- We Have a Deadline
- Eqbal Ahmad: Out-Organize the Enemy!
- Ukraine’s Unions
- Video: Strike Two for Miliei
- The Opposition in Zimbabwe
- Resisters Exchange: Iran and Russia
- Left Parties
- Terry Eagleton: In Defense of Student Protest
- Remembering Điện Biên Phủ
- Grenadian Prime Minister Visits Cuba
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We Have a Deadline
João Camargo and Leonor Canadas / Common Dreams (Portland ME)
It is time we—the left in social movements as well as the left in unions or political parties—come to terms with our own failures and face the present and future head-on, with courage and confidence. If we don't organise for revolt and rebel now, there very simply might not be a chance to do it in the future.
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Eqbal Ahmad: Out-Organize the Enemy!
Arun Kundnani / Transnational Institute (Amsterdam)
In 1969, at the Association of Arab-American University Graduates convention, Eqbal Ahmad delivered a stark message: the Palestinian liberation movement would fail if it relied solely on armed struggle. He argued for a broader strategy, combining military with political and ideological tactics. Today, that goal might finally be within reach.
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Ukraine’s Unions
Inès Gil / Equal Times (Brussels)
The unions are no longer able to talk to their members in the territories currently occupied by Russia, the equivalent of about 20 per cent of Ukraine. Workers in these regions also face violations of their rights, which the International Labour Organization (ILO) denounced in a briefing published in May 2023.
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Video: Strike Two for Miliei
Major trade unions in Argentina have gone on general strike for the second time since president Javier Milei took office five months ago. The Parliament has discussed a new bill that unions say weakens labour protections.
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The Opposition in Zimbabwe
Paidamoyo Muzulu / Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)
Leftist Zimbabweans are on the crossroads. A decision has to be made whether to be swallowed by the tide of liberalism or join the bandwagon of ideologically bankrupt populism. Yes, there is also the third option, leftist reorganising and getting back to the basics.
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Resisters Exchange: Iran and Russia
Iuliia Gataulina and Mina Shahmoradi / LeftEast
When talking about our activisms, we enrich each other on the particularities of our situations. At the same time, we also realize that to some extent it is beneficial to go beyond specificities and instead to think about the root causes of oppression, the common grounds of both oppression and liberation.
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Left Parties
- Belgium Nico Biver / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
- Denmark Frederikke Hellemann and Duroyan Fertl / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
- Mexico Anti-capitalist and Anti-patriarchal Left Bloc / New Politics (New York)
- South Africa Zabalaza for Socialism / New Politics
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Terry Eagleton: In Defense of Student Protest
Terry Eagleton / UnHerd (London)
Being hugely in debt, as almost all students are these days, inclines you to conservatism. It ties you to the status quo and makes you less likely to step out of line. Yet in a bleak season for political radicals, dissent has broken out on a sizeable scale in those bastions of corporate capitalism and managerial gobbledygook which until recently were dimly recognisable as universities.
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Remembering Điện Biên Phủ
- Imperialism Defeated Chris Mullen / London Review of Books
- The Winning Side Thomas Meaney / New Left Review (London)
- Art of People’s War Dr. Tran Viet Khoa / National Defence Journal (Hanoi)
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Grenadian Prime Minister Visits Cuba
Jorge Luna / Prensa Latina (Havana)
The permanent legacy of Grenadian leader Maurice Bishop, assassinated in 1983, was recalled here during a recent official visit by Prime Minister of Grenada Dickon Mitchell on the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Cuba.
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