*From New York to Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Argentina, left-wing political phenomena are emerging in response to capitalist crisis, war, austerity measures, and the rise of the Far Right. These processes pose a critical question: is our goal to manage capitalism “from the left,” or to build a force capable of confronting it?*
In recent years, it has become almost a cliché to speak of the advance of the Far Right: Trump in the United States, Milei in Argentina, Reform UK in the United Kingdom, Alternative for Germany, and various reactionary governments and forces across Europe and Latin America. This diagnosis has real foundations: the crisis of capitalism, militarism, wars, the repressive hardening of state apparatuses, and the offensive against the living conditions of the majority have fueled reactionary political phenomena across much of the globe. However, that is not the whole story. In parallel, left-wing political phenomena have also been developing — movements that reflect significant subjective shifts, particularly among the youth, segments of the working class, and feminist, anti-racist, and student movements, as well as the international movement for Palestine. These are heterogeneous and contradictory processes — led by vastly different political organizations — yet they demonstrate that the international political landscape is far from being entirely dominated by the Right. Examples include Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York, the emergence of Your Party in the United Kingdom, and the growing support for Die Linke among young people in Germany, among others. Thus, the immense popularity garnered in Argentina by leading figures of el Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (PTS) — such as Myriam Bregman and Nicolás del Caño — forms part of a broader international political landscape. The question is: which strategy can rise to the challenge of this new moment? 1) Mamdani in New York: The Contradictions of Managing the Capitalist State 2) Expectations surrounding “Your Party” and its Deconstruction as an Electoral Apparatus 3) Die Linke, Politicization of the Youth, and the Test of German Militarism 4) France and the Experience of “Broad Parties” 5) Podemos: From the “Assault on the Heavens” to the Reconstitution of the PSOE 6) The Political Phenomenon Surrounding Myriam Bregman and the PTS in Argentina: A Class-Independent Left 7) From Sympathy to Activism. From Anger to Organization *READ FULL ARTICLE* <https://www.leftvoice.org/rebellion-on-the-left-strategic-debates-on-new-political-phenomena-at-the-global-level/> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41712): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41712 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119312699/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
