Global Left Midweek — August 5, 2026
- Jewish Anti-Zionists Meet: “There’s a Shift Coming”
- Who Will Manage Cuba’s Market?
- Indigenous Women Fight for the Planet
- Resistance in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir
- From Sankara to Traoré
- New Challenges in Latin America
- Dockworkers in Six Countries Will Confront the Warmakers
- Exploring Anti-Racism
- A United Ireland on the Horizon
- Defying Despair in the Face of Climate Catastrophe
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Jewish Anti-Zionists Meet: “There’s a Shift Coming”
Thinking Palestine (Exeter)
The Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress (JAZIC) was held in Dublin from June 25 to 28, 2026. Opening the conference, trade unionist Patricia McKeown, Chair of Trade Union Friends of Palestine, said the Congress itself reflected the growing visibility of anti-Zionist Jewish voices around the world. Organizers had expected around 400 participants but more than 1,000 ultimately attended.
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Who Will Manage Cuba’s Market?
Wilder Pérez Varona and Ariel Dacal Diaz / Links (Sydney)
The real debate is not whether Cuba should resemble China, Vietnam or any other model. The task at hand is how to build an economy capable of generating wealth without abandoning the democratisation of power. The future of Cuban socialism will depend on whether those who produce wealth also have a say in decisions about its use.
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Indigenous Women Fight for the Planet
Alessandra Bergamin / Waging Nonviolence (Brooklyn)
The Sister-to-Sister Young Feminist Leadership Program fosters solidarity and support among emerging feminist leaders focused on peace-building, human rights and climate justice. The initiative highlights the importance of empowering women, youth and Indigenous peoples in climate action and mitigation efforts both locally and internationally.
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Resistance in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir
WION (Noida)
The situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has drastically escalated as security forces launched a violent crackdown on civilian demonstrators. In Kotli, harrowing video footage has emerged showing police opening fire on a massive rally of peaceful women protesters who had gathered to demand basic rights and express solidarity with detained activists.
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Bettina Engels / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
Some celebrate Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré as a beacon of hope auguring a new pan-Africanism, the long-overdue end of French neocolonialism in West Africa, and African countries’ striving for more sovereignty. Others call attention to his military regime’s authoritarian tendencies and the repressions of trade unions, critical civil society actors, and the media.
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New Challenges in Latin America
Brazil Lissandra Paraguassu / The Straits Times (Singapore)
Colombia Ted Zuur / Links
Bolivia Alejandra Almaraz and Brenda Villalba Sánchez / Truthdig (Santa Monica)
Argentina Pablo Meriguet / Breakthrough News (New York)
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Dockworkers in Six Countries Will Confront the Warmakers
Sarah Lazare / Workday Magazine (Minneapolis)
Dockworkers unions in France, Greece, Basque Country, Turkey, Morocco, and Italy are calling an international day of action “against war and militarization” on October 30. They are demanding an end to “the genocide of the Palestinian people” and the “US-Israeli wars of aggression in the Middle East and against Iran.”
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Sarah Alemu / The Left Berlin
Understanding racism, inclusion and justice is primarily about the societal participation of all so-called structural minorities in public discourse and, crucially, in the resources of the majority society. It is about pluralism (of interests) and the diversity that defines our society—and ultimately holds it together: social and political participation and the exercise of rights (both legal and political).
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A United Ireland on the Horizon
John Finucane and Sean Waters / Tribune (London)
In recent weeks, Sinn Féin attempted to flex its newfound muscles and press fast-forward on the national question with its Irish Unity Bill. While the bill didn’t pass, it provided an opportune moment to sit down with Belfast North MP John Finucane — often touted as a future presidential candidate — to ask what comes next.
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Defying Despair in the Face of Climate Catastrophe
John Clarke / Canadian Dimension (Winnipeg)
Though capitalism drives us toward climate catastrophe, nothing is gained by concluding nothing can be done. The antidote to passivity is active struggle: building democratic, working-class movements capable of limiting global heating and confronting ruling-class power through collective solidarity.