New Iraqi PM
Iraq

Mohammad Allawi, Iraq’s new prime minister, faces tough challenges

The announcement of Allawi’s name has generated mixed responses from the protesters in Iraq, with certain quarters ready to give him an opportunity while others have rejected him

Peoples Dispatch
February 3, 2020
Workers strike in Glasgow 1919
People's History

1919 workers strike in Glasgow

Coming barely a year after the Russian Revolution, the Secretary of State for Scotland declared the strike a “Bolshevist uprising.”

Peoples Dispatch
February 1, 2020
7423 bombs dropped on Afghanistan in 2019, says report
Afghanistan United States

7423 bombs dropped on Afghanistan in 2019, says report

Civilian casualties in the bombings have sharply increased in the last decade. Last year, the number of people killed in government and NATO-led attacks was higher than those killed by the Taliban

Peoples Dispatch
February 1, 2020
New Brexit Interview
United Kingdom

Brexit: The end of the beginning

The UK may have officially left the EU on January 31 but the divisions created during the process remain and many challenges lie ahead

Peoples Dispatch
January 31, 2020
Healthcare workers in Kenya’s Meru county set to strike on February 5
Kenya

Healthcare workers in Kenya’s Meru county set to strike on February 5

The county government has not responded to workers’ demand for the payment of their statutory dues for the months of November and December

Peoples Dispatch
January 31, 2020
Death of football fan and activist in Chile reignites protests
Chile

Death of football fan and activist in Chile reignites protests

Jorge Mora, a football fan and a social activist, was run over by a national police truck outside a football stadium in Santiago

Peoples Dispatch
January 31, 2020
Bolivian coup regime launches attack campaign against presidential candidate Luis Arce
Bolivia

Bolivian coup regime launches attack campaign against presidential candidate Luis Arce

Luis Arce, the presidential candidate of the socialist MAS party, denounced that the de-facto government is trying to impede his participation in the general elections on May 3

Peoples Dispatch
January 31, 2020
US house passes resolutions to restrict Trump’s war powers over Iraq and Iran
United States

US house passes resolutions to restrict Trump’s war powers over Iraq and Iran

They may prevent Trump to take any unilateral action against Iran before the elections.

Peoples Dispatch
January 31, 2020