- South Korea’s Unions Call General Strike Against Yoon
- Prospects for Internationalism
- The Future of Resistance to Israel
- Major Strikes in Italy and Germany
- Sri Lanka Perspectives
- Ireland Votes
- Kurds Observe Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
- Paraguay: “We Are No Longer Afraid”
- Turmoil in Post-Liberation Southern Africa
- Red-Tagging in the Philippines
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South Korea’s Unions Call General Strike Against Yoon
Jung Seokhwan / Maeil Business Newspaper (Seoul)
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions announced on the 4th that it will go on an indefinite general strike until the resignation of the Yoon Suk Yeol regime. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions told its members, “In accordance with the guidelines for the general strike, the site will be stopped and ‘emergency action for the whole nation’ will be carried out.”
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Prospects for Internationalism
Catherine Samary / Posle
How does the left in France confront the global “right-wing” turn? Can leftist organizations supporting Ukraine develop a common strategy? Researcher and longtime activist Catherine Samary discusses the role of the left in today’s French politics.
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The Future of Resistance to Israel
Abdaljawad Omar / Mondoweiss (Detroit)
The ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel has accomplished Israel’s goal of decoupling Gaza from Lebanon. But while the future of the Axis of Resistance remains unclear, so does Israel’s own strategic path forward.
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Major Strikes in Italy and Germany
• A Majority in the Streets Max Civili / Press TV (Tehran)
• VW Lily Swift / euronews (Lyon)
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Sri Lanka Perspectives
• Something New in South Asia Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda and Amit Baruah / Frontline (Chennai)
• The Tamil Question Veeragathy Thanabalasingham / The Morning (Colombo)
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Ireland Votes
David Young, Cillian Sherlock, Grainne Ni Aodha, Claudia Savage and Jonathan McCambridge, PA / BreakingNews.ie (Dublin)
The leader of Sinn Féin has expressed determination to form a government of the left in Ireland as she insisted her party’s performance in the General Election had broken the state’s political mould. Despite Mary Lou McDonald’s confidence around shaping a coalition without Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil – the two parties that have dominated Irish politics for a century – it will be tough going for Sinn Féin.
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Kurds Observe Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
ANHA (Qamishli, Syria)
Women’s movements and organizations stressed the importance of uniting efforts and strengthening women’s solidarity in the face of tyrannical patriarchal regimes, while women and men in Deir ez-Zor Canton marched on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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Paraguay: “We Are No Longer Afraid”
Maria Sol Wasylyk Fedyszak and Alicia Amarilla / La Via Campesina (Bagnolet, France)
The Organisation of Peasant and Indigenous Women (Conamuri) is a powerful voice in Paraguay in the struggle for food sovereignty, against the advance of agro-toxins, equal rights and a life free of violence, and this year it celebrated its 25th anniversary. What is the scope of action for a popular organisation in a country that has been governed for almost 80 years by the same political party?
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Turmoil in Post-Liberation Southern Africa
• Namibia Ndumba J. Kamwanyah / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
[xxxxxx note: SWAPO’s candidate, Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, was elected Namibia's first woman president on December 3.]
• Mozambique Ruth Castel-Branco / Africa is a Country (New York)
• Angola António Tomás and Zenaida Machado / Democracy Now! (New York)
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Red-Tagging in the Philippines
Soliman M Santos / Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (Paris)
Soliman Santos offers a nuanced examination of red-tagging that speaks directly to feminists and leftists struggling to build genuine democratic spaces in the Philippines. By carefully dissecting recent Supreme Court decisions, Santos reveals how simplistic narratives from both state and revolutionary forces obscure crucial questions about political organizing, transparency, and democratic rights.
