A recent announcement by the Trump administration that it plans to withdraw at least 5,000 US troops from Germany and halt the planned deployment of long-range US missiles has triggered contradictory reactions in the European country.
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#PeoplesHistory | Four years ago today, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, was assassinated by Israeli Occupation Forces while clearly identified as press and covering a military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in Jenin.
Four years later, Israel has continued killing journalists and media workers with total impunity. Since October 2023, Israel has killed over 235 Palestinian journalists, making Israel's genocide in Gaza the most deadly place for journalists in the world.
Four years later, Israel has continued killing journalists and media workers with total impunity. Since October 2023, Israel has killed over 235 Palestinian journalists, making Israel's genocide in Gaza the most deadly place for journalists in the world.
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On May 9, thousands of Malians in various cities mobilized to express their support for the national armed forces and the sovereigntist popular military government defending the country from attacks by multiple foreign-backed terror groups.
In the capital, Bamako – one of the six cities attacked on April 25 – citizens packed the Mamadou Konaté Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 5,500, to attend a gathering themed “For a Mali standing tall, united, at peace and secure”. Addressing the gathering, Ibrahim Cissé, president of the National Youth Council of Mali (CNJ), called on the young Malians to join the armed forces in ever greater numbers in the fight against terror groups, insisting, “We refuse to be a youth of spectators.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/11/thousands-of-malians-demonstrate-in-support-of-the-governments-fight-against-terror-groups/
In the capital, Bamako – one of the six cities attacked on April 25 – citizens packed the Mamadou Konaté Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 5,500, to attend a gathering themed “For a Mali standing tall, united, at peace and secure”. Addressing the gathering, Ibrahim Cissé, president of the National Youth Council of Mali (CNJ), called on the young Malians to join the armed forces in ever greater numbers in the fight against terror groups, insisting, “We refuse to be a youth of spectators.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/11/thousands-of-malians-demonstrate-in-support-of-the-governments-fight-against-terror-groups/
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Following several scandals and problems during his administration, the popularity of Javier Milei’s libertarian government has plummeted. The British newspaper Financial Times published a poll showing that 63% of Argentines disapprove of the far-right leader’s performance.
Argentina is currently in the midst of a prolonged economic crisis that shows no signs of ending. The libertarian government had promised that reducing the deficit and slowing the depreciation of the Argentine peso against the dollar, along with a radical downsizing of the state, would lead to rapid economic improvement.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/11/mileis-approval-collapses-under-corruption-scandals-and-prolonged-economic-crisis/
Argentina is currently in the midst of a prolonged economic crisis that shows no signs of ending. The libertarian government had promised that reducing the deficit and slowing the depreciation of the Argentine peso against the dollar, along with a radical downsizing of the state, would lead to rapid economic improvement.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/11/mileis-approval-collapses-under-corruption-scandals-and-prolonged-economic-crisis/
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Milei’s approval collapses under corruption scandals and prolonged economic crisis
In addition to the economic crisis Argentina is facing, a series of corruption allegations has caused the Argentine president’s popularity to plummet to one of its lowest levels since he took office.
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Within hours after its submission on Sunday, May 10, US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s fresh proposal for peace in the Middle East, calling it “totally unacceptable.”
According to reports in Iranian media, the latest Iranian peace proposal to end the US-Israeli war of aggression included most of the original demands made since the beginning of the ceasefire in April.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/11/trump-rejects-irans-latest-proposal-to-end-the-war-oil-prices-spike/
According to reports in Iranian media, the latest Iranian peace proposal to end the US-Israeli war of aggression included most of the original demands made since the beginning of the ceasefire in April.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/11/trump-rejects-irans-latest-proposal-to-end-the-war-oil-prices-spike/
Peoples Dispatch
Trump rejects Iran’s latest proposal to end the war, oil prices spike
The failure of peace efforts so far has caused fresh spikes in the price of oil and increased speculations of wider long-term impacts on the global economy, with more countries seeking alternatives.
