[Takeaways from 2023]
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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – JANUARY 3, 2024
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_ Takeaways from 2023 _
Striking teachers and their supporters hold a rally in front of
Premier François Legault's office, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 in Montreal.
Credit, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
* The Vanguard of Humanity
* Argentina: General Strike Called Against Turbo-Market Reforms
* The Myanmar People’s Determination to Win Has Begun to Bear
Fruit
* Quebec Strikers Blaze a Trail
* Indigenous Peoples in Action
* UK Reports
* South Korea Reports
* Splits in Euro Left Parties
* ‘Unrigged’ Unites Left Media in Canada
* Some Takeaways from 2023
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THE VANGUARD OF HUMANITY
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_Tamsin Metelerkamp_ / Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)
The Gaza Strip has become one of the most dangerous places in the
world to simply exist. Airstrikes have not distinguished between
adults and children; between fighters and aid workers. Yet the
overwhelming destruction has not stopped health workers, journalists
and ordinary citizens from doing their jobs and helping others. Across
the Strip, stories of bravery and resilience have emerged.
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ARGENTINA: GENERAL STRIKE CALLED AGAINST TURBO-MARKET REFORMS
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Buenos Aires Times
Javier Milei will face his first general strike after just more than a
month in office; Argentina’s top umbrella union group calls for a
nationwide protest against his plans to deregulate the country’s
economy.
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THE MYANMAR PEOPLE’S DETERMINATION TO WIN HAS BEGUN TO BEAR FRUIT
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_Kyaw Zwa Moe_ / The Irrawaddy (Yangon)
Myanmar's ruling military has now been exposed, both internally and on
the battlefield, as a demoralized and broken
institution. Twenty-three towns and more than 400 junta military
bases and outposts have been seized by the Brotherhood Alliance and
their allied resistance armies.
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QUEBEC STRIKERS BLAZE A TRAIL
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_Morgan Lowrie_ / The Canadian Press (Toronto)
A successful resolution to Quebec’s massive public sector strikes
could serve as an inspiration to other workers in the province and
elsewhere, a labour policy researcher said after two union groups took
major steps toward settling agreements with the government. The new
year finds workers increasingly confident and willing to fight for
better pay and working conditions.
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN ACTION
* ‘BORN TO DEFEND THE LAND’
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Lafone and Rebecca Wilson_ / NACLA Report (New York)
* IN A MEXICAN FOREST
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_Anjan Sundaram_ / Vox (New York)
* FROM MAPUCHE TERRITORY TO PALESTINE
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_Moira Millán_ / NACLA Report
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UK Reports
* LONG FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM
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/ BNN Breaking (Hong Kong)
* TUC LEADER SEES A BUSY YEAR
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_Hannah Westwater_ / Big Issue (London)
* LOW PAY KEEPS THE DOCTORS AWAY
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_Taj Ali_ / Tribune (London)
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SOUTH KOREA REPORTS
* HEALTH WORKERS WIN
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/ Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
* THE MARGINALIZED
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_Lee Hyo-jin_ / The Korea Times (Seoul)
* NORTH/SOUTH TENSIONS
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/ South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
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SPLITS IN EURO LEFT PARTIES
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_Marga Ferré_ / Jacobin (New York)
Left-wing forces in Spain, France, Germany and Greece all recently
suffered damaging splits. They each stumbled over a common problem:
how to influence institutions while focusing on priorities ignored by
the dominant media-political class.
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‘UNRIGGED’ UNITES LEFT MEDIA IN CANADA
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_Marc Edge_ / Canadian Dimension (Winnipeg)
The group is called Unrigged because “it’s time to unrig how we
access information about our communities,” says Kevin Taghabon
of _The Hoser _in Toronto. A coalition of 20 local, regional and
national media outlets from across Canada, Unrigged was conceived in
the wake of the _Online News Act_ fiasco which has seen Meta block
news here, leading to huge online audience losses.
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SOME TAKEAWAYS FROM 2023
* AUTHORITARIAN AUSTERITY IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
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_Ahilan Kadirgamar_ / Daily Mirror (Colombo)
* ANOTHER COP-OUT
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_C.P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh_ / IDEAs (New Delhi)
* BRICS: SUB-IMPERIALISM AS ANTI-IMPERIALISM
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_Patrick Bond and Federico Fuentes_ / Links (Sydney)
* THE NEW RUSSIAN QUESTION
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_Anatoly Kropivnitskyi_ / Posle
* US/CHINA: THE WAR AROUND THE CORNER
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Klare_ / TomDispatch
* Gaza
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* first responders
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* Argentina
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* Javier Milei
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* Myanmar
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* QUebec
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* Public Workers
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* public sector strike
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* Indigenous peoples
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* Mexico
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* Mapuche
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* Kichwa
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* Ecuador
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* Leo Cerda
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* Moira Millán
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* Palestinian women
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* United Kingdom
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* Fascism
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* Trades Union Council
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* Paul Nowak
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* doctors strike
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* South Korea
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* Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union
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* Korean minorities
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* Korea war threat
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* Europe
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* Left Politics
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* Austerity
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* Authoritarianism
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* COP28
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* BRICS
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* Russia
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* imperialism
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* new cold war
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* United States
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* China
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