The Labor government’s 2035 greenhouse gas emission reduction target of 62-70% is not only inadequate, as environmental groups have pointed out, but a cynical exercise in greenwashing. Peter Boyle reports.
News
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Cyn Huang, student and labour activist, and member of the Democratic Socialists of America addressed two meetings in Queensland on “Resistance in Trump’s America”. Elias Boyle reports.
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National protests on October 12 mark two years of Israel's genocide. They will demand Labor sanctions Israel, ends the two-way arms trade and expels the Israeli ambassador. Send rally details to @greenleftonline and we'll add them to this list.
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A student is appealing his conviction of assault during a protest last year, which demanded Western Sydney University cut ties with companies linked to the genocide in Gaza. Neville Spencer reports.
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Nearly two years into Israel’s war on Gaza, a United Nations inquiry concluded that it is committing a genocide. Pip Hinman and Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud report.
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Decades of grassroots campaigns have finally delivered the Great Koala National Park in NSW, where an immediate logging moratorium has also been announced. Ben Radford reports.
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Ecosocialism 2025 was the meeting place for hundreds of activists and many guest speakers from left parties and groups from the Indo-Pacific and Asia. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Anti-racism corroborrees and Sovereignty Never Ceded rallies were organised across the country in a powerful pushback to the right’s attempts to declare that immigration must end and migrants are not welcome. Chloe DS, Markela Panegyres and Peter Boyle report.
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Disabled people are furious at NSW Labor’s failure to implement even basic recommendations of the Disability Royal Commission, the National Disability Insurance Scheme review and countless NSW Housing and Ombudsman reports, writes Suzanne James.
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More than 700 people gathered on the steps of WA parliament to demand that Labor ban fracking in the Kimberley. Sam Wainwright reports.
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Responding to the genocidal starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, Merri-bek Council passed another motion calling for sanctions on Israel. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.
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How is it that a peaceful, family-oriented gathering at Bondi Beach, initiated by Jews Against the Occupation ’48, was met with racist, intimidating abuse from Zionists waving Israeli flags and white supremacists draped in Australian flags, asks Judith Treanor?
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Doctors working in public hospitals have voted overwhelmingly to reject NSW Labor’s latest pay offer, with 75% voting “no”. Kerry Smith reports.
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The National Tertiary Education Union, together with the Australian Services Union and the Community and Public Sector Union, among others, joined a national protest to demand that Labor impose sanctions on Israel. Pip Hinman, Jim McIlroy, Jacob Andrewartha and Markela Panegyres report.
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Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe said a Treaty process that does not address the “continuous theft of our land and destruction of our sacred sites undermines our very survival”. Kerry Smith reports.
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Barat Ali Batoor, a Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, said he hoped a Labor government would be better than its predecessor, but it is imposing a “brutal regime”. Chris Slee reports.
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Protests continue around the country against Labor’s refusal to act against the United States-backed genocide in Gaza being delivered by Israel.
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Thousands gathered at Camp Sovereignty to show solidarity with First Nations people against the fascists and racists’ brutal attacks on the camp. Blair Vidak reports.
Analysis
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John Martinkus was an intrepid journalist with a commitment to justice. His reports on Indonesia’s military and their militias planning to destroy East Timor were important for the movement supporting East Timor's liberation. Jude Conway reports on John's work.
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The Global Sumud Flotilla movement is significant because it represents collective action by ordinary people against Israel’s brutalisation of Palestinian people under occupation, writes Caroline Smith.
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Alex Bainbridge argues that the fight against the far right has to include challenging mainstream racism, as that will help undercut the fertile ground on which more far-right forces survive.
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Aftab Malik met more than 100 Muslim community members, experts on Islamophobia, youth, women and religious leaders for his A National Response to Islamophobia report. Jonathan Strauss reports.
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Anthony Albanese’s government is pushing bilateral security treaties with Pacific Island states as a matter of urgency, in a bid to shut China out. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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In the context of racist far-right marches — including attacks on First Nations-led Camp Sovereignty — the recent Ecosocialism 2025 conference in featured a panel of four First Nations women deeply involved in the struggle for sovereignty. Ben Radford reports.