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Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday, May 9, the arrest of 41 individuals affiliated with an organization allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the ideology of Wilayat al-Faqih.
The ideology is based on a Shia religious doctrine that gives Iran’s Supreme Leader the ultimate authority over all governmental institutions, including the military.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/11/bahrain-arrests-41-individuals-allegedly-linked-to-irgc/
The ideology is based on a Shia religious doctrine that gives Iran’s Supreme Leader the ultimate authority over all governmental institutions, including the military.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/11/bahrain-arrests-41-individuals-allegedly-linked-to-irgc/
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Bahrain arrests 41 individuals allegedly linked to IRGC
The move came after the Gulf country joined the US in proposing a UN Security Council resolution on the situation of the Strait of Hormuz.
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🇰🇪“After its defeat in the Sahel region, France is trying to reposition itself in the East African region ... we don’t want military bases here in Kenya.”
PD's Nicholas Mwangi reports from the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, where a demonstration was held against the France-Africa Summit. Progressive groups in Kenya and across the African continent organized a counter summit, criticizing the Macron and Ruto-led summit as an attempt by France to reconfigure its influence and strategic interests in Africa at a time when the Sahel is increasingly slipping from its traditional sphere of control.
Tuesday's protest was repressed by Kenyan police who tear gassed the procession and arrested 13 people, including several activists from different parts of the world.
PD's Nicholas Mwangi reports from the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, where a demonstration was held against the France-Africa Summit. Progressive groups in Kenya and across the African continent organized a counter summit, criticizing the Macron and Ruto-led summit as an attempt by France to reconfigure its influence and strategic interests in Africa at a time when the Sahel is increasingly slipping from its traditional sphere of control.
Tuesday's protest was repressed by Kenyan police who tear gassed the procession and arrested 13 people, including several activists from different parts of the world.
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Kenyan police brutally repressed a protest in Nairobi on May 12 against the ongoing France-Africa Summit, which progressive groups from Kenya and the African continent have described as an imperialist maneuver aimed at reasserting French influence on the African continent.
Tuesday’s protest marked the culmination of a two-day counter-summit organized in opposition to the official “Africa Forward Summit”, bringing together activists, intellectuals, trade unionists, students, and anti-imperialist organizers from Kenya and internationally. Participants at the Pan-Africanism Summit Against Imperialism criticized the role of France in Africa, raising concerns around militarization, economic domination, debt dependency, resource extraction, and continued neo-colonial influence across the continent.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/12/police-tear-gas-and-arrest-protesters-at-france-africa-counter-summit-in-nairobi/
Tuesday’s protest marked the culmination of a two-day counter-summit organized in opposition to the official “Africa Forward Summit”, bringing together activists, intellectuals, trade unionists, students, and anti-imperialist organizers from Kenya and internationally. Participants at the Pan-Africanism Summit Against Imperialism criticized the role of France in Africa, raising concerns around militarization, economic domination, debt dependency, resource extraction, and continued neo-colonial influence across the continent.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/12/police-tear-gas-and-arrest-protesters-at-france-africa-counter-summit-in-nairobi/
Peoples Dispatch
Police tear gas and arrest protesters at France-Africa counter summit in Nairobi
Organizers, activists, intellectuals, and international delegates were arrested in Nairobi during an anti-imperialist protest against the France–Africa Summit, which critics have described as an attempt at imperialist repositioning in East Africa.
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🇭🇳 What is Hondurasgate? Why was convicted drug trafficker and former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández actually pardoned by Trump?
➡️ Swipe to read more about the far-right plot against the left in Latin America
➡️ Swipe to read more about the far-right plot against the left in Latin America
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Last week, the online newspaper El Faro reported that the government of right-wing Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele froze the bank account and a property belonging to two partners of Trípode S.A., the company that founded and supports El Faro. According to the Ministry of Finance, the measure functions as collateral for alleged debts related to tax evasion.
