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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – FEBRUARY 15, 2023  
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February 15, 2023
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_ The global left discusses theory and strategy _

Nearly a million protesters filled Paris streets. Credit, Samuel
Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Image

 

* The Left and the Crisis of Hegemony
* Intellectual Debate in China
* Left Debate in Pakistan
* How to Celebrate International Women’s Day
* Can a Left Party Unite With Social Movements?
* Ecuador: Comeback in Local Elections
* A Nigerian Socialist on Upcoming Elections
* Sandinismo Divided
* Ukraine and Spain
* Remembering Lateef Afridi

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THE LEFT AND THE CRISIS OF HEGEMONY
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_Maksym Shumakov_ / Commons (Kyiv)

Today, we can observe an objective tendency towards the fragmentation
of international relations and economy, and dividing the world into
spheres of influence, which marks the end of globalization at the
beginning of the 21st century. Responding will require global
discussions among the international left, dialogue about short-term
solutions, and analysis of different countries’ situations. 

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INTELLECTUAL DEBATE IN CHINA [[link removed]]

_David Ownby_ / Le Monde diplomatique (Paris)

China’s public intellectuals do not divide neatly into party
faithful and dissidents. There’s a rich seam of debate on China’s
place in the world that needs to be better known.

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LEFT DEBATE IN PAKISTAN
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_Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Ammar Ali Jan and Syed _Azeem / Jamhoor

In tandem with global political economic shifts, the deepening of the
political crisis within Pakistan is a sign that alliances within the
ruling class are shifting. The emergence of a new political vacuum
presents the Left with another set of challenges and opportunities.
[This is Part 1. Read Part 2 _HERE
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HOW TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN
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_Kamrin Baker _/ Good Good Good (Nashville)

Count the ways. (xxxxxx note: The historic documentary _She’s
Beautiful When She’s Angry_ is no longer on Netflix. Find it on
PRIME
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CAN A LEFT PARTY UNITE WITH SOCIAL MOVEMENTS?
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_Cédric Durand and Razmig Keucheyan_ / Verso Books (London)

An economist and a sociologist, members of the NUPES group in the
French parliament, call for the creation of a body to liaise with
social movements, in order to combine the parliamentary fight with
mobilisations carried out on the ground.

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ECUADOR: COMEBACK IN LOCAL ELECTIONS
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Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)

More than 10 million Ecuadorians participated in local elections,
electing mayors, councilors, and prefectures, as well as the members
of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control. According
to preliminary results issued by the National Electoral Council of
Ecuador, with over 98% of the votes counted, progressives emerged
victorious in crucial regions of the country.

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A NIGERIAN SOCIALIST ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS
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_Alex Batubo_ / Review of African Political Economy (London)

The organised left is small and is split over the elections. We need
to be able to unite the left to argue and push for the Nigerian Labour
Congress to lead an active and sustained campaign against poverty,
inequality, and corruption, whoever turns out to be the next
president. In the medium term, we need to patiently re-build the
radical left and attempt to create a viable electoral platform.

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SANDINISMO DIVIDED
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_Jonathan Ng_ / Truthout (Sacramento)

Once a revolutionary icon, President Ortega has imprisoned former
comrades and adopted many of the same tactics as the Somoza
dictatorship he helped topple. While fiercely clinging to socialist
symbols, Ortega has branded dissidents the “sons of bitches of
imperialism,” in order to legitimate not only his dictatorship but
capitalist exploitation.

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UKRAINE AND SPAIN
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_Alfons Bech_ / Links (Sydney)

Those of us who are now organising solidarity with Ukraine, along with
other associations, are trying not to repeat the mistake of the first
Barcelona demonstration in March last year, which the Ukrainian
community was offended by and effectively expelled from because of a
manifesto and slogans that talked about stopping wars in general but
did not talk about Ukraine. 

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REMEMBERING LATEEF AFRIDI
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_Mohammad Taqi_ / The Wire (New Delhi)

His political journey spanning 60 years closely mirrors the
trajectory of the leftist and Pashtun nationalist politics in
Pakistan. What, however, was constant for Lateef Lala [older brother
Lateef] was his unwavering commitment to Marxism and progressive
political thought, from which he didn’t budge even an inch.

* the Left
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* hegemony
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* China
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* Chinese intellectuals
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* Pakistan
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* Awami Workers’ Party
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* Haqooq-e-Khalq
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* Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan
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* International Women's Day
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* France
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* NUPES
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* Ecuador
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* Citizen Revolution Movement
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* Nigeria
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* Nigerian Labor Congress
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* Nicaragua
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* Daniel Ortega
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* Ukraine
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* Spain
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* Lateef Afridi
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