The elephant in the room is the crisis at the heart of the trade union movement; many of its leaderships are affiliated with opposition parties that have a record of embracing pro-corporate policies themselves, and treat these strikes as symbolic pressure tactics —not stepping stones toward a sustained and escalating movement.
On 4 June, dockworkers in the French port of Fos-sur-Mer, Marseille, refused to load arms components bound for Israel. Shortly after this action in France, Italian dockworkers in Genoa announced that they would inspect the same vessel and block it if weapons were found.
From a socialist feminist perspective, GERM is more than a protest song. It’s a manifesto that interrogates power, challenges capitalist co-optation of feminism, and calls out the scapegoating of a vulnerable minority to distract from the material conditions oppressing all women and gender minorities.
The stark contrast between the two frontrunners in this election was a reflection of the sharpening political polarisation throughout society. New York City is home of key players of US capitalism, with over 100 billionaires as well as the world’s largest stock exchange.
On the other hand, one in four people are living in poverty.
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