The elections for African Union Commission Chairperson are set for February 2025, yet it seems that candidates’ are more focused on the possible symbolic victory rather than a chance to build continental unity and challenge western dominance.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/01/african-union-2025-elections-are-a-contest-of-prestige-and-clout-not-continental-vision/

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum made a very clear anti-neoliberal gesture in her morning press conference: the de-privatization of two emblematic Mexican energy companies. Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) will now be fully controlled by the federal government.

The government also signed a decree for the Mexican State to regain full rights over passenger railroads.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/01/claudia-sheinbaum-de-privatizes-two-major-oil-and-energy-companies/

Ever since Donald Trump announced his run for another term as US president, European analysts have speculated about the impact this might have on the region.

While some insist that a Kamala Harris presidency would be a more stable and reliable partnership for Europe, perspectives from the left suggest this should not be taken for granted.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/01/what-a-new-us-presidency-might-mean-for-europe/

The world’s richest man has successfully adopted media, political, and economic strategies that allow him to be an influential figure inside and outside the United States.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/25/how-billionaire-elon-musk-is-trying-to-buy-political-influence-across-the-americas/

On October 20, 2024, Kenya marked the 61 commemoration of Mashujaa Day, also known as Heroes Day, which was established to honor the heroes of the nation’s struggle for independence and those who continue to contribute to post-independence development.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/24/kenyan-activists-honor-protesters-killed-by-police-on-mashujaa-day/

The UK Labour government is considering increasing the role of private healthcare providers, weakening NHS capacities.

The Labour Party is considering a major expansion of the private sector’s involvement in the National Health Service (NHS) as it attempts to reduce waiting lists in the United Kingdom. Recently, the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) wrote to Keir Starmer’s government, stating that private providers are ready to spend £1 billion to accommodate more NHS patients—if the government guarantees them long-term work.

While the offer has been welcomed by officials from the Department of Health, health activists have raised alarms over the plan. The We Own It campaign warned that a resurgence of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) policy, as essentially proposed by the private sector, would lead to higher debt, staffing shortages, and diminished NHS training capacities.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/24/labour-considers-expanding-private-sector-role-in-nhs-undermining-the-already-fragile-public-health-system/

While Ecuadorians endure daily power outages of more than 10 hours, the government proposes the installation of foreign military bases.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/18/blackouts-and-foreign-military-bases-the-neoliberal-proposals-of-ecuadors-noboa/

People in the US are set to head to the ballot box on November 5 to decide their next president.

Peoples Dispatch spoke to socialist candidate Claudia De la Cruz, running with vice presidential candidate Karina Garcia on the ticket of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, in an exclusive interview on her perspective on immigration, hurricane relief, US aid to Israel, and other key issues in these upcoming elections.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/18/amid-war-and-natural-disasters-capitalism-is-the-crisis-says-socialist-candidate-for-president/

Journalist with the Electronic Intifada Asa Winstanley is one of the latest targets of British authorities cracking down on activists and journalists opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Winstanley was told he was being investigated for “encouragement of terrorism,” a charge human rights associations have previously criticized for being too vague and opening the door to the suppression of free speech. The police informed Winstanley that the raid was triggered by material he shared on social media.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/18/pro-palestine-journalist-asa-winstanleys-home-raided-by-british-counterterror-police/

On September 13, the Argentine legislature proposed a law updating the amount of money to be received by public universities following the rampant inflation the country has been suffering for years.

Under his neoliberal plan to drastically reduce the state, Milei completely vetoed the law on October 3. However, it remained to be seen whether or not the veto would be ratified by the Senate.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/10/argentine-chamber-of-deputies-ratifies-mileis-veto-of-university-funding-law/