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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 […]

France: Over 2 million march, strike against pension cuts

January 21, 2023 Gary Wilson

French President Emmanuel Macron’s retirement and pension cuts sparked more than 200 mass demonstrations and strikes across France on Jan. 19. Labor unions said more than 2 million people took part nationwide, including 400,000 in […]

Peru: Demonstrators arrive in Lima to demand justice and democracy

January 21, 2023 Alejandra Garcia

Today protesters against Peru’s unelected president, Dina Boluarte, began flooding into Lima after a month and a half of social unrest that has left more than 50 dead, mainly at the hands of police forces. […]

The role of the Brazilian military in the coup attempt

January 20, 2023 Pedro Marin

The far-right mob that invaded the federal building, Congress, and the Supreme Court and vandalized government buildings at Three Powers Plaza in Brasília on January 8, demanded a “military intervention” in Brazil. They had set up camps that had […]

FRP, ARP, 31st MEU conduct live fire exercise aboard USS America

Top U.S. Marine Corps commander in Japan says Pentagon preparing for war with China

January 20, 2023 Drago Bosnic

The United States is now publicly discussing the “containment” of China with its Asia-Pacific vassals. On January 8, the Financial Times reported that the supreme U.S. Marine Corps commander for Japan gave very direct statements regarding Pentagon’s […]

Peru: Changing the rules of the game

January 19, 2023 Iroel Sánchez

“America for the Americans,” is the phrase with which Pedro Castillo closed his speech at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in April 2022, which he attended without his traditional rural teacher’s hat. […]

World’s richest 1% captured over 63% of all wealth created since 2020: Oxfam

January 19, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

The world’s richest 1% captured over two-thirds of all wealth created by humanity since 2020, leaving just one-third for the other 99% of the population, claims a report published by Oxfam on Monday, January 16. The […]

France set for ‘Black Thursday’ nationwide strike over pension reforms

January 19, 2023 Al Mayadeen English

Massive mayhem is ahead in France, as unions and protesters call for a “Black Thursday” countrywide strike over the government’s pension plans this week. The day of protest will be the first significant challenge that will establish […]

Lula: In the face of the coup and the importance of popular mobilization

January 13, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha

The attempted fascist Bolsonarist coup d’état of January 8 in Brasilia is not merely a local event. Everything indicates that it had international sponsorship. It is far from being a spontaneous revolt, as there are […]

Thousands march in Paris over rising prices, pension reform

January 12, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha

Thousands of people hit the streets of the French capital Paris on Jan. 7 as they demonstrated against President Emmanuel Macron for rising prices and pension reform. “We went out today for the sake of […]