On Wednesday, June 4, Jordanian security services arrested Dr. Issam Khawaja, the Deputy General Secretary of the Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party (known in Jordan as Wihda Party).
The prominent left Jordanian leader, who is also a pediatric neurologist, was arrested while leaving his workplace at Al-Basheer Hospital, in the Jordanian capital Amman.
Wihda Party condemned his arrest in a press statement, calling it “a clear violation of fundamental rights to which Jordanian citizens are ennoscriptd, including the freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/04/jordanian-authorities-arrest-prominent-left-leader-dr-issam-khawaja/
The prominent left Jordanian leader, who is also a pediatric neurologist, was arrested while leaving his workplace at Al-Basheer Hospital, in the Jordanian capital Amman.
Wihda Party condemned his arrest in a press statement, calling it “a clear violation of fundamental rights to which Jordanian citizens are ennoscriptd, including the freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/04/jordanian-authorities-arrest-prominent-left-leader-dr-issam-khawaja/
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Jordanian authorities arrest prominent left leader Dr. Issam Khawaja
The detention of Dr. Khawaja is suspected to be based on political grounds amid a growing crackdown on freedom of expression in Jordan.
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🇵🇸 Targeting iconic Palestinian figures has been a systematic policy of Israel, in an attempt to undermine their influence on the Palestinian collective memory as inspiring models of resistance.
On Thursday, May 30, Israeli occupation police arrested Palestinian activist, journalist, and widow of Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqahh, Sana’ Salameh, commonly known as Sana’ Daqqah in the occupied capital of Palestine, Jerusalem.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/04/sana-daqqah-arrested-and-detained-by-israeli-authorities-upon-request-from-itamar-ben-gvir/
On Thursday, May 30, Israeli occupation police arrested Palestinian activist, journalist, and widow of Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqahh, Sana’ Salameh, commonly known as Sana’ Daqqah in the occupied capital of Palestine, Jerusalem.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/04/sana-daqqah-arrested-and-detained-by-israeli-authorities-upon-request-from-itamar-ben-gvir/
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Sana’ Daqqah arrested and detained by Israeli authorities upon request from Itamar Ben-Gvir
Targeting iconic Palestinian figures has been a systematic policy of Israel, in an attempt to undermine their influence on the Palestinian collective memory as inspiring models of resistance.
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🇨🇺The impacts of a tightened US blockade, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the return of Trump with a vindictive Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, have deepened the crisis in Cuba, making international solidarity with the island more important than ever.
Manolo De Los Santos writes: "Cuba is once again facing a severe, multi-faceted crisis, not due to the hurricanes that pummel through the Caribbean every year, but from the relentless and suffocating pressure exerted by its powerful neighbor to the north. This is a recurring story of a people striving for independence under an unyielding siege and blockade. Through deliberate actions, the US government has been meticulously constructing and enforcing even greater barriers that threaten the very survival of the Cuban people."
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/trump-rubio-tighten-the-noose-on-cuba/
Manolo De Los Santos writes: "Cuba is once again facing a severe, multi-faceted crisis, not due to the hurricanes that pummel through the Caribbean every year, but from the relentless and suffocating pressure exerted by its powerful neighbor to the north. This is a recurring story of a people striving for independence under an unyielding siege and blockade. Through deliberate actions, the US government has been meticulously constructing and enforcing even greater barriers that threaten the very survival of the Cuban people."
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/trump-rubio-tighten-the-noose-on-cuba/
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Trump & Rubio tighten the noose on Cuba
The impacts of a tightened US blockade, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the return of Trump with a vindictive Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, have deepened the crisis in Cuba, making international solidarity with the island more important than ever.
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#PeoplesHistory | On June 5, 1898, Federico García Lorca, the Spanish, gay, and socialist poet of the people was born. Fascists murdered him in 1936, but his words on justice and defiance continue to inspire.
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Immigrant rights activists decry “horrific” arrests at courthouses involving separation of families
After Carmen, a mother of five US citizen daughters, was arrested by plainclothes ICE agents in front of her husband at San Antonio Immigration Court for an immigration hearing, Texas immigrant rights activists sprung into action.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/04/ice-set-a-trap-immigrant-rights-activists-push-back-against-arrests-at-immigration-courts/
After Carmen, a mother of five US citizen daughters, was arrested by plainclothes ICE agents in front of her husband at San Antonio Immigration Court for an immigration hearing, Texas immigrant rights activists sprung into action.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/04/ice-set-a-trap-immigrant-rights-activists-push-back-against-arrests-at-immigration-courts/
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“ICE set a trap”: Immigrant rights activists push back against arrests at immigration courts
Immigrant rights activists decry “horrific” arrests at courthouses involving separation of families
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#PeoplesHistory | 🚩🇲🇽 Born today: Pancho Villa, the revolutionary general who led peasants to victory. His División del Norte won decisive victories against elites, seized land for the poor, and dared to raid the US. A symbol of people's rage against exploitation and the power of the oppressed.
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Despite widespread opposition in Serbia, the European Commission has included a lithium and boron mining project by multinational corporation Rio Tinto on its list of strategic projects located outside the European Union.
