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1. Food for Internationalist Thought
2. Vietnam CP Leader Dies
3. More on French Left Win
4. Bangladesh Students’ Fight
5. Just Stop Oil
6. Kenya’s Third Liberation Movement
7. News From Latin America
8. Euro Voters Reject Israel Support
9. Australia: Thousands Demand Land Rights for First Nations
10. Hungary: Teachers vs. Orbán

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Food for Internationalist Thought

Sabrina Fernandes / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)

The root causes of the food crisis are the ownership and control of land, the commodification of food crops and the environmental and health degradation associated with the dominant global system of food production. Opposition to this system at present comes from different sources, including rural and urban workers’ organizations, impacted communities and indigenous peoples.

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Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnam CP Leader Dies

CNA (Queenstown, Singapore)

The Marxist-Leninist who led Vietnam for more than a decade overseeing rapid economic growth and more recently trod a fine line in elevating ties with both China and the US with his ‘bamboo diplomacy’, has died. He was 80. He became the Communist Party’s general secretary in 2011. He also served as Vietnam’s president from 2018 to 2020.

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More on French Left Win

• Strategy Needed   Roger Martelli / Links (Sydney)
   
• New Popular Front Picks a PM   / Le Monde (Paris)

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Background on the Bangladesh Students’ Fight

Al Jazeera (Doha)

(Note: On July 21, Bangladesh’s top court scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked violent clashes across the country that have killed more than 100 people. But the mass anger is going to a higher level of action. Read more here. More from the Asian left here.)

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Just Stop Oil

Damien Gayle / The Guardian (London)

Five supporters of the Just Stop Oil climate campaign who conspired to cause gridlock on London’s orbital motorway have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms. The sentences are thought to be the longest sentences ever given in the UK for non-violent protest. All five had spoken on a Zoom call trying to recruit potential volunteers for the actions.

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Kenya’s Third Liberation Movement

Kari Mugo / Africa is a Country (New York)

If the point of protest is to create a counter-crisis, then the people’s movement in Kenya has succeeded. Emboldened by the 2010 Constitution, which transitioned the country into an open and democratic society, a people’s grab for power, unprecedented in scale and force, has captured global attention and put President William Ruto’s ruling party on the back foot.

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News From Latin America

• Dominican Republic   María Teresa Hernández / Associated Press (New York)
   
• Bolivia   / teleSUR (Caracas)
   
• Ecuador   Gina Yauri / Global Voices (Amsterdam)
   

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Euro Voters Reject Israel Support

Ramzy Baroud / Common Dreams (Portland ME)

The rising power of the Palestinian political brand has recently allowed countries like Spain, Ireland, Norway, and Slovenia to defy the U.S. position which discouraged the recognition of Palestine outside the realm of the so-called “peace process.”

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Australia: Thousands Demand Land Rights for First Nations

Chloe DS / Green Left (Sydney)

The National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee held a successful march culminating in Melbourne. The theme was “Keep the fire burning: Blak, Loud and Proud”. The fire represents the “enduring strength and vitality of Indigenous cultures, passed down through generations despite the challenges faced”. 

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Hungary: Teachers vs. Orbán

Zane McNeill / Waging Nonviolence (Brooklyn)

In preparation for a potential Trump win, we can learn from Hungarian teachers who have continued to challenge authoritarianism under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the Fidesz government, which have been in power since 2010. Tanítanékl demands a livable income, the right to strike and recognition of teachers as autonomous actors in the education system by the government.