- Recalibrating Power
- The Crisis of African Liberators
- Prospects for Serbian Uprising
- Palestine, Israel and Free Speech in Germany
- Turkey: People Challenge Erdogan
- Kurds and Syria
- Myanmar and Rohingya Genocide
- Colombia: Restore Workers’ Rights
- Left Parties in France and Germany
- Which Way For Vietnam?
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Recalibrating Power
C. P. Chandrasekhar / IDEAs (Oxford)
Global capitalism with the US as hegemon is in the process of an endogenously triggered process of restructuring. Among the many early signals from the Trump administration to switch US policy at home and abroad, five initiatives stand out in the economic sphere.
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The Crisis of African Liberators
Marílio Wane / Africa is a Country (New York)
As Mozambique nears 50 years of independence, its ruling party clings to power amid political turmoil, contested elections, and growing public discontent. Is this the beginning of a new struggle for liberation?
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Prospects for Serbian Uprising
Jan Bělíček and David Scharf / Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (Paris)
Serbia is experiencing the largest wave of protests in the country’s history. At its forefront stands a horizontally organised student movement with mass support. However, President Vučić’s regime is not giving up yet. The students are turning to Serbian society and talking about the need to hold civic assemblies at the local level and that people must start organising themselves.
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Palestine, Israel and Free Speech in Germany
Melanie Schweizer and Robin Jaspert / Jacobin (Brooklyn)
German right-wing tabloid Bild ran a smear campaign against civil servant Melanie Schweizer because of her solidarity with Palestine — and then she was fired. She told Jacobin what her case says about the reality of free speech in Germany.
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Turkey: People Challenge Erdogan
Birsen Altayli, Ece Toksabay and Ali Kucukgocmen / Reuters (London)
Thousands of Turks ramped up protests on Thursday despite a ban on street gatherings over what they called the undemocratic detention of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, as the opposition sought to pin the blame on President Tayyip Erdogan. Some protestors clashed with police in Ankara, Izmir and Istanbul, including at universities.
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Kurds and Syria
Öcalan Legitimized the Kurdish Issue Serkan Demirel / ANF News (Amsterdam)
First Kurdish Women's Conference in North-East Syria ANF News
Power Grab Salih Muslim and Peter Boyle / Green Left (Sydney)
Explainer: Syria’s Transitional Constitution Rojava Information Center (Qamishli, Syria)
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Myanmar and Rohingya Genocide
Tin Shine Aung / New Mandala (Canberra)
The anti-junta National Unity Government is advancing, but its handling of Aung San Suu Kyi’s reputation has become a critical fault line within its coalition, dividing former National League for Democracy members, ethnic organisations, and liberal-democratic groups within the political wing of the resistance.
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Colombia: Restore Workers’ Rights
Colombia Informa via Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
On March 19, thousands of workers, unions, and social movements mobilized across Colombia to demand labor rights and protest the business sector’s obstruction of labor reforms. The demonstrations were called by President Petro himself in direct response to Congress rejecting key labor protections. Colombia Informa interviewed Edgar Mojica, v.p. of the Unitary Workers’ Central (CUT).
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Left Parties in France and Germany
Die Linke Faces Life Thomas Goes / Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
Ukraine War Divides the New Popular Front Matthieu Dejean, Fabien Escalona and Pauline Graulle / Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
Winning in East Berlin Boris Kanzleiter / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
La France Insoumise in Working Class Districts David Guiraud and Marlon Ettinger / Jacobin
Rosalux Survives Heinz Bierbaum, Daniela Trochowski and Alrun Kaune-Nüßlein / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
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Which Way For Vietnam?
Tung Nguyễn / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
In late 2024, the General Secretary the Communist Party of Vietnam, Tô Lâm, announced an unprecedented overhaul of the country’s political and administrative system. If successful, it could transform Vietnam’s political landscape and the governance approach to transform the nation into a socialist high-income economy by 2045. However, there are also challenges ahead.
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