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US flag with weapons

In Part 2 of our interview, Socialist Alliance national co-convenor and anti-war activist Sam Wainwright speaks to Federico Fuentes about the changing realities of imperialism today and what it means for building people-to-people solidarity.

Boris Kagarlitsky behind bars

Former radical left British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn drew attention to the case of jailed socialist dissident Boris Kagarlitsky and other Russian anti-war political prisoners when he addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on April 17, reports Federico Fuentes.

collage of protest pictures

Pro-Palestine activists across Canada heeded the global call on April 15 to occupy, blockade and picket economic targets across the country, reports Jeff Shantz.

Sudanese refugee camp in Chad

April 15 marked one year since war broke out between rival military factions in Sudan, sending the country into a spiralling social and humanitarian crisis. Green Left’s Susan Price spoke with the Sudanese Australian Advocacy Network’s Wilson Madit Kuek about the scale of the crisis, SAAN’s work and prospects for peace and democracy.

weapons

Global military spending has surged, according to the latest Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) research released on April 22, reports Kerry Smith.

Palestinian refugees

Khaled Ghannam writes that desperate Palestinians are selling their assets, at a quarter of their value, to merchants who exploit their need for funds to leave Gaza, while Western governments refuse to shoulder responsibility for their displacement.

damage from a container ship collision with a bridge

Malik Miah looks at the "profits before safety" failings behind the collision that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland to collapse, killing six maintenance workers.

Cuban doctors in the Henry Reeve Brigade

Aotearoa/New Zealand-based solidarity and labour activist Mike Treen visited Cuba in January, where he witnessed the impacts of the United States' cruel and illegal blockade.

woman with placard

In the United States, Arizona’s Supreme Court effectively banned all abortions, except to save a woman’s life, on April 10, after dusting off an 1864 law. But abortion rights activists are fighting back, reports Barry Sheppard.

pro-palestine woman protester

As a ground assault on Rafah still looms, United States President Joe Biden’s “get tough” stance towards Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu is not convincing populations in the US and the Middle East, report Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.

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.

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.