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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – FOCUS ON ASIA
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July 9, 2025
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_ Workers build a democracy of their own _
Women join the general strike in Gujarat, India. Credit, Facebook
* Myanmar Workers and Democratization
* General Strike in India
* Left Dialogue Proposal in Iran
* Justice For Japan’s “Comfort Women”
* The Role of the Left in Palestine’s History
* Bangladesh Since the Uprising
* Kurds Face Crackdown in Iran
* Repression in Hong Kong
* Philippines: Workers vs Union Busting
* China’s Labor Movement
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MYANMAR WORKERS AND DEMOCRATIZATION
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_Stephen Campbell_ / Asian Labour Review (Seoul)
Workers’ self-organization is far more participatory than the very
top-down, elitist form of electoral rule that was in place in Myanmar
before the military seized power. For this reason, it offers a quite
promising and hopeful political horizon that extends far beyond a
restoration of the pre-coup status quo.
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GENERAL STRIKE IN INDIA [[link removed]]
The Hindu (Mumbai)
On Wednesday, July 9, India is witnessing a nationwide general strike,
or Bharat Bandh, called by central trade unions. The strike is in
support of a 17-point charter of demands. Key demands include the
rollback of the labour codes, a guaranteed minimum wage, pension for
all, and a curb on privatisation.
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LEFT DIALOGUE PROPOSAL IN IRAN
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_Hassan Mortazavi_ / The International Marxist-Humanist (Chicago)
If we cannot, in coordination with the regional left, form a united
front; if we cling to delusions and fail to connect our limited
resources with those of others in the region, then in the tumultuous
and unpredictable times ahead, not only will the left disappear—it
is likely that nothing will remain to be called human.
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JUSTICE FOR JAPAN’S “COMFORT WOMEN”
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_Xu Keyue_ / Global Times (Beijing)
The civil group Japanese Military “Comfort Women” Issue, Kansai
Network—began by petitioning local assemblies to adopt resolutions
urging Japan’s government apologize and compensate survivors of
Imperial Japan's military sexual slavery system. Today, its core
group of 15 organizers continues to sustain a fragile bridge between
vanishing survivors and Japan's forgetful present.
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THE ROLE OF THE LEFT IN PALESTINE’S HISTORY
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_Daniel Finn_ / Jacobin (Brooklyn)
The experiences of the Palestinian left in its various forms are a
crucial part of the wider Palestinian story. As recently as the first
intifada during the late 1980s, the main challenge to Fatah’s
leadership of the Palestinian national movement came from the Left
rather than groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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Bangladesh Since the Uprising
• WOMEN ARE STILL SPEAKING OUT
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_Abhimanyu Bandyopadhyay_ / Global Voices (The Hague)
• BANGLADESH COMMUNIST PARTY (ML) TAKES STOCK
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Alam_ / Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (Paris)
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KURDS FACE CRACKDOWN IN IRAN
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_Sarah Glynn_ / Green Left (Sydney)
Following the outbreak of war between the Islamic Republic of Iran and
Israel, a widespread wave of repression and mass arrests has unfolded
across the country, with particularly severe consequences in
Kurdistan. Kurdish cities have borne a disproportionate share of these
crackdowns, including mass detentions, political executions,
state-sanctioned killings, and military occupation.
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REPRESSION IN HONG KONG
• UPHILL STRUGGLE FOR UNIONS
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_Shirley Lau_ / Equal Times (Brussels)
• LEAGUE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS DISSOLVED
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_Rishab Rathi_ / The Diplomat (Arlington VA)
• CHINA LABOUR BULLETIN FOLDS
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_Alexandra Stevenson_ / Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
Resource Center (Columbus)
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Philippines: Workers vs Union Busting
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_John Sitchon_ / Rappler (Manila)
The Organization of Metro Wear Employees for Empowerment and Genuine
Advocacy – Pinag-isang Tinig at Lakas ng Anak Pawis
(OMEGA–PIGLAS), represents workers at a factory that makes
sportswear for the international athletic apparel company Lululemon.
Members of the union said management “censored” their calls for
better working conditions and fired union officials.
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CHINA’S LABOR MOVEMENT
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_Manfred Elfstrom and Serhii Shlyapnikov_ / Links (Sydney)
The crucial difference between regions was not structural factors, but
rather the actions taken by workers themselves. Local authorities
managed workplaces differently due to different levels of labour
unrest. Workers in the Pearl River Delta made more ambitious demands
and developed more sophisticated organisations.
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* democracy
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* Asia
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* India
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* Bharat Bandh
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* general strike
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* Iran
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* Iranian left
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* Japan
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* comfort women
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* Palestine
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* Palestinian left
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* Bangladesh
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* Bangladesh Communist Party ML
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* Kurds
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* Hong Kong
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* unions
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* Hong Kong League of Social Democrats
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* China Labour Bulletin
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* Philippines
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* Lulumon
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* union busting
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* China
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* Labor Movement
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