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Resist despair: learn from struggles in the global South
ROGER McKENZIE argues that facing Trump’s victory and global crises requires looking beyond failed Western organising models to successful resistance movements in the developing world

I COULD allow myself to be consumed by a righteous rage for so many reasons.
The re-election of the tinpot despot Donald Trump in the US, the Israeli genocide against the Palestinians, the way that black lives simply don’t matter and the way that men try to control the reproductive rights of women.
Nobody reading this will need reminding that the US, a country built on genocide, enslavement and racism, does not see any of the thousand and one cruelties and deficiencies of Trump as any kind of deal-breaker for their vote. In fact, many appear to positively celebrate it!
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