[Living through a historic moment]
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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – NOVEMBER 22, 2023  
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_ Living through a historic moment _

Labor union leaders protest in Dhaka, asking for compensation for
garment workers who died in clashes with police. Credit, Nazmul Islam

 

* Living Through a Historic Moment
* US/China Tension and the South Korean Left
* The Fate of Guatemala’s President-Elect
* Garment Workers Shake Bangladesh
* Italy’s Center Leader Pushing Left
* Wine and Fela: Politics and Stardom in Africa
* Marxism in Nepal: Dead or Alive?
* Sinn Féin Readies for a New Ireland
* Temp Health Workers in Cameroon
* The USSR Without Tears or Glorification

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LIVING THROUGH A HISTORIC MOMENT
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_Haggai Matar_ / +972 (Tel Aviv)

It can sometimes be difficult to recognize a historic moment as you
are living through it, but this time it is plain to see: the power
balance has changed between Israelis and Palestinians, and will change
the course of events from here on. 

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US/CHINA TENSION AND THE SOUTH KOREAN LEFT
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_Youngsu Won and Federico Fuentes_ / Links (Sydney)

Many on the South Korean left have strong concerns regarding so-called
“Socialism with Chinese characteristics”, even if some still
regard China as a socialist country. Some suggest that within
China’s hybrid regime, the existence of state-owned enterprises and
the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) tight grip on power represent
“socialist characteristics”. 

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THE FATE OF GUATEMALA’S PRESIDENT-ELECT
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_Sonia Pérez D._ / Associated Press (New York)

Guatemalan prosecutors said they will seek to strip President-elect
Bernardo Arévalo and several members of his party of their immunity
for allegedly making social media posts that encouraged students to
take over a public university in 2022. Arévalo is an anti-corruption
crusader who shocked the nation by winning the presidential election
in August. 

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GARMENT WORKERS SHAKE BANGLADESH
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_Faisal Mahmud_ / Nikkei Asia (Tokyo)

A prolonged wage dispute in Bangladesh's garment industry risks
damaging a critical economic engine while adding to political turmoil
that has rocked the country in recent weeks. At least 130 factories
have been forced to shut down because of worker walkouts. Police have
responded with brute force to suppress the demonstrators: A total of
four workers have died in the clashes so far.

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ITALY’S CENTER LEADER PUSHING LEFT
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_Andrea Carugati_ / il manifesto Global (Rome)

Elly Schlein had passed the test of leading her first rally as
_Partito Democratico_ secretary with flying colors. She was very
intent on calling it, not only to counter the government’s budget
law, but to show with a vivid example that the new direction of the
PD, led by her, has a popular base of party members and activists, not
only primary voters.

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WINE AND FELA: POLITICS AND STARDOM IN AFRICA
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_Yusuf Serunkuma_ / Review of African Political Economy (London)

Bobi Wine of Uganda and Fela Kuti of Nigeria are both recognized as
among Africa’s most creative artists and courageous political
activists for their resistance against dictatorship. Despite the
possibility that Bobi Wine’s music and activism may have surpassed
Fela Kuti’s, he remains underappreciated by Western observers.

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MARXISM IN NEPAL: DEAD OR ALIVE?
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_Khagendra Prasai_ / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)

Despite popular support and frequently winning elections at different
levels of government, the Nepalese Left parties have not been able to
push forward socialist construction in Nepal. They fail to address
the dominance of finance capitalism, the class question, the character
of parliamentary left-wing parties, and the current global system and
geopolitics.

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SINN Féin READIES FOR A NEW IRELAND
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_Enda McClafferty_ / BBC News (London)

Sinn Féin is the biggest party in Northern Ireland, and its
popularity has grown in the Republic of Ireland where it aims for a
place in government for the first time. Sinn Féin's leader, Mary Lou
McDonald, said the Irish government must plan for "democratic
constitutional change" by creating a Citizens' Assembly on Irish
unity.

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TEMP HOSPITAL WORKERS IN CAMEROON
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_Yannick Kenné_ / Equal Times (Brussels)

The demands of medical and health workers are generally for
improvements in their socio-professional conditions. The _Syndicat
National des Personnels Médico-Sanitaires du Cameroun _(SYNPEMS) has
been defending the interests of these workers for two decades and
regularly lobbies the Cameroonian government to regularise the status
of temporary workers in the sector.

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THE USSR WITHOUT TEARS OR GLORIFICATION
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_Aleksandr Nogovishchev_ / LeftEast

We still have something to say about the Soviet past as a socialist
project. We need to return to this question again because the
possibilities for answering it are much wider than they were 60-70
years ago. The collapse of the USSR has brought a large number of
historical sources into circulation, and the distance from Soviet
society makes it possible to approach the question less emotionally.

* Palestine
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* Hamas
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* Gaza
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* Israel
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* South Korea
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* South Korean left
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* China
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* United States
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* Guatemala
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* Bernardo Arévalo
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* Bangladesh
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* garment workers
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* Italy
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* Democratic Party of Italy
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* Elly Schlein
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* Bobi Wine
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* Fela Kuti
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* Nepal
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* Nepal Communists
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* Sinn Fein
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* ireland
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* Cameroon
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* healthcare workers
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* Soviet Union
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* Alexander Nogovishchev
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