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Left-wing activists held a solidarity rally in Kyiv on August 17 for the residents of Gaza who are suffering from famine, which has been highlighted by international human rights organisations.

The event took place in a symbolic location, in front of the museum dedicated to the victims of the artificial famine in Ukraine, the Holodomor of 1932–33. Protesters called on European governments to put pressure on Israel to immediately resolve the humanitarian crisis.

Memorial to journalists killed by IDF

About 100 people gathered in central Québec City, Canada, on August 14 to hold vigil for the journalists murdered by Israel in Gaza and protest the Canadian government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide, reports Ben Radford.

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Almost one year ago, Helen O'Sullivan was at a peaceful protest in Beita in the occupied West Bank with 26-year-old human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, when an Israeli sniper shot and killed Aysenur.

Indigenous Wampís people on a boat and Galois Flores Pizango

Indigenous Wampís leader Galois Flores Pizango spoke to Green Left’s Ben Radford about the struggle to defend territory and advance a vision of sustainable Indigenous development.

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To best understand the complex relationship between the Donald Trump and Nicolás Maduro governments, Federico Fuentes spoke to Salvador De León, a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers’ Committee based in the city of Maracaibo, a major oil hub in Venezuela.

Amanda Shweeta Louis, Socialist Party of Malaysia member and chairperson of their youth wing, Pemuda Sosialis, spoke to Green Left’s Isaac Nellist about the commercialisation of Malaysia’s education system, solidarity with Palestine and why young Malaysians are looking to socialism.

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Mariane Paviasen Jensen, a Greenland MP for the Inuit Ataqatigiit party and prominent environmentalist, has described a 60 Minutes Australia program as a “propaganda broadcast” for Australian mining company ETM, reports Peter Boyle.

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United States policy towards Venezuela took another surprising turn with the announcement that US oil giant Chevron could return to the South American nation, reports Federico Fuentes.

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Two days after meeting with Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan, the Syrian government announced it was pulling out of a planned meeting with the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, Sarah Glynn reports.

Anas al-Sharif

Binoy Kampmark reports on the targeting of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues, who were assassinated in a drone attacks by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza City.

Green Left’s Isaac Nellist spoke to Amanda Shweeta Louis from the Socialist Party of Malaysia about the commercialisation of Malaysia’s education system, solidarity with Palestine and why young Malaysians are looking to socialism. 

‘Uncovering Chemmani — Uncovering Genocide’. Tamils protest in Canberra

The recent discovery of a mass grave in Sri Lanka has ignited a wave of protests by Tamils demanding an investigation, accompanied by calls for the government to fulfil its pledge to improve the treatment of Tamils. Chris Slee reports.