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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – AUGUST 17, 2022
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_ Brazilians prepare for a momentous vote _
A demonstrator holds a flare during a protest for democracy and free
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Brazil, August 11, 2022. Credit, Amanda Perobelli/REUTERS
* Indigenous Organizing, Continent by Continent
* Pre-Election Protests in Brazil
* Taking the Temperature of the Swedish Left
* Sierra Leone: Inflation Explosion
* Left Parties in Transition
* Unions in South Africa
* Takes on the New Pink Tide
* Don’t Pay UK
* Panama
* Ramzy Baroud: Palestine Needs a New Vision
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INDIGENOUS ORGANIZING, CONTINENT BY CONTINENT
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Indigenous peoples everywhere, from Asia across to Africa and Latin
America, are constantly battling to defend their cultures, their
territories and, above all, their rights. Also targets of racism,
Indigenous peoples are proudly reclaiming their culture through one of
the most universal means of communication, music.
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PRE-ELECTION PROTESTS IN BRAZIL
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_Brett Wilkins_ / Common Dreams (Portland ME)
Protests—some of them massive—in defense of democracy and
education and against far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's
coup-mongering were held in cities across Brazil. Many of the
protests featured readings of a pair of pro-democracy manifestos,
including the “Letter to Brazilians in Defense of Democracy and
Rule of Law.”
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TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SWEDISH LEFT
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_Volodya Vagner_ / Posle
As the historical significance of the invasion sank in and public
opinion consolidated the overwhelming sympathy for Ukraine with
concern over Swedish security, many, especially on the radical left,
found themselves faced with a reality which their ideological lethargy
of the past decade had ill-prepared them for.
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SIERRA LEONE: INFLATION EXPLOSION
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_Pavan Kulkarni_ / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
Hundreds of people, angry at the rising cost of living, protested on
Wednesday in the capital Freetown and in the north. Demonstrations
soon turned violent with some calling for President Julius Maada Bio
to resign. The president says the unrest is “terrorism”,
instigated by Sierra Leoneans living abroad.
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LEFT PARTIES IN TRANSITION
* INDIA: PARTIES TUSSLE OVER KERALA LEADERSHIP
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* PSOL IN BRAZIL
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* SPAIN’S PODEMOS
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* PARTI SOCIALIS MALAYSIA NATIONAL CONGRESS
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_S. Arutchelvan_ / Think Left (Kuala Lumpar)
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UNIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA
* WORKING CLASS SUMMIT
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* TEN YEARS FROM MARIKANA
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_Naadira Munshi_ / Africa is a Country (New York)
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MORE ON THE NEW PINK TIDE
* LEARNING FROM THE LAST PINK TIDE
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and Jonathan Alderman_ / LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre
(London)
* LEARNING FROM CUBA AND VENEZUELA
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_Vijay Prashad_ / Peoples Democracy (New Delhi)
* COLOMBIA: ONE STEP FURTHER
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_Tathagatan Ravindran_ / Economic and Political Weekly (Mumbai)
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DON
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_Jedidajah Otte_ / The Guardian (London)
More than 100,000 people have pledged to cancel their direct debit
payments for gas and electricity from October in protest against
rocketing energy prices, but charities are warning that such actions
could push people into dangerous levels of debt. Five people share
their views on the Don’t Pay UK campaign, which launched in June,
and explain why they will join the protest, or not.
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PANAMA
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_Octavio García Soto_ / Jacobin (New York)
In recent weeks, trade unions have blocked major roads to demand the
government impose price caps on food, gas, and medicine — and
they’ve already won a 30 percent cut.
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RAMZY BAROUD: PALESTINE NEEDS A NEW
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_Riyaz ul Khaliq_ / Anadolu Agency (Ankara)
“Our book is an attempt at articulating a new Palestinian political
discourse,” said Ramzy Baroud, co-editor of “Our Vision for
Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out.”
The book has brought together 27 scholars from varied backgrounds to
provide a fresh direction to the Palestinian struggle.
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