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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – APRIL 2, 2025
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_ As the world churns _
Wheelchair users lead protesters onto a road block in London,
demanding an end to cuts in disability services. Credit, The Canary
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* Will the UN Survive?
* Gender Equality: State of the Struggle
* Video: Giant Rally Against Racism in Paris
* Dossier on Fighting the Far Right
* Students Hit the Streets in Southeastern Europe
* Gazans Challenge Hamas Leadership
* Fury Meets Pride Ban in Hungary
* Win for Transit Workers in Mexico City
* London: Disabled Activists Raise Hell
* Urgent Debates
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WILL THE UN SURVIVE?
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_Jayati Ghosh_ / The Independent (Kampala)
Many political leaders remain committed to multilateralism despite the
influence of what John Maynard Keynes once called “madmen in
authority.” International negotiations on taxation, climate action,
and development financing are moving forward, even without U.S.
participation. In fact, the absence of the U.S. could pave the way for
more ambitious and effective global agreements.
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GENDER EQUALITY: STATE OF THE STRUGGLE
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Equal Times (Brussels)
Although significant, life-changing progress has been made over the
past 30 years thanks to the Beijing Platform for Action, there is
still an incredibly long way to go. To date, no country has achieved
full legal equality between women and men and not one single indicator
under SDG Goal 5 on gender equality has been met.
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VIDEO: GIANT RALLY AGAINST RACISM IN PARIS
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AnewZ (Baku)
Around 10,000 people marched in Paris to protest what they see as a
rising tolerance for hate speech and extremist ideas. The
demonstration united causes including anti-racism, support for Gaza,
and rights for undocumented immigrants, and took place a day after the
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Similar rallies were held in Lyon and Toulouse.
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DOSSIER ON FIGHTING THE FAR RIGHT
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In country after country, the Left faces the challenge of developing
effective strategies to counter the authoritarian wave. Democratic
institutions must be defended, strengthened, and renewed. Our latest
dossier highlights analysis of the challenges we face, and the
concrete tasks and strategies that the Left around the world is using
to push back the far right.
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STUDENTS HIT THE STREETS IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
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_Antoine Larrache and Uraz Aydin_ / International Viewpoint (Paris)
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_Anastazija Govedarica Antanasijević_ / Europe Solidaire Sans
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GAZANS CHALLENGE HAMAS LEADERSHIP
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_Ruwaida Amer_ / +972 (Tel Aviv)
Palestinians across the Gaza Strip took to the streets to demand an
end to Israel’s genocidal onslaught and to Hamas’ rule of the
territory. The protests are the largest since the war began, and the
most significant public display of dissent against Hamas in Gaza in
years. They spread from Beit Lahiya to Shuja’iyya in the north,
Nuseirat and Deir Al-Balah in the center, and Khan Younis in the
south.
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FURY MEETS PRIDE BAN IN HUNGARY
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_Justin Spike_ / Associated Press (New York)
Several thousand protesters blocked major thoroughfares and three
bridges in the center of Hungary’s capital in opposition to a recent
law that effectively bans LGBTQ+ Pride events and restricts
Hungarians’ right to assembly. The demonstration was the second
within a week since Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party used its
two-thirds parliamentary majority to fast-track the law.
(UPDATE: On April 1, thousands of protesters returned to the streets
of Budapest to demand an end to Orban’s crackdown on LGBTQ rights.)
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WIN FOR TRANSIT WORKERS IN MEXICO CITY
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_Natascha Elena Uhlmann_ / Labor Notes (Brooklyn)
The 1,970 rail, trolleybus, and cable car workers who make Mexico City
run have reached a three-year tentative agreement, averting a strike.
The deal includes a 3.5 percent raise and increased investments in
food voucher benefits and a scholarship fund for workers and their
children.
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LONDON: DISABLED ACTIVISTS RAISE HELL
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_Steve Topple_ / The Canary (London)
The #WelfareNotWarfare protest from Disabled People Against Cuts
(DPAC) showed that the Labour Party is going to face resistance to its
attempts to cut people’s benefits – and potentially kill them. At
Downing Street, wheelchair users led protesters onto a road
block. Around 1,000 people moved from Downing Street to the main
junction at Parliament Square.
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URGENT DEBATES
KENYA:
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JUSTICE AND GENDER JUSTICE
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ECOSOCIALISM AND GROWTH
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_Ståle Holgersen_ / Climate and Capitalism (New York)
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