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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION : PEOPLES DISPATCH The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation. LACK OF POLITICAL WILL AND IPR RULES STAND IN THE WAY OF A proposal made by India and South Africa in October last year to waive certain Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of COVID vaccines has gained massive support across the world. Despite its potential to prevent millions of avoidable deaths, the US and PROGRESSIVE SECTIONS IN POLAND DENOUNCE ATTACK ON LGBT LGBT rights groups in Poland along with other progressive sections have denounced an attack on LGBT activists in the city of Gdansk. On March 17, around thirty masked men attacked a training session of the Homokomando Trójmiasto sports group in Gdansk. Two of the athletes were injured and had to be taken to hospital. WORKERS PROTEST CLOSURE OF MATOSINHOS REFINERY IN PORTUGAL On Tuesday, February 2, workers and trade unionists demonstrated outside the office of energy supplier group Galp Energia in Lisbon, protesting the company’s decision to permanently cease operations at a crude oil refinery owned by its subsidiary Petróleos de CHINA BLAMES US FOR UN FAILURE TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON The UN Security Council failed to issue a formal statement on Israeli aggression in Gaza for the third time within a week due to US objections. This is despite growing global concern regarding the rising death toll of civilians and massive destruction inside

Palestine

SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week, demanding lifting of the ban on alcohol sale and the curfew imposed

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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION : PEOPLES DISPATCH The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation. LACK OF POLITICAL WILL AND IPR RULES STAND IN THE WAY OF A proposal made by India and South Africa in October last year to waive certain Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of COVID vaccines has gained massive support across the world. Despite its potential to prevent millions of avoidable deaths, the US and PROGRESSIVE SECTIONS IN POLAND DENOUNCE ATTACK ON LGBT LGBT rights groups in Poland along with other progressive sections have denounced an attack on LGBT activists in the city of Gdansk. On March 17, around thirty masked men attacked a training session of the Homokomando Trójmiasto sports group in Gdansk. Two of the athletes were injured and had to be taken to hospital. WORKERS PROTEST CLOSURE OF MATOSINHOS REFINERY IN PORTUGAL On Tuesday, February 2, workers and trade unionists demonstrated outside the office of energy supplier group Galp Energia in Lisbon, protesting the company’s decision to permanently cease operations at a crude oil refinery owned by its subsidiary Petróleos de CHINA BLAMES US FOR UN FAILURE TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON The UN Security Council failed to issue a formal statement on Israeli aggression in Gaza for the third time within a week due to US objections. This is despite growing global concern regarding the rising death toll of civilians and massive destruction inside

Palestine

SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week, demanding lifting of the ban on alcohol sale and the curfew imposed

from 9 p.m

PROTEST AGAINST EXPANSION OF JEWISH SETTLEMENTS REPRESSED A protest by Palestinians against the expansion of Jewish settlements was heavily repressed by Israeli forces in Nablus, Northern West Bank,

on June 8.

DESPITE MASS ARRESTS, MINNESOTA ANTI-PIPELINE PROTESTERS Protest against expansion of Jewish settlements repressed; Despite mass arrests, Minnesota anti-pipeline protesters to continue their struggle; In open letter, journalists call for unbiased coverage of Palestine and Israeli occupation A NEW HOPE EMERGES IN PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE TO SHEIKH Palestinians have once again shown that they refuse to suffer the occupation and colonization of their land in silence. The Sheikh Jarrah locality in the occupied East Jerusalem has recently become the focal point of this steadfast resistance. On Friday May 7, worshipers had gathered in al-Aqsa mosque and turned it into a solidarity meeting with the families that have been handed GRAVES OF 215 INDIGENOUS CHILDREN IN CANADA BRINGS BACK Over 215 dead bodies of children were discovered in mass graves last week on the grounds of Canada’s largest “Indian residential school.” The discovered remains are youth forced to attend the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, and include children from age three years to mid-teens. PEDRO CASTILLO WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN PERU, KEIKO Pedro Castillo of the left-wing Free Peru party has won the second round of presidential elections held in Peru on June 6. However, his rival, Keiko Fujimori of the far-right Popular Force party has refused to recognize the results. IN OPEN LETTER, JOURNALISTS CALL FOR UNBIASED COVERAGE OF The letter blames the mainstream media for failing to fulfil its duty of reporting the truth and holding the powerful accountable, in the process covering up and sanitizing Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing

and war crimes

RURAL TEACHER PEDRO CASTILLO POISED TO WRITE A NEW CHAPTER With his wide-brimmed peasant hat and oversized teacher’s pencil held high, Peru’s Pedro Castillo has been traveling the country exhorting voters to get behind a call that has been particularly urgent during this devastating pandemic: “No más pobres en VOLVO TRUCKS WORKERS ON STRIKE AGAIN IN VIRGINIA : PEOPLES Close to 3,000 workers at the Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) plant in the US State of Virginia are back on strike. The latest strike action began on Monday, June 7, a day after workers organized by the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) Local 2069 voted to reject a second tentative agreement offered by the company. AFTER SIX WEEKS, THE MOBILIZATIONS IN COLOMBIA CONTINUE Mobilizations continue in Colombia after six weeks since the beginning of the national strike. Movements and organizations that have been on the streets across the country since April 28 say that the government has not shown political will to engage in DESPITE MONTH-LONG LOCKOUT AT EXXONMOBIL, WORKERS CONTINUE Workers continue to show up to work at ExxonMobil's Beaumont plant, only to be turned back, since May 1. The USW has filed an unfair labor practices (ULP) lawsuit against the lockout.

