Martin Luther King Jr.
NYC stages “counter-inauguration” on first day of Trump presidency
Peoples Dispatch was at the “We Fight Back” protest in New York City, organized to protest incoming president Trump’s “billionaire agenda”
Remembering Harry Belafonte, artist, militant, and internationalist until his last breath
Harry Belafonte died at the age of 96 on April 25 after a lifetime of popularizing, funding, and supporting the struggles of the international working class
“Fight poverty, not the poor!”: Thousands rally in Washington DC
Labor unions, civil society and religious groups joined the Poor People’s Campaign on June 18 to demand justice and redressal for the 140 million people in the US facing poverty and growing insecurity
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
King led various civil rights movements across the country calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
- Courthouse arrests of immigrants continue amid Trump’s pursuit of increased deportations
- Europe’s looming return to landmines sparks global concern
- Israel continues massacring people at GHF distribution centers in Gaza
- Israel’s strikes on Iran spark growing dissent in Congress
- Ghana nurses suspend nationwide strike after parliamentary intervention
