Conservative US lawmakers hound pro-Palestine organizations
United States

Conservative US lawmakers hound pro-Palestine organizations

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and other Republican lawmakers launch direct attack against organizations standing with Palestine

Peoples Dispatch
September 27, 2024
Samsung workers in India continue their strike and demand recognition of union
India

Samsung workers in India continue their strike and demand recognition of union

According to CITU, Samsung spends less than 0.3% of its annual production value in India on labor costs, and has operated in the country for 16 years without any union

Peoples Dispatch
September 24, 2024
Cornell student faces deportation as retaliation for pro-Palestine activism
United States

Cornell student faces deportation as retaliation for pro-Palestine activism

Cornell University has retaliated against graduate worker Momodou Taal following Palestine solidarity action and his leading role in organizing efforts over the last year

Peoples Dispatch
September 24, 2024
Missouri has decided to execute an innocent man
United States

Missouri has decided to execute an innocent man

Despite DNA evidence indicating that Marcellus Williams is innocent, the Governor of Missouri has chosen to proceed with his execution

Peoples Dispatch
September 24, 2024
Sitaram Yechury: a true communist leader and champion of internationalism
India

Sitaram Yechury: a true communist leader and champion of internationalism

The veteran Marxist and general secretary of India’s largest left party, CPI (M), died due to prolonged illness on September 12 in Delhi at the age of 72.

Peoples Dispatch
September 23, 2024
Students, professors, and admin workers call for resistance against Milei’s attacks on public universities
Argentina

Students, professors, and admin workers call for resistance against Milei’s attacks on public universities

Several associations of students and workers in Argentine universities have called on their members and supporters to take to the streets against the plan of Javier Milei’s government to reduce the budget of university institutions.

Peoples Dispatch
September 23, 2024
Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 different countries call on the US to take Cuba off the “State Sponsor of Terrorism” list
Cuba World

Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 different countries call on the US to take Cuba off the “State Sponsor of Terrorism” list

The letter states that the designation “is designed to maximize the suffering of the people of Cuba, strangling its economy, displacing its families, and even restricting the flow of humanitarian aid”

Peoples Dispatch
September 20, 2024
Rights groups advocate for the release of political prisoners in India
India

Activists mark four years in jail under India’s UAPA without trial or bail

Umar Khalid and more than a dozen activists have spent four years in prison under India’s controversial Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), with no trial or bail. The cases are widely seen as politically motivated efforts to suppress dissent

Peoples Dispatch
September 20, 2024