Global Left Midweek - January 2, 2019
- AMLO’s Inauguration and the Future of Mexico
- Oaxaca Mayor Shot Dead After Inauguration
- Serbia: Thousands Protest President
- Seasons Greetings from France’s Yellow Vests: “We Are Not Tired”
- Cuba's New Constitution Takes Shape
- South Korea: ‘Migrant Workers are Not Consumables, We are Humans!’
- Iran: New Wave of Strikes / Protests Need Solidarity
- The Battle Continues Against Neoliberalism and the Global Right
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AMLO’s Inauguration and the Future of Mexico
Laura Carlsen / NACLA Report (New York)
Andrés Manuel López Obrador was inaugurated December 1, in a ceremony unlike any other seen in Mexico. What’s next for the new president?
Mexico: Oaxaca's New Mayor Murdered After Inauguration
teleSUR (Caracas)
At least six authorities elected in the July 1 general elections were killed before taking office. Four of them belonged to Morena, one to the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) and one to the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).
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Serbia: Thousands Protest President
Daniel McLaughlin / The Irish Times (Dublin)
President Aleksandar Vucic accused of undermining democracy and rule of law.
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Seasons Greetings from France’s Yellow Vests: “We Are Not Tired”
Richard Greeman / ZNet (Woods Hole MA)
The Yellow Vest rebellion, now in its seventh week, is not “petering out,” despite the near-unanimous pronouncement of the mainstream media.
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Cuba's New Constitution Takes Shape
Roberto Livi / Il Manifesto Global (Rome)
An explicit reference to Communism has been added—not present in the initial text: “The human being reaches their full dignity only in Socialism and Communism.“
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South Korea: ‘Migrant Workers Are Not Consumables, We Are Humans!’
Jo He-rim / The Korea Herald (Seoul)
Marking International Migrants Day, labor unions and human rights groups took to the streets to demand the Korean government revise the labor policy to a “Work Permit System” to protect the labor rights of foreign workers.
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New Wave of Strikes / Protests in Iran Need Solidarity
Frieda Afary / Alliance of Middle Eastern Socialists
Ongoing protests and strikes in Iran have gained a new intensity. The oil-producing and industrial province of Khuzestan in southern Iran continues to be the most active site of labor, environmental and human rights struggles.
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The Battle Continues Against Neoliberalism and the Global Right
Anish R and Muhammed Shabeer / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
The year witnessed struggles across the world, most often led by trade unions, against neoliberalism and the related rise of the right-wing.