How has Sri Lanka’s political landscape transformed over the past months?
Sri Lanka

How has Sri Lanka’s political landscape transformed over the past months?

Ahilan Kadirgamar, senior lecturer at the University of Jaffna, analyzes the recent political developments in Sri Lanka after the fall of the powerful Mahinda Rajapaksa

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
June 16, 2022
Trade unions and civil society ask WHO members for stronger commitment to health workers’ rights
World

Trade unions and civil society ask WHO members for stronger commitment to health workers’ rights

Baba Aye from Public Services International (PSI) looks back at the major discussion points and highlights of the 75th World Health Assembly

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
June 8, 2022
Australia workers strike
Australia

Thousands of Australian public service workers go on day-long strike

The conservative coalition government in Australia’s largest State, New South Wales, has faced massive resistance from trade unions and workers across sectors for over a year

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
June 8, 2022
US COVID response: War and profiteering remains the priority
United States

US COVID response: War and profiteering remains the priority

The death toll in the US due to COVID-19 has crossed 1million. The richest country in the world has stumbled in controlling the pandemic and the poorest have suffered the most

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
June 5, 2022
Italian anti-war activists protest plan to open military base in Pisa
Italy

Italian anti-war activists protest plan to open military base in Pisa

Thousands marched against the Mario Draghi government’s proposal to set up a military base in the Coltano village of the Pisa province which is already heavily militarized

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
June 5, 2022
Another Indigenous leader falls victim to armed group in Colombia
Colombia

Another Indigenous leader falls victim to armed group in Colombia

Edison Gómez Ortizmo’s Murui Indigenous community had been warned by armed groups against participating in last week’s presidential election in Colombia

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
June 4, 2022
Salvadorans mobilize to condemn three years of the Bukele government
El Salvador

Salvadorans mobilize to condemn three years of the Bukele government

Under the banner of “Three Years of Setbacks and Lies, Violation of Human Rights, Workers’ Rights and Abandonment of Productive Sectors,” hundreds took to the streets and social media platforms in rejection of President Nayib Bukele’s government

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
June 4, 2022
What’s stopping the revival of the Iran nuclear deal?
Dispatches Iran United States

What’s stopping the revival of the Iran nuclear deal?

Rania Khalek talks about the obstacles to the revival of the Iran nuclear deal. She explains how the deal is stuck at the final phase due to the unwillingness of the US to take the necessary steps

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
June 4, 2022