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OVER 300 PALESTINIANS INJURED IN ISRAELI ATTACK ON AL-AQSA Over 300 Palestinians injured in Israeli attack on Al-Aqsa mosque complex. For the second time in four days, Israeli forces attacked the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem with stun grenades, tear gas sells and rubber-coated bullets. The attack came ahead of a provocative march by Jewish settlers in the city. May 10, 2021 by NATIONAL STRIKE IN COLOMBIA CONTINUES FOR A SECOND DAY National strike in Colombia continues for a second day. Thousands of Colombians, for a second consecutive day, mobilize in rejection of the far-right President Ivan Duque’s neoliberal tax reform, which seeks to make the working class pay for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. April 29, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. MCDONALD'S WORKERS ACROSS US GEAR UP FOR STRIKE DEMANDING McDonald’s workers across US gear up for strike demanding wage hike. The one-day strike will be held a day before the annual shareholders’ meeting. McDonald’s made $5 billion amid the pandemic last year but an average worker earns around USD 7.25 per hour. May 11, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. (Photo: Fight for 15/Twitter) PROGRESSIVE SECTIONS IN POLAND DENOUNCE ATTACK ON LGBT LGBT rights groups in Poland along with other progressive sections have denounced an attack on LGBT activists in the city of Gdansk. On March 17, around thirty masked men attacked a training session of the Homokomando Trójmiasto sports group in Gdansk. Two of the athletes were injured and had to be taken to hospital. MASSIVE GENERAL STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA HIGHLIGHTS DEMAND Millions of workers took part in the general strike on February 24, according to the South African Federation of Trade Unions which called for the labor action. Demonstrations were held in a SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. PRISON IS A UNIVERSITY FOR ACTIVISTS, SAYS ABAHLALI’S George Mqapheli Bonono, the deputy president of the shack-dweller’s movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), was released from prison on bail on Thursday, May 20.

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OVER 300 PALESTINIANS INJURED IN ISRAELI ATTACK ON AL-AQSA Over 300 Palestinians injured in Israeli attack on Al-Aqsa mosque complex. For the second time in four days, Israeli forces attacked the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem with stun grenades, tear gas sells and rubber-coated bullets. The attack came ahead of a provocative march by Jewish settlers in the city. May 10, 2021 by NATIONAL STRIKE IN COLOMBIA CONTINUES FOR A SECOND DAY National strike in Colombia continues for a second day. Thousands of Colombians, for a second consecutive day, mobilize in rejection of the far-right President Ivan Duque’s neoliberal tax reform, which seeks to make the working class pay for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. April 29, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. MCDONALD'S WORKERS ACROSS US GEAR UP FOR STRIKE DEMANDING McDonald’s workers across US gear up for strike demanding wage hike. The one-day strike will be held a day before the annual shareholders’ meeting. McDonald’s made $5 billion amid the pandemic last year but an average worker earns around USD 7.25 per hour. May 11, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. (Photo: Fight for 15/Twitter) PROGRESSIVE SECTIONS IN POLAND DENOUNCE ATTACK ON LGBT LGBT rights groups in Poland along with other progressive sections have denounced an attack on LGBT activists in the city of Gdansk. On March 17, around thirty masked men attacked a training session of the Homokomando Trójmiasto sports group in Gdansk. Two of the athletes were injured and had to be taken to hospital. MASSIVE GENERAL STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA HIGHLIGHTS DEMAND Millions of workers took part in the general strike on February 24, according to the South African Federation of Trade Unions which called for the labor action. Demonstrations were held in a SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. PRISON IS A UNIVERSITY FOR ACTIVISTS, SAYS ABAHLALI’S George Mqapheli Bonono, the deputy president of the shack-dweller’s movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), was released from prison on bail on Thursday, May 20. NATIONAL STRIKE IN COLOMBIA CONTINUES FOR A SECOND DAY National strike in Colombia continues for a second day. Thousands of Colombians, for a second consecutive day, mobilize in rejection of the far-right President Ivan Duque’s neoliberal tax reform, which seeks to make the working class pay for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. April 29, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. GRAVES OF 215 INDIGENOUS CHILDREN IN CANADA BRINGS BACK Over 215 dead bodies of children were discovered in mass graves last week on the grounds of Canada’s largest “Indian residential school.” The discovered remains are youth forced to attend the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, and include children from age three years to mid-teens. AFTER SIX WEEKS, THE MOBILIZATIONS IN COLOMBIA CONTINUE Mobilizations continue in Colombia after six weeks since the beginning of the national strike. Movements and organizations that have been on the streets across the country since April 28 say that the government has not shown political will to engage in THEIR WARS, OUR LIVES: THE RETURN OF ANTI-MILITARISM On June 14, 2021 NATO will hold a “Summit of Allied Leaders” at its headquarters in Brussels. According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenber, the meeting “is a unique opportunity to reinforce NATO as the enduring embodiment of the bond between Europe and North

America.”

RURAL TEACHER PEDRO CASTILLO POISED TO WRITE A NEW CHAPTER With his wide-brimmed peasant hat and oversized teacher’s pencil held high, Peru’s Pedro Castillo has been traveling the country exhorting voters to get behind a call that has been particularly urgent during this devastating pandemic: “No más pobres en GERMAN IMPERIALISM & EUROPEAN AMBITIONS BEYOND NATO German imperialism & European ambitions beyond NATO. European imperialism is on the march and preparing for war. Journalist Jörg Kronauer explains the various military initiatives in the European Union and the German interests in such mobilizations. October 12, 2020 by Franziska Kleiner. At a conference, “Contradictions within

imperialist

SUDANESE PROTESTERS MARK SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ARMY Hundreds took to the streets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday, June 3 to honor those who were killed when the Sudanese army massacred pro-democracy protesters in 2019. DESPITE MONTH-LONG LOCKOUT AT EXXONMOBIL, WORKERS CONTINUE Workers continue to show up to work at ExxonMobil's Beaumont plant, only to be turned back, since May 1. The USW has filed an unfair labor practices (ULP) lawsuit against the lockout. ALGERIAN LEGAL FRATERNITY PROTESTS DETENTION OF LAWYER Thousands of lawyers in Algeria held protests, including national boycotts of hearings and sit-ins in front of courts, to denounce the arrest and illegal detention of lawyer and human rights activist

Abderaouf Arslane.

