Stories from Green Left News Podcast 38

speakers for Ecosocialism 2024

First Nations leader Megan Krakouer and Indian communist Clifton D’Rozario have been confirmed to speak at the Ecosocialism 2024: Climate Action Not War being held in Boorloo/Perth over June 28–30. Fred Fuentes reports.

A new report has found that renters are living in substandard homes that are failing to protect them from intense summer heat. Isaac Nellist reports. 

“Banning Green Left from a platform which the people-powered, activist media outlet has used for years to disseminate critical information, build movements and expose injustice and inequity, and take a staunchly anti-capitalist stance is a disgrace,” said New South Wales Greens MP for Newtown Jenny Leong.

co-mayors in Van

Sarah Glynn looks behind Turkey's March 31 municipal elections, which saw President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's AKP pushed into second place and the pro-Kurdish Peoples Equality and Democracy Party make gains.

NSW counter terrorism officers bailed up an artist after he posted a criticism on X about the lenient treatment given to a Zionist who planted a bomb on a Palestine activists’ utility. Rachel Evans reports.

Protest rally in Toronto

Jeff Shantz shines a light on the Canadian 'lone soldiers' fighting in Gaza and the pro-Israeli groups recruiting for and supporting the IDF.

boats in harbour

The international Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) sets sail in April to challenge the ongoing illegal Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, reports Kerry Smith.

Community action in the Blue Mountains has pressured the local council to pass two pro-Palestine motions. Jenna Condie and Stephen Langford report.

man inspects damaged aircraft

Malik Miah looks behind the recent spate of aircraft safety incidents in the United States and argues that aircraft workers and unions need to play a leading role in maintaining safety.

man's face senegal flag

Opposition figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax inspector from the Patriots of Senegal party (PASTEF), was sworn into office as Senegal’s new president on April 2 after his historic election on March 24. Susan Price looks at the factors behind his victory.

Protesters demanded Labor close the notorious Unit 18 of Western Australia’s Banksia Hill Detention Centre the day before the inquest into Cleveland Dodd’s death. Alex Salmon reports.

protest outside parliament house

Less than a month after Lee Jong-sup was appointed South Korea's (RoK's) ambassador to Australia, he was forced to resigned on March 29, amidst protests in South Korea and Australia. Seona Cho, an activist with Melbourne Candlelight Action, explains the background to this scandal and its links to the growing ties between US, Australian and South Korean arms manufacturers.