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Turkey-Syria earthquake catastrophe needs global cooperation, not U.S. sanctions

February 10, 2023 Sharon Black

February 9 — The death toll from the unprecedented scale of the 7.8-magnitude quake that hit Turkey and Syria is now over 23,000. As of this writing, almost 70,000 people have been injured, and some […]

Sanctions imposed by U.S. and allies hamper relief and rescue work in earthquake-devastated Syria

February 9, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

The head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Khaled Hboubati, demanded on Tuesday, February 7, that Western countries, specifically the U.S. and its allies, lift their siege and sanctions on Syria so that rescue and […]

The people of France continue to denounce pension reform

February 9, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

On February 7, while the French National Assembly was debating the controversial pension reforms proposed by the Emmanuel Macron-led government, the working class hit the streets once again in protest. Around 2 million people took […]

Danish working class opposes government’s bid to abolish public holiday to raise money for arms

February 8, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

Major opposition parties, left-wing groups, and trade unions in Denmark have protested the incumbent coalition government’s proposal to abolish the public holiday on ‘Great Prayer Day’ (Store Bededag). On Sunday, February 5, around 50,000 people […]

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Peru : “Our Demands Are Now Political” – Interview with Lourdes Huanca Atencio

February 6, 2023 Elisa Fuenzalida

A conversation with Lourdes Huanca Atencio, President of the Federation of Peasant, Artisan, Indigenous, Native and Salaried Women of Peru (FENMUCARINAP) The peasant uprising in Peru has achieved what seemed impossible: the left and academia […]

Massive rally in Brussels demands refinancing and more staff in health and non-profit sectors

February 4, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

On Tuesday, January 31, workers from non-profit sectors in Belgium demonstrated in the capital, Brussels, to defend the future of the care, culture, and welfare in the country. More than 20,000 people participated in the […]

Protests and repression in Peru’s capital intensify

January 31, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

55-year-old Víctor Santisteban Yacsavilca was declared dead on Saturday, January 28, after he was shot in the head with a pellet gun by the National Police of Peru. Yacsavilca is the first protester to die […]

Peru rejects the coup!

January 30, 2023 Struggle-La Lucha New York bureau

Jan. 28 — Close to a hundred people gathered in Manhattan’s Union Square this afternoon to protest the coup in Peru and the bloody police terror there. Peru’s President José Pedro Castillo Terrones was overthrown […]

Peruvians protest against U.S. embassy in Lima

January 26, 2023 Kawsachun News

Social movements from across Peru are protesting outside the U.S. embassy in Lima to condemn the U.S. role in the coup against Pedro Castillo. The main chant from protesters is, “Yanqui murderers, get out of […]

Outrage mounts after Korean Confederation of Trade Unions is raided by intelligence and police

January 23, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

On Wednesday, January 18, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), one of the largest workers’ organizations in South Korea, was raided by the intelligence and the police as the government escalated its persecution of […]