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  • Tour of Beirut after April 8 attacks. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

    Apologies to all the people in Lebanon

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on April 13, 2026 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    It bears thinking that the world needs to apologize to Lebanon and to Palestine as the genocide by Israel grinds on from Gaza City to Beirut.

  • South African left convenes collective conference. Photo: SACP

    South Africa’s Conference of the Left issues a bold call for working-class unity

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on May 30, 2026 by Nicholas Mwangi (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Jun 02, 2026)

    The Conference of the Left in South Africa has brought together a wide range of left-wing political parties, socialist organizations, and progressive movements in an effort to forge greater unity, coordination, and collective action among working-class forces.

  • Mass opposition to the 40,000 acre data center at the Box Elder County Commission meeting. Photo: Ezra Robertson/@ezra.photo

    A massive AI data center transforms rural Utah into a national flashpoint

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on May 9, 2026 by Devin B. Martinez (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted May 16, 2026)

    A growing movement in Utah is challenging the “Stratos Project,” a city-sized AI data center backed by TV personality Kevin O’Leary, over concerns about democratic oversight, water use, and environmental collapse.

  • Funeral procession for Amal Khalil. Photo: Al Akhbar

    Israel assassinates veteran Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil in double-tap strike

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on April 23, 2026 by Aseel Saleh (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Apr 25, 2026)

    Amal and her media outlet, Al Akhbar, were targeted multiple times by Israeli forces before her assassination.

  • Péter Magyar during a pre-election rally. Source: Péter Magyar/X

    Orbán defeated, but right still victorious in Hungarian elections

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on April 13, 2026 by Ana Vračar (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Apr 15, 2026)

    The Tisza party defeated Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz in Hungary’s election, but a likely Magyar administration promises few radical breaks.

  • Ibrahim Traoré is interviewed by local media outlet in Burkina Faso. Photo: screenshot

    Ibrahim Traoré: We do not want a democracy that kills

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on April 8, 2026 by Nicholas Mwangi (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Apr 13, 2026)

    Recent comments by Ibrahim Traoré on democracy have spread widely in Western media following an interview, but interpretations that he rejects democracy appear to misrepresent his position.

  • Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Photo: Press TV

    On Iran’s ten-point proposal for peace

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on April 9, 2026 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    None of these points are unreasonable. In fact, a serious commitment to their fulfillment may very well provide the basis for a stability long stolen from the region by continuous war.

  • Left parties staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Kolkata, protesting large-scale irregularities in the recently published voter list and demanding the protection of people’s voting rights. Photo: CPI (M)

    Millions excluded from voter rolls in a move to allegedly help ultra-right-wing ruling party win elections

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on April 9, 2026 by Abdul Rahman (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Apr 11, 2026)

    The Election Commission of India struck out the names of over 9 million voters, mostly belonging to minority Muslims, just before the legislative assembly elections in the country’s eastern state of West Bengal.

  • Kast visits a militarized site near border where trenches are being dug to install barriers, obstacles, and surveillance equipment as part of the "Border Shield Plan". Photo: Prensa Presidencial

    Kast begins construction of a controversial border wall

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on March 20, 2026 by Pablo Meriguet (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Mar 24, 2026)

    During his first week as president of Chile, the ultra-conservative leader has also ordered tax cuts and launched talks with the United States to explore the mining of rare earth metals.

  • Iran’s Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani. Photo: UN

    Iran slams UNSC resolution condemning Iranian attacks on U.S. bases in Gulf countries

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on March 12, 2026 by Abdul Rahman (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Mar 14, 2026)

    Iran maintains that its attacks in Gulf countries are based on its right to self defense as the U.S. military bases in the region are used to launch attacks inside Iran.

