The Left, Trade Unions, and Mass Organizations (opens in new tab)

RezgarAkrawi: The Main Points Raised in This Paper The countries of the Middle East and the Global South living under authoritarian regimes share a single structural crisis: a severe and chronic weakness afflicting their mass organizations, trade unions, feminist movements, and student unions, extending further to undermine coordination among left-wing forces themselves. This paper examines this crisis through the Iraqi experience as a lived and direct reality, drawing from it lessons and que...