However, the media outlet’s partners and journalists assert that this is yet another attempt to intimidate the press that has been critical of the Bukele administration and that, at its core, seeks to silence those who expose the right-wing government’s alleged acts of corruption.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/12/bukele-escalates-crackdown-on-independent-media-after-documentary-exposes-his-alleged-gang-deals/
However, the media outlet’s partners and journalists assert that this is yet another attempt to intimidate the press that has been critical of the Bukele administration and that, at its core, seeks to silence those who expose the right-wing government’s alleged acts of corruption.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/12/bukele-escalates-crackdown-on-independent-media-after-documentary-exposes-his-alleged-gang-deals/
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Bukele escalates crackdown on independent media after documentary exposes his alleged gang deals
The government’s latest offensive came after the release of a documentary co-produced by PBS that allegedly exposes the deals Bukele is said to have struck with El Salvador’s most powerful gangs.
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Hundreds of thousands of workers took to streets all across India on Tuesday, May 12, in solidarity with the unorganized workers facing state repression in various parts of the country, particularly in the National Capital Regions (NCR).
A joint platform made up of the Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and several independent sectoral federations made the call for the protest, calling May 12 “National Demands Day.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/12/indian-trade-unions-mobilize-in-solidarity-with-low-wage-workers/
A joint platform made up of the Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and several independent sectoral federations made the call for the protest, calling May 12 “National Demands Day.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/12/indian-trade-unions-mobilize-in-solidarity-with-low-wage-workers/
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Indian trade unions mobilize in solidarity with low-wage workers
Unions demand the end of state repression against the workers’ movements for decent wages and better working conditions, warning that repression cannot assure industrial peace in the country.
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The Israeli parliament (known as the Knesset) passed a law on Monday, May 11, to establish livestreamed special military tribunals and impose death penalty for Hamas detainees, who were allegedly involved in the October 7 attacks. The law would also prohibit their release as part of prisoner swap deals.
For its part, Hamas issued a statement on Tuesday, May 12, denouncing the law as “fascist and racist”. The Palestinian resistance movement also emphasized that the legislation constitutes “a dangerous escalation and a new crime to be added to the enemy’s track record of war crimes and systematic violations against Palestinians.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/12/knesset-passes-law-to-publicly-try-and-execute-hamas-fighters-allegedly-involved-in-october-7-attacks/
For its part, Hamas issued a statement on Tuesday, May 12, denouncing the law as “fascist and racist”. The Palestinian resistance movement also emphasized that the legislation constitutes “a dangerous escalation and a new crime to be added to the enemy’s track record of war crimes and systematic violations against Palestinians.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/12/knesset-passes-law-to-publicly-try-and-execute-hamas-fighters-allegedly-involved-in-october-7-attacks/
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Knesset passes law to publicly try and execute Hamas fighters allegedly involved in October 7 attacks
Hamas warned of “grave consequences”, considering the approval of the law which violates basic legal norms a “dangerous escalation”.
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🇦🇷 Hundreds of thousands hit the streets of Argentina in defense of public education in Argentina.
Students, teachers, and university staff, joined by left movements and trade unions, took to the streets of Buenos Aires and cities across Argentina on May 12 to demand that Milei fund public universities. University workers and professors denounce that with their salary they are unable to afford basic necessities to survive.
This new round of protests comes amid a crisis in the popularity of the self-proclaimed “anarchocapitalist” president, Javier Milei, due to recent scandals of misappropriated funds by his chief of staff, Manuel Adorni. Polls show that 63% of Argentines disapprove of the far-right leader’s performance.
Students, teachers, and university staff, joined by left movements and trade unions, took to the streets of Buenos Aires and cities across Argentina on May 12 to demand that Milei fund public universities. University workers and professors denounce that with their salary they are unable to afford basic necessities to survive.
This new round of protests comes amid a crisis in the popularity of the self-proclaimed “anarchocapitalist” president, Javier Milei, due to recent scandals of misappropriated funds by his chief of staff, Manuel Adorni. Polls show that 63% of Argentines disapprove of the far-right leader’s performance.
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