RGA

Denmark’s left in crisis?

Duroyan Fertl - Denmark’s radical left party, the Red Green Alliance, is in a spin. At the November 1 general election, it lost a quarter of its support, a third of its seats, and its influence with government.
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From Ürümchi to Shanghai: Demands from Chinese and Hong Kong Socialists

This is an expanded version of a letter written by Chinese and Hong Kong socialists on the mainland and overseas on the night of 26 November 2022, when protests first erupted. This version has been revised through the weekend as events developed. 
Pedro Castillo

Peru after Castillo

Paulo Drinot - If the former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori’s self-coup of 5 April 1992 was a tragedy for democracy, then Pedro Castillo’s attempted self-coup of 7 December 2022 was little more than a farce.
Sumate

Peru: The right-wing coup plotters have overthrown Castillo — Let’s fight for the fall of Congress

Súmate al Nuevo Perú - Classism and racism is the combination that gave life to the coup against Pedro Castillo. The authoritarian right now wants to cling on to Congress. We cannot allow this: all of them must go and early elections held.
Edinburgh protest

Ukraine: Divisions among the left

Achin Vanaik - It was never expected that the response to the war on Ukraine of the Left internationally, would be so divided. Broadly there have been four positions held by those who consider themselves to be anti-capitalist socialists of one kind or the other.
China COVID protests

Mass protests in China challenge COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

Republished from Life on the Left. Originally posted on Facebook by by Hong Kong activist Lam Chi Leung.

Pablo Stefanoni

Latin America’s new Right, “campism” and the need to de-hipsterise the Left: An interview with Pablo Stefanoni

Pablo Stefanoni discusses the situation in South America after the Brazilian elections, the challenges posed by the far-Right, the impact of the Ukraine war and prospects for the Left.
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The uprising in China: Resisting lockdowns, repression and precarity

Yun Dong - It is simply stunning how quickly masses of people have risen up and challenged the government and its policies.
China protests

Socialists should support the popular resistance in China

Julian Yin - People in China are taking mass action to challenge authoritarian rule, capitalist exploitation, and a deadly lockdown policy. Socialists around the world can work in solidarity to support this movement. Here’s how.
Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysia: Consolidating the reform process

Jeyakumar Devaraj - The incoming government should speedily implement the following 4 programs, which will bring immediate economic relief to almost all of the B40 and M40 families in the nation.
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Asian left: Stop the Turkish and Iranian war against the Kurds

Parties from across the Asia-Pacific have issued the following joint statement in response to the attacks by Turkey and Iran on Kurdish communities.
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Q&A: Navigating the left’s Ukraine debate

Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Elly Leary - Sovereignty and self-determination are important concepts to keep at the heart of Left analysis —and can help orient us in the confusion and misinformation surrounding Russia’s war on Ukraine.