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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK — NOVEMBER 5, 2025  
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November 5, 2025
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_ Problems of power and program — North and South _

Burning the throne of King Louis Philippe on 25 February 1848,

 

* The Global Majority’s Fight for Economic Justice
* Why the Euro Left Should Take Up Taxing the Rich
* UK Green Party Surges As It Moves Left
* The Prospects for Portugal
* The Word from France
* Wars and Rumors of War
* Sudan: Decolonizing Humanitarian Aid
* What to Know About Moroccan Protest Movement
* What Does the Fall of He Weidong Mean for China’s Army?
* Tide Turns Against Tanzania’s President

 

__________THE GLOBAL MAJORITY’S FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE
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_Sekoetlane Phamodi_ / Project Syndicate (Kings Park NY)

This economic instability is inextricably linked to global democratic
decline. When wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, political
discontent is sure to follow, as evidenced by the surge of far-right
parties in Western democracies. Strengthening democracy is essential
to tackling these crises.

__________WHY THE EURO LEFT SHOULD TAKE UP TAXING THE RICH
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_Daniele Bruno Garancini_ / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)

The proposal of taxing the rich should be the core of left-wing
policymaking in Europe. It should be the central demand, the
realization of which can help facilitate the rest of a progressive
agenda, from addressing homelessness to providing free job training.
Moreover, it is an extremely powerful tool for political mobilization.

__________UK GREEN PARTY SURGES AS IT MOVES LEFT
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_Michael Chessum_ / London Review of Books

The Green Party of England and Wale has  just registered its highest
poll rating in decades, at 17 per cent, on the verge of overtaking
Labour and the Conservatives. Indeed, given the usual polling margin
of error, it may already have done so. Their support has risen from
the 6.4 per cent recorded at the last election to the late teens in
current polling.

__________THE PROSPECTS FOR PORTUGAL
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_Catarina Príncipe_ / Jacobin (Brooklyn)

The Portuguese Socialist Party once seemed to be a model for
Europe’s center left, gaining support while its sister parties were
in decline. But this year’s election was a crushing defeat that saw
the Socialists fall behind the far-right group Chega.

__________THE WORD FROM FRANCE

_Roger Martelli_ / Regards (Paris)

[MODERATOR'S NOTE: This is a lightly edited translation of FACE À LA
CRISE : À GAUCHE, TOUTE LA GAUCHE
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France is on the brink of political collapse and democratic meltdown.
The National Rally is eager to seize power. But the whole political
landscape hangs on the intricate strategies of party headquarters,
poll projections, and vote counts in the National Assembly.

[. . .] When a crisis becomes entrenched, there is no other choice but
to turn to the sovereign people. And if there is a risk that they will
vote for the worst outcome, postponing the vote will not avert
disaster. No matter how much we examine the problem, we cannot ignore
the essential reality. On the left, it boils down to one observation:
since 2017, the left has been mired in electoral decline. As for the
right, it thought it could block the far right by playing the extreme
center card: however, in ten years, the so-called “moderate” right
has plummeted, and the far right has surged in the number of votes
cast.

For many years, between 1983 and 2012, the socialist left considered
itself too far to the left: in 2017, the entire left paid the price.
For many years, the so-called “traditional” right hesitated over
whether to move slightly to the right or slightly to the center:
consequently, the far right capitalized on this uncertainty. At the
heart of the crisis lies the accumulation of failures on both the
right and the left. As a result, the traditional left-right divide has
lost its meaning. It must be redefined so that the democratic spirit
is not stifled.

If we want to avoid the worst, today, tomorrow, or the day after,
tactical calculations and petty bargaining won’t protect us. If the
right can’t see that its future does not depend on the constant
concessions it makes to the far right, it will end up tailing it. And
if the left wants to avoid disaster, it won’t succeed by tearing
itself apart again or by indulging in the perennial mirage of
conquering the center. In this extreme danger, it can only win if it
remains firmly on the left and united. One can think what one likes of
_La France Insoumise_ or the Socialist Party, but it’s not by
joining forces against the _LFI_ “sect” or against yet another
socialist “betrayal” that we’ll stop this infernal machine.

France is torn between the need for change and the fear of chaos. It
can simultaneously desire a break with the past and yearn for
tranquility and stability. And it can acknowledge the urgency of
change without ignoring the fear of cataclysms. Consequently, it is
pointless to label the impatient as irresponsible or the more cautious
as cowards. Whatever the timing of a potential resolution through the
ballot box, what matters to the left is that it remains true to
itself, that it does not merely stir up anger but nurtures new hopes,
that it mobilizes and reassures at the same time, that it speaks to
both heart and mind, that it adds strength rather than diminishes it.
The left is diverse, but it does not thrive on infighting. In the
great moments of the past, it has been able to set aside its divisions
and seek what unites it. It would be tragic if it were to give that up
today.

__________WARS AND RUMORS OF WAR

 • THE PEACE LAUREATE ACCORDING TO VENEZUELA’S LEFT
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  _Simón Rodríguez_ / NACLA Reports (New York)

 • PERSPECTIVES ON NIGERIA
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allAfrica (Washington DC)

__________SUDAN: DECOLONIZING HUMANITARIAN AID
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Free Sudan Gazette (Khartoum)

As war rages in Sudan, where the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the
paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a brutal
conflict since April 2023, a remarkable grassroots movement has
emerged to fill the void left by the collapse of the state and the
paralysis of international relief.

__________WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT MOROCCAN PROTEST MOVEMENT
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The New Arab (London)

Like other nations swept by Gen Z protests, Morocco is experiencing a
youth bulge, with more than half of the population under 35. When
demonstrations turned violent earlier this month, officials said most
participants were minors and rights groups said many detained were
under 18.

__________WHAT DOES THE FALL OF HE WEIDONG MEAN FOR CHINA’S ARMY?
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_Zi Yang_ / The Diplomat (Arlington VA)

On October 17,  it was announced that Central Military Commission
(CMC) Vice Chairman He Weidong had been expelled from the Chinese
Communist Party and stripped of his military ranks, ostensibly on
corruption charges. His downfall marks a major development in
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) politics. 

__________TIDE TURNS AGAINST TANZANIA’S PRESIDENT
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_Dan Paget_ / The Conversation (Waltham MA)

In Tanzania, something snapped this year. Protests followed the 29
October 2025 elections. They are unprecedented in their scale,
national breadth and political content since the country’s
independence in 1961. But the repression unleashed by newly re-elected
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has also been unprecedented.

* democracy
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* European Left
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* progressive taxation
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* Green Party of England and Wales
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* Zack Polanski
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* Portugal
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* France
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* Venezuela
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* María Corina Machado
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* Nigeria
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* Morocco
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* gen z
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* China
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* People's Liberation Army
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* He Weidong
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* Tanzania
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* Samia Suluhu Hassan
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