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Month: May 2023

A group of the U.S. solidarity activists who traveled with the People's Forum met with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on May Day, or International Workers' Day on May 1 / credit: Estudios Revolución

Cuban President Spoke with Solidarity Activists Who Traveled for International Workers’ Day

Prensa Latina May 4, 2023 Prensa Latina

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel spoke with nearly 300 friends of Cuba who traveled from the United States to support the island in its fight against the U.S. blockade. Prensa Latina reports.

“We are people of the great river, so we demand access to it,” said Chief Saba, one of 17 BaTonga chiefs / credit: The Chronicle

Why Zimbabwe’s ‘People of the Great River’ Have No Water

Thulani Mpofu May 3, 2023 Thulani Mpofu

After being displaced more than 60 years ago to make way for damming the Zambezi River, the basilwizi people—now known as either the BaTonga or the Korekore—have neither water to drink nor with which to grow crops. Further, they have no easy access to the dam known as Lake Kariba, so they can fish. Thulani Mpofu reports from Zimbabwe.

Credit: TKP/Twitter

Left Parties and Trade Unions in West Asia and North Africa Mark May Day

Peoples Dispatch May 1, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

International Workers’ Day celebrations were held in different countries of West Asia and North Africa on Monday, May 1, with trade unions and left parties organizing mass demonstrations. Marking the day, workers raised slogans of unity and revolution against capitalist exploitation.  

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