On 28 October, German president and member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Frank-Walter Steinmeier addressed an array of distinguished guests at Bellevue Palace, his official residence. In his ‘State of the Nation’ address, he noted that the world was “heading into a period of confrontation” and that the “struggle for dominance” was coming to the fore.
As the long-awaited results of the ratification vote for the contract brought forward by the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) were announced, there was a wave of anger over the yes vote. Workers said they were “bullied”, “this is bull&!”, “you built us up and let us down”, “many will be leaving the position because they can’t afford to work”, “screwed for another 4yrs!!!”, “we were so united and now divided… this contract does absolutely nothing to help students or ease our difficulties in our classrooms”, “this whole thing stinks”, “this is awful! This is not the outcome we needed”. There were literally hundreds of similar comments. How did we get from a historic victory of workers against back-to-work legislation and the notwithstanding clause, to this disappointing final contract?
Nota editoriale: Dopo la pubblicazione di questo articolo, con un voto bipartisan, la Camera dei Rappresentanti ha votato 290 a 137 per una legge scandalosa, voluta dal Presidente Biden, che vieta ai lavoratori delle ferrovie di scioperare durante il periodo festivo. Praticamente tutti i democratici alla Camera hanno votato per sottrarre il diritto di sciopero ai lavoratori delle ferrovie, compresi quelli di “sinistra” come Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) e Ilhan Omar. Questi sono i risultati reazionari dei “socialisti” che portano avanti la linea del voto per il Partito Democratico, come sostenuto dai teorici della “dirty-break” e del “party-surrogate” nei Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)1. Ad eccezione della deputata Tlaib del Michigan, tutti i membri dei DSA e gli altri membri della “Squad”2 hanno votato per limitare il diritto allo sciopero.
In der bürgerlichen Demokratie liefern Wahlen eine zwar unvollständige, aber durchaus erhellende Momentaufnahme der gesellschaftlichen Stimmung zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt. Vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender Instabilität und Polarisierung finden dabei an der Wahlurne die gegenläufigen Tendenzen im Massenbewusstsein einen (wenn auch verzerrten) Ausdruck. Eine Analyse der Midterm Elections (Zwischenwahlen zum US-Kongress) von unseren amerikanischen Genossen John Peterson und Tom Trottier vom 11. November.
ایرانی نوجوانوں کی انقلابی بغاوت، جو بہت بڑے جبر کے باعث ماند پڑ گئی تھی، کے دو ماہ بعد 16 سے 19 نومبر تک احتجاجوں کا نیا مرحلہ دیکھنے کو ملا، جو اس بات کا اظہار ہے کہ ردّ انقلاب کا کوڑا تحریک کو بڑھاوا دے رہا ہے۔ حتمی فتح حاصل کرنے کے لیے، بڑے پیمانے پر اور منظم انداز میں محنت کش طبقے کی شمولیت لازم ہے!
