India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party suffers blow in Karnataka State elections
India

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party suffers blow in Karnataka State elections

The opposition Indian National Congress (INC) won a decisive victory in the southern State of Karnataka defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP in a keenly-watched election

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 13, 2023
Communist-backed student movement emerges as leading force in in Greek university elections
Greece

Communist-backed student movement emerges as leading force in in Greek university elections

Panspoudastiki KS, which is backed by the Communist Youth of Greece, won 19,632 votes, securing over 35.04% of the total votes polled for the student unions of 266 universities across Greece on May 10

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 13, 2023
Palestinian teachers on strike
Palestine

Palestinian teachers resume strike over long-standing demands on pay and other work-related issues

Teachers decided to go on strike within days of ending their two-month strike after the government failed to honor its agreed upon commitments 

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 12, 2023
In Turkish elections, will unprecedented legitimacy crisis bring down Recep Tayyip Erdogan?
Türkiye

In Turkish elections, will unprecedented legitimacy crisis bring down Recep Tayyip Erdogan?

Anıl Çınar of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey talks about the elections that will be held on May 14, the project of President Erdogan’s AKP, and the failures of opposition over the years which have enabled his fundamentalist agenda

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 12, 2023
US bans Lebanese Hezbollah domains
Lebanon United States

US ‘seizes’ over a dozen web domains related to Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah 

In 2021, the US had similarly seized domains related to Press TV, Al-Masirah, and Palestine Today—all of them critical of the policies of the US and its allies, especially Israel

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 12, 2023
Israeli bombing of Gaza (1)
Israel Palestine

Israeli assault on Gaza enters fourth day with 31 Palestinians killed in bombing

Israel’s indiscriminate airstrikes have primarily struck residential and civilian areas in Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas in the world

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 12, 2023
“Israel is built on the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages”
Israel Palestine World

“Israel is built on the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages”

The International People’s Assembly (IPA) organized an online event to mark 75 years of the Nakba and the Palestinians’ continued resistance against the Zionist colonial apartheid occupation of Israel 

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 11, 2023
UAE unjustified detention
United Arab Emirates

Activists and families of 51 people detained in the UAE call for their release

The 51 are part of a larger group of people who were convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government in what is known as the UAE94 case. In 2011, they had signed a petition calling on the government to introduce democratic and political reforms in the country

peoples and Peoples Dispatch
May 11, 2023