“This verdict is not the end of this case,” Greenpeace said in a March 20 statement. “We’re going to appeal. And we’re prepared to fight this all the way to victory.”
“A Big Oil-stacked jury just sided with corporate power,” wrote the Center for Constitutional Rights in a post responding to the verdict. “This is a dangerous attack on the right to protest, but the fight is not over,” the CCR wrote.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/20/in-major-blow-against-free-speech-environmental-group-ordered-to-pay-usd-667-million-to-pipeline-corporation/
“A Big Oil-stacked jury just sided with corporate power,” wrote the Center for Constitutional Rights in a post responding to the verdict. “This is a dangerous attack on the right to protest, but the fight is not over,” the CCR wrote.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/20/in-major-blow-against-free-speech-environmental-group-ordered-to-pay-usd-667-million-to-pipeline-corporation/
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In major blow against free speech, environmental group ordered to pay USD 667 million to pipeline corporation
Greenpeace has been ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages to Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation which built the Dakota Access Pipeline, in a case resulting from the mass protest movement against the construction of said pipeline
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Thousands of workers, unions, and social movements mobilized across Colombia to demand labor rights and protest the business sector’s obstruction of labor reforms. The demonstrations were called by President Gustavo Petro himself in direct response to Congress rejecting key labor protections, despite months of negotiations.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/20/edgar-mojica-we-believe-its-time-for-gustavo-petros-government-to-restore-workers-rights-by-decree/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/20/edgar-mojica-we-believe-its-time-for-gustavo-petros-government-to-restore-workers-rights-by-decree/
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Edgar Mojica: “We believe it’s time for Gustavo Petro’s government to restore workers’ rights by decree.”
After mass mobilizations in Colombia, Edgar Mojica discusses the need for government action, and the possibility of implementing reforms via decree.
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"We are placing our hope in street actions by the masses of our people” to stop Hichilema’s “criminal” manipulation of the 2026 election under the cover of constitutional reforms.
“We are getting ready to challenge him with mass protests and agitations.”
Cosmas Musumali, Secretary General of the Socialist Party (SP), interviewed by Peoples Dispatch.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/21/whats-behind-hichilemas-constitutional-reforms-in-zambia/
“We are getting ready to challenge him with mass protests and agitations.”
Cosmas Musumali, Secretary General of the Socialist Party (SP), interviewed by Peoples Dispatch.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/21/whats-behind-hichilemas-constitutional-reforms-in-zambia/
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What’s behind Hichilema’s constitutional reforms in Zambia?
Opposition parties allege that under the cover of constitutional reforms, President Hakainde Hichilema is manipulating the 2026 electoral race to secure victory despite his declining popularity.
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🚨 Artists under fire: Germany’s anti-Palestinian censorship crisis 🚨
Germany’s 2024 “anti-Semitism resolution” is silencing voices, crushing artistic freedom, and targeting Palestinian solidarity. Artists, activists, and cultural workers are fighting back—but at what cost?
From canceled exhibitions to public defamation, the chilling effects are real.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/20/artists-and-activists-speak-out-against-germanys-anti-palestinian-censorship/
Germany’s 2024 “anti-Semitism resolution” is silencing voices, crushing artistic freedom, and targeting Palestinian solidarity. Artists, activists, and cultural workers are fighting back—but at what cost?
From canceled exhibitions to public defamation, the chilling effects are real.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/20/artists-and-activists-speak-out-against-germanys-anti-palestinian-censorship/
Peoples Dispatch
Artists and activists speak out against Germany’s anti-Palestinian censorship
Germany’s 2024 “anti-Semitism resolution” has sparked concerns about censorship, academic freedom, and artistic expression.
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🚢💥 Maersk shareholders block resolutions to stop arms shipments to Israel.
Amid global protests, the shareholders of shipping giant Maersk voted at their AGM against resolutions that would have stopped arms shipments to Israel.
Although the two resolutions ultimately did not pass, “our actions around the world made sure that Maersk could not ignore our demands,” Jeanine Hourani, a lead organizer in the Mask Off Maersk campaign, told Peoples Dispatch. “We know that it’s going to take a diversity of tactics applied on a global level to pressure Maersk to cut ties with genocide. Shareholder pressure is only one of these pressure points.
“The massacres that Israel is committing on the Palestinian people cannot be carried out without the flow of weapon components that logistics companies such as Maersk facilitate,” read a statement by the Mask of Maersk campaign. “Maersk is a lifeline of Israel’s war machine, ensuring that the bombs keep falling, the tanks keep rolling, and the massacres continue. They are the arteries of the genocide on Gaza.”
