[Reports on mass workers action in France, Italy and UK, and a
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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – WINTER OF DISCONTENT
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March 15, 2023
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Protesters in Reims, northeastern France on March 7, 2023. Credit,
Francois Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty Images
* France General Strike
* Italy: Signs of Life
* UK: Defending National Health
* Swaziland Communist Escapes Captivity
* Australia: Greens, Labor Party for a Four-Day Work Week
* Voices of Left Leaders in South America
* Anti-Netanyahu Upsurge in Israel
* Czech Workers vs South Korean Capital
* Unified Left Slates for Labour Party Elections
* Can the World Save the World?
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FRANCE: GENERAL STRIKE CONTINUES
* PHOTOS
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_Tom Nagorski and Mariana Labbate_ / Grid (Washington DC)
* 72% OPPOSE PENSION REFORM
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_Anna Maria Merlo_ / il manifesto Global (Rome)
* SMALL TOWNS IN REVOLT
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_Juliette Gache and Léontine Gallois_ / Jacobin (New York)
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NOW ITALY
* SIGNS OF LIFE
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_Norma Rangeri_ / il manifesto Global
* CREATIVE STRIKES
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_Roberto Ciccarelli_ / il manifesto Global
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UK: DEFENDING NATIONAL HEALTH
* NHS STRIKERS SPEAK
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Gill and Lynette Horsburgh_ / BBC News (London)
* WORKERS UP AGAINST IT
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_Nik Martin_ / Deutsche Welle (Berlin)
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SWAZILAND COMMUNIST ESCAPES CAPTIVITY
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_Pavan Kulkarni_ / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)
Mvuselelo Mkhabela narrated how he escaped from the police and made it
to safety with the help of his comrades, following hours of torture,
after being shot by the King’s police while leading a pro-democracy
protest.
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AUSTRALIA: GREENS, LABOR PARTY SUPPORT FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK
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_Paul Karp_ / The Guardian (London)
Australia should try out a four-day work week at full pay and more
than double paid parental leave to 52 weeks, according to
recommendations backed by Labor and Greens senators. The Senate work
and care committee called for a suite of policies that would radically
adjust work-life balance, to make more time for caring
responsibilities and boost quality of life.
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VOICES OF LEFT LEADERS IN SOUTH AMERICA
* FRANCIA MÁRQUEZ, VICE PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA
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Fernández_ / Belly of the Beast (Havana)
* ANA CHA, BRAZILIAN LANDLESS WORKERS LEADER
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_Yungmi Blank and Mike Cannon_ / International Strategy Center
(Seoul)
* AURELIANO CARBONELL, COLOMBIAN GUERRILLA AND PEACE NEGOTIATOR
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_Jenaro Abraham_ / NACLA Report (New York)
* VENEZUELAN COMMUNARDS
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Marquina and Chris Gilbert_ / Venezuelanalysis (Caracas)
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ANTI-NETANYAHU UPSURGE WHILE IDF AND SETTLERS SPREAD TERROR
* PROTESTERS FILL THE STREETS
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* PALESTINIANS RECKON WITH CHAOS AND BLOODSHED
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_Samah Salaime_ / +972 (Tel Aviv)
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CZECH WORKERS VS SOUTH KOREAN CAPITAL
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_Veronika Sušová-Salminen_ / Cross-Border Talks (Warsaw)
After a week-long strike, the Czech KOVO trade union and the
management of the South Korean company Nexen Tire, with mediation from
the Czech ministry of social affairs and labour and the South Korean
embassy in Prague, came to terms on an 8% increase in wages for
local workers. However, the agreement is a compromise, and the end of
the strike is conditional.
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UK: UNIFIED LEFT SLATES FOR LABOUR PARTY ELECTIONS
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Labour Hub (London)
Momentum and other organisations in the Centre-Left Grassroots
Alliance have today announced unified slates for internal elections
in the Labour Party this year. Following a Starmer-backed rule change
to move away from one-member one-vote (OMOV) elections as part of a
wider attack on member democracy, Labour Conference 2023 will be the
body to decide on crucial elections.
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CAN THE WORLD SAVE THE WORLD?
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_John Feffer_ / Foreign Policy in Focus (Washington DC)
Transforming the current system of global governance around climate,
energy, and economic development is like trying to repairing an ocean
liner that has sprung multiple leaks in the middle of its voyage with
no land in sight. But there’s an additional twist: all the crew
members have to agree on the proposed fixes.
* France
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* Italy
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* unions
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* UK
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* National Health Service
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* Non Una di Meno
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* Sandra Burchi
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* Swaziland
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* Mvuselelo Mkhabela
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* Australia
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* Greens
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* Labor Party of Australia
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* South America
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* Colombia
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* Francia Marquez
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* Brazil
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* Ana Cha
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* Aureliano Carbonell
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* Venezuela
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* Israel
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* Benjamin Netanyahu
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* Palestinians
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* Czech Republic
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* South Korea
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* Labour Party
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* Climate
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