Peoples Dispatch

Tricontinental’s Political Economy Substack, The Financial Leash, analyzes the mechanism by which the capitalist system deepens the dependence of peripheral countries through the global financial system, describing the channels through which a country’s surplus is applied (productive investment) and through which it flows out of the country. The latest balance of payments report from the BCRA (Central Bank of Argentina) shows how this dynamic has intensified in Argentina under the current government. 📲 Read the full article by Lucia Converti on our website.⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/27/argentinas-fiscal-tightening-under-the-milei-administration/

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have incurred yet another bloody Eid holiday for the sixth time in a row at the hands of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). At least nine people were killed and dozens of others were injured in a number of Israeli airstrikes that targeted residential buildings, and crowded market places across the besieged enclave on Tuesday, May 26. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/27/israel-carries-out-sixth-consecutive-eid-massacre-in-gaza/

🚩Indian communists say: "Hands off Pinarayi Vijayan" In cities across India, people took to the streets to protest the raids carried out by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a federal financial crimes agency, at multiple locations, including the residences of former Kerala Chief Minister and Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan. The raids are supposedly part of an investigation into the financial dealings of Vijayan’s daughter. Opposition parties have repeatedly accused the ultra-right Bharatiya Janata Party-led union government of using the ED as a political tool to target its opponents and advance its political agenda.

On May 25, progressive movements, socialist organizations, cooperatives, students, artists and Pan-Africanist formations across Africa commemorated Africa Liberation Day 2026 with renewed calls for sovereignty, continental unity, and resistance against imperialism. “Today, 25 May 2026 on Africa Liberation Day, we honor the true origins of Africa Liberation Day as one of the most historic reference points in our shared struggle. Since that first meeting on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, this day has represented more than commemoration. It embodies the aspirations of 1.5 billion African people on the continent and in the diaspora – the Sixth Region of Africa – to claim full emancipation from all forms of oppression and exploitation,” Pan Africanism Today stated. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/27/africa-liberation-day-2026-the-renewed-struggle-for-sovereignty-and-liberation/

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India has further intensified the debate regarding the nature of relations between the two countries and exposed the inability of the Narendra Modi government to confront Washington’s open disregard for his country’s core concerns. The political opposition in India has also found Modi’s government’s approach to the US problematic, often describing it as aimless and bordering on capitulation. They have questioned the failure of the state to defy US dictates of not buying oil from Russia or Iran, which is relatively cheaper and easier to transport than oil bought from the US. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/27/rubios-visit-intensifies-debate-on-indias-foreign-policy-independence/

Three-time prime minister Janez Janša is on track to lead another right-wing government in Slovenia after two months of uncertainties following the March general election. Despite winning fewer parliamentary seats than liberal former Prime Minister Robert Golob, Janša’s SDS party built a coalition with smaller conservative parties and secured additional support from the right-wing populist Resnica party. Analysts warn the new administration will be marked by pro-business policies, privatization of public assets, and a significant shift in foreign policy. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/26/far-right-janez-jansa-to-return-for-fourth-government-term-in-slovenia/

On May 21, at least 20 people were massacred in the community of Rigores, in the Colón Department of Honduras. The victims were killed on an African palm plantation where they worked. According to the media, the killings occurred as the workers were preparing to begin their workday and were praying. At that time, several heavily armed men wearing Honduran police uniforms opened fire on the workers. The perpetrators and masterminds behind the attack remain unknown. A few hours later, five police officers were executed by a criminal gang in another part of the country, alerting the government to a clear surge in violence in recent hours. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/26/at-least-20-farmers-massacred-in-honduras/

In a move which could endanger the ongoing peace talks with Iran, now at a critical juncture, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Monday, May 25, that it launched attacks on Southern Iranian territory, targeting “missile launch systems and Iranian boats”. Iran hinted on Monday that progress has been made in the talks with the US on a 14-point proposal submitted by it last week, which may end the war and establish confidence-building measures. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/26/with-peace-deal-nearly-final-us-launches-fresh-attacks-on-iran/

African liberation is "unfinished" On May 25, progressive movements, socialist organizations, cooperatives, students, artists and Pan-Africanist formations across Africa commemorated Africa Liberation Day 2026 with renewed calls for sovereignty, continental unity, and resistance against imperialism. PD's Nicholas Mwangi was on the ground in Nairobi, Kenya at a commemoration and spoke to activists about the importance of the African Liberation Day amid the ongoing western onslaught against the continent like in Sudan, DRC, the Sahel, and elsewhere.

