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Bolivia and Mexico call on OAS to take impartial and non-interventioni …

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

The declaration was made in the light of the participation of the OAS in the coup d’état in Bolivia against the democratically elected president Evo Morales in November 2019

Argentina

Nora Cortiñas: The mother of all struggles

March 28, 2021March 24, 2021 by ARG Medios

45 years since the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina, Nora Cortiñas, Norita for those that know her well and follow her daily example, opened the doors of her home to ARG Medios to discuss the path of fighting for justice that in Argentina and across the world, she has taken in every instance of injustice wherever it occurs.

Forged in the fires of the toughest resistance and conditions, the Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo became a beacon against surrender in the search for Truth, Memory and Justice.

India

Public sector employees across India strike against govt’s priva …

March 28, 2021March 24, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

From March 15-18, public sector employees in India demonstrated and went on strikes against privatization and disinvestment. The Narendra Modi-led BJP govt in India announced a target of achieving disinvestment worth Rs. 1.75 trillion (~USD 24 billion) in this fiscal year. Trade unions and farmers unions also protested in solidarity against the Modi-led govt’s plans of large scale disinvestment.

Türkiye

Struggle for democracy in Turkey

March 28, 2021March 24, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

Ertuğrul Kürkçü, Honorary president of the People’s Democratic Party, (HDP) talks to Vijay Prashad about the Turkish government’s attempt to the ban the party, the history of leftist and democratic resistance in the country and the crackdown on the Kurdish struggle over the decades.

Brazil

Brazil’s Supreme Court rules that Sérgio Moro was partial when conv …

March 24, 2021 by Brasil de Fato

Minister Cármen Lúcia changed her vote from 2018 and flipped the ruling against the former judge Sérgio Moro

Israel

Polls suggest political deadlock in Israel may continue even after the …

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 by Abdul Rahman

Though there is widespread frustration against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government due to corruption cases, a strong hegemony of the right-wing in the country’s politics and the absence of a real left alternative may help him hang on to power

Ecuador

Opinion poll suggests Andrés Arauz victory in the upcoming Ecuadorian …

March 23, 2021 by Tanya Wadhwa

Andrés Arauz of the progressive Union for Hope alliance has proposed a comprehensive social protection model to confront the crises facing Ecuador

World

The US Indo-Pacific strategy and its delusions

March 28, 2021March 22, 2021 by Newsclick

Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the recent Anchorage meeting between Chinese and US officials, the larger dimensions of the Indo-Pacific strategy of the United States, and how all of this ties into the politics around vaccines that dominates global diplomacy today.

United States

Students workers in US universities mobilize for better work condition …

March 21, 2021 by Anish R M

After student workers at Columbia University went ahead with a strike action, their counterparts at Illinois State University and New York University are also planning strike votes as negotiations with university administrations have hit a wall

South Africa

South African students intensify protests against historical debt

March 28, 2021March 19, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

Students’ protests in South Africa have intensified following the killing of Mthokozisi Ntumba, a bystander, by the South African Police Services (SAPS). Since March 15, students across SA have been on the streets to implement a shut down of all higher education institutions following the call issued by the South Africa Union of Students (SAUS). They are demanding clearance of all historical debt of students and end to police brutality against protesting students.

Ecuador

Campaign for run-off election begins in Ecuador, threats to obstruct e …

March 19, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

Political experts suggest that the progressive candidate Andrés Arauz has better chances of winning the upcoming election than the conservative Guillermo Lasso. However, analysts warn that the threats to obstruct the democratic process remain

Venezuela

Venezuelan women endure the “sanctions” with their bodies

March 18, 2021 by Carmen Navas Reyes

Carmen Navas Reyes and Laura Franco respond to the article published in the New York Times which attempts to speak about the problems facing Venezuelan women without mentioning the economic and financial blockade imposed on the country