Wet’suwet’en water protectors vow to continue struggle after announcing strategic retreat
In the face of another crackdown by the RCMP, anti-pipeline Wet’suwet’en protesters have retreated from Coyote Camp
Indigenous group intensifies opposition to dam project in north Philippines
The Isnag tribe in the Apayao province have declared senior officials of a national agency on Indigenous affairs as persona non grata on their ancestral lands, as the dispute over a major hydel power project intensifies
Wet’suwet’en activists retake checkpoint a month after police crackdown
Anti-pipeline Indigenous activists, resisting the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline in Wet’suwet’en have retaken a checkpoint in Coyote Camp, a month after violent crackdown by federal police forces
Villagers in Southern Thailand secure key victory against controversial industrial estate
After nearly two weeks of protest outside the government offices in Bangkok, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government agreed to halt the controversial Chana Industrial Project until a comprehensive review
Cathy Rojas is NYC’s socialist alternative for mayor
Peoples Dispatch spoke to the socialist candidate for the upcoming New York City mayoral election, Cathy Rojas, about the significance of a people-driven campaign in a largely corporate-driven electoral process and why alternatives are important for people’s movements
Julian Assange’s lawyers yet again expose inconsistencies in US arguments during appeals hearing
While the prosecution representing the US tried to discredit the district judge who denied the extradition request, the defense brought up the CIA’s plans to assassinate Assange before moving to prosecute him
US observes first official Indigenous Peoples’ Day
In what many are considering a symbolic gesture, US president Joe Biden signed a proclamation to nationally recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day
How a US lawyer’s attempt to make Chevron pay for pollution landed him a jail sentence
Lawyer Steven Donziger was sentenced to jail by a federal judge despite a UN working group having found his detention to be in violation of international law