“The primary responsibility of the government is to improve the quality of life of the people,” claimed Pinarayi Vijayan, chief minister of the state, in a public function last week.
India’s southern state of Kerala has announced that by November this year, it will have eradicated extreme poverty in the state by lifting thousands of families out of destitution.
It will be the first Indian state to achieve this milestone, which the state’s communist government has hailed as a key step in Kerala’s path toward inclusive development.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/16/communist-led-kerala-soon-to-become-indias-first-state-free-of-extreme-poverty/
India’s southern state of Kerala has announced that by November this year, it will have eradicated extreme poverty in the state by lifting thousands of families out of destitution.
It will be the first Indian state to achieve this milestone, which the state’s communist government has hailed as a key step in Kerala’s path toward inclusive development.
Read more ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/16/communist-led-kerala-soon-to-become-indias-first-state-free-of-extreme-poverty/
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Communist-led Kerala soon to become India’s first state free of extreme poverty
A targeted program has been undertaken to develop sustainable livelihoods for thousands of families suffering under extreme poverty.
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🇵🇸🕊️⛓️💥April 17 is Palestinian Prisoners' Day, a day which highlights the struggle of the thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
Since Israel's genocide in Gaza began, Israel has intensified its criminalization of Palestinians, detaining and imprisoning thousands without charge, denying them any sort of legal proceeding and often subjecting them to torture and inhumane conditions.
➡️ Find out more about Israel's use of imprisonment against the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
Since Israel's genocide in Gaza began, Israel has intensified its criminalization of Palestinians, detaining and imprisoning thousands without charge, denying them any sort of legal proceeding and often subjecting them to torture and inhumane conditions.
➡️ Find out more about Israel's use of imprisonment against the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
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🇵🇸🕊️⛓️💥"For us, every day is the prisoner’s day, every minute and every hour."
Families of prisoners, freed prisoners, activists, and members of Palestinian organizations gathered to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners' Day in Ramallah.
PD's Aseel Saleh spoke to family members of prisoners who shared about the difficult conditions that prisoners face and called for their immediate release.
Families of prisoners, freed prisoners, activists, and members of Palestinian organizations gathered to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners' Day in Ramallah.
PD's Aseel Saleh spoke to family members of prisoners who shared about the difficult conditions that prisoners face and called for their immediate release.
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🇮🇳Donald Trumps' tariff threats reveal "extreme perversity" of US policy.
Surajit Mazumdar, Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) at India's Jawaharlal Nehru University, spoke about the economic relations between India and the US in light of the recent "reciprocal tariff" threats by Trump and why the US calculation is completely off-base.
Surajit Mazumdar, Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) at India's Jawaharlal Nehru University, spoke about the economic relations between India and the US in light of the recent "reciprocal tariff" threats by Trump and why the US calculation is completely off-base.
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🌾April 17 marks the International Day of Peasant Struggle, which honors the 21 rural workers murdered by the military police on this day in the 1996 Eldorado dos Carajás massacre in Pará, Brazil.
The date has been adopted by international organizations like La Via Campesina to honor the struggle of peasant communities across the world for land, to produce food, and protect the environment. This year, LVC declared: "From Carajás to Gaza: Peasant Struggles Are Global — To Defend Land, Water, and Territories for Life!"
The date has been adopted by international organizations like La Via Campesina to honor the struggle of peasant communities across the world for land, to produce food, and protect the environment. This year, LVC declared: "From Carajás to Gaza: Peasant Struggles Are Global — To Defend Land, Water, and Territories for Life!"
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🌏 70 years since the Bandung Afro-Asia Conference, Marco Fernandes (@marcof1871) examines the pivotal role of China, namely diplomat Zhou Enlai, in advancing the unity of Global South nations in that historic moment.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/18/we-will-continue-to-meet-what-is-chinese-in-the-bandung-spirit/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/18/we-will-continue-to-meet-what-is-chinese-in-the-bandung-spirit/
Peoples Dispatch
We will continue to meet: What is Chinese in the “Bandung Spirit”?
70 years since the Bandung Conference, Brazilian analyst Marco Fernandes examines the pivotal role of China, namely diplomat Zhou Enlai, in advancing the unity of Global South nations in that historic moment
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🇸🇻What is CECOT, El Salvador's mega prison?
Salvadoran activist Marisel Ramírez says, it "is nothing more than an extermination prison for the poor."
Read more about the prison at the center of the alliance between Trump & Bukele⬇️
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/18/cecot-bukeles-mega-prison-where-the-only-way-out-is-in-a-coffin/
Salvadoran activist Marisel Ramírez says, it "is nothing more than an extermination prison for the poor."
Read more about the prison at the center of the alliance between Trump & Bukele⬇️
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/18/cecot-bukeles-mega-prison-where-the-only-way-out-is-in-a-coffin/
Peoples Dispatch
CECOT: Bukele’s mega prison where “the only way out is in a coffin”
The alliance between Trump’s expanding deportation campaign and Salvadoran President Bukele’s carceral authoritarianism has major implications for human rights and the future of democracy.
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The Patriotic Movement of the AES Diaspora organized a demonstration in Naples, Italy to express support for the AES countries and their projects and to condemn media distortion.
