Participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla are demanding the immediate release of GSF organizers Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Avila, who were abducted by Israeli forces. During a court appearance on Sunday, May 3, an Israeli judge extended their detention for two days.

Flotilla participants who were intercepted by Israeli forces on Wednesday in international waters have testified to being subjected to torture and mistreatment, with some participants suffering broken ribs.

Reports indicate that an oil industry port in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and a residential building in Oman were targeted in attacks on May 4. Neither Iran or the US has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

On Monday, May 4, Iran warned that it will target any force which tries to enter the Strait of Hormuz without its permission.

The warning was issued after US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that US armed forces will start escorting ships through the strait on Monday. Trump claimed several countries have approached him for help, but did not name any particular country.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/04/iran-warns-of-retaliation-if-us-tries-to-violate-the-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz/

After two months of ground clashes in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has continued to inflict losses on the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).

Netanyahu ordered a “special project” to counter the growing threat of the drone attacks after they killed or injured several IOF soldiers.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/04/hezbollah-deals-heavy-blows-to-the-iof-with-kamikaze-drones/

The four-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran is under increasing strain following reports that US warships reportedly sank six Iranian military speedboats and shot down several drones in the Strait of Hormuz.

The incident marks a sharp escalation after US President Donald Trump’s announcement on Sunday that the US military will begin escorting commercial vessels through the strait, in an operation dubbed “Project Freedom”.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/04/trump-moves-to-reignite-iran-war-as-polls-show-intensifying-domestic-crisis/

“The court’s decision to extend the detention of humanitarian activists abducted in international waters amounts to judicial validation of the state’s lawlessness,” Adalah Center stated in response to the decision, adding it would move immediately towards an appeal and demand the unconditional release of both.

Israeli occupation authorities have extended the imprisonment of Global Sumud Flotilla activists Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Ávila until Sunday, May 10.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/05/israeli-authorities-prolong-flotilla-activists-imprisonment-for-six-more-days/

🇧🇴“We don’t want our territories to be divided, to be sold, to be fragmented... that is what this law wants.”

Indigenous people and peasants marched for 27 days to La Paz, the Bolivian capital, to defend their land and rights. The people of Bolivia are protesting the 1720 law proposed by the right-wing government of Rodrigo Paz, which, according to farmers, threatens small landowners and farmers.

At least five Iranian civilians were killed when the US navy targeted and bombed two civilian cargo boats traveling from Oman to Iran on Monday, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported.

According to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards’ Corp (IRGC), the boats were carrying civilian goods from Oman towards the coast of Iran when they were targeted by the US navy. The IRGC characterized the attack on the civilian vessels as a result of US fear and desperation after it failed to implement the US president’s so-called “Project Freedom” announced on Sunday.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/05/at-least-five-iranians-killed-in-us-attack-on-civilian-cargo-boats-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/

Audio recordings recently leaked by Hondurasgate and published by multiple media outlets suggest that a plan was hatched by the Trump administration, financed by Israeli capital and Argentine President Javier Milei, and agreed upon with local Honduran elites to return the former President Juan Orlando Hernández (convicted of drug trafficking and pardoned by the Trump administration) to power, persecute the left-wing opposition, and wage campaigns to discredit the progressive governments of Claudia Sheinbaum and Gustavo Petro, among others.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/05/hondurasgate-leaked-audio-links-asfura-hernandez-trump-milei-netanyahu-in-anti-left-plot/

“What distinguishes the rulers of Abu Dhabi from others is not exceptional shrewdness or intelligence, but rather a willingness to become deeply subservient to the US, Israel, and the West, and an even greater readiness to assume all manner of dirty political, media, and security roles in numerous countries around the world.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/06/the-uae-and-israel-a-full-partnership-in-crime-and-bloodshed/

🇨🇺🇨🇴 Petro calls on Latin American people to defend Cuba

At an event in Bogotá, Colombian President Gustavo Petro spoke about the latest US threats against Cuba and why the people of Latin America should defend the Caribbean island nation which has made tremendous achievements in arts, culture, science, and healthcare.

In addition to the new sanctions, Washington has imposed an economic, commercial, and energy blockade on the island.

The Cuban president asserts that Cuba is not a threat to the US and vows to defend the homeland against any possible aggression.

The United States government appears to be shifting its military attention toward Cuba, as negotiations with Iran continue. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan on May 5, to discuss “threats that undermine security, stability and democracy in our hemisphere” and posted a photo with the commander in front of a map of Cuba.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/06/trump-imposes-new-sanctions-against-cuba-and-threatens-war/

US President Donald Trump announced that “Operation Epic Fury”, the military aggression launched against Iran on February 28, “will be at an end” if Iran agrees to the terms proposed by his administration. In his Truth Social post on Wednesday, May 6, he went on to threaten Iran with the resumption of war:

“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before.”

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/06/us-declares-end-of-operation-epic-fury-and-project-freedom-while-threatening-iran-in-talks/

governments because their leaders had led confrontations against Modi’s national government on several issues.

There are three immediate takeaways from this election: first, the level of state manipulation in the elections through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) certainly undermined faith in the electoral process, since it was seen to have enabled Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win in West Bengal (population 100 million); second, the Gen-Z phenomenon, or the post-ideological politics wave, has entered India through the victory of film star Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in Tamil Nadu (population 77 million); third, with the defeat of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala (population 36 million), there will be no Communist-led government in any part of India for the first time in five decades.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/06/regional-elections-in-india-and-the-growing-myth-of-gen-z/

Workers’ Party of Belgium’s Peter Mertens discusses the wave of social protests in Belgium, the link between social cuts and militarization, and the struggle for alternatives.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/06/peter-mertens-we-have-to-restore-peoples-confidence-in-collective-strength/

Nearly a month after Peru’s presidential election, the country’s electoral authority has yet to announce who will advance to the run-off election on June 7.
Peru’s run-off election is just a month away and the contestants have yet to be finalized. Electoral authorities are facing increased pressure and harassment from political actors who appear dissatisfied with the results.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/07/a-month-after-the-elections-oas-urges-peru-to-finish-vote-count/

🇨🇳 “China firmly supports Cuba in safeguarding its national sovereignty and security.”

Lin Jian, spokesperson of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, condemned the move by the Trump administration to further tighten the stranglehold on Cuba, imposing fresh sanctions on the already struggling island. Lin called for an end to US meddling in Cuba and in the entire Latin American and Caribbean region.