- Ecuador: A Hinge Election for Latin America
- Haiti: Uphill Fight for Democracy
- Myanmar Streets Filled With Anti-Coup Protesters
- Russia: State Repression, Popular Unrest, and No Good Guys
- A Deeper Look at Vietnam Party Congress
- Two EU Left Alliances Comment on the Capitol Putsch
- India: More Lessons From Historic Farmers’ Strike
- Google Workers’ Unions Unite
- Western Saharan Leader Takes Case to Nigeria
The Latest: Andrés Aráuz Leads, Faces Runoff / Al Jazeera (Doha)
A Hinge Election for Latin America Javier Tolcachier / Pressenza (Quito)
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Haiti
The Latest: Opposition Names Replacement for President Moise Andre Paultre / Reuters (London)
Uphill Fight for Democracy Mark Schuller / NACLA Report (New York)
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Myanmar Streets Filled With Anti-Coup Protesters
Hunger Games — For Real Heather Chen / Vice (Brooklyn)
Inflamed by Poverty and Coronavirus Rodion Ebbighausen / Deutsche Welle (Berlin)
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Russia: State Repression, Popular Unrest, and No Good Guys
Hari Kumar / The Left Berlin
The Putin class of ‘Siloviki’ (the so-called ‘strong-men’) oligarchs is pitted against Navalny, a flag bearer of Western capitalism. Sad to say, there are no simple heroes here. But Navalny has roused a large portion of people to see through Putinism.
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Vietnam: A Deeper Look at the Communist Party Congress
Philip Degenhardt / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
Nguyen Phu Trong’s re-election as the party chief will ensure the continuation of the ongoing anti-corruption campaign, one aim of which is to reorganize the party through building a socialist state based on the rule of law, with top-to-bottom reforms.
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Two EU Left Alliances Comment on the Capitol Putsch
The Left in the European Parliament (Brussels)
Party of the European Left (Brussels)
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India: More Lessons From Historic Farmers’ Strike
Vaibhav Walunj / Indie Journal (Pune)
The farmers’ protest has turned a new page in the history of people’s movements. The supporting and opposing arguments about the protest are pivotal for upcoming discourses, for and against the government.
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Google Workers’ Unions Unite
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge (New York)
The newly formed coalition, called Alpha Global, is comprised of 13 different unions representing workers in 10 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Switzerland.
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Western Saharan Leader Takes Case to Nigeria
Owei Lakemfa / Vanguard (Lagos)
What does Morocco’s attack on Western Sahara mean for the future of the African Union? Can countries like Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria allow an African country to be colonised?
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