“For too long, the people of the AES haven’t had the chance to speak for themselves. It’s as if everyone was allowed to speak about us, while we were never given a voice,” the Patriotic Movement’s secretary Bouyagui Konate told Peoples Dispatch.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/18/sahel-diaspora-groups-rally-in-support-of-aes-and-to-challenge-europes-media-colonialism/
“For too long, the people of the AES haven’t had the chance to speak for themselves. It’s as if everyone was allowed to speak about us, while we were never given a voice,” the Patriotic Movement’s secretary Bouyagui Konate told Peoples Dispatch.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/18/sahel-diaspora-groups-rally-in-support-of-aes-and-to-challenge-europes-media-colonialism/
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Sahel diaspora groups rally in support of AES and to challenge Europe’s “media colonialism”
In Italy, diaspora groups are mobilizing against media distortion of decolonization processes in the Alliance of Sahel States
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Universities are facing mounting pressure from the Trump administration which has been issuing a list of ultimatums under threats of withholding funding and revoking tax status.
Harvard’s response to the demands was markedly different to Columbia’s. On April 14, Harvard’s President Alan M. Garber issued a bold response: Harvard would “not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.”
Harvard PSC responded to President Garber’s defiance of Trump, stating that, “Harvard has rightfully rejected Trump’s fascist, heightened demands. Now it must roll back its repression of Palestine Studies and solidarity orgs.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/18/harvard-refuses-to-comply-with-trump-admin-but-student-activists-call-for-more-bravery/
Harvard’s response to the demands was markedly different to Columbia’s. On April 14, Harvard’s President Alan M. Garber issued a bold response: Harvard would “not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.”
Harvard PSC responded to President Garber’s defiance of Trump, stating that, “Harvard has rightfully rejected Trump’s fascist, heightened demands. Now it must roll back its repression of Palestine Studies and solidarity orgs.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/18/harvard-refuses-to-comply-with-trump-admin-but-student-activists-call-for-more-bravery/
Peoples Dispatch
Harvard refuses to comply with Trump admin, but student activists call for more bravery
Organizers with the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee call on institution to walk back repression of pro-Palestine activism
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Social organizations and political leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean demand historical justice for Haiti amid an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
📲 Read the full article on our website. ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/19/france-must-compensate-haiti-200-years-of-illegitimate-debt-that-plunged-the-country-into-crisis/
📲 Read the full article on our website. ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/19/france-must-compensate-haiti-200-years-of-illegitimate-debt-that-plunged-the-country-into-crisis/
Peoples Dispatch
France must compensate Haiti: 200 years of illegitimate debt that plunged the country into crisis
Social organizations and political leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean demand historical justice for Haiti amid an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
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Relations between the North African country Algeria and its former colonizer France have hit one of the lowest points since independence.
This diplomatic row began on April 8, when the French police arrested three Algerian nationals, including a consular official. Algeria’s Foreign Ministry protested that its “consular officer was arrested in public and then placed in police custody without notification through diplomatic channels and in flagrant violation of the immunities and privileges attached to his duties at the Algerian Consulate.”
📲 Read the full article on our website ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/19/french-far-right-and-paris-based-islamists-drag-french-relations-with-algeria-to-rock-bottom/
This diplomatic row began on April 8, when the French police arrested three Algerian nationals, including a consular official. Algeria’s Foreign Ministry protested that its “consular officer was arrested in public and then placed in police custody without notification through diplomatic channels and in flagrant violation of the immunities and privileges attached to his duties at the Algerian Consulate.”
📲 Read the full article on our website ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/19/french-far-right-and-paris-based-islamists-drag-french-relations-with-algeria-to-rock-bottom/
Peoples Dispatch
French far right and Paris-based Islamists drag French relations with Algeria to rock-bottom
Both countries have expelled each other’s diplomats as the latest diplomatic row, triggered by the arrest and indictment of an Algerian consular officer in France earlier this month, continues to escalate.
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🕊️Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis, has passed away at age 88. The first Latin American pope made history with his defense of progressive ideas about the role of women, his sharp denunciation of capitalism, socioeconomic inequality, and militarism, and his support to the Palestinian people.
Bergoglio, before becoming Pope Francis, faced criticism for the Catholic Church's silence and support of the Argentinian military dictatorship.
As Pope, Francis was a fierce defender of oppressed people everywhere, especially those facing the brunt of US imperialist attacks like the Cuban and Palestinian people, and also the masses struggling to survive under neoliberal capitalism. "The first task is to put the economy at the service of peoples…The economy should not be a mechanism for accumulating goods, but rather the proper administration of our common home." He took it upon himself to upgrade the Church's teachings and open its arms to a radical view of Catholicism, "liberation theology."
Bergoglio, before becoming Pope Francis, faced criticism for the Catholic Church's silence and support of the Argentinian military dictatorship.
As Pope, Francis was a fierce defender of oppressed people everywhere, especially those facing the brunt of US imperialist attacks like the Cuban and Palestinian people, and also the masses struggling to survive under neoliberal capitalism. "The first task is to put the economy at the service of peoples…The economy should not be a mechanism for accumulating goods, but rather the proper administration of our common home." He took it upon himself to upgrade the Church's teachings and open its arms to a radical view of Catholicism, "liberation theology."
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