beirut palestinian refugee camp
Lebanon

Lebanon begins disarmament of Palestinian resistance groups in refugee camps

The process will be carried out in phases as per an agreement between the Palestinian Authority and the Lebanese state.

Peoples Dispatch
August 26, 2025
Grassroots organizers speak at podium under umbrellas in the rain
United States

Organizers demand release of Katrina funds in New Orleans

New Orleans grassroots organizers are putting pressure on their city “so we don’t see another event like Katrina”

Peoples Dispatch
August 23, 2025
Syria’s interim government faces backlash for “step toward normalization” in US-brokered talks with Israel
Israel Syria

Syria’s interim government faces backlash for “step toward normalization” in US-brokered talks with Israel

Although Syria’s new ruler claimed that the controversial meeting aimed to enhance national stability and security due to Israel’s recurrent assaults on the Arab country, the move was seen by critics as an explicit act of normalization.

Peoples Dispatch
August 21, 2025
“Unpaid work is over”: Canadian flight attendants reach tentative agreement with airline
Canada

“Unpaid work is over”: Canadian flight attendants reach tentative agreement with airline

Air Canada flight attendants win ground pay after four-day strike after workers condemn government’s back-to-work order as violation of their rights

Peoples Dispatch
August 20, 2025
Pedro Castillo Betssy Chavez
Peru

Peru’s former PM Betssy Chávez has launched a hunger strike in prison

The former PM has been in prison since the coup against Pedro Castillo. In her latest letter, she announced she was embarking on a hunger strike, explicitly stating she does not wish to be revived.

Peoples Dispatch
August 20, 2025
AES leaders
Burkina Faso Mali Niger

Organizations from the African continent launch day of solidarity with the Alliance of Sahel States

Pan Africanism Today Secretariat rallies global solidarity as Sahel nations mark two years of defying neocolonial rule

Peoples Dispatch
August 16, 2025
housing malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysian plantation workers mobilize to demand housing rights

The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and the Farm Society Support Committee (JSML) have prepared a draft law which proposes a universal public housing plan for all farm workers in the country.

Peoples Dispatch
August 14, 2025
Tensions rise in Ecuador as President Noboa protests against the Constitutional Court
Ecuador

Tensions rise in Ecuador as President Noboa protests against the Constitutional Court

The Ecuadorian president has decided to confront the Constitutional Court, which has partially blocked his controversial laws, in the streets and at the polls.

Peoples Dispatch
August 14, 2025