Nigeria decides: “The election doesn’t hold out much by way of alternatives to the neoliberal challenges”
To understand what this election means for labor rights, women rights and healthcare in the country, Peoples Dispatch interviewed Nnimmo Bassey, a Nigerian author, poet and environmental activist.
Internationalist Youth Brigade witnesses Venezuelans’ will to resist imperialism
The ‘Che Guevara’ Internationalist Brigade culminated its activities on February 22 in Venezuela
“When we say Hands off Venezuela’, we are saying Viva Socialism”
Around 450 delegates from 85 countries congregated in Caracas, to participate in a gathering of solidarity with Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution
Ecuador signs deal with IMF, austerity measures to follow
The country will receive USD 10.2 billion in international loans, and the lower and middle classes will repay it in form of austerity measures
Emergency declared in Sudan following anti-government demonstration
The declaration of emergency, by president al-Bashir, came shortly after a parliamentary committee tasked with scrapping presidential term limits cancelled its meetings.
Despite opposition violence, Guaidó’s “aid” attempt flops
Sporadic clashes were reported on the border with opposition protesters
US to keep 200 ‘peacekeeping’ troops in Syria, despite planned withdrawal
The decision to maintain some military presence in Syria is seen as a move aimed at protecting Kurdish groups aligned with the United States and a possible establishment of “safe zones” along the country’s northern border with Turkey.
Thousands of Argentine women march for legal, safe and free abortion
The National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe and free abortion called for demonstrations across Argentina to demand the government to address the bill for Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy again this year