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M.K. Bhadrakumar
Trump Insists on a Putin Visit to US
15 Aug 2020
Trump is unpredictable and the commencement of arms control talks cannot by itself persuade Moscow to lower its guard.
Peoples Dispatch
Dismissal of Public School Workers in Portugal Met with Widespread Condemnation
06 Aug 2020
Massive reductions are due to take place in public schools in Portugal even as reports highlight an imminent risk of lack of school professionals in the upcoming academic year because of the COVID-19…
Peoples Dispatch
Hungarian Media Workers Protest Bid to Weaken Press Freedom
27 Jul 2020
Protests took place in Budapest after the editor-in-chief of the news portal Index.hu was fired. Many journalists resigned in the aftermath. A businessman close to PM Viktor Orban had earlier gained…
Peoples Dispatch
European Court Rules in Favour of Belgian Workers’ Party Legislator on Electoral Dispute
13 Jul 2020
Germain Mugemangango of the Workers’ Party of Belgium, a legislator in the Walloon parliament, filed a case in the European Court of Human Rights on a 2014 election when his own competitors decided…
Peoples Dispatch
French Health Workers Stage Another Protest Demanding Resources to Save Hospitals
02 Jul 2020
This was the second round of nationwide protests organized by health workers in the country since the start of a two-month consultation process initiated by the government on its proposed health…
Peoples Dispatch
France’s Ruling LREM Fails to Make an Impression in Local Body Elections
30 Jun 2020
As per the results declared so far, the Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV) party already has claimed victory in eight major cities, including Lyon, Strasburg and Bordeaux. Local body elections were…
Muhammed Shabeer
“Referendum in Russia Exposes the Sham of Bourgeois Democracy”
26 Jun 2020
Roman Kononenko from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation talks about the ongoing referendum in Russia on the constitutional reforms proposed by president Vladimir Putin. He also talks about…
Peoples Dispatch
Danish Communists Protest Granting Government Aid to Companies Operating from Tax Havens
17 Jun 2020
Protests across Denmark were organized by the Communist Party between June 9-13 against the government providing financial aid to foreign companies operating from tax havens as part of the COVID-19…
Peoples Dispatch
EU Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Libya and an End to All Foreign Intervention
11 Jun 2020
The statement comes even as the warring factions in the country are backed by various EU members and are supplied arms by them. The conflict in Libya has escalated over the past few weeks.
Peoples Dispatch
Swiss Left Groups Intensify Campaign to Save Jobs and Public Services Amid Pandemic
10 Jun 2020
The Swiss Party of Labor (PST-POP) has initiated a campaign to institute a Corona Solidarity Tax to help people in distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Swiss Communist Party has sought a…