Daily Round-up | Protests erupt in Haiti over fuel price rise & other stories
In today’s episode, we bring you stories of protests in Haiti, Cuba’s enshrining the family code into law, a hunger strike by prisoners in Alabama, and the latest anti-immigrant proposals in the UK
Cubans just ratified the world’s most progressive Family Code
Cuba’s new Family Code, passed in a referendum with 67% of the vote, expands women’s, children’s, and LGBTQ people’s legal rights
In today’s episode, we take a look at the ongoing Cuban referendum on the Family Code, the move by women health workers in India to form a federation, and anti-monarchy protests in the UK
Cuba prepares for referendum on progressive Family Code
The new Family Code, drafted in consultation with the general public, is considered to be the world’s most inclusive and progressive code
“Revolution is a never ending song”: Gabriela Silva on drawing inspiration from the Cuban Revolution
Gabriela Silva, a young Brazilian-American organizer, reflects on her experience participating in a youth brigade to Cuba
Cuba starts public consultation on new family code
Legislation amends 1976 text to expand the rights of the LGBTQIA community and may come into effect from April
- Google employees lead sit-ins protesting company’s complicity in genocide
- Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine
- During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform
- German authorities’ crackdown on Palestine Conference sparks widespread outrage
- As elections approach, India’s farmers count government’s broken promises
