- In Brazil, Landless Workers’ Movement Leads the Way
- Amazon Workers Stage Global Protest
- Claudia Sheinbaum’s Mission
- The Days Italy Stood Still
- A Million Voices for Reproductive Justice
- Kenya Left Alliance
- Colombia: Petro Stands With Palestine
- Mass Protest in Eastern Europe
- Gen Z Action Ignites Across Morocco
- Vietnam Turns the Tables on Trump’s Tariffs
__________In Brazil, Landless Workers’ Movement Leads the Way
João Paulo Rodrigues and Nicolas Allen / Jacobin (Brooklyn)
After 40 years of struggle, Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement is now at nearly two million members and taking center stage in the fight for democracy and equality. It’s done that by flying the most unlikely militant banner of all: organic food.
__________Amazon Workers Stage Global Protest
Pranav Dixit / Business Insider (New York)
Amazon workers in more than 30 countries launched coordinated strikes and protests on Black Friday, kicking off the sixth annual “Make Amazon Pay” campaign with what organizers say is the movement's largest mobilization to date. The wave of walkouts, rallies, and demonstrations ran through December 1, spanning warehouses, data centers, offices, and public spaces worldwide.
__________Claudia Sheinbaum’s Mission
Edwin F. Ackerman / New Left Review (London)
Expanding welfare with a dilapidated state apparatus; pursuing neo-developmentalist strategies amid escalating ecological crisis; passing progressive taxation reform amidst stagnant economic growth; freeing Mexico’s economy from its subordinate status without abandoning global markets tout court. These interlocking issues illuminate the structural limits and strategic dilemmas facing progressive forces worldwide.
__________The Days Italy Stood Still
Federico Tomasone / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
Although it had been simmering for months, few foresaw the magnitude of what unfolded between 22 September and 4 October 2025, when Italy — long perceived as apathetic, politically demobilized, and fragmented — suddenly came to a standstill. Under the cry “Blocchiamo Tutto”, Let’s Block Everything, a mass mobilization for the people of Gaza spread across the nation.
__________A Million Voices for Reproductive Justice
Štefica Gazibara and Tina Tomšič / transform! europe (Vienna)
My Voice, My Choice (MVMC) is a European Citizens’ Initiative and one of the strongest feminist movements in Europe, supported by more than 300 organisations and a broad network of volunteers. Its aim is simple but urgent: to ensure that anyone in the EU who needs an abortion can access safe care, no matter where they live.
__________Kenya Left Alliance
Njuki Githethwa / rs21 (London)
The Kenya Left Alliance (KLA) is an alliance of progressive political parties, organisations, movements and individuals within Kenya. We brought about 30 organisations together, including parties, feminist collectives, student unions, cultural and artistic groups, radical academics and many more. We also include individuals who are not aligned to any organisation. The KLA offers them space and helps build their consciousness.
__________Colombia: Petro Stands With Palestine
Abigail Kret and Gabe Levine-Drizin / Jacobin
President Gustavo Petro’s efforts to halt the genocide in Gaza have brought Colombia into conflict with the neoliberal order. To hold Israel accountable, nations will have to challenge their free-trade agreements and reclaim their economic sovereignty.
__________Mass Protest in Eastern Europe
• Croatia Ana Vračar / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
• Bulgaria Veselin Toshkov / Associated Press (New York)
• Serbia Ruth Ferrero-Turrion and Alejandro Esteso Pérez / Balkan Insight (Belgrade)
__________Gen Z Action Ignites Across Morocco
Federica Saini Fasanotti / GIS Reports (Schaan, Liechtenstein)
Since late September, Morocco has witnessed a wave of protests not only in its major urban centers, such as Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakesh, but also in medium-sized towns and smaller municipalities across the country. Moroccan youth are leading this so-called Gen-Z 212 mobilization, with the national telephone code +212 emphasizing their rootedness in the Moroccan context.
__________Vietnam Turns the Tables on Trump’s Tariffs
William Pesek / Asia Times (Hong Kong)
Teflon Vietnam. This banner normally refers to the nation’s thriving trade in polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene resins. These days, it describes an economy to which nothing sticks, least of all US tariffs. In the third quarter, as Donald Trump slapped a 20% levy on Vietnam, the economy grew a China-beating 8.22% year on year. The factories Trump thought would return to our rust belt instead moved to Ho Chi Minh City.
