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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK — SEPTEMBER 24, 2025
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September 24, 2025
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_ The battle cry of democracy is heard far and wide _
Protesters in Rizal Park, Manila, on 21 September. Credit, Lisa Marie
David/Reuters
* Italy: General Strike for Palestine
* Action in South Asia
* Left Parties Unite to Win Irish Presidency
* Focus on Canada
* Iranian Feminists Strategize
* African Youth Movements Push for Democracy
* UK: Rocky Road to New Party
* Mass Protest Upsurge Spreads in Latin America
* Examining France’s ‘Block Everything’ Movement
* South Africa: National Dialogue and the Left
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ITALY: GENERAL STRIKE FOR PALESTINE
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_Luciana Cimino and Michele Gambirasi_ / il manifesto Global (Rome)
It is an unexpected show of support that reveals the depth of the
opposition to the genocide in Gaza. The general strike was called by
grassroots unions, with the backing of a wide range of anti-war
organizations. But the numbers and makeup of the crowd in Rome – at
least 300,000 people who marched for seven hours – signify a
mobilization that goes far beyond the individual organizing groups.
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ACTION IN SOUTH ASIA
• REGION FERTILE FOR GEN Z REVOLUTIONS
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_Yashraj Sharma_ / Al Jazeera (Doha)
• THOUSANDS MARCH AGAINST CORRUPTION IN PHILIPPINES
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_Miriam Grace A. Go_ / Rappler (Manila)
• INDONESIA: REVOLT AND REPRESSION
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_Muhammad Ridha_ / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
• NEPAL: A FIRST FOR AN ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY
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_Samik Kharel_ / Al Jazeera
• EAST TIMOR UNREST
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_Ato ‘Lekinawa’ da Costa_ / Green Left (Sydney)
• BANGLADESHI COMMUNIST CALLS FOR REORGANIZATION
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Alam_ / Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (Paris)
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LEFT PARTIES UNITE TO WIN IRISH PRESIDENCY
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_Pat Leahy_ / Irish Times (Dublin)
Sinn Féin will support Independent candidate Catherine Connolly in
the presidential election, party leader Mary Lou McDonald has
announced. Backing the Galway West TD [lower house member], who also
has the support of Labour, the Social Democrats, People Before
Profit and the Green Party, comes from hopes of creating a united
left-wing force that can win the presidency next month.
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FOCUS ON CANADA
• ORGANIZING THE SUBURBS
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_Saima Desai and Aniket Kali_ / The Breach (Montreal)
• THE RETURN OF THE WILDCAT STRIKE
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_Carlo Fanelli_ / Socialist Project (Toronto)
• PUSHING FOR NEW NDP LEADERSHIP
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_Nick Seebruch_ / rabble.ca (Toronto)
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IRANIAN FEMINISTS STRATEGIZE
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_Bahareh Badiei and Ghoncheh Ghavami_ / Truthout (Sacramento)
In response to the June 2025 war between Israel and Iran, mainstream
media outlets — both Persian-language and international — largely
either backed their preferred state actor or maintained strategic
silence about favored governments’ actions. But Iranian leftist
feminists, even while facing brutal repression from their own
government, refused to be co-opted into supporting external military
intervention.
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AFRICAN YOUTH MOVEMENTS PUSH FOR DEMOCRACY
• PROTESTERS RESILIANT
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_Obiora Ikoku_ / Waging Nonviolence (Brooklyn)
• KENYA LEFT ALLIANCE
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_Sungu Oyoo_ / Jacobin (Brooklyn)
• _ANAMALALA NGIMI_ IN MOZAMBIQUE
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_Tsitsi Bhobo_ / Waging Nonviolence
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UK: ROCKY ROAD TO NEW PARTY
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_Owen Jones_ / The Guardian (London)
When the independent MP and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the
former Labour MP Zarah Sultana announced the birth of a new leftwing
party, the surge of interest shocked even its founders. Thankfully, a
miscalculated game of chicken appears to have drawn to a close, and
plans to launch a new party have resumed.
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MASS PROTEST UPSURGE SPREADS IN LATIN AMERICA
• ARGENTINA
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• EL SALVADOR
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/ The Tico Times (San José, Costa Rica)
• PERU
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_Shivangi Sharma_ / The Daily Jagran (Noida)
• BRAZIL
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_Rafi Schwartz_ / The Week (New York)
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EXAMINING FRANCE’S ‘BLOCK EVERYTHING’ MOVEMENT
• STRIKE ACTION AND NATIONWIDE PROTESTS
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• THE POLITICAL CRISIS
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_Pablo Castaño_ / Jacobin
• POINTING THE WAY?
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_Emiliano Brancaccio_ / il manifesto Global
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SOUTH AFRICA: NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND THE LEFT
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Amandla! (Cape Town)
While the idea of a National Dialogue appeals to many, a
“multi-class dialogue” risks becoming little more than a mechanism
for the ruling elite to repackage neoliberal policies, stabilise their
rule, and attempt to shore up ANC legitimacy. But the Left is in no
position to ignore a process that will unfold across the country in
thematic sessions and ward-based dialogues.
* Italy
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* Palestine
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* Gaza
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* general strike
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* Solidarity
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* South Asia
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* youth revolt
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* gen z
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* Philippines
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* Indonesia
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* Nepal
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* East Timor
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* Bangladesh
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* Communist Party of Bangladesh Marxist-Leninist
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* ireland
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* elections
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* Sinn Fein
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* Catherine Connolly
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* Canada
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* organizing
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* wildcat strike
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* New Democratic Party
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* Iran
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* feminists
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* Africa
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* Protest
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* Kenya
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* Mozambique
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* United Kingdom
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* Jeremy Corbyn
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* Zarah Sultana
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* Your Party
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* Latin America
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* Argentina
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* El Salvador
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* Peru
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* Brazil
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* Jair Bolsonaro
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* France
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* Block Everything
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* South Africa
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* National Dialogue
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