  • El presidente ecuatoriano Daniel Noboa se reúne con Marco Rubio en la Casa Blanca el 4 de septiembre de 2025. Foto: Daniel Noboa/X

    Trumpism in the style of a “banana republic”: Authoritarian destruction of the public sphere in Ecuador

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on March 6, 2026 by Pilar Troya Fernández (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Mar 11, 2026)

    In a country already battered by violent crime, poverty, Noboa governs for capital, seeking to destroy the public sector and reduce the state to its bare minimum, submitting to U.S. dictates through militarization and political repression.

  • Tens of thousands marched on January 16, 2026, in Havana, Cuba, to honor the 32 fallen martyrs who died defending Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Photo: Presidencia Cuba

    The Cuban Revolution holds out against U.S. imperialism

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on February 18, 2026 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    Indian scholar Vijay Prashad argues that the Cuban Revolution is now the frontline in the fight against U.S. imperialism.

  • Workers halted rail transport in various places across Tripura state. Photo: CPI(M)

    300 million on the streets in a historic national strike in India

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on February 12, 2026 by Abdul Rahman (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Feb 14, 2026)

    The strike was called jointly by the worker unions and farmers groups to demand the withdrawal of the anti-people policies, such as the four new labor codes and the recently signed trade deals with the U.S. and the EU.

  • US Rep Maria Elvira Salazar and US President Donald Trump. Photos via Official Pages

    From blockade to asphyxiation: the U.S. war on Cuba enters its most brutal phase

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on January 31, 2026 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    On January 29, U.S. President Donald Trump declared Cuba an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. national security and tightened the blockade against the island nation

  • Aftermath of protests in Iran on January 10, 2025. (Photo: IRIB)

    Six points to navigate the turmoil in Iran

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on January 13, 2026 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    Vijay Prashad offers six points to make sense of the situation in Iran amid protests, violence, and threats of military intervention from Washington.

  • President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim TRAORÉ, praised the mobilization of the Sahelian people in the face of external threats the opening ceremony of the 2nd session of the College of Heads of State of the Confederate, at the Centre international Bamako Conference (CICB). Photo: Mali Presidency/FB

    Assassination plot against President Ibrahim Traore foiled in Burkina Faso

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on January 9, 2026 by Pavan Kulkarni (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Jan 13, 2026)

    A plot to kill Burkina Faso’s president, Ibrahim Traoré, and disable a drone base, ahead of a planned foreign military intervention, was thwarted by security forces, while Burkinabes took to the streets sloganeering in support of Traoré.

  • The United States attacks Venezuela and kidnaps its President in an illegal operation

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on January 3, 2026 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    A little after 2 am Venezuela time on January 3, 2026, in violation of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter, the United States began an attack on several sites in the country, including Caracas, the capital. Residents awoke to loud noises and flashes, as well as large helicopters in the sky. Videos began to […]

  • Official launch of the joint military force of the Alliance of the Sahel States in Bamako, Mali. Photo: Presidence Mali / Facebook

    The Alliance of Sahel States launches unified military force and strengthens regional security

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on December 24, 2025 by Nicholas Mwangi (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Dec 31, 2025)

    A historic turning point in Sahelian sovereignty, as Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger bolstered their regional security through a unified military force and in the same week held its second AES summit.

  • People repair a collapsed bridge affected by Cyclone Ditwah in Badulla District, Sri Lanka, Dec. 13, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

    Economists call for the suspension of Sri Lanka’s debt after devastating Cyclone Ditwah

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on December 26, 2025 by Abdul Rahman (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Dec 30, 2025)

    Sri Lanka is expected to pay over 25% of its total revenue in debt servicing every year at a time when Ditwah, as per early estimates, caused damages worth 7 billion USD or around 7% of the country’s GDP.

  • Source: PTB-PVDA

    Peter Mertens: “Don’t be afraid, seize the opportunities of 2026 with both hands”

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on December 25, 2025 by Ana Vračar (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Dec 27, 2025)

    Peter Mertens, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Belgium, tells Peoples Dispatch that 2026 brings opportunities for class struggle – if the left is ready to act boldly.

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  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

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  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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