Nearly two years after the Pretoria Agreement formally ended the devastating war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, tensions have never gone away and new ones are surfacing, this time within the very political structures meant to guide recovery and reconciliation.
Internal divisions within the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have reached a breaking point culminating in the ousting of Tigray’s interim President, Getachew Reda.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/22/new-leadership-in-tigray-amid-deepening-divisions-and-fragile-peace/
Internal divisions within the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have reached a breaking point culminating in the ousting of Tigray’s interim President, Getachew Reda.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/22/new-leadership-in-tigray-amid-deepening-divisions-and-fragile-peace/
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New leadership in Tigray amid deepening divisions and fragile peace
The internal leadership struggle reflects a broader crisis within the TPLF about how to move forward in post-war Ethiopia.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed the advancement of the ongoing indirect talks with the US over its nuclear program. According to reports, the sides will begin their technical meetings at the expert level on Wednesday, April 23.
Iran seeks complete removal of all sanctions and a guarantee that future US regimes will not renege on their commitments of a deal like what the Trump administration did with the 2015 nuclear deal.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/22/discussions-between-iran-and-us-advance/
Iran seeks complete removal of all sanctions and a guarantee that future US regimes will not renege on their commitments of a deal like what the Trump administration did with the 2015 nuclear deal.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/22/discussions-between-iran-and-us-advance/
Peoples Dispatch
Discussions between Iran and US advance
Iran seeks complete removal of all sanctions and a guarantee that future US regimes will not renege on their commitments of a deal like what the Trump administration did with the 2015 nuclear deal.
#PeoplesHistory | Today marks the birth anniversary of Vladimir Lenin—revolutionary titan, architect of the Soviet state, and theorist whose analysis of imperialism still ignites anti-colonial struggles worldwide.
A century later, his praxis echoes in struggles against exploitation, from picket lines to liberated zones.
A century later, his praxis echoes in struggles against exploitation, from picket lines to liberated zones.
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🇨🇺🇵🇸 Cubans send message to Palestinian prisoners: “You are not alone!”
In honor of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, a group of Cuban artists, teachers, and community members gathered to paint a mural to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and demand the liberation of Palestinian prisoners.
In honor of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, a group of Cuban artists, teachers, and community members gathered to paint a mural to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and demand the liberation of Palestinian prisoners.
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“I welcomed our son into the world earlier today without Mahmoud by my side,” Abdalla wrote in a statement.
On April 21, Dr. Noor Abdalla, the wife of detained Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, gave birth to their first child while her husband remains imprisoned in an ICE detention center over 1,000 miles away in Louisiana.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/22/noor-abdalla-wife-of-mahmoud-khalil-gives-birth-while-husband-languishes-in-ice-detention/
On April 21, Dr. Noor Abdalla, the wife of detained Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, gave birth to their first child while her husband remains imprisoned in an ICE detention center over 1,000 miles away in Louisiana.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/22/noor-abdalla-wife-of-mahmoud-khalil-gives-birth-while-husband-languishes-in-ice-detention/
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Noor Abdalla, wife of Mahmoud Khalil, gives birth while husband languishes in ICE detention
The ongoing detention of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil has united movement in solidarity with Palestine with struggle for immigrant rights under Trump
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Tune in for an episode with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they discuss the ongoing United Nations conference for reparations for enslavement, the anti-trust cases against Meta and Google, the protests against the docking of the ship Nexoe Maersk in the Morocco as part of the people's arms embargo, stunted peace talks in Ukraine, the hunger strikes of Alaa Abd el-Fattah and his mother to fight for his freedom, as well the passing of Pope Francis and how he was a man close to the movements.
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we honor Olga Benario, a fearless German-Brazilian communist leader who fought fascism until her last breath.
Born in Munich in 1908, Olga Gutmann Benario joined the Communist Youth at just 14 years old. By 20, she orchestrated a daring armed raid on Berlin’s Moabit prison, freeing Otto Braun, a communist professor accused of treason. She escaped to Moscow, where continued her studies and activities.
In 1934, the Communist International (Comintern) assigned her a critical mission: to protect Luís Carlos Prestes, Brazil’s revolutionary, on his return to Brazil amid the Vargas dictatorship. Posing as a wealthy Portuguese couple, they traveled from New York to Brazil—and during their fake honeymoon, fell in love for real.
