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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – MAY 28, 2025  
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May 28, 2025
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_ Resistance anywhere builds resistance everywhere _

Workers flood the streets of Panama City, May 23, 2025. Credit,
Martin Bernetti / AFP

 

* Malcolm at 100, Champion of Internationalism
* On the Defensive in Germany: Don’t Back Down!
* Video: Panamanian Workers Hit the Streets
* State of the Revolution in Syria
* NZ News
* Samsung Workers in India
* East Africa: Oil Pipeline Protest
* Portugal’s Left Bloc Reflects on Election Failure
* 10 Years of Feminist Uprising in Argentina
* War in Vietnam and Filipino Social Movements

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MALCOLM AT 100, CHAMPION OF INTERNATIONALISM
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_Donté L. Stallworth_ / Jacobin (Brooklyn)

Throughout his travels in Africa and the Middle East, Malcolm met
revolutionaries fighting colonialism and US-backed authoritarian
governments. He observed that the exploitation of black people in the
United States was part of a larger global pattern — one that
connected Harlem to the Congo, Mississippi to Palestine, and the
American ghetto to every colonized nation.

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ON THE DEFENSIVE IN GERMANY: DON’T BACK DOWN!
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_Clara Bünger_ / Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)

What we need is not a moderate correction, but a clear alternative: a
party that stands firm when doing so is uncomfortable; a movement that
is not on the defensive, but rather knows what it is fighting
for; a society that will not be divided. Human rights are not a
secondary issue. They are the core. And they are non-negotiable —
even for the sake of electoral strategy. 

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VIDEO: PANAMANIAN WORKERS HIT THE STREETS
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_Thomas Anderson_ / Deutsche Welle (Berlin)

Thousands of people took to the streets in Panama on Friday following
the arrest of two labor union leaders on money laundering charges. The
two men were vocal opponents of President Jose Raul Mulino's
center-right government.

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STATE OF THE REVOLUTION IN SYRIA
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_Yassin al-Haj Saleh_ / Al-Jumhuriya

Has the Syrian revolution triumphed with the fall of the Assad regime?
Is what we have witnessed since last December a successful revolution
– albeit after a long, tortuous path? This question demands a
detailed understanding of the almost 14 years which passed in Syria
between the outbreak of the revolution and the collapse of the regime.
It also carries political weight.

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NZ NEWS

    • PUNISHING MĀORI MPS
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  _Charlotte Graham-McLay_ / Associated Press (New York)

    • WOMEN REVOLT AT PAY EQUITY WALK-BACK
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  _Ben McKay_ / Financial Review (Sydney)

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SAMSUNG WORKERS IN INDIA
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_Abdul Rahman_ / Peoples Dispatch (New Delhi)

The workers of the Samsung India’s Chennai plant secured a landmark
wage revision agreement after a long battle with the company
management on Monday, May 19. Samsung management was forced to agree
to revise the wages of all workers at the plant, increase leave, and
improve the overall working conditions at the factory.

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EAST AFRICA: OIL PIPELINE PROTEST
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_Jacob Weissman_ / Global Voices (The Hague)

In the heart of East Africa, a battle is unfolding — not one of
arms or armies, but of resistance, resilience, and voices refusing to
be silenced. At the center of this struggle is Patience Nabukalu, a
27-year-old Ugandan climate activist, whose dedication to
environmental justice has become a powerful symbol of youth-led
resistance to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

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PORTUGAL’S LEFT BLOC REFLECTS ON ELECTION FAILURE
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_National Board, Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc)_ / Europe Solidaire
Sans Frontières (Paris)

The 18 May parliamentary elections were a disaster for Portugal’s
Left Bloc. Its vote collapsed and it lost 4 of its 5 seats in the
Assembly of the Republic. In this National Board resolution, the Left
Bloc leadership takes stock of the legislative election results,
starting from the national context and the party’s campaign, to find
answers for the future.

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10 YEARS OF FEMINIST UPRISING IN ARGENTINA
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_Verónica Gago_ / Ojalá (Puebla, México)

This year, the cycle of protests known as _Ni Una Menos_ in Argentina
will turn 10. The green tide—so named for the green handkerchiefs
worn by activists—demanding the legalization of abortion, is
embedded in that sequence of events, from Poland to Argentina
(2016–2020), as well as in Colombia and Mexico.

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WAR IN VIETNAM AND FILIPINO SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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_Tina Ebro_ / Socialist Project (Toronto)

The late 1960s were a time of profound resistance, as US military
bases dug deeper into Philippine soil, and the government aligned
itself with US actions in Vietnam. The people refused to stay
silent. Opposition to the Vietnam War ignited a powerful wave of
resistance against the Ferdinand Marcos regime and US aggression.

* Malcolm X
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* Internationalism
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* Germany
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* Panama
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* workers
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* Syria
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* New Zealand
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* Māori Party
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* Women
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* India
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* Samsung
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* East Africa
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* East African Crude Oil Pipeline
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* Portugal
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* Left Bloc
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* Ni Una Menos
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* Argentina
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* abortion rights
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* Vietnam War
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* Philippines
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