Gustavo Petro responds to Trump: “Overthrow me…the Americas and humanity will respond”
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Gustavo Petro responds to Trump: “Overthrow me…the Americas and humanity will respond”

Trump announced retaliatory measures against Colombia after Petro refused to let a US military plane full of deported Colombians land in the South American nation, citing inhumane treatment.

Peoples Dispatch
January 26, 2025
Trump says he is conditioning aid to California following wildfires
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Trump says he is conditioning aid to California following wildfires

From disaster-torn North Carolina, Trump told reporters he would condition aid to California and that he might get rid of FEMA

Peoples Dispatch
January 24, 2025
Trump pardons all January 6 rioters—against the wishes of most in the US
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Trump pardons all January 6 rioters—against the wishes of most in the US

Most people in the US oppose January 6 pardons, yet Trump went ahead with acts of clemency for over 1,500 people

Peoples Dispatch
January 22, 2025
Cuban flag waving in the sky
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Trump reinstates Cuba as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”

Outgoing President Joe Biden had removed Cuba from the list less than a week prior, a long-awaited move that he committed to in his final days in office

Peoples Dispatch
January 22, 2025
President Trump’s first 24 hours
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President Trump’s first 24 hours

On day one of this presidency, Trump signed a flurry of executive orders. What are they, do they have staying power, and what do they mean for the working class?

Peoples Dispatch
January 21, 2025
Leonard Peltier: “It’s finally over – I’m going home”
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Leonard Peltier: “It’s finally over – I’m going home”

The Indigenous leader and longest-held political prisoner in the United States will be released to home confinement after his sentence was commuted.

Peoples Dispatch
January 21, 2025
Panamanian movements vow to resist Trump’s threats to their sovereignty
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Panamanian movements vow to resist Trump’s threats to their sovereignty

Following Trump’s statements about his possible intention to “retake” the Panama Canal, several voices in the Central American country have risen against the expansionist pretensions of the new government in Washington.

Peoples Dispatch
January 20, 2025
Over 80 US cities to hold protests on Trump’s inauguration day
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Over 80 US cities to hold protests on Trump’s inauguration day

Demonstrators mobilizing in over 40 US states to launch movement pledging to oppose “ultra-right, billionaire agenda”

Peoples Dispatch
January 17, 2025