#MaskOffMaersk #FreePalestine
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/20/shipping-giant-maersk-votes-against-ceasing-arms-shipments-to-israel/
Amid global protests, the shareholders of shipping giant Maersk voted at their AGM against resolutions that would have stopped arms shipments to Israel.
Although the two resolutions ultimately did not pass, “our actions around the world made sure that Maersk could not ignore our demands,” Jeanine Hourani, a lead organizer in the Mask Off Maersk campaign, told Peoples Dispatch. “We know that it’s going to take a diversity of tactics applied on a global level to pressure Maersk to cut ties with genocide. Shareholder pressure is only one of these pressure points.
“The massacres that Israel is committing on the Palestinian people cannot be carried out without the flow of weapon components that logistics companies such as Maersk facilitate,” read a statement by the Mask of Maersk campaign. “Maersk is a lifeline of Israel’s war machine, ensuring that the bombs keep falling, the tanks keep rolling, and the massacres continue. They are the arteries of the genocide on Gaza.”
#MaskOffMaersk #FreePalestine
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/20/shipping-giant-maersk-votes-against-ceasing-arms-shipments-to-israel/
Peoples Dispatch
Shipping giant Maersk votes against ceasing arms shipments to Israel
The Danish shipping company faced global protest as part of the “Mask off Maersk” campaign on the day that shareholders voted on resolutions, including whether or not to block arms shipments to Israel
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The Tech Oligarchy – the big tech monopolies and their billionaire owners are front and center in the Trump administration and its ambitious efforts to reshape US domestic and foreign policy.
An article by Bappa Sinha.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/21/trump-2-0-us-revivalism-driven-by-tech-oligarchy/
An article by Bappa Sinha.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/21/trump-2-0-us-revivalism-driven-by-tech-oligarchy/
Peoples Dispatch
Trump 2.0: US revivalism driven by tech oligarchy
The Tech Oligarchy – the big tech monopolies and their billionaire owners are front and center in the Trump administration and its ambitious efforts to reshape US domestic and foreign policy.
The last few days marked the worst cross-border conflict between the two countries since the fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/21/syrian-interim-government-continues-to-attack-lebanon-after-reaching-ceasefire-deal/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/21/syrian-interim-government-continues-to-attack-lebanon-after-reaching-ceasefire-deal/
Peoples Dispatch
Syrian interim government continues to attack Lebanon after reaching ceasefire deal
The last few days marked the worst cross-border conflict between the two countries since the fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
The two resistance movements launched their attacks after Israeli warplanes killed hundreds of Palestinians in the span of a few days.
On Friday, March 21, Ansar Allah announced that its forces carried out yet another strategic operation, targeting an Israeli military site south of the occupied city of Jaffa. Meanwhile, ِthe Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, launched a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv on Thursday, March 20, and the coastal city of Ashkelon on Friday, March 21. The rockets and missiles launched from Yemen and Gaza reportedly disrupted flights at Ben Gurion airport.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/21/hamas-ansar-allah-launch-attacks-on-israel-in-retaliation-for-resumption-of-genocide-in-gaza/}}
On Friday, March 21, Ansar Allah announced that its forces carried out yet another strategic operation, targeting an Israeli military site south of the occupied city of Jaffa. Meanwhile, ِthe Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, launched a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv on Thursday, March 20, and the coastal city of Ashkelon on Friday, March 21. The rockets and missiles launched from Yemen and Gaza reportedly disrupted flights at Ben Gurion airport.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/21/hamas-ansar-allah-launch-attacks-on-israel-in-retaliation-for-resumption-of-genocide-in-gaza/}}
Peoples Dispatch
Hamas, Ansar Allah launch attacks on Israel in retaliation for resumption of genocide in Gaza
The two resistance movements launched their attacks after Israeli warplanes killed hundreds of Palestinians in the span of a few days.
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The opposition to the construction of new canals on the Indus river in Pakistan has intensified amidst the government’s continued refusal to reconsider the Green Pakistan Initiative (GPI).