US SPIED ON ITS CLOSE ALLIES IN EUROPE INCLUDING GERMANY According to news reports published in the European media on Sunday, May 30, Denmark’s secret service helped the US National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on leaders of its close allies in Europe including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and president Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

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MASSIVE GENERAL STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA HIGHLIGHTS DEMAND Millions of workers took part in the general strike on February 24, according to the South African Federation of Trade Unions which called for the labor action. Demonstrations were held in a PROGRESSIVE SECTIONS IN POLAND DENOUNCE ATTACK ON LGBT LGBT rights groups in Poland along with other progressive sections have denounced an attack on LGBT activists in the city of Gdansk. On March 17, around thirty masked men attacked a training session of the Homokomando Trójmiasto sports group in Gdansk. Two of the athletes were injured and had to be taken to hospital. SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. CHINA BLAMES US FOR UN FAILURE TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON China blames US for UN failure to issue statement on Palestine. The UN Security Council failed to issue a formal statement on Israeli aggression in Gaza due to US objections. This is despite growing global concern regarding the rising death toll of civilians and massive destruction inside Palestine. Chinese foreign minister Wang

Yi.

LACK OF POLITICAL WILL AND IPR RULES STAND IN THE WAY OF A proposal made by India and South Africa in October last year to waive certain Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of COVID vaccines has gained massive support across the world. Despite its potential to prevent millions of avoidable deaths, the US and WORKERS PROTEST CLOSURE OF MATOSINHOS REFINERY IN PORTUGAL Workers protest closure of Matosinhos refinery in Portugal. Portuguese energy supplier group Galp Energia has announced the closure of a crude oil refinery owned by its subsidiary Petrogal in Matosinhos, which is likely to affect over a thousand jobs. February 04, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. Workers’ protest at the Galp Energia’s

headquarters

ROGER WATERS ON ECUADOR AND STEVEN DONZIGER'S FIGHT FOR Roger Waters on Ecuador and Steven Donziger’s fight for justice. Musician Roger Waters talks about the struggle of the indigenous people of Ecuador against Chevron and the persecution suffered by their attorney Steven Donziger. January 29, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch.

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MASSIVE GENERAL STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA HIGHLIGHTS DEMAND Millions of workers took part in the general strike on February 24, according to the South African Federation of Trade Unions which called for the labor action. Demonstrations were held in a PROGRESSIVE SECTIONS IN POLAND DENOUNCE ATTACK ON LGBT LGBT rights groups in Poland along with other progressive sections have denounced an attack on LGBT activists in the city of Gdansk. On March 17, around thirty masked men attacked a training session of the Homokomando Trójmiasto sports group in Gdansk. Two of the athletes were injured and had to be taken to hospital. SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. CHINA BLAMES US FOR UN FAILURE TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON China blames US for UN failure to issue statement on Palestine. The UN Security Council failed to issue a formal statement on Israeli aggression in Gaza due to US objections. This is despite growing global concern regarding the rising death toll of civilians and massive destruction inside Palestine. Chinese foreign minister Wang

Yi.

LACK OF POLITICAL WILL AND IPR RULES STAND IN THE WAY OF A proposal made by India and South Africa in October last year to waive certain Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of COVID vaccines has gained massive support across the world. Despite its potential to prevent millions of avoidable deaths, the US and WORKERS PROTEST CLOSURE OF MATOSINHOS REFINERY IN PORTUGAL Workers protest closure of Matosinhos refinery in Portugal. Portuguese energy supplier group Galp Energia has announced the closure of a crude oil refinery owned by its subsidiary Petrogal in Matosinhos, which is likely to affect over a thousand jobs. February 04, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. Workers’ protest at the Galp Energia’s

headquarters

ROGER WATERS ON ECUADOR AND STEVEN DONZIGER'S FIGHT FOR Roger Waters on Ecuador and Steven Donziger’s fight for justice. Musician Roger Waters talks about the struggle of the indigenous people of Ecuador against Chevron and the persecution suffered by their attorney Steven Donziger. January 29, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch.

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AFTER SIX WEEKS, THE MOBILIZATIONS IN COLOMBIA CONTINUE Mobilizations continue in Colombia after six weeks since the beginning of the national strike. Movements and organizations that have been on the streets across the country since April 28 say that the government has not shown political will to engage in MCDONALD'S WORKERS ACROSS US GEAR UP FOR STRIKE DEMANDING McDonald’s workers across US gear up for strike demanding wage hike. The one-day strike will be held a day before the annual shareholders’ meeting. McDonald’s made $5 billion amid the pandemic last year but an average worker earns around USD 7.25 per hour. May 11, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. (Photo: Fight for 15/Twitter) GRAVES OF 215 INDIGENOUS CHILDREN IN CANADA BRINGS BACK Over 215 dead bodies of children were discovered in mass graves last week on the grounds of Canada’s largest “Indian residential school.” The discovered remains are youth forced to attend the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, and include children from age three years to mid-teens. ISRAEL INTENSIFIES PERSECUTION OF ITS PALESTINIAN CITIZENS Israel’s security forces have waged a campaign and arrested more than 3,000 Palestinian citizens since the second week of May this for their participation in protests against Israeli aggression at Al-Aqsa and in Gaza, calling it “operation law and order” THEIR WARS, OUR LIVES: THE RETURN OF ANTI-MILITARISM On June 14, 2021 NATO will hold a “Summit of Allied Leaders” at its headquarters in Brussels. According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenber, the meeting “is a unique opportunity to reinforce NATO as the enduring embodiment of the bond between Europe and North

America.”

