Portugal call center
Portugal

Portuguese call center workers intensify strike

The strike call given by the National Union of Telecommunications and Audiovisual Workers in Portugal will see work stoppages in three shifts from December 22-31. The workers are demanding an increase in wages and better working conditions

Peoples Dispatch
December 23, 2019
Despite bloodshed, Indians continue to resist discriminatory citizenship law
India

Despite bloodshed, Indians continue to resist discriminatory citizenship law

Today was the bloodiest day in the course of the protests so far with 15 killed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh by police firing

Peoples Dispatch
December 21, 2019
Pension reform France
France

Workers continue protests against pension reforms in France

The controversial reforms proposed by the Emmanuel Macron-led French government will introduce a grade point system for ascertaining pension amounts, besides raising the retirement age required to avail the pension benefits to 64

Peoples Dispatch
December 21, 2019
Hawaii governor issues ultimatum to Mauna Kea protesters
United States

Hawaii governor issues ultimatum to Mauna Kea protesters

According to Hawaiian governor David Ige, protesters who have been blockading the construction of the TMT observatory have until December 26 to abandon the site

Peoples Dispatch
December 20, 2019
Iraq protest
Iraq

Iraq frees 2,700 protesters as deadlock over prime minister’s post continues

In the absence of a consensus, the deadline for proposing a name for the next prime minister has been postponed to December 22. More than 496 people have been killed and more than 25,000 injured since the protests in Iraq began on October 1

Peoples Dispatch
December 20, 2019
Lebanese parliament elects Hassan Diab as new prime minister
Lebanon

Lebanese parliament elects Hassan Diab as new prime minister

Protests who have been mobilizing since October are not satisfied with the election of Hassan Diab and continue to push their demands of a complete overhaul of the political system

Peoples Dispatch
December 20, 2019
Poland judicial reforms
Poland

Massive protests against controversial judicial reforms rock Poland

The conservative government in Poland led by the Law and Justice Party (PiS) is pushing judicial reforms in an attempt to subjugate the judiciary

Peoples Dispatch
December 20, 2019
Israel violates ceasefire, strikes alleged Hamas targets in Gaza
Israel Palestine

Israel violates ceasefire, strikes alleged Hamas targets in Gaza

Israel has yet again conducted airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza strip, despite agreeing to a ceasefire brokered recently by Egypt and the UN. A day prior to the provocation, an Israeli fighter aircraft had killed a Palestinian

Peoples Dispatch
December 19, 2019