Starbucks workers carry out their largest single-day strike
Workers organized under Starbucks Workers United are picketing outside of over 100 Starbucks locations across the US. They are protesting the corporation’s failure to meet workers at the bargaining table and adequately staff stores
Uruguayans mobilize against President Luis Lacalle Pou’s pension reform
The pension reform presented by the Lacalle Pou administration raises the retirement age and attacks early retirement benefits, among other modifications
Saudi court sentences activist to decade in prison over social media posts
The sentencing of Abdullah Jelan continues the trend of long-term imprisonment of people critical or vocal on social media about freedom and rights in Saudi Arabia
Peruvian movements and unions mobilize in defense of President Pedro Castillo
Tens of thousands of Peruvians took to the streets in the capital Lima in rejection of a third vacancy motion being promoted against President Pedro Castillo by the right-wing opposition forces
We stand with Haitian journalists!
Over 160 journalists and media outlets from across the world, including Atilio Borón, Vijay Prashad, Hermela Aregawi, Rania Khalek, Eugene Puryear, and Carlos Aznarez signed a letter to express solidarity with their Haitian colleagues and demand justice.
Haitian journalists to mobilize against attacks
After an increase in murders, attacks and criminalization against journalists, they will mobilize in the capital Port-au-Prince to demand guarantees for life
Nicolás Maduro at COP27: “There is a connection between the environmental crisis and global poverty”
In his address to COP27, the Venezuelan president highlighted that capitalism was responsible for the environmental crisis and urged the body to move forward with climate financing
UN begins rare public hearing into human rights violations in Palestine
Representatives of three Palestinian rights groups testified on Monday. The UN commission of inquiry was established following the Israeli attacks on Gaza in May 2021, which killed over 250 people