Peoples Dispatch

What does the imperialist war on Iran mean for Africa? Beyond the immediate economic repercussions of the conflict, the question of sovereignty emerges as central. Read more ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/18/why…

🇨🇺 “Cubans are very clear that if they (the US) dare to carry out those threats, the same thing will happen to them as in Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs).” The people of Cuba are preparing for a possible intervention or invasion by the United States, as US President Donald Trump has threatened to take control of the Caribbean nation. Cubans, under the leadership of Fidel Castro, famously defeated a US invasion in 1961. Today, the Cuban Revolution is facing the most extreme conditions of the US blockade, but it is also experiencing a growing wave of internationalism and support from different social movements from around the world. The people say they are far more prepared to defend themselves now than they were during their historic victory in 1961.

“Military campaigns can destroy cities & kill large numbers of people, but political outcomes are defined by endurance, legitimacy, &the historical currents that flow beneath the immediate violence.” 📲 An article by @vijayprashad peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/18/ira…

Larijani, along with his son Mortaza and some other SNSC officials, was killed when they were visiting Larijani’s daughter in one of the suburbs of Tehran. Read more ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/18/ira…

The Noboa administration advanced a decree which mandated an increase of hours in the workday. It was resoundingly rejected on the streets, with many committing to further action. Read more ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/18/ecu…

On March 17, in a statement to the media, Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounced that there have been bombings on the Colombian-Ecuadorian border coming from Ecuador. Read more ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/18/ten…

🇨🇺🇯🇲 Jamaica to end five-decade healthcare relationship and lose over 300 Cuban doctors. Social movements in Jamaica are protesting their government’s decision to end the medical cooperation between Cuba and Jamaica. This comes amid rising pressure from the United States against Cuba and any country that dares to maintain normal relations with the island.

The left party France Unbowed (La France Insoumise, LFI) recorded breakthrough results in the first round of local elections on March 15. The results represent an elevenfold increase in their performance at this level compared to previous votes. Read⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/18/lef…

“My last contact with Witkoff was prior to his employer’s decision to kill diplomacy with another illegal military attack on Iran” Araghchi wrote, adding that “any claim to the contrary appears geared solely to mislead oil traders & the public.” Read ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/18/ira…

At least 12 Palestinians were killed in separate Israeli attacks across the occupied West Bank during the last several days, the worst of which claimed the lives of four members of the same family. Read more ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/18/twe…

A campaign in the United Kingdom is demanding that the British government issue a formal apology for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, one of the most infamous atrocities of British colonial rule in India. Read more ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/17/cam…

“The movements, parties, and progressive governments of Latin America and the Caribbean need a renewed regional agenda of sovereignty and concrete cooperation.” 📲 Read the full article by Carlos Ron on our website.⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/17/the…

🇮🇪🍀This St. Patrick’s day, we remember Irish revolutionary Bobby Sands. Listen to the words of his fellow hunger striker Pat Sheehan. A member of the Provisional IRA, Sands died while on hunger strike, asserting that he was a political prisoner fighting in the struggle for the liberation of the North of Ireland from the shackles of British colonialism. Sheehan compares Sands to Ernesto “Che” Guevara in his fight for liberation from imperial forces.

🇻🇪Where and when did the Bolivarian Revolution begin? For many, it was on February 27, 1989 in Guarenas, Venezuela. The uprising in Guarenas against transportation fee hikes spread across Caracas and became known as the Caracazo, one of the first uprisings against neoliberalism in Latin America. The uprising was violently repressed, but served as the spark for the Bolivarian Revolution led by Commander Hugo Chávez Frias.

Within hours after the European Parliament adopted a resolution demanding the “immediate and unconditional release” of Niger’s ousted, former president Bazoum, the Nigerien government reiterated that it “will not accept any directive” from Europe. Read⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/16/nig…

20,000 people joined a demonstration in Rome to oppose reforms to the judiciary planned by Giorgia Meloni’s government, to be voted on in a referendum on March 22-23. Read more ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/16/mas…

“The Iranian nation, government, and armed forces have never sought tension and conflict, but we have no hesitation in confronting aggressors,” PressTV reported Pezeshkian saying, during a phone conversation with Emanuel Macron on March 15. Read more ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/16/clo…

“Iran is using one of its most powerful asymmetric tools in the US-Israeli war on Tehran: the Strait of Hormuz.” 📲 Read the full article by Yahya Dbouk of Al-Akhbar ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/16/ira…

🇮🇹Italy vs. Meloni government Thousands of people took to the streets in Italy to protest the far-right Meloni government, its austerity measures for the working class, and the increase in military spending. The people of Italy also marched to demand an end to the Israeli-US war against Iran, and its continuous attacks on Lebanon and Palestine. 📲 To find out more, check out our website.

Kast faces a complex challenge ahead: he has promised to align the government with the Trump administration, but China is Chile’s main trading partner. Furthermore, he does not have a secure parliamentary majority. Read more ⬇ peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/16/far…