[A time to try the soul of humanity]
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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – DECEMBER 20, 2023
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December 20, 2023
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_ A time to try the soul of humanity _
Extermination Rebellion activists brave the water cannons in
Amsterdam on Sept. 9. Credit, Instagram/@maarten.photomic
* Taking Up the Call from Palestinian Trade Unions
* Labor Prepares for a New Stage
* Fidel, Seven Years On
* Anticolonial Summit in Marrakech
* Quebec Teachers Strike
* Analysis of the pro-Palestinian Resistance
* From Nigeria: Movement Leadership
* Boris Kagarlitsky is Free!
* Bolivia: MAS Split
* Learning From a Dutch Climate Campaign’s Success
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TAKING UP THE CALL FROM PALESTINIAN TRADE UNIONS
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_Rafeef Ziadah and Katy Fox-Hodess_ / Jacobin (New York)
From India to Canada to Belgium and many places in between, union
members are standing up in solidarity with the Palestinian people,
taking action to stop the flow of arms being used by Israel in its
destructive war on Gaza.
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LABOR PREPARES FOR A NEW STAGE
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* LABOR AND BRICS LEADERS
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BRICS From Below (Durban)
* TRADE UNION SUPPORT FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
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_Roger McKenzie_ / Morning Star (London)
* EASTERN EUROPE STRIKE SCHOOL
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_Jurgis Valiukevicius_ / LeftEast
* INDIA GIG WORKERS
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_Dipsita Dhar_ / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
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FIDEL, SEVEN YEARS ON
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_Rafael Hernández_ / On Cuba (Miami)
In my experience giving lectures and classes in the United States
about Cuba, the most common question was “What will happen when
Fidel Castro dies?” My reply, trying to explain the stability of the
Cuban system beyond him, began by saying “If he ever
dies….” Not only did he survive, but he became a world figure,
who would speed up the second half of the 20th century.
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ANTICOLONIAL SUMMIT IN MARRAKECH
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_Maha Ben Gadha and Imen Louati_ / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Tunis)
“The Global Social Movements Summit against the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings” was held in Marrakech
in October 2023. This Counter-Summit brought together more than
170 organizations that included representations from global social
and climate grassroots movements, from all over the world.
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QUEBEC TEACHERS STRIKE
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_Christopher Curtis_ / The Rover (Montreal)
The 66,000 teachers on strike with_ Fédération autonome des
enseignants_ (FAE) were joined by over 420,000 public sector workers
from Quebec’s four largest labour unions. The teachers have had an
unlimited strike mandate since Nov. 23 and they’re still on the
streets.
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ANALYSIS OF THE PRO-PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE
* ANATOMY OF THE RESISTANCE
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_Salman Rafi Sheikh_ / Asia Sentinel (Sacramento)
* IN THE WEST BANK
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* OBSTACLES TO PEACE
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Rahnema_ / New Politics (New York)
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Gidley, Daniel Mang and Daniel Randall_ / Left Renewal
* VIDEO: STANDING TOGETHER
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_Alon-Lee Green, Rula Daood and __Gil Shohat_ / Rosa Luxemburg
Stiftung (Berlin)
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FROM NIGERIA: MOVEMENT LEADERSHIP
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_Maryjacob Okwuosa_ / International Center on Nonviolent
Conflict (Washington)
These are lessons learned from experience, for movement actors who
wish to engage more effectively in leadership, whether that means
reassessing leadership structure at important junctions, creating
unity, making calls on the limitations of organizing, or rekindling
the movement’s flame.
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BORIS KAGARLITSKY IS FREE!
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_Tord Björk _/ International Peace Bureau (Berlin)
Unlike many other prominent opponents of Russia’s war of aggression
against Ukraine, Kagarlitsky did not flee the country but continued
his advocacy work from Moscow. Boris Kagarlitsky was able to leave
the court today as a free man. He is, however, sentenced not to edit
any media or website for two years and a fine of 6,000 dollars.
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BOLIVIA: MAS SPLIT
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_Linda Farthing_ / NACLA Report (New York)
Bolivia’s most important political force since its 1952 revolution,
the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), is tearing itself apart.
Leadership rifts threaten not only the party, but the political
project and unity of the social movements that thrust the MAS
unexpectedly into office in 2005.
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LEARNING FROM A DUTCH CLIMATE CAMPAIGN’S SUCCESS
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_Douglas Rogers_ / Waging Nonviolence (Brooklyn)
A multi-year campaign of disruption induced the Dutch Parliament to
move towards a phasing-out of fossil fuel subsidies: a truly
remarkable moment and concession. Over the course of a year,
Extinction Rebellion Netherlands and its allies have cultivated what
can only accurately be described as magic: a swirling cascade of
positive energy, compelling narratives and movement growth.
* Palestine
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* Trade Unions
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* Labor
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* Strategy
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* Public Services International
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* BRICS
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* Migrant Workers
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* Eastern Europe
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* India
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* gig workers
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* Fidel Castro
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* Marrakech
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* Global Social Movements Summit against the International Monetary
Fund and World Bank
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* QUebec
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* Teachers' Strike
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* Palestine resistance
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* Hamas
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* Palestine Liberation Organization
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* West Bank
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* Israel-Gaza War
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* Internationalism
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* democracy
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* Standing Together
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* Nigeria
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* movement leadership
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* Boris Kagarlitsky
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* Russia
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* Ukraine
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* Extermination Rebellion
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* the Netherlands
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