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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
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Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022). Credit, Sergei Guneyev/Getty Images
* Controlling Inflation at the Workers’ Expense
* Chile’s Constitution
* Workers in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Georgia
* Puerto Rico Energy Showdown
* UK Unions Flex Political Muscle
* Gorbachev in Context
* Which Way for the SACP?
* The Honduran Left in Power
* Italy: Unione Populare
* Need to Know These Comrades
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CONTROLLING INFLATION AT THE WORKERS’ EXPENSE
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_Prabhat Patnaik_ / Peoples Democracy (New Delhi)
No matter what kind of inflation we are talking about, it can always
be controlled at the expense of the working class; and, what is more,
under capitalism it _is_ invariably controlled at the expense of the
working class. Not allowing wages to rise in tandem with prices is
capitalism’s cure for _any_ inflationary upsurge.
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CHILE’S CONSTITUTION: IMPLICATIONS OF A ROUT
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_Charis McGowan_ / Al Jazeera (Doha)
The proposed constitution would have replaced the current Magna Carta
which was imposed by the Pinochet dictatorship 41 years ago. More
than 60 percent of Chileans voted against the proposal, which
emphasized feminist, pro-environment and progressive transformation of
society. The opposition distorted the content via mass media.
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WORKERS IN UKRAINE, KAZAKHSTAN AND GEORGIA
* UKRAINE’S UNIONS
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/ Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (London)
* ZELENSKY SUPPRESSES WORKERS’ RIGHTS
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Fuentes_ / Green Left (Sydney)
* SOLIDARITY IN KAZAKHSTAN
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_Almas Kaisar and Paolo Sorbello_ / openDemocracy (London)
* GEORGIA’S SOCIAL WORKERS
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_Sofia Japaridze_ / Commons (Kyiv)
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PUERTO RICO ENERGY SHOWDOWN
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_Angely Mercado_ / Gizmodo (New York)
Last year, the islands’ electricity was privatized and taken over
by LUMA, an American-Canadian company. The company was supposed to
help repair the power system after extensive damage from hurricanes
and earthquakes. Residents say that outages are still as frequent, if
not worse than before, and they are asking government officials to
revoke LUMA’s 15-year contract.
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UK UNIONS FLEX POLITICAL MUSCLE
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_Alexandra Topping_ / The Guardian (London)
As Britain heads into an autumn of strikes – and the Labour party
comes under pressure to come up with ideas to tackle the cost of
living crisis – and support stoppages – we look at the (mostly)
union leaders becoming a powerful force of opposition to the Tory
government.
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GORBACHEV IN CONTEXT
* WHAT WAS LOST
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_Tommaso Di Francesco_ / il manifesto Global (Rome)
* CONTRADICTIONS
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_Ronald Grigor Suny_ / Jacobin (New York)
* RIDING THE TIGER
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_Walden Bello_ / Foreign Policy in Focus (Washington DC)
* PUTIN AND GORBACHEV’S MISSION
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_Julian Borger_ / The Guardian (London)
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WHICH WAY FOR THE SACP?
* 15TH CONGRESS POLITICAL REPORT
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_South African Communist Party_ / Politicsweb (Johannesburg)
* HOW THE PARTY FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM
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_Tom Lodge_ / The Conversation
* LEFT RENEWAL OR SAME OLD?
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_Gunnett Kaaf_ / Amandla! (Cape Town)
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THE HONDURAN LEFT IN POWER
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_Matt Ginsberg-Jackle interviews Gerardo Torres_ / Convergence
LIBRE under President Xiomara Zelaya and with a candidacy as strong as
hers has been able to put an end to the historic hegemony of the
conservatives and make way for the progressive forces. For the first
time in Honduras there is a party that is not capitalist in character
and that is historic.
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ITALY: UNIONE POPULARE
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_Muhammed Shabeer_ / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
Left-wing groups in Italy have launched the People’s Union (UP) to
contest the upcoming general elections. Its promises include taxing
the rich, improving public services and an ecological transformation
for the transport system.
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NEED TO KNOW THESE COMRADES
* MARY ROY (1933-2022)
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_Shaju Philip and Apurva Vishwanath_ / The Indian Express
(Noida)
* METIN ÇULHAOĞLU (1947-2022)
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_Cenk Saraçoğlu_ / Marxism and Sciences (Balçova, Turkey)
* MARIO FIORENTINI (1918–2022)
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_David Browder_ / Jacobin
* OMAR LATIF (1952-2021)
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Jamhoor
* JOHN BERGER (1926-2017)
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_Francesca Peacock_ / Verso (London)
* inflation
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* workers
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* Chile
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* Chilean constitution
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* Gabriel Boric
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* Ukraine
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* Volodymyr Zelensky
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* workers' rights
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* Kazakhstan
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* Georgia
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* Puerto Rico
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* Energy
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* UK
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* Labour Party
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* Mikhail Gorbachev
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* Vladimir Putin
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* South Africa
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* South African Communist Party
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* Honduras
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* Xiomara Castro
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* LIBRE
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* Italy
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* Unione Populare
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* Mary Roy
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* Metin Çulhaoğlu
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* Mario Fiorentini
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* Omar Latif
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* John Berger
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