Medicaid America
United States

Trump’s new Medicaid rule prohibits automatic payment of union dues

Critics of the new rule view it as an attack on the workers’ right to unionize and as a move to diminish the unions’ influence by targeting their funds.

Peoples Dispatch
May 8, 2019
Julian Assange
United Kingdom

“A fight is on to save Assange’s life”

Actor Pamela Anderson and WikiLeaks editor Kristinn Hrafnsson met the organization’s founder, Julian Assange, at Belmarsh prison on May 7

Peoples Dispatch
May 8, 2019
Center-left candidate Laurentino Cortizo wins presidential elections in Panama
Panama

Center-left candidate Laurentino Cortizo wins presidential elections in Panama

Cortizo won with a margin of 2% over center-right candidate Rómulo Roux. He has promised to check corruption and deal with increasing unemployment

Peoples Dispatch
May 7, 2019
Hondurans defeat privatization measure with massive mobilizations
Honduras

Hondurans defeat privatization measure with massive mobilizations

The measure would have privatized education and healthcare services in a country where access to these services is already highly limited

Peoples Dispatch
May 7, 2019
Yellow vests
France

Yellow Vests hit the streets for the 25th consecutive week

In the city of Metz, thousands of yellow vests and environmentalists joined forces to protest at the venue of the meeting of environment ministers of the G7 countries

Peoples Dispatch
May 6, 2019
25 killed, 1,500 injured in three days of Israeli attacks on Gaza
Israel Palestine

25 killed, 1,500 injured in three days of Israeli attacks on Gaza

Reports suggest that a ceasefire agreement has been reached between Hamas and Israel

Peoples Dispatch
May 6, 2019
Black Colombian leaders survive assassination attempt
Colombia

Black Colombian leaders survive assassination attempt

The leaders were in a meeting to prepare for dialogues with the National Government when they were attacked by a group of armed men with firearms and grenades

Peoples Dispatch
May 5, 2019
Activists condemn Assange’s prison sentence, demand his release
United Kingdom

Activists condemn Assange’s prison sentence, demand his release

Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail on May 1 for jumping bail. He faces an extradition hearing to the United States towards the ends of May

Peoples Dispatch
May 5, 2019