But in 1936, after a failed insurrection, Prestes, Benario, and their comrades were captured by Vargas' forces. Olga, pregnant with Prestes’ child, was deported to Germany and handed to the Gestapo in a chilling act of Nazi-Brazilian collaboration.
Born in Munich in 1908, Olga Gutmann Benario joined the Communist Youth at just 14 years old. By 20, she orchestrated a daring armed raid on Berlin’s Moabit prison, freeing Otto Braun, a communist professor accused of treason. She escaped to Moscow, where continued her studies and activities.
In 1934, the Communist International (Comintern) assigned her a critical mission: to protect Luís Carlos Prestes, Brazil’s revolutionary, on his return to Brazil amid the Vargas dictatorship. Posing as a wealthy Portuguese couple, they traveled from New York to Brazil—and during their fake honeymoon, fell in love for real.
But in 1936, after a failed insurrection, Prestes, Benario, and their comrades were captured by Vargas' forces. Olga, pregnant with Prestes’ child, was deported to Germany and handed to the Gestapo in a chilling act of Nazi-Brazilian collaboration.
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Syrian security forces arrested two top resistance leaders affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Syria’s capital, Damascus.
The Saraya Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of PIJ, explained in a statement that Syria’s interim government “did not clarify the reasons for the arrest.” It also reproached the Syrian authorities because the arrest was carried out in a way that the PIJ would not have hoped to see from their brothers, “whose land has always been a haven for loyal and free people.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/23/syrias-interim-government-arrests-senior-palestinian-resistance-leaders/
The Saraya Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of PIJ, explained in a statement that Syria’s interim government “did not clarify the reasons for the arrest.” It also reproached the Syrian authorities because the arrest was carried out in a way that the PIJ would not have hoped to see from their brothers, “whose land has always been a haven for loyal and free people.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/23/syrias-interim-government-arrests-senior-palestinian-resistance-leaders/
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Syria’s interim government arrests senior Palestinian resistance leaders
Analysts perceive the move as an attempt by Al-Sharaa to appease the US in order to have the sanctions on Syria lifted.
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The United States’ growing involvement in military exercises near the South-China sea threatens peace and stability in the region, claimed China.
It urged regional countries not to become a part of such military drills which put regional security and economic prosperity at risk.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/23/china-warns-repeated-us-led-military-exercises-in-the-region-could-cause-arms-race-and-destabilization/
It urged regional countries not to become a part of such military drills which put regional security and economic prosperity at risk.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/23/china-warns-repeated-us-led-military-exercises-in-the-region-could-cause-arms-race-and-destabilization/
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China warns repeated US-led military exercises in the region could cause arms race and destabilization
Over 14,000 armed forces personnel from the US, the Philippines, and several other countries started yet another massive military exercise near China's borders on Wednesday.
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"Whispers in the corners of the IMF and World Bank meetings are all about the irrationality of the Trump administration, and – in particular – the unpredictability of Trump’s own statements."
Read Vijay Prashad's article ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/24/the-turbulence-in-the-global-economy/
Read Vijay Prashad's article ⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/24/the-turbulence-in-the-global-economy/
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The turbulence in the global economy
The IMF has predicted "uncertainty" in the global economy, especially in the wake of Trump's tariff war, yet it seems to ignore the pathways towards stability and growth seen in the East
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#PeoplesHistory | Today is International Anti-Colonialism Day which was born from the historic 1955 Bandung Conference where Third World nations united to chart their own sovereign path of cooperation and independence. The day stands as a rallying cry in the fight against colonial domination, past and present.
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Left and progressive forces in India and Pakistan have condemned attempts by right-wing forces to capitalize on the Pahalgam attack to spread hatred and further ignite existing conflicts in the region.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/24/progressive-forces-in-south-asia-condemn-rising-regional-tensions-and-communalism-in-wake-of-pahalgam-attack/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/24/progressive-forces-in-south-asia-condemn-rising-regional-tensions-and-communalism-in-wake-of-pahalgam-attack/
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Progressive forces in South Asia condemn rising regional tensions and communalism in wake of Pahalgam attack
After the attack in which 26 people were killed, India’s ultra right-wing government announced the suspension of a decades-old river water treaty with neighboring Pakistan, blaming it for being behind the attack without providing any evidence
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#PeoplesHistory | Today marks the beginning of the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland.
