In Episode 43 [27] of the CounterVortex podcast [28], Bill Weinberg takes stock of the current wave of popular protest and uprisings around the world, and asks if the planet is approaching another moment of revolutionary possibilities [29], such as was seen in 2011. He examines the prospects for these disparate movements to build solidarity across borders, repudiate ethnic and national divide-and-rule stratagems, and recognize the enemy as transnational capital and the authoritarian states that serve it. With discussions of Hong Kong [30], mainland China [31], Indonesia [32], Bolivia [33], Chile [34], Ecuador [35], Peru [36], Uruguay [37], Honduras [38], Costa Rica [39], Haiti [40], Puerto Rico [41], Iraq [42], Lebanon [43], Turkey [44] Iran [45], Egypt [46], Algeria [47], Sudan [48], Uganda [49], Ethiopia [50] and Guinea [51]. Listen on SoundCloud [27], and support our podcast via Patreon [52].
Production by Chris Rywalt [55]
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