Global Left Midweek — July 15, 2026
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Workers’ rights in crisis everywhere
Workers’ rights in crisis everywhere
Workers’ rights in crisis everywhere
Global Left Midweek — June 3, 2026
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Left confers in South Africa without ANC
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Workers Are Demanding a Share of Samsung’s AI Windfall
Jacobin
A last-minute deal headed off a planned strike at Samsung, the Korean electronics giant. The unions have shown that a sustained campaign backed up by the willingness to strike can extract concessions, even from one of the world’s most powerful firms.
Forget the World Cup—the Most Important Soccer Match Is Happening in Korea This Week
Common Dreams
A rare inter-Korean women’s soccer match offers something the Korean Peninsula desperately needs: hope.
Global Left Midweek — April 8, 2026
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Responding to spiraling disaster
Global Left Midweek — March 18, 2026
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The big one
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No Other Choice Is Another Masterpiece by Park Chan-wook
Jacobin
Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is a shocking, innovative, and darkly comic film about the pressures of life under capitalism. It’s more proof that the Oldboy director is nothing less than a cinematic master.
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Next Sohee Is Korean Cinema at Its Bleak and Brilliant Best
Jacobin
Behind South Korea’s economic growth, there’s a system that grinds workers to the bone at every stage of the life cycle, from high school students to retirees. The film Next Sohee dramatizes the impact of that system to devastating effect.
Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes
Films for Action
The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns. Occasional actions that simply protest a particular policy or egregious action aren’t enough.
Global Left Midweek — September 3, 2025
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News From Asia: Workers Are Breaking Out
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