On May 15th, Brazilian crowds took to the streets in a demonstration against Bolsonaro. Hundreds of thousands of students, educators and workers from many categories gathered in over 160 cities, including all of the country’s state capitals, to demonstrate against the government’s several attacks against public education. From schools, technical institutes, universities, unions, and social movements came waves of demonstrators, who built the greatest ever mobilization against this authoritarian far-right government.
Sexual Harassment and #MeToo in China
17 May 2019, byChinese women still face perilous conditions in society and the workplace, often falling victim to sexual harassment. Women are discriminated against in job applications. Research conducted by Human Rights Watch found that almost 20% of civil service positions released in early 2018 either required job applicants to be male or expressed a preference for male candidates, whereas only one job post indicated a preference for females.
Canada as an Extractive State
16 May 2019, byAgainst the Current interviewed Todd Gordon, co-author (with Jeffery Webber) of Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America about mining operations in Canada and internationally. He is a socialist activist in Toronto and a member of the Toronto New Socialists.
Four Years of Forgotten War on Yemen
15 May 2019, byIn four years of aggression against Yemen, what has been produced? An humanitarian crisis for the Yemeni people.
The advances of the climate movement and the obstacles to overcome - part 1
14 May 2019, by ,The climate movement that has been shaking Belgium since the winter has had a big effect on popular consciousness. After months of mobilization, we propose here an initial progress report as well as elements of a response to the strategic questions for the future of the movement.
Should the Green Party Stand Down in 2020?
13 May 2019, byWe can expect much commentary on why the socialist left should unite behind the Democrats in 2020 to get rid of the dreaded Trump. The Green Party will be told to stand down in the 2020 presidential campaign.
Behind the Economic Turbulence
11 May 2019, by ,Suzi Weissman interviewed Robert Brenner on February 10, 2019, for her “Beneath the Surface” broadcast on KPFK in Los Angeles, released on her Jacobin Radio podcast on February 12. The transcript has been edited for publication here.
The Fight Over Ilhan Omar
10 May 2019, by“The vicious, dirty — and bipartisan — smear campaign against the first two Muslim women in the U.S. Congress, Ilhan Omar (MN) and Rashida Tlaib (MI), is just beginning.” That’s the opening of a statement by the Steering Committee of Solidarity, posted February 14, 2019 (https://solidarity-us.org).
“Everything depends on what will happen in Algeria and Sudan”.
9 May 2019, byAn interview with Gilbert Achcar, originally published on April 22, 2019 in the Moroccan publication Tel quell.
Feminism and ecology: the same struggle?
8 May 2019, byThe ecofeminist movement was born a few decades ago from the observation that there is an analogy between the exploitation of women and the exploitation of nature. In the current context of urgency and collapse and as the concept of the convergence of struggles resurfaces, interest in this feminist movement is resurfacing. For Marijke Colle, an ecofeminist from the first, who is better situated than women to become aware of the interconnection between nature and human life, and the urgency of action to stop the destruction of the planet?