Global Left Midweek — June 10, 2026
- Women Are Critical to Climate Action
- Organising, Technology, and Developing Collective Practice
- Albanians Are Furious
- Rethinking Political Change in Iran
- Big News from Latin America
- Ireland: The Yves Sakila Case
- More on the SACP’s Conference of the Left
- Digital Dissent Becomes Real Life in India
- Myanmar’s Path Forward
- 1936: France’s Popular Front
Women Are Critical to Climate Action
Ruhi Bhasin / The Observatory (New York)
For climate policies to have an impact, women’s equality and empowerment need to be integral to the policy consideration. This requires giving women a seat at the table when important decisions are taken about the climate crisis and ensuring that they have better access to resources.
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Organising, Technology, and Developing Collective Practice
Aaron Niederman and Ada-Charlotte Regelmann / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
This is a practical, hands-on brochure for movements and parties on the Left. Grounded in original qualitative survey research, this report examines how left organisations use digital tools for organising and why current approaches often fall short. Combining inductive analysis with organising theory, it identifies both structural constraints and strategic opportunities.
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Ariela Zeneli and Tomáš Tengely-Evans / Socialist Worker (London)
An ecocidal land grab by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in Albania has triggered a revolt. Revolt runs through the streets of Albania as the “Flamingo Revolution” spreads through the Balkan country. Hundreds of thousands march in the capital Tirana and other towns and cities. Police water cannons hose down protesters who, undeterred, hurl fireworks at the prime minister’s residence.
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Rethinking Political Change in Iran
Mohammad Ali Kadivar / MERIP (Ardmore PA)
Recent protest movements in Iran have not brought down the Islamic Republic. They have, however, reshaped social norms, altered political calculations and expanded the terrain on which future struggles unfold.
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Big News from Latin America
Only Cuba Ernesto Limia Díaz and Duane Stilwell / World-Outlook (Golden CO)
Colombia’s Showdown Simone Scaffidi / il manifesto Global (Rome)
Teachers Strike in Mexico City Jan D. Walter / Deutsche Welle (Berlin)
Learning from Venezuela Now Roberto Regalado / Venezuelanalysis (Caracas)
Bolivia Beyond Evo Joseph Bouchard / Pirate Wire Services (Bogota)
Peru: Power in Play Amy Goodman, Gustavo Guerra-García Picasso and Greg Grandin / Democracy Now! (New York)
Argentina’s Left Front Eduardo Lucita and Israel Dutra / Links (Sydney)
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Jade Wilson / The Irish Times (Doha)
Yves Sakila, a 35-year-old was killed on May 15 outside Arnotts, a department store in central Dublin. In video footage by bystanders, the shop’s security guards who restrained him appear to have placed their knees on his neck for more than four minutes. Along with protests outside Arnotts, flowers continue to be placed at a lamp-post where Sakila was restrained.
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More on the SACP’s Conference of the Left
Con Niall Reddy / Africa is a Country (New York)
Pro Mazibuko Kanyiso Jara / Africa is a Country
Who’s Left? A Discussion Paper / South African Federation of Trade Unions (Johannesburg)
SACP Launches Left Council Mbulelo Mandlana / Newzroom Afrika (Johannesburg)
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Digital Dissent Becomes Real Life in India
Hannah Ellis-Petersen / The Guardian (London)
The weekend marked the first public protest of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP), a movement that began as an online joke, but which has swiftly grown into one of the most unexpected challenges to the indomitable power of the country’s rightwing Narendra Modi government – driven by millions of discontented and disillusioned young people.
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Myanmar Civil Society Organisations / Transnational Institute (Amsterdam)
Conflict, displacement and repression have swept Myanmar with land-grabbing and illicit economies rife. At the same time, hopes and aspirations for better change have not ended, and this commentary highlights the continuing activities and goals of civil society groups, making recommendations how these essential endeavours should be supported and achieved.
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Bernard Schmid / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
In its first weeks, the Front populaire government brought in one reform after another. The most important were those pertaining to the 40-hour week, annual paid holidays, robust wage increases (principally through the establishment of a minimum wage), as well as laws that created a legal framework for collective bargaining.