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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – AUGUST 21, 2024  
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August 21, 2024
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_ Multipolarity and the global demand for democracy _

Protesters gather during a nationwide strike to protest against
proposed tax increases in downtown Nairobi on June 25. Credit, Sadat
Swaka/UPI

 

* Multipolarity: Going Deeper
* The Venezuela Debate
* India: Doctors Strike to Oppose Gender Violence
* Germany: _Die Linke_ at Rock Bottom
* Party Rumblings in South Asia
* Fascism and Antifascism in the UK
* Indonesian Unions’ Fight
* Sudan Civilians Take Up Arms
* Kenyan Peasants Fight IMF
* Neofascism and the Latin American Left

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MULTIPOLARITY: GOING DEEPER
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_Jerry Harris_ / Against the Current (Detroit)

As multipolarity grows, there are some who see this as a new stage of
non-alignment, and even the creation of an anti-imperialist bloc. But
the economic and political elites of the Global South are too deeply
tied to transnational capitalism to be truly independent. Instead,
multipolarity is a struggle within global capitalism for a larger
share of markets, profits and political power.

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THE VENEZUELA DEBATE

•  REVOLUTION AND ELECTIONS
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 _Chris Gilbert_ / Venezuelanalysis (Caracas)

•  PETRO AND LULA PROPOSE A SECOND VOTE
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  _Emmanuel Alejandro Rondón_ / Voz (Irving TX)

•  MADURO RESISTANT
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  _Tom Phillips and Lauren Gambino_ / The Guardian (London)

•  TO THE LEFT OF THE REGIME
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  _Yoletty Bracho_ / NACLA Report (New York)

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INDIA: DOCTORS STRIKE TO OPPOSE GENDER VIOLENCE
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_Tanya Arora_ / NewsClick (New Delhi)

Citizens and doctors march hand-in-hand, demanding safety, dignity,
and freedom from fear for every woman after the heinous incident of
sexual violence that emerged in West Bengal.

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GERMANY: _DIE LINKE_ AT ROCK BOTTOM
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_Heinz Bierbaum_ / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)

The European election results demonstrated that focusing solely on
social justice, as important as it is, is not enough, especially when
issues such as peace policy are virtually ignored. It is necessary to
redefine _Die Linke_’s strategic and political orientation, to
determine what in fact constitutes a socialist party, before defining
voter groups and deciding what issues are important to them.

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PARTY RUMBLINGS IN SOUTH ASIA

• BANGLADESHI STUDENTS PONDER NEXT STEPS
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  / The Daily Star (Dhaka)

• COMMUNIST MERGER IN INDIA
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  / ML Update (New Delhi)

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FASCISM AND ANTIFASCISM IN THE UK

• FOUR THESES
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  _Jonas Marvin_ / Marx’s Dream Journal (Edinburgh)

• FOOTBALL FANS AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT
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  _Polly Smythe_ / Novara Media (London)

• SOUTHALL REVISITED
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Hansen__ / _Labour Hub (London)

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INDONESIAN UNIONS’ FIGHT
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Trade Unions for Energy and Democracy (New York)

Indonesian energy unions are working to keep energy public in a manner
consistent with Article 33 of the country’s Constitution that was
intended to protect state ownership of vital industries and sectors.
Unions in Indonesia are also working together to develop a public
pathway alternative to the transition away from coal that will require
an end to the IPP system and a new mandate for the utility. 

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SUDAN CIVILIANS TAKE UP ARMS
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_Mohammed Amin_ / Middle East Eye (London)

In the wake of over a year of relentless
conflict, Sudanese grassroots movements are mobilising for
self-defence against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been
clashing with the Sudanese army since hostilities erupted between the
former allies in April of last year. International efforts to contain
the violence have largely failed, leaving civilians to fend for
themselves.

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KENYAN PEASANTS FIGHT IMF
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La Via Campesina (Bagnolet, France)

In June, a significant protest erupted in Kenya, where outraged youth
demonstrators stormed the Kenyan Parliament. Gen Z-led protests have
directly accused the IMF, World Bank, and WTO of imposing harsh taxes
and prioritizing creditor interests over the needs of the Kenyan
people. Kenyan peasants have had enough of the overreach by these
institutions.

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NEOFASCISM AND THE LATIN AMERICAN LEFT
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Tricontinental

The proximity between the right and the working class was forged not
by the ‘traditional’ or ‘moderate’ right, which generally
operate in spaces far removed from the working class, but during the
most recent phase of neoliberalism in the form of a more radical and
populist project known as neofascism.

* multipolarity
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* Venezuela
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* Nicolas Maduro
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* Colombia
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* Gustavo Petro
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* Brazil
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* Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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* elections
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* India
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* doctors strike
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* Gender Violence
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* Germany
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* Die Linke
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* Bangladesh
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* students protest
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* party building
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* Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist Liberation
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* Marxist Coordination Committee
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* UK
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* antifascism
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* Indonesia
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* unions
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* Sudan
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* Kenya
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* IMF
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* Latin American Left
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