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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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For the Left this cannot be merely an act of remembrance,” wrote the European Left Party. “It is a call to continue the struggle for a peaceful and antifascist Europe.”
On May 8 and 9, left and progressive movements in Europe marked Victory Day – the 81st anniversary of fascism’s defeat in World War II. “
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/12/victory-day-in-europe-eu-revisionism-continues-while-left-honors-resistance-and-soviet-contributions/
On May 8 and 9, left and progressive movements in Europe marked Victory Day – the 81st anniversary of fascism’s defeat in World War II. “
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/12/victory-day-in-europe-eu-revisionism-continues-while-left-honors-resistance-and-soviet-contributions/
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, announced a government program that seeks to settle, in many cases, and significantly reduce, in others, the debts owed by small-scale farmers, small producers, and fishermen to the government.
The decision aims to enable 99.5% of debtors to settle or restructure debts that had become impossible to pay and were being used by lawyers to extort farmers and small producers.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/13/sheinbaum-to-forgive-debts-for-tens-of-thousands-of-small-farmers/
The decision aims to enable 99.5% of debtors to settle or restructure debts that had become impossible to pay and were being used by lawyers to extort farmers and small producers.
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Sheinbaum to forgive debts for tens of thousands of small farmers
The decision aims to enable 99.5% of debtors to settle or restructure debts that had become impossible to pay and were being used by lawyers to extort farmers and small producers.
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🌍Pan-African activists organize France-Africa counter summit in Nairobi
PD’s Nicholas Mwangi reports from the Pan-Africanist Summit Against Imperialism in Kenya. The summit was organized by progressive movements in Kenya and from across the world to protest the France-Africa summit held in Nairobi from May 11-12. The France-Africa summit was presided over by French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan President William Ruto, and seen by many as an attempt by France to reorganize its colonial interests in Africa after being expelled from the Sahel region.
PD’s Nicholas Mwangi reports from the Pan-Africanist Summit Against Imperialism in Kenya. The summit was organized by progressive movements in Kenya and from across the world to protest the France-Africa summit held in Nairobi from May 11-12. The France-Africa summit was presided over by French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan President William Ruto, and seen by many as an attempt by France to reorganize its colonial interests in Africa after being expelled from the Sahel region.
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Trump is visiting Beijing this week in the first US state visit to China in nine years.
The last US state visit to Chinese soil was Trump’s own, in November 2017 – at the start of the US-imposed trade war that would deepen under Biden and intensify in his second presidency. The China that received him then was still learning to respond to the aggressions.
The China that receives him now has spent nine years diversifying its export markets, building supply chain autonomy, developing the technological leverage to push back, while turning towards Global South countries. Trump’s failed tariff war against China ended up hurting its own economy and people more than China’s, and Beijing’s export controls on rare earth elements ultimately forced Trump to back down. The eighteen US executives in the delegation, including Tim Cook, Elon Musk and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, have come because their companies cannot do without the Chinese market. The economic instruments of US containment have not produced the result Washington wanted.
📲 Read the full article by Tings Chak on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/13/trumps-state-visit-to-beijing-and-the-new-cold-war-on-asia/
The last US state visit to Chinese soil was Trump’s own, in November 2017 – at the start of the US-imposed trade war that would deepen under Biden and intensify in his second presidency. The China that received him then was still learning to respond to the aggressions.
The China that receives him now has spent nine years diversifying its export markets, building supply chain autonomy, developing the technological leverage to push back, while turning towards Global South countries. Trump’s failed tariff war against China ended up hurting its own economy and people more than China’s, and Beijing’s export controls on rare earth elements ultimately forced Trump to back down. The eighteen US executives in the delegation, including Tim Cook, Elon Musk and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, have come because their companies cannot do without the Chinese market. The economic instruments of US containment have not produced the result Washington wanted.
📲 Read the full article by Tings Chak on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/13/trumps-state-visit-to-beijing-and-the-new-cold-war-on-asia/
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Trump’s state visit to Beijing and the New Cold War on Asia
As Trump arrives in Beijing this week, no deal signed at the Great Hall will hide the expanding foreign military infrastructure across Asia and Washington's New Cold War.
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🇨🇳 The Trump-Xi Summit has kicked off in Beijing’s Great Hall. The leaders are expected to discuss a variety issues and major agreements on trade and tariffs are expected, as the US delegation has the participation of over a dozen CEOs from the country’s largest firms.
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“China’s position on the issue of Cuba is consistent, clear, and unchanged. On the issue of Venezuela, China’s position is equally consistent,” Guo stated during the ministry’s press conference.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun reaffirmed on Wednesday, May 13, that Beijing’s position on Cuba and Venezuela remains unchanged, when asked whether the issues would be discussed at the meeting between President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, who arrived in Beijing this afternoon for a two-day summit.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun reaffirmed on Wednesday, May 13, that Beijing’s position on Cuba and Venezuela remains unchanged, when asked whether the issues would be discussed at the meeting between President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, who arrived in Beijing this afternoon for a two-day summit.
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China reaffirms support for Cuba and Venezuela on the eve of the Xi-Trump summit in Beijing
A spokesperson for the foreign ministry said that China's position on the two countries is "consistent" and will not change.
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#PeoplesHistory | On his birthday, we remember Salvadoran revolutionary poet Roque Dalton.
“Poetry, like bread, is for everyone.”
Dalton was not only one of Latin America’s most important poets, but also a committed revolutionary who dedicated his life to the struggles of workers, peasants, students, and oppressed people across Central America.
