- Malcolm at 100, Champion of Internationalism
- On the Defensive in Germany: Don’t Back Down!
- Video: Panamanian Workers Hit the Streets
- State of the Revolution in Syria
- NZ News
- Samsung Workers in India
- East Africa: Oil Pipeline Protest
- Portugal’s Left Bloc Reflects on Election Failure
- 10 Years of Feminist Uprising in Argentina
- War in Vietnam and Filipino Social Movements
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Malcolm at 100, Champion of Internationalism
Donté L. Stallworth / Jacobin (Brooklyn)
Throughout his travels in Africa and the Middle East, Malcolm met revolutionaries fighting colonialism and US-backed authoritarian governments. He observed that the exploitation of black people in the United States was part of a larger global pattern — one that connected Harlem to the Congo, Mississippi to Palestine, and the American ghetto to every colonized nation.
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On the Defensive in Germany: Don’t Back Down!
Clara Bünger / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
What we need is not a moderate correction, but a clear alternative: a party that stands firm when doing so is uncomfortable; a movement that is not on the defensive, but rather knows what it is fighting for; a society that will not be divided. Human rights are not a secondary issue. They are the core. And they are non-negotiable — even for the sake of electoral strategy.
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Video: Panamanian Workers Hit the Streets
Thomas Anderson / Deutsche Welle (Berlin)
Thousands of people took to the streets in Panama on Friday following the arrest of two labor union leaders on money laundering charges. The two men were vocal opponents of President Jose Raul Mulino's center-right government.
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State of the Revolution in Syria
Yassin al-Haj Saleh / Al-Jumhuriya
Has the Syrian revolution triumphed with the fall of the Assad regime? Is what we have witnessed since last December a successful revolution – albeit after a long, tortuous path? This question demands a detailed understanding of the almost 14 years which passed in Syria between the outbreak of the revolution and the collapse of the regime. It also carries political weight.
• Punishing Māori MPs Charlotte Graham-McLay / Associated Press (New York)
• Women Revolt at Pay Equity Walk-Back Ben McKay / Financial Review (Sydney)
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Samsung Workers in India
Abdul Rahman / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
The workers of the Samsung India’s Chennai plant secured a landmark wage revision agreement after a long battle with the company management on Monday, May 19. Samsung management was forced to agree to revise the wages of all workers at the plant, increase leave, and improve the overall working conditions at the factory.
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East Africa: Oil Pipeline Protest
Jacob Weissman / Global Voices (The Hague)
In the heart of East Africa, a battle is unfolding — not one of arms or armies, but of resistance, resilience, and voices refusing to be silenced. At the center of this struggle is Patience Nabukalu, a 27-year-old Ugandan climate activist, whose dedication to environmental justice has become a powerful symbol of youth-led resistance to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
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Portugal’s Left Bloc Reflects on Election Failure
National Board, Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc) / Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (Paris)
The 18 May parliamentary elections were a disaster for Portugal’s Left Bloc. Its vote collapsed and it lost 4 of its 5 seats in the Assembly of the Republic. In this National Board resolution, the Left Bloc leadership takes stock of the legislative election results, starting from the national context and the party’s campaign, to find answers for the future.
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10 Years of Feminist Uprising in Argentina
Verónica Gago / Ojalá (Puebla, México)
This year, the cycle of protests known as Ni Una Menos in Argentina will turn 10. The green tide—so named for the green handkerchiefs worn by activists—demanding the legalization of abortion, is embedded in that sequence of events, from Poland to Argentina (2016–2020), as well as in Colombia and Mexico.
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War in Vietnam and Filipino Social Movements
Tina Ebro / Socialist Project (Toronto)
The late 1960s were a time of profound resistance, as US military bases dug deeper into Philippine soil, and the government aligned itself with US actions in Vietnam. The people refused to stay silent. Opposition to the Vietnam War ignited a powerful wave of resistance against the Ferdinand Marcos regime and US aggression.
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