Global Left Midweek - August 22, 2018
- Israel Protest
- Call for New Anti-Fascist Campaign in UK
- Samir Amin Remembered
- Indian Student Leader Shot
- Abortion Rights in Argentina
- SYRIZA MP Reports
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Israel: Tens of Thousands of Palestinians and Jews Protest Nation-State Law
Haggai Matar / +972 (Tel Aviv)
Palestinian citizens of Israel, joined by their Jewish Israeli supporters, demonstrated against the Jewish Nation-State Law in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square.
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UK: Anti-Nazi League Founders Call for New National Campaign
Dan Sabbagh / The Guardian (London)
Group says political movement needed to combat challenge from ‘racist and fascist right’.
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In Memoriam: Samir Amin
Prabhat Patnaik and Jayati Ghosh / IDEAs (New Delhi)
Two remembrances of the revolutionary African intellectual.
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After Attempted Killing of Indian Leftist Student Leader, Activists Accuse Gov., Media of Incitement
Ben Norton / The Real News Network (Baltimore)
Umar Khalid was shot at by a right-wing Hindutva extremist near India’s parliament. The event he was speaking at was held by the group United Against Hate.
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The People Versus the Parliament in Argentina
Amy Arreaga / Socialist Worker (Chicago)
The massive “green tide” movement is part of a growing international struggle for women’s rights that won’t be silenced.
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Greece, August 2018: A Mid-Term Report From a Syriza MP
Costas Douzinas / openDemocracy (London)
Greece is entering a new political era as it will regain its ability to plan and deliver on the government’s economic and social agenda.