A large number of farmers and left groups have announced their participation in the ongoing protests. A major, nationwide protest against GPI on March 22 was joined by farmers groups and progressive organizations.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/22/protests-multiply-against-the-proposed-new-canals-on-the-indus-river-in-pakistan/
A large number of farmers and left groups have announced their participation in the ongoing protests. A major, nationwide protest against GPI on March 22 was joined by farmers groups and progressive organizations.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/22/protests-multiply-against-the-proposed-new-canals-on-the-indus-river-in-pakistan/
Peoples Dispatch
Protests multiply against the proposed new canals on the Indus river in Pakistan
The ongoing protests in Sindh against the Green Pakistan Initiative (GPI) will now be joined by farmers in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
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#PeoplesHistory | 🇮🇳On this day in 1931, Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar were executed by British colonial authorities for having assassinated a British colonial officer. They were just in their early 20s and sacrificed their lives fighting for India's freedom.
Their actions and struggle for a secular and sovereign subcontinent propelled the long struggle against colonialism forward and continues to inspire people today.
Their actions and struggle for a secular and sovereign subcontinent propelled the long struggle against colonialism forward and continues to inspire people today.
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The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has cut ties with the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), calling it a "remote-controlled political instrument" serving France’s interests.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/24/mali-burkina-faso-and-niger-withdraw-from-international-organization-of-la-francophonie/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/24/mali-burkina-faso-and-niger-withdraw-from-international-organization-of-la-francophonie/
Peoples Dispatch
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger withdraw from International Organization of La Francophonie
Ostensibly meant to foster greater cooperation between Francophone countries, the three countries allege that the OIF has become "a remote-controlled political instrument" operated from Paris to suit its "geopolitical considerations".
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🇿🇦South Africa's Ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, returned to South Africa after being declared a persona non grata by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Rubio wrote on X that Rasool is "a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates POTUS" after Rasool said in a webinar that US President Donald Trump is leading a global white supremacist movement.
Rasool said that he will now wear this "non grata" status as a badge of honor.
https://x.com/peoplesdispatch/status/1904229030439637413
Rubio wrote on X that Rasool is "a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates POTUS" after Rasool said in a webinar that US President Donald Trump is leading a global white supremacist movement.
Rasool said that he will now wear this "non grata" status as a badge of honor.
https://x.com/peoplesdispatch/status/1904229030439637413
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Despite relentless US pressure, Iran reaffirms its right to peaceful nuclear energy and its willingness to return to the JCPOA—if other parties respect the deal.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/24/iran-rejects-us-pressure-and-reaffirms-willingness-to-commit-to-nuclear-deal/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/24/iran-rejects-us-pressure-and-reaffirms-willingness-to-commit-to-nuclear-deal/
Peoples Dispatch
Iran rejects US pressure and reaffirms willingness to commit to nuclear deal
Iran claims its nuclear program has always been peaceful and has been subjected to the harshest inspection regime under the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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🇦🇷Today, March 24, Argentines mark the Day of Memory for Truth and Justice to remember the victims of the right-wing military dictatorship backed by the US and its CIA Operation Condor. During the dictatorship, at least 30,000 people considered to be political opponents of the military regime were forcibly disappeared.
Since the end of the dictatorship in 1983, Argentines have fought for truth and justice for the tens of thousands of victims.
Since the end of the dictatorship in 1983, Argentines have fought for truth and justice for the tens of thousands of victims.
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The landless families living in the area have been attacked by land grabbers and have had their houses burned down.
The Brazilian Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra, in Portuguese) has concluded the process of reclaiming part of the Novo Natal non-designated land (known in Brazil as “gleba”), in the town of Labrea, State of Amazonas, to allocate it to the families living in the Marielle Franco encampment.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/24/families-settled-in-amazons-most-violent-area-will-have-land-demarcated-after-a-decade-of-threats/
The Brazilian Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra, in Portuguese) has concluded the process of reclaiming part of the Novo Natal non-designated land (known in Brazil as “gleba”), in the town of Labrea, State of Amazonas, to allocate it to the families living in the Marielle Franco encampment.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/24/families-settled-in-amazons-most-violent-area-will-have-land-demarcated-after-a-decade-of-threats/
Peoples Dispatch
Families settled in Amazon’s most violent area will have land demarcated after a decade of threats
The landless families living in the area have been attacked by land grabbers and have had their houses burned down.
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Hundreds of thousands of people swept through the streets of over 200 locations across France, in a massive national demonstration against racism and the far right.
The demonstrations were taken up by participants as a show of unity, standing in stark contrast to what many speakers at the demonstrations described as attempts by the government and far-right forces to divide the public.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/24/france-stands-up-to-racism-and-far-right-hate/
The demonstrations were taken up by participants as a show of unity, standing in stark contrast to what many speakers at the demonstrations described as attempts by the government and far-right forces to divide the public.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/24/france-stands-up-to-racism-and-far-right-hate/
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