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Peoples Dispatch

Peoples Dispatch is an international media project with the mission of bringing to you voices from people’s movements and organizations across the globe.

    October 20, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    The French Protests Are Being Misunderstood

    The French protests that are spreading over Europe are not receiving proper attention.  The explanation that students all over France, with the disturbances spreading into Italy and Belgium, are burning down historic

    Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka’s illicit cigarette trade costs government Rs 29.5bn in lost tax revenue

    Sri Lanka lost an estimated Rs 29.5 billion in potential tax revenue in 2025 because of illicit factory-made cigarette consumption, according to an economic assessment by Oxford Economics, which estimates that illegal products accounted for 20% of the market despite

    October 20, 2026

    Sri Lanka: Rising Prices and People’s Patience

    Sri Lanka

    A familiar storm gathers Sri Lanka’s inflation reached 8% in September 2026, above the Central Bank’s 3–7% target band for a third straight month,

    Women’s Role in Peacekeeping Stalls Worldwide

    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    More than 25 years after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, women’s representation in multilateral peace operations

    Venezuela’s Election in the Crosshairs of New U.S. Regime Change Scheme

    March 20, 2024
    News/Venezuela

    With the date for the next Venezuelan presidential election officially set for July 28, the Biden administration is gearing up for the biggest regime-change push in the South American country since the

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    Real Estate Events to Sell Stolen Palestinian Land Met With Protests Internationally

    March 20, 2024
    News

    “The Great Israeli Real Estate Event” toured the United States and Canada, exhibiting property for sale on stolen Palestinian land. Each event has been met with mass protests by Palestine solidarity activists.

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    Ansar Allah Announces Expansion of Attacks on Israel-Bound Ships to All of Indian Ocean

    March 20, 2024
    News

    Abdul Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah, said on March 14 that his country’s armed forces will expand their attacks against ships moving to Israel from the Red Sea region to the whole

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    Trade Union Report Illustrates Mental Health Impacts of Working in Public Healthcare

    March 13, 2024
    News

    Public Services International recently launched a report examining the mental health of health workers in Liberia, Brazil, Sweden, Australia, and Canada. While significant differences persist between health systems in the Global South

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    Women in Gaza Remain Among the Most Impacted by War

    March 13, 2024
    News

    As the world celebrated International Working Women’s Day on March 8, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported that Israel had killed at least 9,000 women in Gaza since October 7. That amounts

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    “Letter to the People for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean” Launched at Foz do Iguaçu Conference

    February 28, 2024
    News

    On February 23, the organizations participating in the Conference on the Integration of Latin American and Caribbean Peoples approved the “Letter to the People for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean.” The

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    Starvation Threatens Millions in Sudan as Civil War Rages On

    February 28, 2024
    News

    In war-torn Sudan, 25 million people face hunger, well over half of the country’s population. About 18 million are acutely food insecure, including 3.8 million malnourished children under five years old. Over a dozen children

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    Cholera Still Poses Risks in Zambia Despite Decrease in Cases

    February 22, 2024
    News

    Zambia is facing its largest cholera outbreak in at least a decade, with more than 600 deaths recorded since October 2023. The number of daily cases has significantly decreased since the end of 2023—enough

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    Top Senegalese Court Overturns Election Delay

    February 22, 2024
    News

    Thousands of people gathered in Dakar on February 17 for a silent march to demand that the government uphold the election calendar. On February 16, Senegalese President Macky Sall had announced that

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    Indian Port Workers Refuse to Handle Military Cargo Bound for Israel

    February 22, 2024
    News

    The Water Transport Workers Federation of India declared its refusal to load or unload any “weaponized cargoes” intended for use in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. This includes any cargo coming from Israel “or

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    South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor Reveals Threats to Family in Wake of ICJ Case Against Israel

    February 15, 2024
    News

    South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor has stated that she and her family have been receiving threats. These came in the aftermath of South Africa’s case against Israel accusing it

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    Infections on the Rise in Gaza as Israel Impedes Delivery of Water, Food

    February 15, 2024
    News

    Amid an ongoing food crisis caused by Israeli-imposed restrictions on aid entering the Gaza Strip, increasing numbers of people are exposed to the long-term effects of malnourishment. This includes a growing risk

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    Thousands Forced to Flee in DRC’s North Kivu Province as M23 Attacks Intensify

    February 15, 2024
    News

    At least 150,000 people have been displaced in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since February 2, as fighting has intensified between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and

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    Communists in Kenya Stand in Solidarity With Haiti

    February 8, 2024
    News

    “We will fight in the streets of Nairobi for our brothers and sisters in Haiti,” if Kenya’s government proceeds to deploy its police to the Caribbean nation, Booker Ngesa Omole, National Organizing

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    The Paris Proposal and Its Drawbacks for the Palestinian Resistance

    February 8, 2024
    News

    In the last weekend of January, intelligence officials from Israel, the U.S., and Egypt, along with Qatari authorities met in Paris to discuss a proposal for a truce between Israel and the

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