Trump’s recent executive order ends union rights for a large number of federal workers, citing national security concerns after some unions vowed to oppose the massive cuts proposed by the new administration, writes PEOPLE’S DISPATCH

The Native American leader and longest-held political prisoner in the US will be released to home confinement after his sentence was commuted in one of Biden’s final acts as president, reports PEOPLE’S DISPATCH

Last week, thousands of lorry drivers and small business owners took to the streets of several cities in Peru to protest against the high level of deadly organised crime that targets the working class, reports PEOPLE’S DISPATCH

The day after the Venezuelan people voted in their presidential elections, a number of seemingly pre-planned and co-ordinated bloody protests broke out across Caracas, reports PEOPLE’S DISPATCH

A week after the legislative elections, France remains in a state of uncertainty as Emmanuel Macron delays recognising the election results and the Socialist Party hinders the nomination of the New Popular Front’s prime ministerial candidate, writes PEOPLE'S DISPATCH

US authorities and corporate media have given extensive coverage of protests which took place in response to deteriorating conditions which Cubans say are a product of US policies themselves, explains PEOPLE’S DISPATCH

Palestine solidarity groups and peace activists have called upon the Icelandic government to support South Africa’s lawsuit at the ICJ, and boycott the Eurovision song contest unless Israel is barred, reports PEOPLE'S DISPATCH

Attacks on socialist monuments in Eastern Europe have become a regular affair as right-wing governments have initiated 'de-communisation' drives, reports PEOPLE'S DISPATCH

Against the backdrop of soaring inflation, the Communist Party of Austria has launched a campaign to freeze rents until 2029, reports PEOPLE’S DISPATCH

Progressives have taken to the streets across Germany, accusing the state of persecuting those who oppose fascism while proceeding far more slowly on crimes by neonazi groups, reports PEOPLE’S DISPATCH

While the US claimed China intercepted its reconnaissance aircraft ‘unprofessionally,’ it failed to mention the spy plane’s proximity to mainland China and People’s Liberation Army training exercises, reports PEOPLE’S DISPATCH

Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as ‘Prachanda’ from his time as a leader in Nepal’s successful revolutionary war, will share his term with Nepal's second-largest party — which is also communist, reports PEOPLE'S DISPATCH