RURAL TEACHER PEDRO CASTILLO POISED TO WRITE A NEW CHAPTER With his wide-brimmed peasant hat and oversized teacher’s pencil held high, Peru’s Pedro Castillo has been traveling the country exhorting voters to get behind a call that has been particularly urgent during this devastating pandemic: “No más pobres en SUDANESE PROTESTERS MARK SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ARMY Hundreds took to the streets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday, June 3 to honor those who were killed when the Sudanese army massacred pro-democracy protesters in 2019. DESPITE MONTH-LONG LOCKOUT AT EXXONMOBIL, WORKERS CONTINUE Workers continue to show up to work at ExxonMobil's Beaumont plant, only to be turned back, since May 1. The USW has filed an unfair labor practices (ULP) lawsuit against the lockout. ALGERIAN LEGAL FRATERNITY PROTESTS DETENTION OF LAWYER Thousands of lawyers in Algeria held protests, including national boycotts of hearings and sit-ins in front of courts, to denounce the arrest and illegal detention of lawyer and human rights activist

Abderaouf Arslane.

US SPIED ON ITS CLOSE ALLIES IN EUROPE INCLUDING GERMANY According to news reports published in the European media on Sunday, May 30, Denmark’s secret service helped the US National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on leaders of its close allies in Europe including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and president Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

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NATIONAL STRIKE IN COLOMBIA CONTINUES FOR A SECOND DAY National strike in Colombia continues for a second day. Thousands of Colombians, for a second consecutive day, mobilize in rejection of the far-right President Ivan Duque’s neoliberal tax reform, which seeks to make the working class pay for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. April 29, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. CHINA BLAMES US FOR UN FAILURE TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON China blames US for UN failure to issue statement on Palestine. The UN Security Council failed to issue a formal statement on Israeli aggression in Gaza due to US objections. This is despite growing global concern regarding the rising death toll of civilians and massive destruction inside Palestine. Chinese foreign minister Wang

Yi.

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION : PEOPLES DISPATCH The impact of COVID-19 on education. The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation. September 03, 2020 by Zandile Bangani. Illustrator: Anastasya Eliseeva. The abrupt move from the classroom to

remote

VIOLENCE AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS INTENSIFY IN COLOMBIA Violence and humanitarian crisis intensify in Colombia. According to the INDEPAZ, as of April 6, 43 social leaders and 14 ex-combatants of FARC have been assassinated by illegal armed groups. 91 people have been killed in 25 massacres this year. The violence has led to the forced displacement of around 15,000 people. SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. MASSIVE GENERAL STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA HIGHLIGHTS DEMAND Millions of workers took part in the general strike on February 24, according to the South African Federation of Trade Unions which called for the labor action. Demonstrations were held in a LACK OF POLITICAL WILL AND IPR RULES STAND IN THE WAY OF A proposal made by India and South Africa in October last year to waive certain Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of COVID vaccines has gained massive support across the world. Despite its potential to prevent millions of avoidable deaths, the US and

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NATIONAL STRIKE IN COLOMBIA CONTINUES FOR A SECOND DAY National strike in Colombia continues for a second day. Thousands of Colombians, for a second consecutive day, mobilize in rejection of the far-right President Ivan Duque’s neoliberal tax reform, which seeks to make the working class pay for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. April 29, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. CHINA BLAMES US FOR UN FAILURE TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON China blames US for UN failure to issue statement on Palestine. The UN Security Council failed to issue a formal statement on Israeli aggression in Gaza due to US objections. This is despite growing global concern regarding the rising death toll of civilians and massive destruction inside Palestine. Chinese foreign minister Wang

Yi.

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION : PEOPLES DISPATCH The impact of COVID-19 on education. The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation. September 03, 2020 by Zandile Bangani. Illustrator: Anastasya Eliseeva. The abrupt move from the classroom to

remote

VIOLENCE AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS INTENSIFY IN COLOMBIA Violence and humanitarian crisis intensify in Colombia. According to the INDEPAZ, as of April 6, 43 social leaders and 14 ex-combatants of FARC have been assassinated by illegal armed groups. 91 people have been killed in 25 massacres this year. The violence has led to the forced displacement of around 15,000 people. SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. MASSIVE GENERAL STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA HIGHLIGHTS DEMAND Millions of workers took part in the general strike on February 24, according to the South African Federation of Trade Unions which called for the labor action. Demonstrations were held in a LACK OF POLITICAL WILL AND IPR RULES STAND IN THE WAY OF A proposal made by India and South Africa in October last year to waive certain Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of COVID vaccines has gained massive support across the world. Despite its potential to prevent millions of avoidable deaths, the US and NATIONAL STRIKE IN COLOMBIA CONTINUES FOR A SECOND DAY National strike in Colombia continues for a second day. Thousands of Colombians, for a second consecutive day, mobilize in rejection of the far-right President Ivan Duque’s neoliberal tax reform, which seeks to make the working class pay for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. April 29, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch. ISRAEL INTENSIFIES PERSECUTION OF ITS PALESTINIAN CITIZENS Israel’s security forces have waged a campaign and arrested more than 3,000 Palestinian citizens since the second week of May this for their participation in protests against Israeli aggression at Al-Aqsa and in Gaza, calling it “operation law and order” GRAVES OF 215 INDIGENOUS CHILDREN IN CANADA BRINGS BACK Over 215 dead bodies of children were discovered in mass graves last week on the grounds of Canada’s largest “Indian residential school.” The discovered remains are youth forced to attend the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, and include children from age three years to mid-teens. ISRAELI INTIMIDATION, OPPRESSION OF PALESTINIANS CONTINUES Israeli forces over the last 3 days violently assaulted journalists, arrested prominent Palestinians activists resisting evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and attacked Palestinian runners taking part in a solidarity race in support of Sheikh Jarrah SUDANESE PROTESTERS MARK SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ARMY Hundreds took to the streets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday, June 3 to honor those who were killed when the Sudanese army massacred pro-democracy protesters in 2019. ISRAELI SHIPS NOT WELCOME AT NORTH AMERICAN PORTS In a major push to hold Israel accountable for its crimes on Palestinians, activists and workers’ movements have put up picket

