The first day of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg saw calls for a more democratic global economic order with greater participation of countries from the Global South.
The 15th BRICS summit is being held under the chairmanship of Ramaphosa on the theme ‘BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development, and inclusive multilateralism.’ Apart from the heads of states/governments of the existing BRICS members—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—over 60 other countries are participating in the summit. Certain crucial decisions are expected during the summit related to the expansion of the group and its objective of creating a non-hegemonic global economic order.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/23/brics-calls-for-global-economic-decision-making-in-the-interest-of-the-majority/
The 15th BRICS summit is being held under the chairmanship of Ramaphosa on the theme ‘BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development, and inclusive multilateralism.’ Apart from the heads of states/governments of the existing BRICS members—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—over 60 other countries are participating in the summit. Certain crucial decisions are expected during the summit related to the expansion of the group and its objective of creating a non-hegemonic global economic order.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/23/brics-calls-for-global-economic-decision-making-in-the-interest-of-the-majority/
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BRICS calls for global economic decision making in the interest of the majority : Peoples Dispatch
Policies followed by the West such as sanctions, conditionalities in loan disbursal, and dollar hegemony were at the center of attacks during speeches made by the BRICS leaders on the first day of the summit
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we celebrate the Cuban Federation of Women (FMC), one of the largest mass organizations in Cuba, dedicated to bringing equality and achieving the emancipation of women. The federation has about 4 million affiliates.
The FMC was founded on August 23, 1960, by Vilma Espín and other revolutionary women who, with the support of Fidel Castro, sought to create an organization to strengthen the role of women in the Cuban revolutionary process after defeating the US-backed military dictatorship of Batista.
The FMC was founded on August 23, 1960, by Vilma Espín and other revolutionary women who, with the support of Fidel Castro, sought to create an organization to strengthen the role of women in the Cuban revolutionary process after defeating the US-backed military dictatorship of Batista.
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The XVth BRICS summit is underway in Johannesburg and will go until August 24th. Here is everything you need to know about one of the most important South-South cooperation initiatives.
Hat tip to the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research.
Hat tip to the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research.
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🇮🇪 Peace groups and leftists in Ireland organized a protest outside the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin to denounce the country’s involvement in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
According to the Irish Times, Irish troops are to provide weapons training to the new recruits of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is despite the government’s repeated assurances on maintaining Irish neutrality and providing only ‘non-lethal’ assistance to Ukraine.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/peace-groups-protest-irelands-involvement-in-ukraine-war/
According to the Irish Times, Irish troops are to provide weapons training to the new recruits of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is despite the government’s repeated assurances on maintaining Irish neutrality and providing only ‘non-lethal’ assistance to Ukraine.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/peace-groups-protest-irelands-involvement-in-ukraine-war/
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Peace groups protest Ireland’s involvement in Ukraine war : Peoples Dispatch
Protesters slammed the Fine Gael-Fianna Fail-Greens government for the decision to provide weapons training to Ukrainian army recruits and called for maintaining the traditional Irish policy of neutrality in international conflicts
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Shawn Fain, who was elected President of the UAW in March of this year, has led the union thus far with unprecedented militancy, calling for radical demands such as a 32-hour workweek and pay raises in conjunction with inflation. He has been mobilizing rank-and-file UAW members to fight for the new contract for the first time in living memory.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/the-united-auto-workers-are-redefining-what-is-possible-for-us-labor/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/the-united-auto-workers-are-redefining-what-is-possible-for-us-labor/
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The United Auto Workers are redefining what is possible for US labor : Peoples Dispatch
With radical demands such as a 32-hour workweek, the UAW contract campaign is bringing “class warfare” back to labor negotiations. Workers are set to vote this week on authorizing a potential strike
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Welcome to our new series, Voices of Dilemmas, where we bring you key perspectives and debates from different organizations, leaders, and intellectuals trying to find new paths towards socialism as part of the Dilemmas of Humanity process.
In the first article of this series, Blanca Eekhout, a lawmaker of the National Assembly of Venezuela and the president of the Commission on Building Communes, writes about the path of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela.
"The Bolivarian Revolution continues to exist despite relentless imperialist aggression. It has faced over 900 coercive measures, assassination attempts, an attempted invasion coordinated by mercenary gangs, criminal actions and terrorist actions such as the guarimbas — in short, all manner of terrible things.
It has been terrible, but in spite of the thousands of adverse circumstances we have faced, we have been building something extraordinary and this has never stopped. This is the construction of a new power, a different power, people’s power."
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/blanca-eekhout-venezuelas-experience-of-building-democracy-under-siege/
In the first article of this series, Blanca Eekhout, a lawmaker of the National Assembly of Venezuela and the president of the Commission on Building Communes, writes about the path of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela.
"The Bolivarian Revolution continues to exist despite relentless imperialist aggression. It has faced over 900 coercive measures, assassination attempts, an attempted invasion coordinated by mercenary gangs, criminal actions and terrorist actions such as the guarimbas — in short, all manner of terrible things.
It has been terrible, but in spite of the thousands of adverse circumstances we have faced, we have been building something extraordinary and this has never stopped. This is the construction of a new power, a different power, people’s power."
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/blanca-eekhout-venezuelas-experience-of-building-democracy-under-siege/
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Blanca Eekhout: Venezuela’s experience of building democracy under siege : Peoples Dispatch
The Bolivarian Revolution, in its 24 years of existence, has built a new form of popular and democratic construction, all the while resisting constant attacks by the empire
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