Iran nuclear deal talks
World

Iran awaits US response to its demands in latest move to revive the nuclear deal  

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell claimed on Monday that talks in Vienna have concluded and the parties must now say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the final text of the agreement as there is no room for further negotiations

Peoples Dispatch
August 11, 2022
Yemen conflict
Yemen

Fight breaks out among Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen’s Shabwah province 

Control over the oil-rich southeastern province has been a central issue among the warring factions in Yemen. The Houthis claim that Saudi-backed groups are working with imperialist forces to loot the country’s resources  

Peoples Dispatch
August 11, 2022
Uruguayans mobilize in defense of right to housing
Uruguay

Uruguayans mobilize in defense of right to housing

The mobilizations were held in rejection of the article 304 of the new accountability and budget bill, which eliminated the subsidy for families facing issues with repayment of their housing loans

Peoples Dispatch
August 11, 2022
“Cuba is our neighbor!” campaign urges Biden to lift sanctions
Cuba United States

“Cuba is our neighbor!” campaign urges Biden to lift sanctions

Prominent figures across the US left have signed an open letter demanding that Biden lift sanctions on Cuba to facilitate humanitarian aid after Matanzas fire

Peoples Dispatch
August 10, 2022
Anti-war protest - Italy
Italy

Progressives condemn repression of anti-war march in Niscemi, Italy

Anti-war groups and ecologists have intensified their campaign against the presence of military bases and garrisons of NATO and the US across Italy

Peoples Dispatch
August 10, 2022
Turkish shelling in Syria
Syria Türkiye

Turkish shelling inside Syria kills five, destroys civilian infrastructure 

Turkey has been targeting and invading war-ravaged Kurdish majority regions of Syria and Iraq for many years now, killing hundreds and displacing thousands of people in complete violation of international laws

Peoples Dispatch
August 10, 2022
Panamanian unions call for mobilizations against government’s failure to fulfill agreements
Panama

Panamanian unions call for mobilizations against government’s failure to fulfill agreements

Saúl Méndez, general secretary of the Single Union of Construction Workers, denounced that the Laurentino Cortizo government has failed to comply with various agreements reached in negotiations

Peoples Dispatch
August 9, 2022
Walden Bello arrest Philippines
Philippines

Filipino activist and former vice-presidential candidate Walden Bello released on bail

Members of Bello’s leftwing coalition Laban ng Masa (in English, ‘Fight of the Masses’) have condemned the arrest, suggesting that it is part of a crackdown led by Sara Duterte and those allied with her

Peoples Dispatch
August 9, 2022