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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – JANUARY 8, 2025
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January 8, 2025
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_ Two presidents have a warning for Trump _
, Presidents meet: from left, Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, Xiomara
Castro of Honduras
* Imminent Threat to Rojava Women
* Reports from Southern Europe
* The African Union and Neocolonialism
* Showdown in South Korea
* Two Presidents Have a Warning for Trump
* The Left Scene in New Syria
* China Restores Cuba’s Electric System
* Labor in Canada Pushed Back in 2024
* Schafik Handal: From El Salvador to the Mideast
* What’s Missing from Social Movements
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IMMINENT THREAT TO ROJAVA WOMEN
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_Marilù Mastrogiovanni_ / il manifesto Global (Rome)
Rojava has never ceased to be a target for Turkey, the Assad regime
and jihadist troops. We spoke with Rihan Loqo, spokesperson for
Kongra Star, the confederation of all democratic women's organizations
around the world that are aligned with Jineoloji, a new paradigm
based on a transformative pedagogy for society that focuses on the
liberation of women.
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REPORTS FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE
• ITALY
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_Jacopo Custodi_ / Jacobin (Brooklyn)
• GREECE
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_Panagiotis Sotiris_ / Jacobin
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/ Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (Paris)
• CROATIA
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• GEORGIA
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_Giorgi Chagelishvili_ / Labour Hub (London)
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THE AFRICAN UNION AND
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_Nicholas Mwangi_ / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
Is the AU equipped to lead Africa into the much-hyped “Africa
Prospects, rising, next giant” narrative? Can it meaningfully
confront the structural inequalities perpetuated by global systems of
power, or will it remain mired in the pitfalls of neoliberalism,
neocolonialism, and deepening inequality?
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SHOWDOWN IN SOUTH KOREA
• SOLIDARITY WITH PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS
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_M. H. Lee_ / The Korea Bizwire (Seoul)
• WOMEN AT THE HEART OF THE FIGHT
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_Ahlem Faraoun_ / The Diplomat (Arlington VA)
• WORKERS STAND TALL
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_Hyunsu Hwang_ / Global Labour Column (Johannesburg)
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TWO PRESIDENTS HAVE A WARNING FOR TRUMP
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_John Holman_ / Al Jazeera (Doha)
The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, and of Mexico, Claudia
Sheinbaum, have directly challenged Trump's plan for a mass
deportation of migrants.
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THE LEFT SCENE IN NEW SYRIA
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_Omar Hassan_ / Red Flag (Sydney)
It’s been less than a month since Assad fell, and people are still
finding their feet. Still, there’s been an explosion of political
meetings and actions. Every day, there are meetings and actions
organised by socialists, feminists, liberal NGOs, artists, the
families of those who were disappeared in Assad’s prison system, and
more.
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CHINA RESTORES CUBA
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ELECTRIC SYSTEM
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_Gabriel Vera Lopes_ / Brasil de Fatro (Sao Paulo)
The donations come as the Caribbean country is facing a serious
energy crisis that has worsened in recent months. This year, Cuba has
suffered three total blackouts in the national electricity system,
leaving the country completely in the dark. Currently, power cuts are
becoming more and more constant, affecting over 40% of the population
daily.
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LABOR IN CANADA PUSHED BACK IN 2024
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_Tom Sandborn_ / rabble.ca (Toronto)
Strikes were more common and workers, still remembering the
hypocritical Covid-era praise for them as heroes and the post-pandemic
collapse into attempts to restore business as usual exploitation, are
pissed off, and their anger has been expressed with increased levels
of organizing and work stoppages.
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SCHAFIK HANDAL: FROM EL SALVADOR TO THE MIDEAST
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_Amy Fallas_ / NACLA Report (New York)
In 1981, the newly formed FMLN guerilla coalition, of which Handal was
a leader, suffered setbacks following an escalation in armed
resistance against El Salvador’s U.S.-backed authoritarian
government. Meanwhile, in Lebanon, the revolutionary left was
embroiled in civil conflict. Within this context, Handal traveled to
Lebanon to build inter-regional networks of support.
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WHAT’S MISSING FROM SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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_Fathimah Fildzah Izzati_ / Asian Labour Review (Hong Kong)
Popular uprisings during the Post-Suharto _Reformasi_ period have
tended to be short-lived and easily dissipated. It is important to
analyse what material conditions cause this to happen. The point is to
find out what is needed to sustain resistance actions so they do not
stop at the protest stage. To answer this, we need first to
understand the current situation of social movements in Indonesia.
* Rojava
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* Southern Europe
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* Italy
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* Serbia
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* Republic of Georgia
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* Africa
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* African Union
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* neocolonialism
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* South Korea
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* South Korean protests
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* Women
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* workers
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* Honduras
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* Mexico
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* Xiomara Castro
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* Claudia Sheinbaum
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* Donald Trump
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* Syria
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* Cuba
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* China
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* Canada
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* Labor
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* Schafik Handal
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* El Salvador
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* Mideast
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* Social Movements
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