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Peoples Dispatch, previously known as The Dawn News, is a global media initiative dedicated to sharing stories from grassroots movements and organizations worldwide. Launched three years ago, its aim is to provide news coverage that goes beyond the typical narratives of politicians and large corporations. Instead, it highlights the vibrant and diverse efforts of communities and movements around the globe.

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Trump resurrects full travel ban against 12 Global South countries

2 days ago | peoplesdispatch.org | Natalia Marques

Donald Trump has resurrected (and expanded) one of his most controversial first-term policies: a travel ban on several Global South countries. In a proclamation announced on June 4 that goes into effect on June 9, the president barred travel into the United States for citizens from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
“ICE set a trap”: Immigrant rights activists push back against arrests at immigration courts

3 days ago | peoplesdispatch.org | Natalia Marques

After Carmen, a mother of five US citizen daughters, was arrested by plainclothes ICE agents in front of her husband at San Antonio Immigration Court for an immigration hearing, Texas immigrant rights activists sprung into action. 170 immigrant rights activists gathered on June 3 for a press conference outside of San Antonio Immigration Court.
Trump administration sets quota for 3,000 immigration arrests per day, sparking community opposition

4 days ago | peoplesdispatch.org | Natalia Marques

The Trump administration has set an aggressive new goal to combat difficulties in meeting mass deportation targets. According to a report in Axios, in a May 21 meeting, Trump advisor Stepen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanded that federal immigration agents step up their efforts and arrest 3,000 people per day.
“We are all going to die”: right-wing US Senator callously responds to concern over public healthcare cuts

4 days ago | peoplesdispatch.org | Natalia Marques

Republican Iowa Senator Joni Ersnt faced heat from a crowd of her constituents as she defended proposed Medicaid cuts at a town hall meeting on Friday, May 30. When one of her constituents shouted that people would die without public healthcare coverage, Ersnt replied “well, we all are going to die,” resulting in outrage from the crowd.
How Daniel Noboa won in Ecuador and what to expect from his new term

1 week ago | peoplesdispatch.org | Pilar Fernandez |Pilar Fernández

On May 10, 2025, the Ecuadorian National Electoral Council proclaimed Daniel Noboa the winner of the presidential elections held on April 13. The announcement was made amid allegations of fraud, electoral irregularities, and growing authoritarianism. This re-election represents the continuation and deepening of a neoliberal and militarized model that has exacerbated the economic crisis, violence, and poverty in the country.
Hundreds mobilized against NATO in Dayton

1 week ago | peoplesdispatch.org | Natalia Marques

This past weekend on May 25, hundreds of protesters traveled from cities across the US including New York City, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Toledo, and Louisville to demonstrate against the Parliamentary Assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Dayton, Ohio.
Graduating CUNY law students walk out of ceremony, join wave of pro-Palestine graduation demonstrations

2 weeks ago | peoplesdispatch.org | Natalia Marques

Dozens of City University of New York (CUNY) law graduates walked out of their graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 22, in solidarity with Palestine and in protest of their administration’s repression of pro-Palestine protest activity. Students donning keffiyehs and sporting Palestinian flags walked out of the ceremony which took place in the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and rallied together a few blocks away at the monument to Adam Clayton Powell.
United Farm Workers union protests ICE arrests of farm laborers involved in union drive

2 weeks ago | peoplesdispatch.org | Natalia Marques

Following ICE arrests of 14 farm workers on May 2, the United Farm Workers labor union has sprung into action to demand the release of the detained workers. UFW, founded in 1966 in an era of historic labor struggle of immigrant farm workers, held rallies on May 19 in both New York City and in the town they were arrested, Kent, to demand the release of the workers from ICE custody.
Socialist women in Texas vow to take on abortion bans and ills of capitalism in “Women’s Socialism Conference”

2 weeks ago | peoplesdispatch.org | Natalia Marques

Dozens of Texans packed into a Methodist church in San Antonio, Texas for the “Women’s Socialism Conference,” organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation. The gathering was the first of its kind in Texas. Attendees traveled to San Antonio from across the state and the country to talk about the issues that women face in Texas and how socialist ideas and policies could be a solution.
Israel’s final solution for Gaza

2 weeks ago | peoplesdispatch.org | Vijay Prashad

In early May, the security cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met and agreed that Israel would “capture” Gaza and remove its Palestinian population “to protect it”. To achieve this policy of annexation of Gaza, the Israelis tightened their siege by preventing the entry of food, water, electricity, and other humanitarian aid (they had already enforced a blockade of aid since March 2, 2025).