The failed military coup is a sharp warning to workers in South Korea and internationally: Mired in worsening crises, dictatorship is on the order of the day for the ruling classes around the world.

South Korea’s main opposition party is urging President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face an impeachment, hours after Yoon lifted a short-lived martial law that prompted soldiers to encircle parliament.

Parliamentary aides in South Korea emptied fire extinguishers on armed troops entering the national assembly as protesters took to the streets.