Half a century later, Roque Dalton’s words continue to accompany popular struggles across Latin America.
“Poetry, like bread, is for everyone.”
Dalton was not only one of Latin America’s most important poets, but also a committed revolutionary who dedicated his life to the struggles of workers, peasants, students, and oppressed people across Central America.
Half a century later, Roque Dalton’s words continue to accompany popular struggles across Latin America.
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“The apparent widespread popularity of Nayib Bukele’s government (regime) acts as a sophisticated media smokescreen. Under the guise of effectiveness lies the deliberate dismantling of the rule of law and the deepening of social precariousness that the regime attempts to render invisible. Physical security, achieved through the permanent suspension of civil liberties, is a mirage that sacrifices social justice and due process in favor of a one-man hegemony and becomes a kind of war on the poor, paradoxically endorsed by them.”
📲 Read the full article by Carmen Navas Reyes on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/13/the-mirage-of-security-the-dangerous-bukele-model/
📲 Read the full article by Carmen Navas Reyes on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/13/the-mirage-of-security-the-dangerous-bukele-model/
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The mirage of security: the dangerous Bukele model
The “Bukele model” has managed to politically seduce large majorities in Latin America to the point of making them prefer extreme authoritarianism in exchange for supposed public safety.
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For the 15th time in 18 months, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against reforms proposed by Belgium’s Arizona government seeking to reduce pension rights, introduce harsher working conditions, and cut social budgets to finance war and armament. On May 12, “75,000 people filled the streets of Brussels: workers from the public and private sector, metalworkers, caregivers, teachers, public service employees, NGOs, cultural workers, youth, feminist, democratic and peace movements,” stated the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB-PVDA).
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/13/brussels-protest-marks-15th-demonstration-against-austerity-in-18-months/
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Brussels protest marks 15th demonstration against austerity in 18 months
For the 15th time in 18 months, tens of thousands demonstrated against reforms proposed by Belgium's Arizona government.
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For several weeks now, anti-immigrant protests have taken place across different cities in South Africa, a country grappling with deep economic and historical contradictions rooted in its apartheid past and uneven post-liberation transformation.
Anti-immigrant demonstrations and violence have taken place in cities such as Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, and the Eastern Cape. Several videos have circulated online showing incidents of assault and violence on men accused of being undocumented immigrants. At least seven people have reportedly been killed as a result of these attacks since March 2026.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/14/anti-immigrant-protests-and-violence-escalate-in-south-africa/
Anti-immigrant demonstrations and violence have taken place in cities such as Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, and the Eastern Cape. Several videos have circulated online showing incidents of assault and violence on men accused of being undocumented immigrants. At least seven people have reportedly been killed as a result of these attacks since March 2026.
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Anti-immigrant protests and violence escalate in South Africa
Anti-migrant marches have spread across several cities in South Africa in recent weeks, with some turning violent against African migrants amid rising economic tensions.
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Following a controversial legal process, the Bolivian justice system has issued an arrest warrant against former leftist President Evo Morales, who governed Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. The Prosecutor’s Office is seeking a 20-year sentence against one of the Andean country’s most prominent opposition leaders.
The prosecution accuses Morales of having had a romantic relationship with a minor who allegedly had a daughter with Morales while he was president of Bolivia. However, the news outlet Telesur reported that the alleged victim, named Cindy Vargas, appeared before the Court Against Violence Against Women and requested that the case be dismissed: “I am not a victim; the incident did not occur, nor was there any exploitation.” In light of this, Vargas objected to public institutions pursuing legal action on her behalf and requested that the case be dismissed.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/13/bolivian-prosecutors-demand-the-arrest-of-former-president-evo-morales/
The prosecution accuses Morales of having had a romantic relationship with a minor who allegedly had a daughter with Morales while he was president of Bolivia. However, the news outlet Telesur reported that the alleged victim, named Cindy Vargas, appeared before the Court Against Violence Against Women and requested that the case be dismissed: “I am not a victim; the incident did not occur, nor was there any exploitation.” In light of this, Vargas objected to public institutions pursuing legal action on her behalf and requested that the case be dismissed.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/13/bolivian-prosecutors-demand-the-arrest-of-former-president-evo-morales/
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Nepal’s Supreme Court issued an interim stay on the move by the newly-elected government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, to ban and dissolve party-affiliated trade unions for government employees.
The court also stayed a similar ban on student unions, issued on the very first day of the Shah government’s formation.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/14/nepals-top-court-halts-governments-attempts-to-ban-trade-union-for-civil-servants/
The court also stayed a similar ban on student unions, issued on the very first day of the Shah government’s formation.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/14/nepals-top-court-halts-governments-attempts-to-ban-trade-union-for-civil-servants/
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Nepal’s top court halts government’s attempts to ban trade unions for civil servants
The move has attracted protests from thousands of government employees, political parties, and international organizations, calling it a violation of basic rights and the country's international obligations.
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Iran dismissed Kuwait’s accusations as “utterly baseless” and said that four Iranian personnel entered Kuwaiti territorial waters accidentally due to a navigational system malfunction.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/13/iran-rejects-kuwaiti-accusation-of-irgc-infiltration/
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Iran rejects Kuwaiti accusation of IRGC infiltration
Iran dismissed Kuwait’s accusations as “utterly baseless" and said that four Iranian personnel entered Kuwaiti territorial waters accidentally due to a navigational system malfunction.