lines on key ports

DESPITE MONTH-LONG LOCKOUT AT EXXONMOBIL, WORKERS CONTINUE Workers continue to show up to work at ExxonMobil's Beaumont plant, only to be turned back, since May 1. The USW has filed an unfair labor practices (ULP) lawsuit against the lockout. 30,000 NURSES PREPARE FOR STRIKE ACTION IN NEW ZEALAND Thousands of nurses, midwives and similar healthcare professionals working in hospitals operated by the 20 District Health Boards will be on an eight-hour strike action on June 9, protesting low wage rates

and understaffing

DISPATCHES FROM INDIA: QUESTIONS FOR THE ECONOMY : PEOPLES All text content published on peoplesdispatch.org is the property of Peoples Dispatch and is under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license. For license to republish any audio, video or image content, please get in touch with the Peoples Dispatch Team. US SPIED ON ITS CLOSE ALLIES IN EUROPE INCLUDING GERMANY According to news reports published in the European media on Sunday, May 30, Denmark’s secret service helped the US National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on leaders of its close allies in Europe including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and president Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

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racism in the US.

SOUTH AFRICAN DOCKWORKERS TO BOYCOTT ISRAELI SHIPS UNTIL The dockworkers continue to boycott work on Israeli ship Zim Shanghai since it arrived at Durban port on May 20. All ships carrying cargo to and from Israel will be boycotted by dockworkers, South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) told Peoples Dispatch THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION : PEOPLES DISPATCH The impact of COVID-19 on education. The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation. September 03, 2020 by Zandile Bangani. Illustrator: Anastasya Eliseeva. The abrupt move from the classroom to

remote

VIOLENCE AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS INTENSIFY IN COLOMBIA Violence and humanitarian crisis intensify in Colombia. According to the INDEPAZ, as of April 6, 43 social leaders and 14 ex-combatants of FARC have been assassinated by illegal armed groups. 91 people have been killed in 25 massacres this year. The violence has led to the forced displacement of around 15,000 people. SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. WORKERS AT VOLVO TRUCK PLANT IN US REJECT COMPROMISED DEAL In a contract vote held by the workers’ union at the world’s largest Volvo Truck plant, in Virginia in the United States, workers overwhelmingly voted against a tentative deal negotiated by the company and the union. CANADA RAIDS INDIGENOUS LANDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE In January, Indigenous land defenders were able to evict both the RCMP and the CGL workers from their land. They were served an eviction notice on January 5 which stated that they cannot return to the territory and resume work until they have the consent of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. SOUTH AFRICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROTECTS DOMESTIC South Africa’s constitutional Court protects domestic workers. The court has ruled that these employees can claim from the Compensation Fund if injured while on duty. The ground-breaking judgment also ensures domestic workers can apply retrospectively. November 24, 2020 by Musawenkosi Cabe. 21 October 2020: Before the Constitutional Court “THE WAR AGAINST VENEZUELA POSITIONS THE BODIES OF WOMEN The United States and its allies are waging a multidimensional war against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela through economic sanctions, sabotage, attempted coups and encouraging political

instability.

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racism in the US.

SOUTH AFRICAN DOCKWORKERS TO BOYCOTT ISRAELI SHIPS UNTIL The dockworkers continue to boycott work on Israeli ship Zim Shanghai since it arrived at Durban port on May 20. All ships carrying cargo to and from Israel will be boycotted by dockworkers, South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) told Peoples Dispatch THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION : PEOPLES DISPATCH The impact of COVID-19 on education. The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation. September 03, 2020 by Zandile Bangani. Illustrator: Anastasya Eliseeva. The abrupt move from the classroom to

remote

VIOLENCE AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS INTENSIFY IN COLOMBIA Violence and humanitarian crisis intensify in Colombia. According to the INDEPAZ, as of April 6, 43 social leaders and 14 ex-combatants of FARC have been assassinated by illegal armed groups. 91 people have been killed in 25 massacres this year. The violence has led to the forced displacement of around 15,000 people. SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. WORKERS AT VOLVO TRUCK PLANT IN US REJECT COMPROMISED DEAL In a contract vote held by the workers’ union at the world’s largest Volvo Truck plant, in Virginia in the United States, workers overwhelmingly voted against a tentative deal negotiated by the company and the union. CANADA RAIDS INDIGENOUS LANDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE In January, Indigenous land defenders were able to evict both the RCMP and the CGL workers from their land. They were served an eviction notice on January 5 which stated that they cannot return to the territory and resume work until they have the consent of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. SOUTH AFRICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROTECTS DOMESTIC South Africa’s constitutional Court protects domestic workers. The court has ruled that these employees can claim from the Compensation Fund if injured while on duty. The ground-breaking judgment also ensures domestic workers can apply retrospectively. November 24, 2020 by Musawenkosi Cabe. 21 October 2020: Before the Constitutional Court “THE WAR AGAINST VENEZUELA POSITIONS THE BODIES OF WOMEN The United States and its allies are waging a multidimensional war against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela through economic sanctions, sabotage, attempted coups and encouraging political

instability.

