Madhavi Madhu, a longstanding refugee rights activist and socialist explains why Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing's visit to Malaysia sparked protests from human rights and refugee rights groups.
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Mexico's National Indigenous Congress marked 534 years since the Spanish invasion of the Americas began — and 30 years since their organisation was founded — with a three-day conference in Mexico City, involving delegates from Indigenous communities around the country, reports Tamara Pearson.
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In Ireland, a wave of far-right pogroms targeting refugees and migrants in Belfast took place between June and September this year. Green Left’s Cas Smith spoke with Paul Murphy, Teachta Dála (member of the Irish parliament) for Dublin South-West, on the importance of organising in working-class communities against the far-right threat.
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Another round of anti-government protests erupted across India over October 2–6, following the removal of 130 million people from the electoral roll, reports Isaac Nellist.
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Cuba solidarity activist and scholar Helen Yaffe gave the following presentation to the Ecosocialism 2026 opening night panel: “Resisting Trump’s New Colonialism”.
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The results of the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, which sent ultra-conservative Senator Flávio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party and incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party to a runoff scheduled for October 25, had immediate repercussions across Latin America, reports Leonardo Fernandes.
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There were vibrant mass demonstrations in dozens of French towns, on October 6, as five of the nation's six main trade union confederations mobilised in support of the escalating school student movement, reports John Mullen.
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Önder Algedik argues that COP31 is no longer a climate summit, but a climate-changing summit and increasingly, a climate fair. Its Action Agenda lists 10 themes, from zero waste to electrification, but there is no mention of coal, oil or gas.
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Students across France are on strike and mobilising in the street to demand their right to quality education, linking up wih striking public sector workers, writes Sarah Glynn, in a lesson in solidarity for us all.
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This year’s electoral contest in Brazil — between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party and Flávio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party — is taking place against a decisive climatic and geopolitical backdrop, writes Igor Ojeda.
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Refugee and human rights groups are outraged that Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government has an agreement with the military coup regime in Myanmar to deport 5000 refugees, including Rohingya, back to face the regime's genocidal attacks. Peter Boyle spoke to Madhavi Madhu, a member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and a longstanding refugee rights activist..
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Philippine activist Khyl Ramos was a guest speaker at the recent Ecosocialism 2026 conference in Magan-djin/Brisbane, where he sat down with Ben Radford to discuss last year’s Gen Z protests, recent opposition to the United States-led Pax Silica initiative and the need for ecosocialist alternatives.