Left On The Move Newsletter – April 5, 2019
In this edition of the Left On The Move Newsletter, we highlight materials on three processes that the international left must follow and help drive forward: yet another significant victory for socialists in the US – now in Chicago with the election of many progressive and socialist representatives to the city council; the historic struggle of the Palestinian people for the right to return to their lands usurped by the colonialist state of Israel; the rebellion of the Algerian people who have already overthrew a president and are challenging a rotten regime.This Newsletter also features articles on the disastrous Bolsonaro government, the demonstration in Argentina in memory of the martyrs of the military dictatorship and a discussion of accusations of “anti-Semitism” in the US left. Finally, we share statements from the Fourth International in support of the Algerian people and the popular website Aporrea, which is being censored in Venezuela.
An excellent reading to all!
Left On The Move Editorial Board – April 5, 2019
Palestine
THE IMPERIALIST BARBARISM OF THE MIDDLE EAST | by La Aurora
We need our solidarity with all the peoples of the Middle East and the search for a democratic and just solution that only socialism can open, however utopian it may seem today in the midst of the massacres.
USA
A SOCIALIST WAVE IN CHICAGO | By Will Bloom
Chicago socialists cleaned house in last night’s municipal elections, winning as many as six socialist city council members. The city’s left has a historic opportunity to push back years of gentrification, police brutality, and austerity.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS: NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL IN CHICAGO | By Leonard Pierce and Lucie Macias
Tuesday’s election results show that it’s a new day in this city. Chicago’s new democratic socialist and progressive aldermen are ready to fight that austerity agenda tooth and nail, to win a city for the many — not the few.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA BACK BERNIE: ‘THE BEST CHANCE TO BEAT TRUMP’ | By Adam Gabbatt
The group helped leftwing candidates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib win long-shot elections to Congress in 2018
ILHAN OMAR IS NOT ANTISEMITIC | By SETH ACKERMAN 4 APR
The rush to condemn Ilhan Omar says more about the vacuousness of our political discourse than the supposed bigotry of her comments.
Algeria
FOR A SOVEREIGN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES! | By Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores (PST)
Workers, young people, women and the popular masses as a whole have just snatched, after more than 40 days of strikes and unprecedented mass demonstrations, a precious and historic first victory by forcing the departure on 2 April 2019 of Bouteflika – the embodiment of an oligarchic, authoritarian, quasi-monarchical liberal regime subject to the interests of imperialist foreign powers.
SOLIDARITY WITH THE ALGERIAN PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY! RENAISSANCE OF THE ALGERIAN REVOLUTION! | By Fourth International Bureau
Algeria is experiencing a popular uprising that is unprecedented since the proclamation of national independence. Since 22 February 2019, following calls launched on the Internet, large rallies, with a massive presence of women, have been organized in all cities, followed by workers and young students
Brazil
“YANKEES OVER ALL”: ON BOLSONARO´S VISIT TO TRUMP | By Israel Dutra
The trip to the United States demonstrated the most visible face of the Bolsonaro government: unpreparedness and submission to the interests of the great and powerful of the world.
BOLSONARO PROVOCATIONS ARE UNACCEPTABLE! #DITADURANUNCAMAIS #DICTATORSHIPNEVERAGAIN | By Israel Dutra and Thiago Aguiar
Bolsonaro’s “commemoration” proposal was met with outrage, showing that the extreme right’s attempt to rewrite the history of Brazil and the world will not succeed.
CRISIS AT UPSTAIRS: ORGANIZING PEOPLE’S STRUGGLE | By Israel Dutra
Bolsonaro’s incompetence on heading the presidency already begins to be perceived by important part of the Brazilian people
THE PRISON OF TEMER AND THE HESITATION ON THE LEFT | By Bruno Magalhães
The hesitant positions are examples of the confusion and propagandism that make it so difficult for us in the dispute for public opinion.
Latin America
MARCH 24: A CROWD RISES FOR MEMORY IN ARGENTINA | By Israel Dutra
Just as we consider the disappeared Argentinians as our martyrs, we feed on the conquests like the crowd that took to the streets on Sunday.
DECLARATION ON CENSORSHIP IN VENEZUELA AT THE WEBSITE APORREA.ORG | By Fourth International Bureau
Since 12 February, the electronic site of news and popular debates Aporrea.org has been blocked for access inside Venezuela