ISRAEL INTENSIFIES PERSECUTION OF ITS PALESTINIAN CITIZENS Israel’s security forces have waged a campaign and arrested more than 3,000 Palestinian citizens since the second week of May this for their participation in protests against Israeli aggression at Al-Aqsa and in Gaza, calling it “operation law and order” GRAVES OF 215 INDIGENOUS CHILDREN IN CANADA BRINGS BACK Over 215 dead bodies of children were discovered in mass graves last week on the grounds of Canada’s largest “Indian residential school.” The discovered remains are youth forced to attend the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, and include children from age three years to mid-teens. RIGHT-WING VIOLENCE AGAINST MAPUCHE PEOPLE IN CHILE WIDELY Right-wing violence against Mapuche people in Chile widely condemned. Social movements are demanding that urgent actions be taken against the Carabineros and that the interior ministers be removed from his position for their complicity in the violence against the Mapuche Indigenous community. Carabineros repressed a march in support of the ISRAELI INTIMIDATION, OPPRESSION OF PALESTINIANS CONTINUES Israeli forces over the last 3 days violently assaulted journalists, arrested prominent Palestinians activists resisting evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and attacked Palestinian runners taking part in a solidarity race in support of Sheikh Jarrah SUDANESE PROTESTERS MARK SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ARMY Hundreds took to the streets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday, June 3 to honor those who were killed when the Sudanese army massacred pro-democracy protesters in 2019. THE NEAR TOTAL STRIKE IN LESOTHO’S GARMENT SECTOR ENTERS The strike action by almost the entire workforce of Lesotho’s textile and garment sector on Monday, June 7, entered its 25 th day. Nearly 38,000 of roughly 40,000 workers in this sector — which makes up 20% of the GDP of this tiny southern African landlocked country with a population of a little over 2 million — have downed tools

since May 14.

NI UNA MENOS COMPLETES SIX YEARS, AND STRUGGLE AGAINST The Ni Una Menos movement was founded in 2015 in Argentina with the aim to demand an end to all forms of gender-based violence. On the anniversary of its founding, Argentinian women and non-binary people claim their rights with renewed vigor ISRAELI SHIPS NOT WELCOME AT NORTH AMERICAN PORTS In a major push to hold Israel accountable for its crimes on Palestinians, activists and workers’ movements have put up picket

lines on key ports

DESPITE MONTH-LONG LOCKOUT AT EXXONMOBIL, WORKERS CONTINUE Workers continue to show up to work at ExxonMobil's Beaumont plant, only to be turned back, since May 1. The USW has filed an unfair labor practices (ULP) lawsuit against the lockout. ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, EUROPEAN LEFT CALLS FOR A GREEN On the occasion of the World Environment Day on Saturday, June 5, the European Left party gave a call to implement a ‘Green New Deal’ to

achieve the

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racism in the US.

SOUTH AFRICAN DOCKWORKERS TO BOYCOTT ISRAELI SHIPS UNTIL The dockworkers continue to boycott work on Israeli ship Zim Shanghai since it arrived at Durban port on May 20. All ships carrying cargo to and from Israel will be boycotted by dockworkers, South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) told Peoples Dispatch THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION : PEOPLES DISPATCH The impact of COVID-19 on education. The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation. September 03, 2020 by Zandile Bangani. Illustrator: Anastasya Eliseeva. The abrupt move from the classroom to

remote

VIOLENCE AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS INTENSIFY IN COLOMBIA Violence and humanitarian crisis intensify in Colombia. According to the INDEPAZ, as of April 6, 43 social leaders and 14 ex-combatants of FARC have been assassinated by illegal armed groups. 91 people have been killed in 25 massacres this year. The violence has led to the forced displacement of around 15,000 people. SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. WORKERS AT VOLVO TRUCK PLANT IN US REJECT COMPROMISED DEAL In a contract vote held by the workers’ union at the world’s largest Volvo Truck plant, in Virginia in the United States, workers overwhelmingly voted against a tentative deal negotiated by the company and the union. CANADA RAIDS INDIGENOUS LANDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE In January, Indigenous land defenders were able to evict both the RCMP and the CGL workers from their land. They were served an eviction notice on January 5 which stated that they cannot return to the territory and resume work until they have the consent of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. SOUTH AFRICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROTECTS DOMESTIC South Africa’s constitutional Court protects domestic workers. The court has ruled that these employees can claim from the Compensation Fund if injured while on duty. The ground-breaking judgment also ensures domestic workers can apply retrospectively. November 24, 2020 by Musawenkosi Cabe. 21 October 2020: Before the Constitutional Court “THE WAR AGAINST VENEZUELA POSITIONS THE BODIES OF WOMEN The United States and its allies are waging a multidimensional war against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela through economic sanctions, sabotage, attempted coups and encouraging political

instability.

PEOPLES DISPATCH

All text content published on peoplesdispatch.org is the property of Peoples Dispatch and is under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license. For license to republish any audio, video or image content, please get in touch with the Peoples Dispatch Team. DAILY ROUND-UP : PEOPLES DISPATCH Daily Round-up. Myanmar military intensifies violence and more. Peoples Dispatch / March 29, 2021. In today’s episode we look at the escalation of violence on protesters by Myanmarese military, freeing of ship in Suez canal, leftist protests in Lebanon against deteriorating economic situation as well as the roots of anti-Asian

racism in the US.

SOUTH AFRICAN DOCKWORKERS TO BOYCOTT ISRAELI SHIPS UNTIL The dockworkers continue to boycott work on Israeli ship Zim Shanghai since it arrived at Durban port on May 20. All ships carrying cargo to and from Israel will be boycotted by dockworkers, South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) told Peoples Dispatch THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION : PEOPLES DISPATCH The impact of COVID-19 on education. The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation. September 03, 2020 by Zandile Bangani. Illustrator: Anastasya Eliseeva. The abrupt move from the classroom to

