Land Grabbing
Farmers arrested in Pakistan Farmer leaders arrested in Pakistan for opposing illegal land grab

Farmers, under the leadership of Mazdoor Kisan Party, have been fighting against the state-landlord nexus in the region for decades, demanding rights over the land they cultivate.

Farmers near victory after almost 1,200 days of protest against land acquisition in southern India

Under the cover of industrial development, the Karnataka state government is forcibly acquiring thousands of fertile acres of farmland for real estate profiteering, farmer leader Yashavantha told Peoples Dispatch.

Tanzania farmers Tanzanian farmers mobilize for agroecology, food sovereignty and Pan-Africanism

On November 17-18, over 400 smallholder farmers gathered for the 27th annual meeting of MVIWATA or the National Network of Small-Scale Farmers Groups in Tanzania. Peoples Dispatch spoke to them about their struggle for dignity and justice

Sudanese forces kill protestors; march for Indigenous women in Canada and other stories

Today we look at the 18th round of anti-coup mass protests in Sudan, the annual march for Indigenous women, trans and Two Spirit people in Canada, and more

Thousands protest in Buenos Aires amid government-IMF debt talks and other stories

Today we look at a debt restructuring talks between Argentina and the IMF, a workers’ protest against rising costs and poverty in Turkey, and more

UN WFP warns of severe hunger crisis across Afghanistan and other stories

Today we look at protests in Afghanistan and reports of widespread hunger, the rescue efforts in Haiti, protests against Jair Bolsonaro by Indigenous communities and workers in Brazil, and more