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About Peoples Dispatch

Peoples Dispatch, formerly The Dawn News, is an international media organization with the mission of bringing to you voices from people’s movements and organizations across the globe. Since its establishment three years ago, it has sought to ensure that the coverage of news from around the world is not restricted to the rhetoric of politicians and the fortunes of big companies but encompasses the richness and diversity of mobilizations from around the world. Peoples Dispatch also seeks to bring to you breaking news from a perspective widely different from that of the mainstream media. We invite people’s movements and political organizations everywhere to send us information and news from their countries. The information can be in Spanish, Portuguese, English or Hindi.
  • Collective punishmentInternational Court of Justice (ICJ)Israeli occupationPalestinian authority (PA)Palestinian fundsUNGA

    Over 100 countries condemn Israel’s punitive measures against Palestinians following UNGA vote

    Peoples Dispatch

    Following the UNGA resolution, Israel announced withholding of USD 39 million of Palestinian money, which is likely to cause further suffering and impact basic services delivery in the occupied territories.

  • French trade union leaders addressing media outside the Paris Labor Exchange (Image via Workers’ Force)

    The French working class organizes to defeat Macron’s pension reforms

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on January 12, 2023 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    The Macron-led government is making a new bid to push controversial pension reforms, calling to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64.

  • Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad al-Maliki

    Israel imposes more repressive measures on Palestinians following UNGA vote

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on January 9, 2023 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    Apart from imposing travel restrictions on Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, Israel has confiscated USD 39 million from the body which will be transferred to the ‘victims of terrorism’ fund for Israeli citizens.

  • (Photo: Press Tv)

    Over 11,000 Yemeni children have been killed or injured since 2015: UNICEF

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on December 12, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    2015 is the year when the Saudi-led international coalition intervened in the conflict in Yemen. It has also imposed a blockade crippling land and sea blockade.

  • Manolo De Los Santos of the People's Forum addresses the event "The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine". Photo: Yuwei Pan/ People's Forum

    Activists reject escalation in Ukraine, even when it’s unpopular

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on November 21, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    An event hosted at New York City’s People’s Forum featured seven activists who spoke out against U.S. and NATO involvement in the war in Ukraine and called for negotiations and peace.

  • Mobilization in Glasgow on October 1. (Photo: via Twitter)

    British Trade unions and leftist organizations hold massive mobilizations over cost of living crisis

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on October 3, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    On Saturday, over 100,000 people joined the protests called by the Enough is Enough Campaign across the country. Protests were also held on Sunday in front of the Tory party conference in Birmingham.

  • Gustavo Petro addressed the UN General Assembly on September 20, 2022. Photo: UN

    Colombian president Gustavo Petro calls for an end to the War on Drugs in historic UN address

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on September 20, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    In his speech to the UN General Assembly, the Colombian president highlighted the necessity of ending the war on drugs and saving the environment.

  • Millions of people are behind on rent and facing eviction in part because of the soaring rent prices. (Photo: Vincent Tsai)

    3.8 million tenants in the U.S. could be evicted in the next two months

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on August 31, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    Only 3.6 million eviction cases were filed in the entire year of 2018. The looming eviction crisis reflects the catastrophic failure of the U.S. government.

  • Activists rally outside of the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, to demand compassionate release for Mutulu Shakur (Photo via @KaranjaKeita on Twitter)

    U.S. political prisoner Mutulu Shakur has six months to live. Will courts finally grant compassionate release?

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on July 27, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    Renowned revolutionary leader and health worker Mutulu Shakur has spent over three decades in prison. As his cancer worsens, activists are demanding his release.

  • Thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets of the capital San Juan against worsening of electricity services and rise in power rates on July 20. Photo: Bandera Roja/Facebook

    Puerto Ricans demand cancellation of contract with Canadian-American energy company LUMA

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on July 21, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    Protesters have condemned that power outages have increased, while prices have gone up since LUMA began operating Puerto Rico’s electricity transmission and distribution system in June 2020.

  • The Jerusalem Declaration signed by Prime Minister Yair Lapid and US President Joe Biden at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (Photo via the Times of Israel)

    Biden advances Israel’s agenda, one meeting at a time

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on July 14, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    After facing criticism during his three-day visit to Israel, Biden will visit Saudi Arabia where he try to convince Arab nations to “normalize” tries with the Zionist regime

  • Protesters in front of the Sri Lankan presidential secretariat on Saturday, July 9. Photo: Twitter

    PM resigns, President flees: It’s all happening in Sri Lanka

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on July 9, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    In the wake of massive protests in Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his residence. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced his resignation to pave way for an all-party government.

  • Flag for victims of COVID-19

    U.S. COVID response: War and profiteering remains the priority

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on June 5, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    The death toll in the U.S. due to COVID-19 has crossed 1 million. The richest country in the world has stumbled in controlling the pandemic and the poorest have suffered the most.

  • Hundreds of people met near Freedom Bridge on the northern bank of the Sava river in Zagreb on May 7 to mark the 77th anniversary of the city’s liberation from the Nazi-allied Ustaša regime.

    Bonfires mark 77th anniversary of Zagreb’s liberation from fascism

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on May 9, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    As official EU marks Europe Day, anti-fascist networks in Croatia remember the liberation of Zagreb from Nazi-allied Ustaša rule.

  • Robert Golob, leader of the Freedom Movement (GS). (Photo: via Facebook)

    Janez Jansa’s right-wing govt loses to newly formed Freedom Movement in Slovenia

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on April 28, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    The outgoing right-wing coalition government led by Janez Jansa had faced widespread protests from civil society for its unpopular anti-worker and authoritarian policies.

  • Labor organizers and trade unions hold a protest outside a Starbucks outlet in Raleigh, North Carolina, for firing a pro-union worker. (Photo: ThriveNC/Twitter)

    Unionization spreads across Starbucks outlets in U.S. despite efforts to intimidate workers

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on April 12, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    According to Starbucks Workers United, which is organizing workers to form unions, workers from over 200 outlets have already approached the National Labor Relations Board for a union vote.

  • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s (L) speech and the Azov soldier’s testimony in the Greek parliament.

    Progressives in Greece reject Zelensky’s address to parliament with neo-Nazis

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on April 8, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    The testimony of the neo-Nazi Azov soldier in Greek parliament following the address of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been widely condemned.

  • Lee Camp

    Lee Camp on censoring anti-war voices

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on April 5, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    As the world moves dangerously close to global violent conflict, anti-war journalists have been banned and censored in Europe and the U.S. One of these banned voices, Lee Camp, discusses the development and why it is so dangerous.

  • Sunday, December 26, thousands of people from various sectors of the arts and entertainment industry gathered at the Mont des Arts in Brussels, demanding the government to reverse its decision targeting the cultural sector while Christmas markets and other businesses are allowed to continue.

    Succumbing to artists’ protest, Belgium suspends restrictions on cultural activity

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on December 31, 2021 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    The artist community and workers in the cultural sector have claimed that the Belgian government’s COVID-19 regulations targeting the cultural sector were not advised by experts.

  • ‘People’s Lawyer’ Sudha Bharadwaj

    ‘People’s Lawyer’ Sudha Bharadwaj released after three years in jail

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on December 9, 2021 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    The activist-lawyer was granted default bail on December 1 following more than three years of her incarceration without trial in the Bhima Koregaon case in which a number of other activists were also implicated.

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