Syrian govt forces Idlib
Syria

Syrian government forces capture crucial town in rebel-held Idlib province

Idlib is the last remaining rebel-held region in the country, the liberation of which can lead to the end of the nine-year-long war in Syria

Peoples Dispatch
February 7, 2020
Thuringian elections Germany
Germany

Thuringian State premier resigns following national outrage over far-right support

Thomas Kemmerich, who was elected as prime minister of the German State of Thuringia with the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on February 5, resigned the next day

Peoples Dispatch
February 7, 2020
Mian Qayoom Kashmir
Kashmir

Prominent Kashmiri lawyer suffers in arbitrary detention

Twenty-time president of the Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association, Mian Qayoom continues to suffer in prison after being placed in arbitrary detention in August last year. He has lost about 20 kgs of weight due to sickness as his health continues to deteriorate

Peoples Dispatch
February 7, 2020
Toyota strike South Africa
South Africa

After NUMSA intervenes, Toyota South Africa reinstates nearly 3,000 dismissed workers

The workers were dismissed after they launched an ‘unprotected’ strike on January 24. The reinstatement comes as the strike action has taken a heavy toll on the company’s vehicles production

Peoples Dispatch
February 7, 2020
Swiss FTA with Indonesia
Switzerland

Swiss communists support “STOP Palm Oil” referendum against the FTA with Indonesia

The Swiss parliament ratified a Free Trade Agreement between the European Free Trade Association and Indonesia on December 20 last year, allegedly without addressing the environmental concerns regarding Indonesian palm oil production

Peoples Dispatch
February 7, 2020
Argentine Senate approves law to renegotiate external debt
Argentina

Argentine Senate approves law to renegotiate external debt

The law authorizes the Minister of Economy to renegotiate the conditions of the payment of the foreign debt taken during the administration of former president Mauricio Macri

Peoples Dispatch
February 6, 2020
Palestine deaths
Israel Palestine

Israel kills two Palestinian teens in separate incidents in the West Bank

Palestinians have been demonstrating across the Occupied Territories since January 28 against Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ which gives Israel permission to take over large parts of the occupied West Bank

Peoples Dispatch
February 6, 2020
International Peoples’ Assembly prepares for week of action against imperialism
World

International Peoples’ Assembly prepares for week of action against imperialism

The week of action, which seeks to strengthen the struggle of the working class across the world, will take place from May 25 to 30

Peoples Dispatch
February 6, 2020