Violence and intimidation leave bloody imprint on Honduran elections
Ahead of Sunday’s elections in Honduras, Olivia Zúniga Cáceres, congresswoman of the Libre Party, talks about the violence, hate and intimidation suffered by candidates and members of the opposition
What role does the military play in climate change?
A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined
At COP26, the only person arrested and charged was a Communist.
Amid the deepening climate crisis, it has become increasingly clear that capitalism is not only the root of the problem, but it also offers no viable solutions. Police cracked down on those that bore the clarion call “socialism or extinction”
Venezuela condemns illegal kidnapping of envoy Alex Saab
Following Saab’s extradition, Venezuela announced that it was suspending its participation in the dialogue process with the opposition in Mexico
Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso in eye of Pandora Papers storm
Information accessed by a member of parliament indicates that Guillermo Lasso’s wife may have served as a front to him help bypass rules on stashing money in tax havens
Movements in the US call to expand healthcare access
The Nonviolent Medicaid Army organized a week of action from September 13-20 to strengthen calls to expand healthcare coverage and unite organizations working on the issue
101 years of communist struggle in Turkey
On the 101st anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Turkey, Peoples Dispatch spoke to Ekin Sönmez, a member of the party’s Central Committee, about how the party is confronting the urgent challenges facing Turkey’s working class and is deepening the struggle for socialism
“We are telling people, vote for yourselves!”: Rehoboth Kafwabulula of Socialist Party of Zambia
The spokesperson of the Socialist Party of Zambia, Rehoboth Kafwabulula spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the upcoming elections in Zambia and the key messages they are taking to the masses