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The latest Green Left Show features Merck Maguddayao (Philippines), Suraendher Kumarr (Singapore), Gandipan Nantha Gopalan (Malaysia) and Jacob Andrewartha (Australia) in a round table discussion about imperialism in the Asia-Pacific, democracy and socialism.
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AUKUS makes it more, not less, likely for Australia to be involved in a United States war on China, but not because the government has had no say. Labor has chosen to be the US’ deputy sheriff, argues Pip Hinman.
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As Israel intensified its assault on Gaza, its supporters in Australia gathered at a luxury resort on Queensland’s Gold Coast to discuss how to stop criticism of the state of Israel by labelling it antisemitic. Wendy Bacon and Stephanie Tran report.
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John Englart died unexpectedly at his Fawkner home with his beloved chihuahuas, Juliet and Jones, close by. Andrea Bunting writes about the life of this leading campaigner for social justice and climate action.
World
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Just days before a far-right rally in London, Green Left’s Susan Price spoke to Derek Wall, a former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, about developments on the left, specifically the recent Greens leadership election and the “Your Party” initiative by former Labour Party figures Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.
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While street demonstrations persist in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, the dramatic scenes of August 29-30 have largely dissipated and activists are turning their attention to supporting detainees and building networks for future struggles, writes Rebecca Meckelburg.
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United States forces launched strikes on two small vessels in the Caribbean, claiming they were transporting drugs. US officials have warned more strikes could come, including possibly on foreign soil. In the second of our two-part series, Green Left’s Kerry Smith speaks to Federico Fuentes about the US threat in the Caribbean and how the solidarity movement should respond.
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For three days, the streets of Timor-Leste’s capital Dili have been filled with thousands of young protesters, led largely by Timor-Leste’s Generation Z, frustrated by perks for parliamentarians, while their generation suffers poor education and an uncertain economic future, writes Ato ‘Lekinawa’ da Costa.
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Against the United States government’s attacks on immigrants and countries in the region, representatives of Latin America’s trade unions, social movements and progressive parties will meet in Mexico City this month. Federico Fuentes spoke to conference organisers.
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Despite the left holding the largest bloc of seats in France’s national assembly, President Emmanuel Macron has again undemocratically appointed one of his allies as prime minister, sparking an explosive grassroots reaction, reports John Mullen.
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Bougainville and West Papua represent two fundamentally different approaches to Indigenous struggles for self-determination, writes Ali Mirin.
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Palestinians are facing forced mass displacement across the West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers, significantly heightening the risk of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territory, warns Médecins Sans Frontières.
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United States President Donald Trump’s proposal for a postwar Gaza coincides with Israel’s invasion of Gaza City, which paves the way for mass slaughter and driving Palestinians out of the entire strip, writes Barry Sheppard.
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As the Gen Z protest movement shook Nepal to its roots, Nepalese journalist and writer Manarishi Dhital — a veteran of the 1996–2006 People’s War against the monarchy — spoke to Green Left’s Peter Boyle about why the movement is “re-awakening Nepal’s revolutionary spirit”.
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Iran under the mullahs has seen several waves of mass protest, each put down with extreme violence, writes Sarah Glynn.
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Foreign aid is commonly regarded as an altruistic contribution by countries in the Global North to countries in the Global South, with the aim of reducing poverty. However, while there are some exceptions, foreign aid today reinforces global inequalities by building on the economic and political structures created during the colonial era, argues Allen Jennings.
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United States Federal Reserve Bank Governor Lisa Cook won a Federal Court ruling, allowing her to remain in her job while fighting President Donald Trump’s bid to sack her, reports Malik Miah.
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Kathmandu is on edge, not because of “apps”, but because a generation raised on the promise of democracy and mobility has collided with an economy and political order that keep shutting every door, write Atul Chandra and Pramesh Pokharel.
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Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz declared that the “gates of hell are being unlocked in Gaza City” as it demolishes one of the last parts that has infrastructure. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Culture
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Back to Bilo takes a look at the campaign to bring a Tamil family home to their rural Queensland town, writes Jonathan Strauss.
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As far-right extremists ran amok in Naarm/Melbourne, folk musicians Les Thomas and Kavisha Mazzella brought much needed compassion, solidarity and song to a strong audience at the John Curtin Hotel, reports Suzanne James.