remote

VIOLENCE AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS INTENSIFY IN COLOMBIA Violence and humanitarian crisis intensify in Colombia. According to the INDEPAZ, as of April 6, 43 social leaders and 14 ex-combatants of FARC have been assassinated by illegal armed groups. 91 people have been killed in 25 massacres this year. The violence has led to the forced displacement of around 15,000 people. SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. WORKERS AT VOLVO TRUCK PLANT IN US REJECT COMPROMISED DEAL In a contract vote held by the workers’ union at the world’s largest Volvo Truck plant, in Virginia in the United States, workers overwhelmingly voted against a tentative deal negotiated by the company and the union. CANADA RAIDS INDIGENOUS LANDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE In January, Indigenous land defenders were able to evict both the RCMP and the CGL workers from their land. They were served an eviction notice on January 5 which stated that they cannot return to the territory and resume work until they have the consent of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. SOUTH AFRICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROTECTS DOMESTIC South Africa’s constitutional Court protects domestic workers. The court has ruled that these employees can claim from the Compensation Fund if injured while on duty. The ground-breaking judgment also ensures domestic workers can apply retrospectively. November 24, 2020 by Musawenkosi Cabe. 21 October 2020: Before the Constitutional Court “THE WAR AGAINST VENEZUELA POSITIONS THE BODIES OF WOMEN The United States and its allies are waging a multidimensional war against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela through economic sanctions, sabotage, attempted coups and encouraging political

instability.

RIGHT-WING VIOLENCE AGAINST MAPUCHE PEOPLE IN CHILE WIDELY Right-wing violence against Mapuche people in Chile widely condemned. Social movements are demanding that urgent actions be taken against the Carabineros and that the interior ministers be removed from his position for their complicity in the violence against the Mapuche Indigenous community. Carabineros repressed a march in support of the ISRAEL INTENSIFIES PERSECUTION OF ITS PALESTINIAN CITIZENS Israel’s security forces have waged a campaign and arrested more than 3,000 Palestinian citizens since the second week of May this for their participation in protests against Israeli aggression at Al-Aqsa and in Gaza, calling it “operation law and order” SUDANESE PROTESTERS MARK SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ARMY Hundreds took to the streets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday, June 3 to honor those who were killed when the Sudanese army massacred pro-democracy protesters in 2019. ISRAELI SHIPS NOT WELCOME AT NORTH AMERICAN PORTS In a major push to hold Israel accountable for its crimes on Palestinians, activists and workers’ movements have put up picket

lines on key ports

STUDENT GROUPS IN NETHERLANDS SEEK ABOLITION OF LOAN On Thursday, June 3, various students groups in the Netherlands observed a national students strike under the theme #NotMyFault. Their demand was that the government implement a debt-free basic scholarship system, provide compensation for generations of students indebted by the loan system, and maintain the quality of education. SUDANESE PROTEST AGAINST CONTINUING ATROCITIES BY RAPID On Monday, August 10, residents of Sudanese capital Khartoum who hail from the South Darfur state, held a demonstration outside the offices of the cabinet ministers of the transitional government. This was in protest against the transitional government’s failure to protect the people of Darfur from attacks by a government militia. ISRAELI INTIMIDATION, OPPRESSION OF PALESTINIANS CONTINUES Israeli forces over the last 3 days violently assaulted journalists, arrested prominent Palestinians activists resisting evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and attacked Palestinian runners taking part in a solidarity race in support of Sheikh Jarrah TALIBAN CONTINUES ATTACKS ON VARIOUS PROVINCES IN As the foreign troops are slated to officially leave the Afghan territory by September 11, the Taliban continues to intensify its attacks on provincial capitals, districts, bases DESPITE MONTH-LONG LOCKOUT AT EXXONMOBIL, WORKERS CONTINUE Workers continue to show up to work at ExxonMobil's Beaumont plant, only to be turned back, since May 1. The USW has filed an unfair labor practices (ULP) lawsuit against the lockout. KEIKO FUJIMORI ALLEGES FRAUD AS PEDRO CASTILLO TAKES LEADS Keiko Fujimori of the far-right Popular Force party, on June 7, raised allegations of “irregularities” and “signs of fraud” in Sunday’s presidential run-off as Pedro Castillo of the left-wing Free Peru party took a lead over her in the vote count.

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racism in the US.

SOUTH AFRICAN DOCKWORKERS TO BOYCOTT ISRAELI SHIPS UNTIL The dockworkers continue to boycott work on Israeli ship Zim Shanghai since it arrived at Durban port on May 20. All ships carrying cargo to and from Israel will be boycotted by dockworkers, South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) told Peoples Dispatch THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION : PEOPLES DISPATCH The impact of COVID-19 on education. The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation. September 03, 2020 by Zandile Bangani. Illustrator: Anastasya Eliseeva. The abrupt move from the classroom to

remote

VIOLENCE AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS INTENSIFY IN COLOMBIA Violence and humanitarian crisis intensify in Colombia. According to the INDEPAZ, as of April 6, 43 social leaders and 14 ex-combatants of FARC have been assassinated by illegal armed groups. 91 people have been killed in 25 massacres this year. The violence has led to the forced displacement of around 15,000 people. SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. WORKERS AT VOLVO TRUCK PLANT IN US REJECT COMPROMISED DEAL In a contract vote held by the workers’ union at the world’s largest Volvo Truck plant, in Virginia in the United States, workers overwhelmingly voted against a tentative deal negotiated by the company and the union. CANADA RAIDS INDIGENOUS LANDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE In January, Indigenous land defenders were able to evict both the RCMP and the CGL workers from their land. They were served an eviction notice on January 5 which stated that they cannot return to the territory and resume work until they have the consent of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. SOUTH AFRICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROTECTS DOMESTIC South Africa’s constitutional Court protects domestic workers. The court has ruled that these employees can claim from the Compensation Fund if injured while on duty. The ground-breaking judgment also ensures domestic workers can apply retrospectively. November 24, 2020 by Musawenkosi Cabe. 21 October 2020: Before the Constitutional Court “THE WAR AGAINST VENEZUELA POSITIONS THE BODIES OF WOMEN The United States and its allies are waging a multidimensional war against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela through economic sanctions, sabotage, attempted coups and encouraging political

instability.

