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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – FEBRUARY 21, 2024
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February 21, 2024
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_ In defense of humanity _
At Rio’s carnival, a samba school’s performance resonated with
themes of defiance, morphing into a rallying cry for Yanomami
ethnicity and the Amazon rainforest, their ancestral home. Credit,
LatinAmerican Post
* Rafah: Eye of the Storm
* Network in Defense of Humanity
* Online Feminism in China
* African Fronts
* Opposition to Modi
* Colombia: Petro Faces Rightist Coup
* Political Context of Gaza Crisis
* Ukraine Activism
* Indigenous Parade at Rio Carnival
* Canada: Students Walk Out for Trans Rights
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RAFAH: EYE OF THE STORM
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Al Jazeera
Thousands of people have taken to the streets around the world to
protest against the war in Gaza as Israel pledges to go forward with
its offensive in Rafah in southern Gaza. In London, approximately
250,000 people took part in the protest demanding a ceasefire in Gaza,
according to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).
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NETWORK IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY
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_Laura Mor_ / Resumen Latinoamericano in English (Buenos Aires)
The Network in Defense of Humanity (REDH) held a forum which brought
together 92 leading intellectuals, and academics from 35 countries at
the Palace of the Conventions in Havana. REDH member Omar González
emphasized the role of unity within the left, starting from common
objectives beyond differences.
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ONLINE FEMINISM IN CHINA
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_Chen Yaya_ / Reading the China Dream (Montreal)
After twenty years of existence, the only real space available for
Chinese feminism is online. The Chinese state has shut down even
innocuous examples of activism like the Feminist Five and allows –
some would say encourages – the online presence of anti-feminist
groups, men who attack feminists for being “lazy sluts,” among
other things.
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AFRICAN FRONTS
* WOMEN AGAINST FEMICIDE
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_Marilyn Muthoni Kamuru_ / The Elephant (Nairobi)
* PAN-AFRICANISM
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_Kevin Ochieng Okoth_ / Red Pepper (London)
* KENYA
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_Jody Ray_ / Jacobin (New York)
* NIGERIA
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_Oyelumade Oluwakemi_ / Africa is a Country (New York)
* SENEGAL
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_Tanupriya Singh_ / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
* VIDEO: SOUTH AFRICA’S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MINISTER
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OPPOSITION TO MODI
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_Harish Khare_ / The Wire (New Delhi)
Though the Supreme Court’s ruling on electoral bonds does provide a
shot in the arm to the Opposition parties, the need for the regrouping
of democratic forces was never more urgent and obvious. The objective
conditions for a democratic “resistance” are all too evident. The
non-BJP leaders across the country have to understand the stakes and
revive in earnest the “opposition unity” project.
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COLOMBIA: PETRO FACES RIGHTIST COUP
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_Carlos Cruz Mosquera_ / Jacobin
Colombia’s elites enjoyed a monopoly over the state for 200
consecutive years, up until 20 months ago. It's no surprise to see
them obstruct the left-wing President Gustavo Petro’s
administration. Along with misinformation campaigns to and blocking
of policies in Congress, there have also been more direct and
sophisticated strategies to overthrow the progressive project.
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POLITICAL CONTEXT OF GAZA CRISIS
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_Joel Beidin_ / New Politics (New York)
There are two peoples in Israel/Palestine. Neither one of them is
going anywhere. Whatever resolution of the conflict there will be must
be based on full equality of both peoples and all individuals who live
between the river and the sea.
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UKRAINE ACTIVISM
* THE NORMALIZATION OF FULL SCALE WAR
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_Viktoriia Pihul and Federico Fuentes_ / Links (Sydney)
* LEFTIST ROOTS OF SELF-ORGANIZATION
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Channell-Justice_ / New Politics
* STUDENT UNION LAUNCHES POLITICAL ZINE
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Le Tréhondat_ / Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (Paris)
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INDIGENOUS PARADES AT RIO CARNIVAL
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LatinAmerican Post (Bogotá)
Amidst the vibrant chaos of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival, Salgueiro’s
homage to the Yanomami culture captivated audiences, shedding light on
their struggle for survival amidst genocide and recent
famine. Salgueiro, one of Brazil’s renowned samba schools, took
center stage to entertain and shed light on a tale of resilience,
survival, and the relentless fight against adversity.
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CANADA: STUDENTS WALK OUT FOR TRANS RIGHTS
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_Wallis Snowdon_ / CBC News (Ottawa)
Hundreds of Alberta students staged classroom walkouts to protest the
provincial government’s planned policies around transgender
youth. The walkouts are the latest in a string of demonstrations
decrying the proposed policies. The United Conservative provincial
government seeks to bring in restrictions on youth changing their
names or pronouns at school, and getting gender-affirming surgery.
* Rafah
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* Palestine
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* Solidarity
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* Network in Defense of Humanity
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* China
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* Feminism
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* Africa
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* South Africa
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* Women
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* Femicide
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* Pan-Africanism
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* Kenya
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* Nigeria
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* senegal
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* Naledi Pandor
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* Narendra Modi
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* India
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* Colombia
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* Gustavo Petro
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* Gaza
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* Ukraine
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* Sotsialnyi Rukh
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* Viktoriia Pihul
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* Ukrainian left
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* Priama Diia
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* Indigenous Rights
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* Rio de Janeiro
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* Yanomami
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* Canada
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* students
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* trans rights
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