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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – AUGUST 13, 2025
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August 13, 2025
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_ A better world’s in birth _
Demonstrators in London turn their backs on Parliament in defiance of
an ‘anti-terrorist’ law banning public support for the solidarity
group Palestine Action. Credit, Maktoob Media
* Uniting Against Milei
* Myanmar’s Latest Chapter
* Ecuador’s Anti-Mining Struggle
* Asia: Women Lead the Fight
* Strikes in Europe
* Iran and Anti-Imperialism
* Colombians and Palestine
* Fuel Cost Protests Shake Angola
* London: Historic Protests
* The Great Ruth First
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UNITING AGAINST MILEI
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_Camila Parodi_ / Truthdig (Santa Monica)
Every Wednesday, thousands of retirees march in Buenos Aires. Often,
they are also accompanied by trade unions, students, women and LGBTQI+
activists. Many of these marches have been severely repressed, with
police filmed violently beating these elders, causing serious
injury, and arresting hundreds. And on June 18, up to
a million Argentinians marched in the capital.
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MYANMAR’S LATEST CHAPTER
• A BLOODY HISTORY, A CALL TO ACTION
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_Benedict Rogers_ / Independent (London)
• MYANMAR JUNTA VS EAST TIMOR
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/ The Irrawaddy (Yangon)
• FREE LABOR LEADER MYO MYO AYE
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/ Labour Behind the Label (Bristol)
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ECUADOR’S ANTI-MINING STRUGGLE
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_Pablo Meriguet_ / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
In June, the police harshly repressed demonstrators opposing the
third-largest mining project in the country. Several social
organizations have denounced links between the mining company and the
president’s family, including the National Anti-Mining Front
and the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador
(CONAIE).
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ASIA: WOMEN LEAD THE FIGHT
• SOUTH KOREA
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_Hannah Kim_ / East Asia Forum (Canberra)
• BANGLADESH
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_Tangila Tasnim_ / The Daily Star (Dhaka)
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STRIKES IN EUROPE
• ITALY
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_Sarah Caudiero_ / Jacobin (Brooklyn)
• GERMANY
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• SPAIN
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_Daniel S Osipov_ / Simple Flying (Montreal)
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IRAN AND ANTI-IMPERIALISM
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_Araz Bağban_ / Socialist Project (Toronto)
Those who call on socialist and working-class forces to protect the
Islamic Republic typically argue that Iran’s opposition to the US
and Israel, despite the regime’s oppressive nature, carries a
progressive dimension. But the Islamic Republic is not just another
repressive state; it plays a distinctly reactionary role in both its
internal dynamics and its external engagements.
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COLOMBIANS AND PALESTINE
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_Abigail Kret and Gabe Levine-Drizin_ / NACLA Reports (New York)
In recent weeks, President Gustavo Petro has gone so far as to order
the navy to ensure that “not a single ton” of Colombian coal makes
its way to Israel. Still, Colombia’s potent BDS movement is
demanding their president do more by pushing for stronger legislation,
and launching new campaigns to hold the government accountable.
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FUEL COST PROTESTS SHAKE ANGOLA
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_Alyson Le Grange_ / Firstpost (Mumbai)
Angola is grappling with the aftermath of deadly protests sparked by a
recent increase in fuel prices. The protests highlight public
discontent over economic hardship, with Angola facing high inflation,
significant unemployment, and widespread poverty. Many accuse the
long-governing MPLA party and President João Lourenço's
administration of corruption and mismanagement of the economy.
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LONDON: HISTORIC PROTESTS
• TRANS PRIDE MAKES HISTORY
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_Samantha Riedel_ / Them (New York)
• SITTING DOWN IN SOLIDARITY
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_Charlotte England_ / Novara Media (London)
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THE GREAT RUTH FIRST
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_Rob Davies_ / Amandla! (Cape Town)
Ruth First was a founding member of the South African Communist Party,
born in 1925. “She was able to inject a greater openness to
different kinds of ideas and different kinds of Marxist propositions
than perhaps many of the long-serving members of the SACP at that
stage were willing to accept.”
* Argentina
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* Javier Milei
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* Myanmar
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* East Timor
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* Myo Myo Aye
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* Ecuador
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* mining
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* Asia
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* Women
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* South Korea
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* Bangladesh
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* Europe
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* Strikes
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* Italy
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* immigrant workers
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* Germany
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* Spain
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* Iran
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* anti-imperialism
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* Colombia
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* Gustavo Petro
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* Angola
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* protests
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* UK
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* trans rights
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* South Africa
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* South African Communist Party
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* Ruth First
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