PEOPLES DISPATCH

All text content published on peoplesdispatch.org is the property of Peoples Dispatch and is under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license. For license to republish any audio, video or image content, please get in touch with the Peoples Dispatch Team. DAILY ROUND-UP : PEOPLES DISPATCH Daily Round-up. Myanmar military intensifies violence and more. Peoples Dispatch / March 29, 2021. In today’s episode we look at the escalation of violence on protesters by Myanmarese military, freeing of ship in Suez canal, leftist protests in Lebanon against deteriorating economic situation as well as the roots of anti-Asian

racism in the US.

SOUTH AFRICAN DOCKWORKERS TO BOYCOTT ISRAELI SHIPS UNTIL The dockworkers continue to boycott work on Israeli ship Zim Shanghai since it arrived at Durban port on May 20. All ships carrying cargo to and from Israel will be boycotted by dockworkers, South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) told Peoples Dispatch THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION : PEOPLES DISPATCH The impact of COVID-19 on education. The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut abruptly, exposing the huge inequality between impoverished and privileged pupils as learning moved online and schoolgirls faced exploitation. September 03, 2020 by Zandile Bangani. Illustrator: Anastasya Eliseeva. The abrupt move from the classroom to

remote

VIOLENCE AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS INTENSIFY IN COLOMBIA Violence and humanitarian crisis intensify in Colombia. According to the INDEPAZ, as of April 6, 43 social leaders and 14 ex-combatants of FARC have been assassinated by illegal armed groups. 91 people have been killed in 25 massacres this year. The violence has led to the forced displacement of around 15,000 people. SOUTH AFRICA'S RESTAURANT SECTOR REELS UNDER IMPACT OF South Africa’s restaurant sector reels under impact of COVID-19 restrictions. It is estimated that about 70% jobs in the restaurant industry are already lost due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Restaurant and alcohol industry workers staged two countrywide protests last week. July 29, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch. WORKERS AT VOLVO TRUCK PLANT IN US REJECT COMPROMISED DEAL In a contract vote held by the workers’ union at the world’s largest Volvo Truck plant, in Virginia in the United States, workers overwhelmingly voted against a tentative deal negotiated by the company and the union. CANADA RAIDS INDIGENOUS LANDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE In January, Indigenous land defenders were able to evict both the RCMP and the CGL workers from their land. They were served an eviction notice on January 5 which stated that they cannot return to the territory and resume work until they have the consent of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. SOUTH AFRICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROTECTS DOMESTIC South Africa’s constitutional Court protects domestic workers. The court has ruled that these employees can claim from the Compensation Fund if injured while on duty. The ground-breaking judgment also ensures domestic workers can apply retrospectively. November 24, 2020 by Musawenkosi Cabe. 21 October 2020: Before the Constitutional Court “THE WAR AGAINST VENEZUELA POSITIONS THE BODIES OF WOMEN The United States and its allies are waging a multidimensional war against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela through economic sanctions, sabotage, attempted coups and encouraging political

instability.

RIGHT-WING VIOLENCE AGAINST MAPUCHE PEOPLE IN CHILE WIDELY Right-wing violence against Mapuche people in Chile widely condemned. Social movements are demanding that urgent actions be taken against the Carabineros and that the interior ministers be removed from his position for their complicity in the violence against the Mapuche Indigenous community. Carabineros repressed a march in support of the ISRAEL INTENSIFIES PERSECUTION OF ITS PALESTINIAN CITIZENS Israel’s security forces have waged a campaign and arrested more than 3,000 Palestinian citizens since the second week of May this for their participation in protests against Israeli aggression at Al-Aqsa and in Gaza, calling it “operation law and order” SUDANESE PROTESTERS MARK SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ARMY Hundreds took to the streets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday, June 3 to honor those who were killed when the Sudanese army massacred pro-democracy protesters in 2019. ISRAELI SHIPS NOT WELCOME AT NORTH AMERICAN PORTS In a major push to hold Israel accountable for its crimes on Palestinians, activists and workers’ movements have put up picket

lines on key ports

STUDENT GROUPS IN NETHERLANDS SEEK ABOLITION OF LOAN On Thursday, June 3, various students groups in the Netherlands observed a national students strike under the theme #NotMyFault. Their demand was that the government implement a debt-free basic scholarship system, provide compensation for generations of students indebted by the loan system, and maintain the quality of education. SUDANESE PROTEST AGAINST CONTINUING ATROCITIES BY RAPID On Monday, August 10, residents of Sudanese capital Khartoum who hail from the South Darfur state, held a demonstration outside the offices of the cabinet ministers of the transitional government. This was in protest against the transitional government’s failure to protect the people of Darfur from attacks by a government militia. ISRAELI INTIMIDATION, OPPRESSION OF PALESTINIANS CONTINUES Israeli forces over the last 3 days violently assaulted journalists, arrested prominent Palestinians activists resisting evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and attacked Palestinian runners taking part in a solidarity race in support of Sheikh Jarrah TALIBAN CONTINUES ATTACKS ON VARIOUS PROVINCES IN As the foreign troops are slated to officially leave the Afghan territory by September 11, the Taliban continues to intensify its attacks on provincial capitals, districts, bases DESPITE MONTH-LONG LOCKOUT AT EXXONMOBIL, WORKERS CONTINUE Workers continue to show up to work at ExxonMobil's Beaumont plant, only to be turned back, since May 1. The USW has filed an unfair labor practices (ULP) lawsuit against the lockout. KEIKO FUJIMORI ALLEGES FRAUD AS PEDRO CASTILLO TAKES LEADS Keiko Fujimori of the far-right Popular Force party, on June 7, raised allegations of “irregularities” and “signs of fraud” in Sunday’s presidential run-off as Pedro Castillo of the left-wing Free Peru party took a lead over her in the vote count.

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