People’s media organizations mourn the passing of Ghanaian journalist David Pongo
David Pongo was a television journalist with Pan African TV in Ghana
“Trade unions play a vital role in the struggle towards health for all”
Liberian trade unionist and health activist, Poe, talks about the need for a holistic concept of access to health, beyond the present model of selective…
“Women need to be involved in planning and implementation of agricultural policies”
Gladys Serwaa, member of ECASARD, a peasants’ rights group in Ghana, speaks to Peoples Dispatch about the challenges faced by peasant women in her country.
South African plastic workers’ strike continues
Over 10,000 workers are on strike since October 15. Recent talks between the unions and employers failed as the latter refused to accept the workers’…
Police crackdown on students’ protest kills two at Congo’s Kinshasa University
The university had been witnessing massive police repression since 2015 the Telema uprisings against President Joseph Kabila.
Swaziland teachers’ union accuses monarchical government of repressing workers’ struggle
Myeni, a leader of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), was arrested on August 26, 2018, after he resisted a police officer from firing…
Grim future awaits refugees forcibly disembarked from boat in Libya
Using tear gas and rubber bullets, a Libyan coastguard team, on November 7, forced at least 79 refugees and migrants to disembark from a vessel…
South African shack dwellers’ movement resists police attack on its eKhenana land occupation
More than 200 of the armed personnel used rubber bullets and live ammunition against eKhenana occupation, leaving several of its shack-dwellers injured.
Domestic workers recall their struggle ahead of the second global congress
25 countries have so far ratified ILO's Convention 189, providing numerous labor rights and other protections to millions of domestic workers across the world, 82%…
“The launch of the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party is a declaration of war”
General Secretary of NUMSA Irvin Jim discusses the challenges to trade unions today in South Africa and the creation of the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party
Why are South African plastic sector workers on strike?
The workers have been on a strike since October 15, having successfully consolidated participants from across the country in a National #PlasticsShutdown.
South African working class anxious over new ‘pro-rich’ finance minister
Tito Mboweni was formerly Governor of the Reserve Bank and is known for implementing anti-worker and neo-liberal policies in the country