To transform “mining rents into a lever for sustainable development and economic sovereignty for the benefit of the people of Burkina Faso”, its Council of Ministers decreed the establishment of the Burkina Faso Sovereign Mining Investment Fund (FSMIB) on May 21. Financed by surpluses generated when international mineral prices rise above the state-set benchmark, the fund will not be used for short-term budgetary expenditure, but ring-fenced for long-term, strategic infrastructural and industrial projects. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/26/burkina-faso-asserts-financial-independence-from-the-west-with-mineral-backed-sovereign-fund/

Workers and grassroots trade unions in Italy continue mobilizing against rearmament and the war economy, demanding a national industrial strategy that addresses their needs. At least 15,000 people joined a new demonstration in Rome to reaffirm these claims and express solidarity with the people of Palestine, Cuba, and others affected by the ongoing war drive led by the West. The trade union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) described the demonstration as a “working-class, grassroots, militant mobilization” that exposed connections between dissolving salaries, a failed industrial vision, and the rise of the war economy. “An event that brought together different disputes, regions, and sectors under a single demand: those who generate the country’s wealth must once again have a say,” USB stated. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/26/thousands-protest-against-war-and-cost-of-living-crisis-in-italy/

🇨🇴 “Our conviction is simple but powerful … when the State protects those who were never protected all of society is better and advances.” Colombia's progressive presidential candidate Iván Cepeda, spoke in Barranquilla in a campaign rally just a week ahead of the first round of the Colombian elections. Colombians head to the polls on May 31 to choose between the continuity of the progressive process led by President Gustavo Petro and the old right-wing path the South American country had followed for decades.

Hundreds of people joined a protest demanding justice for Yves Sakila near the Dáil, the Irish Parliament. “Justice for Yves – dignity for all,” the protestors chanted, insisting that swift action be taken to investigate Sakila’s death, which occurred on May 15 after security guards pinned him to the ground with their full weight in front of a shop in central Dublin. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/22/protestors-demand-justice-for-congolese-migrant-yves-sakila/

The political and social crisis shows no signs of abating in Bolivia. Constant demonstrations by the country’s major labor unions, organizing agricultural workers, transport workers, and miners, as well as Indigenous movements, among others, have caused genuine social upheaval. The protests erupted over the neoliberal government’s attempt to eliminate the historic right, won through peasant struggles, that prevents land from being seized for the repayment of debt. Paz proposed a law allowing peasants to use their land as collateral for payment, under penalty of losing it if the debt is not repaid – a measure that has been described by several critics as a perverse mechanism designed to exploit the needs of the poorest people in order to accumulate land for the benefit of the national and international economic groups currently supporting the Paz administration. Bolivia has significant natural reserves of gas and precious metals, as well as lithium, which is essential for new information technologies. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/23/the-social-crisis-in-bolivia-triggers-diplomatic-rifts-and-a-cabinet-reshuffle/

China denounced fresh threats of military aggression against Cuba issued by the Donald Trump administration in the context of the US Department of Justice’s indictment of its former president Raúl Castro. Calling it an “abuse of judicial means to exert pressure on Cuba,” Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun, during a regular press conference on Thursday, May 21, questioned the legitimacy of such proceedings in international law. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/23/china-denounces-us-indictment-of-raul-castro-as-violation-of-cubas-sovereignty/

The proposed Prevention of Illegal Eviction from an Unlawful Occupation of Land (PIE) Amendment Bill in South Africa has caused widespread outrage among grassroots movements, housing activists, trade unions, and progressive organizations. Leading this resistance is Abahlali baseMjondolo, the country’s largest social movement of the urban poor, which has described the bill as “a declaration of war against the poor.” Abahlali baseMjondolo and allied organizations, say the bill is not just a legal amendment. It represents a broader political attempt to criminalize poverty, suppress grassroots organizing, and deepen repression in a society already marked by massive inequality, unemployment, and landlessness. Read more ⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/23/a-declaration-of-war-against-the-poor-abm-leads-resistance-against-south-africas-anti-occupation-bill/

While Western media continues to describe hit-and-run attacks on civilian fuel tankers by Al-Qaeda fighters who cannot hold positions as a “blockade”, a much more complex struggle for and against Mali’s sovereignty unfolds on the ground. Peoples Dispatch spoke to Fassery Traoré, president of the Coalition Together to Save the Sahel (CPSS), about the situation in Mali. 📲 Read the full article on our website.⬇ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/22/is-malis-capital-really-blockaded/

🇮🇳 For well over a year, Indian farmers in the southern state of Kanartaka have been protesting against the notified acquisition of fertile, irrigated land in Ramanagara district to expand the state capital Bangalore. Peoples Dispatch reporter Pavan Kulkarni interviewed small farmers, dairy workers, women, and landless laborers who are fighting back in defense of their livelihoods. 📲Read the full report on our website ⬇️

🇨🇺 Tens of thousands of Cubans took to the streets of Havana to show support for the Cuban leader Raúl Castro. Cubans are rejecting the US accusations against former president, and US threats and hostilities against the Caribbean nation.

🇨🇺 “There is enough patriotism in Cuba, enough determination and we are prepared to defend ourselves and inflict a cost they cannot pay.” Gerardo Hernandez and Rene Gonzalez of the Cuban Five, the group of Cuban intelligence agents who had been imprisoned in the US, spoke about the US indictment of Raúl Castro and rejected US threats against the island.