The announcement has been met with outrage by residents of the Jadar Valley and activists across Serbia, who have spent years mobilizing to block the project. “The European Commission has backed this project despite the opposition of the people, who have been resisting it for five years, as its realization poses significant risks to water supplies, the environment, and the economy,” the campaign Pravo na vodu (Right to Water) wrote on social media.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/eu-labels-rio-tintos-lithium-mine-in-serbia-a-strategic-project/
The announcement has been met with outrage by residents of the Jadar Valley and activists across Serbia, who have spent years mobilizing to block the project. “The European Commission has backed this project despite the opposition of the people, who have been resisting it for five years, as its realization poses significant risks to water supplies, the environment, and the economy,” the campaign Pravo na vodu (Right to Water) wrote on social media.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/eu-labels-rio-tintos-lithium-mine-in-serbia-a-strategic-project/
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EU labels Rio Tinto’s lithium mine in Serbia a strategic project
Despite strong local opposition and environmental concerns, the EU has designated Rio Tinto’s lithium mining project in Serbia as strategically important
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🇵🇦 For several weeks now, across Panama, unionized workers, students, Indigenous communities, teachers, health professionals, agricultural workers, and others have been on strike against the neoliberal policies of the right-wing government of José Raúl Mulino.
To understand what drove so many sectors of society out into the streets of Panama and how they have withstood violent and fierce repression, Peoples Dispatch spoke with Rolando “Fulo” Ortíz, sub-national coordinator of the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO).
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To understand what drove so many sectors of society out into the streets of Panama and how they have withstood violent and fierce repression, Peoples Dispatch spoke with Rolando “Fulo” Ortíz, sub-national coordinator of the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO).
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According to the text of the proclamation, the intent of this newest policy is to “protect its citizens from aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten our national security, espouse hateful ideology, or otherwise exploit the immigration laws for malevolent purposes.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/trump-resurrects-full-travel-ban-against-12-global-south-countries/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/trump-resurrects-full-travel-ban-against-12-global-south-countries/
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Trump resurrects full travel ban against 12 Global South countries
Trump’s latest travel ban restricts travel from 12 countries and limits travel from seven others
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June 1 marked the first year of the second term of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who won the 2024 presidential elections with almost 85% of the votes.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/one-more-year-of-bukele-tough-on-crime-struggling-with-poverty/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/one-more-year-of-bukele-tough-on-crime-struggling-with-poverty/
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One more year of Bukele: tough on crime, struggling with poverty
June 1 marked the first year of the second term of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who won the 2024 presidential elections with almost 85% of the votes.
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Trade unions, health and housing organizations, and peace groups across Britain are preparing for a major national demonstration against the Labour government’s austerity measures.
Since taking office in 2024, Starmer’s cabinet has announced several policies that threaten people’s livelihoods, including cuts to winter fuel support for the elderly, the continuation of the two-child benefit cap, and reductions in support payments for people with disabilities.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/06/we-will-stop-starmers-class-war-activists-promise-ahead-of-demonstration/
Since taking office in 2024, Starmer’s cabinet has announced several policies that threaten people’s livelihoods, including cuts to winter fuel support for the elderly, the continuation of the two-child benefit cap, and reductions in support payments for people with disabilities.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/06/we-will-stop-starmers-class-war-activists-promise-ahead-of-demonstration/
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“We will stop Starmer’s class war,” activists promise ahead of demonstration
Trade unions, health and housing advocates, and peace groups are preparing for a major anti-austerity demonstration on June 7 in London
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Tens of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires, the country’s capital, June 4 to demand an immediate change in the ultra-neoliberal policies of President Javier Milei.
The mobilization took place outside the National Congress, which was discussing a potential increase in pensions for retirees. Last year, Milei vetoed a pension increase that was approved by the Congress.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/06/mileis-chainsaw-economics-met-with-working-class-unity/
The mobilization took place outside the National Congress, which was discussing a potential increase in pensions for retirees. Last year, Milei vetoed a pension increase that was approved by the Congress.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/06/mileis-chainsaw-economics-met-with-working-class-unity/
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Milei’s chainsaw economics met with working class unity
The mobilization united groups of women, workers, people with disabilities, doctors, scientists, etc., who are being hit hard by the economic policy of Milei's government.
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Since Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected in September 2024, he has made four state visits. First to India, then to China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Vietnam. This itinerary says a lot about the state of the international economy and debt-saddled Sri Lanka’s options within it.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/can-global-south-investments-develop-sri-lanka/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/05/can-global-south-investments-develop-sri-lanka/
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Can Global South investments develop Sri Lanka?
The substitution of southern capital over northern capital alone may not resolve questions of viability, sustainability, or sovereignty.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi concluded a one-day visit Monday, June 2, to Egypt’s capital, Cairo, during which he met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/06/iran-egypt-initiate-a-new-chapter-of-rapprochement-amid-growing-regional-tensions/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/06/iran-egypt-initiate-a-new-chapter-of-rapprochement-amid-growing-regional-tensions/
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Iran, Egypt initiate a new chapter of rapprochement amid growing regional tensions
The move is seen as a turning point that would make normalization between the two major regional actors closer than ever, after decades of unstable relations.
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Advancing towards the harmonization of laws and judicial system in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), its member countries – Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – have decided to establish the Sahelian Criminal and Human Rights Court (CPS-DH).
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/07/aes-to-establish-a-sahelian-criminal-and-human-rights-court/
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/07/aes-to-establish-a-sahelian-criminal-and-human-rights-court/
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AES to establish a Sahelian Criminal and Human Rights Court
The step toward judicial integration further advances the unification of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger under the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), which earlier this year unveiled a common flag and a regional passport, allowing its people to cross borders freely.
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