An enduring challenge to dynastic rule in the Philippines requires an equally powerful anti-capitalist political organisation, wielding its power in elections, on campuses, in workplaces and on the streets.
Developments since right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s murder have exposed the lie that conservatives and the far right are somehow champions of “free speech” against a censorious left “cancel culture”.
A recent series of strikes in Egypt didn’t rewrite the system. But it showed thousands of workers, again, that the machine still stops when they decide it will.
On 22 September, half a million workers, students and solidarity activists mobilised in more than 80 cities across Italy under the slogan “Blocchiamo Tutto” (Let’s block everything).
Even if tariffs don’t have the catastrophic effects—like COVID-era empty store shelves and price gouging—that many predicted, they will still contribute to a slowing economy, higher prices and potentially mass lay-offs.
After decades of hegemony, the two-state solution is no longer considered a viable or desirable solution to the decades-long oppression of the Palestinians among pro-Palestine activists in Australia. This is an extremely positive development.
Over the last week, protests have been organised across Indonesia in response to politicians giving themselves a hefty pay rise. Days of demonstrations, mostly in the capital, Jakarta, faced severe police repression. But they continued to grow.
