Pakistani rights activist Ali Wazir and lawyer Imaan Mazari jailed on terror charges
Pakistan

Pakistani rights activist Ali Wazir and lawyer Imaan Mazari jailed on terror charges

Wazir is the co-founder of the PTM which demands end of state-sponsored human rights violations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He has been arrested on several other occasions in past

Peoples Dispatch
August 21, 2023
Books are not a crime! Solidarity with Toko Buku Rakyat in Malaysia
Malaysia

Books are not a crime! Solidarity with Toko Buku Rakyat in Malaysia

The International Union of Left Publishers expresses solidarity with the Toko Buku Rakyat bookstore that suffered a raid by officers looking for “The Communist Manifesto”

Peoples Dispatch
August 20, 2023
MST founder João Pedro Stedile faces off against right wing in Congress
Brazil

MST founder João Pedro Stedile faces off against right wing in Congress

The leader was summoned by right-wing deputies to testify before the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry that is “investigating” the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement

Peoples Dispatch
August 17, 2023
Santiago Peña sworn in as president of Paraguay amid protests
Paraguay

Santiago Peña sworn in as president of Paraguay amid protests

As the conservative economist Peña took office, hundreds of citizens took to the streets to reject the neoliberal economic policies promoted and implemented by the Colorado Party during the past eight decades of its government

Peoples Dispatch
August 17, 2023
Maui wildfire devastation exposes the legacy of colonialism
Hawai'i

Maui wildfire devastation exposes the legacy of colonialism

The worst natural disaster in Hawaiian history is still blazing, where Indigenous residents are being pushed out of their homes

Peoples Dispatch
August 17, 2023
Security and economy are the key issues in Ecuador’s early general elections
Ecuador

Security and economy are the key issues in Ecuador’s early general elections

All seven presidential candidates advocated strengthening of the security in the country and promised improvements as they stood next to fellow hopeful Fernando Villavicencio’s empty podium, who was assassinated last week

Peoples Dispatch
August 15, 2023
AMLO’s pro-working class policies are why poverty decreased in Mexico
Mexico

AMLO’s pro-working class policies are why poverty decreased in Mexico

The sensible policies taken by AMLO’s government are the reason for a significant reduction in poverty—yet mainstream media claims the causes are “unclear”

Peoples Dispatch
August 14, 2023
Far-right libertarian Javier Milei receives largest vote share in Argentina’s primaries
Argentina

Far-right libertarian Javier Milei receives largest vote share in Argentina’s primaries

Milei’s performance came as a surprise to many who had underestimated the chances of the candidate who proposes the dollarization of Argentina

Peoples Dispatch
August 14, 2023