount in the Sahel region, Niger’s military has accused French forces of acts of destabilization, alleging they released “captured terrorist elements”
Categories Palestine
The Palestinian cause is a banner for all of humanity
To celebrate the recent release of a new English translation of Ghassan Kanafani’s essential work, The 1936–1939 Revolution in Palestine, leftist publisher 1804 Books shares an excerpt from the introduction.
Categories United States | Yemen
Houthis express concern about US troops surge in West Asia
The US has supported the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen by providing armament and technical support. It has also helped in implementing the Saudi sea blockade by seizing some Yemen-bound ships
Categories Israel | Palestine | World
Over 800 academics join their voices in saying: the Israeli occupation …
The letter has garnered as many as 800 signatures since first being released on Friday last week. It is being hailed as a significant development, particularly due to the large number of Jewish intellectuals who have signed onto it
Categories United States
Los Angeles bosses feel the pressure with four unions on strike
Four simultaneous strikes strikes hit the city of Los Angeles yesterday when city workers walked off the job
Categories Brazil
Assembly of the Peoples of the Earth for the Amazon: movements launch …
The document calls for concrete actions for the recovery of the Amazon biome and land titling for Indigenous and quilombola communities
Categories Zambia
Socialist Party of Zambia condemns arrest of Dr. Fred M’membe
Dr. Fred M’membe was arrested on charges of libel on August 8, after he was summoned for questioning by the Zambian police. An outspoken critic of imperialist and neoliberal policies, M’membe had long warned of his arrest amid attacks on the Socialist Party
Categories Yemen
Warring parties in Yemen resume Oman-mediated peace talks to end the w …
The peace talks had been suspended in July after the two sides could not reach an agreement on a number of economic and humanitarian issues