During Easter week of 1916, Irish independence rebels led by figures like Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, seized key government buildings in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic. Their goal was complete independence from British colonial control.
The armed insurrection against British colonialism and the first proclamation of the Irish Republic, "was not just a seminal event in Irish history, but also in world history, since it was a blow against British imperialism from within," as Graham Harrington from the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) told Peoples Dispatch in 2023.
Though violently crushed by the British, the Easter Rising gave momentum, energy, and popular support to the Irish republican cause. Years later, the Irish Republican Army forced Britain to the negotiating table, winning independence for (most of) Ireland.
During Easter week of 1916, Irish independence rebels led by figures like Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, seized key government buildings in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic. Their goal was complete independence from British colonial control.
The armed insurrection against British colonialism and the first proclamation of the Irish Republic, "was not just a seminal event in Irish history, but also in world history, since it was a blow against British imperialism from within," as Graham Harrington from the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) told Peoples Dispatch in 2023.
Though violently crushed by the British, the Easter Rising gave momentum, energy, and popular support to the Irish republican cause. Years later, the Irish Republican Army forced Britain to the negotiating table, winning independence for (most of) Ireland.
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Seventy years ago, representatives of twenty-nine countries met in Bandung, Indonesia, for the Asian-African Conference.
Sri Lanka’s participation in the Bandung Conference reveals that in many countries, it was the movements and organized left that pushed for South-South integration, in defiance of US imperialism
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http://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/23/peoples-movements-and-the-bandung-spirit-a-view-from-sri-lanka/
Sri Lanka’s participation in the Bandung Conference reveals that in many countries, it was the movements and organized left that pushed for South-South integration, in defiance of US imperialism
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http://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/23/peoples-movements-and-the-bandung-spirit-a-view-from-sri-lanka/
Peoples Dispatch
People’s movements and the Bandung Spirit: A view from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's participation in the Bandung Conference reveals that in many countries, it was the movements and organized left that pushed for South-South integration, in defiance of US imperialism
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On Monday, the evening of April 21, Burkina Faso’s military authorities announced that they had dismantled a “major plot” aimed at promoting a coup and “sowing total chaos” in the West African country.
The government of Burkina Faso accuses neighboring Côte d’Ivoire of housing coup masterminds
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/24/burkina-fasos-government-announces-the-dismantling-of-another-coup-attempt/
The government of Burkina Faso accuses neighboring Côte d’Ivoire of housing coup masterminds
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/24/burkina-fasos-government-announces-the-dismantling-of-another-coup-attempt/
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Burkina Faso’s government announces the dismantling of another coup attempt
The government of the African country accuses neighboring Côte d'Ivoire of housing coup masterminds
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Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Farraya announced in a press conference that the disbanded Muslim Brotherhood group will be considered illegal in Jordan, effective immediately, in accordance with the law.
Commenting on the ban, the Islamic Action Front (IAF) – a group said to be a splinter of the Muslim Brotherhood that won a majority in Jordan’s September 2024 parliamentary elections – asserted that it is a fully independent political party that has no ties with any group that threatens Jordan’s national security.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/24/jordan-bans-muslim-brotherhood-confiscates-its-assets-after-alleged-security-plot/
Commenting on the ban, the Islamic Action Front (IAF) – a group said to be a splinter of the Muslim Brotherhood that won a majority in Jordan’s September 2024 parliamentary elections – asserted that it is a fully independent political party that has no ties with any group that threatens Jordan’s national security.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/24/jordan-bans-muslim-brotherhood-confiscates-its-assets-after-alleged-security-plot/
Peoples Dispatch
Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood, confiscates its assets after alleged security plot
In a bid to distance itself from the plot and the ban, the Islamic Action Front confirmed it has no ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.
#PeoplesHistory | 🇮🇹 Today, is #LiberationDay in Italy (#FestaDellaLiberazione), commemorating when the partisan resistance - workers, peasants, women, and anti-fascist militants - defeated Mussolini’s regime and Nazi occupation in 1945.
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