Global Left Midweek — November 10, 2026
- Data Center Protests Sweep Europe
- South African Communist Party Election Surprise
- Spanish Left in Trouble
- The Arab Parties in Israel
- Palestinian Unions: Global Call for Worker Action
- Canada: ‘Many vs. the Money’
- Another Week of Mass Protest
- Puerto Rico vs ICE
- Confronting COP31 Climate Summit
- Legacies
Data Center Protests Sweep Europe
Anthony Howard / Deutsche Welle (Berlin)
Weekend protests across Europe are focused on highlighting the downside of the AI build out and asking for moratoriums on future expansion. Protest coordinator Owen Espley and investigative journalist Mei-Ling McNamara told DW that protesters are growing in number as the movement against Big Tech reaches a critical moment.
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South African Communist Party Election Surprise
Party Makes Gains / SABC News (Johannesburg)
Hard Bargaining with ANC Sisanda Mbolekwa / TimesLIVE (Johannesburg)
General Secretary Speaks Johnathan Paoli / Inside Politics (Johannesburg)
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Luke Stobart / Verso (London)
Pedro Sánchez has often been seen as a decent and progressive leader in a world increasingly lacking these. But in Spain Sánchez is seen as big on political gestures and on ideological and electoral differentiation from the right, while having an awful record at reining in the cost-of-living crisis.
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The Arab Parties in Israel
Record Turnout / World-Outlook (Golden CO)
Challenging Apartheid Ramzy Baroud / Z (Woods Hole MA)
Explainer Avraham Spraragen and Liam Hamama / Word on the Street (Washington DC)
Israeli CP’s Overview / CPI (Tel Aviv)
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Palestinian Unions: Global Call for Worker Action
BDS (Ramallah)
This coming November, we the undersigned Palestinian trade unions and federations urgently renew our call to unions around the world to: (1) Uphold and defend the inalienable rights of the Indigenous people of Palestine, and (2) Escalate BDS pressure to end all state, corporate and institutional complicity in Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide.
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Herman Rosenfeld / Canadian Dimension (Winnipeg)
Prime Minister Mark Carney put together a summit of financial capital. In response, a large coalition of left-wing, environmentalist, Indigenous, anti-war, anti-capitalist, feminist, and Palestine solidarity organizations and activists organized a weekend of educational sessions, protests, panels, and workshops, culminating in a large demonstration.
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Another Week of Mass Protest
Bangladesh / Firstpost (Mumbai)
Belgium Alexandra Gerasimcikova / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
Chile / News9 LIVE (Noida)
Denmark / Al Jazeera (Doha)
France Jack Sommers / CNBC (Englewood Cliffs NJ)
Germany / Al Jazeera
India Zoya Hasa / The Wire (New Delhi)
Mexico Chantal Flores / Anadolu Ajansı (Ankara)
Netherlands / Common Dreams (Portland ME)
Portugal Sudeesh Yezhuvath / The Wire
Spain Ashifa Kassam and Stephen Burgen / The Guardian (London)
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Emily Mitchell-Eaton / Hammer and Hope (Brooklyn)
Puerto Ricans’ rejection of ICE is a response — often an organized one — to more than a century of U.S. colonialism and more than 500 years of foreign occupation. Underneath the simple phrase “ICE, Go Home!” lies a groundswell of anticolonial rage and resistance, as well as a suite of strategies for practicing sanctuary and redefining belonging.
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Confronting COP31 Climate Summit
Sohanur Rahman / The Climate Watch (Dhaka)
Protesters gathered in the Blue Zone of the COP31 climate summit on Tuesday, demanding urgent, needs-based adaptation finance after African countries failed to secure a dedicated agenda item on tripling adaptation funding for developing nations. Speakers from the Global South highlighted how communities in countries such as Nepal and Mozambique face devastating climate impacts.
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Legacies
Sheila Barsel 1944-2026 Luiz De Barros / MambaOnline (Johannesburg)
Guiglielmo Carchedi 1938-2026 Michael Roberts / Morning Star (London)
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas 1934-2026 David Bacon / Foreign Policy in Focus (Washington DC)
Isabel Letelier 1932-2026 Sarah Anderson / Institute for Policy Studies (Washington DC)
Peter D. Thomas 1973-2026 / Historical Materialism (London)