Josef Benedict is a researcher covering the Asia Pacific region for the CIVICUS Monitor, a publication of the CIVICUS global civil society alliance that is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. He spoke to Green Left’s Peter Boyle on March 3.
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The recent war between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been overshadowed by United States and Israeli imperialism’s attack on Iran, writes Farooq Tariq. Yet the Afghanistan-Pakistan war has resulted in heavy casualties on both sides.
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Asked to sum up Australia’s geopolitical situation, Renfrey Clarke argues that we’re in bed with an axe murderer, with the complicity of Australia’s military establishment, backed by the rich and powerful.
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At least 49 protests were organised across the world and in seven locations across Australia to say no to the US-led drive to militarism and war. Kerry Smith reports.
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About 300 million took to the streets demanding the government’s withdrawal of anti-people policies, such as four new labour codes and recently signed trade deals with the United States and European Union. Abdul Rahman reports.
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Aiman Farihah, central committee member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia’s youth wing, argues for a socialist alternative to capitalism’s inherent violence and brutality.
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Discussion at the Socialist Alliance’s 20th National Conference was shaped by world events, including Israel’s continuing genocide in Gaza and Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela. Sam Wainwright reports.
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Pat Walsh, one of Australia’s great human rights defenders and promoters, was also a true internationalist. Patrick Earle pays tribute to his life’s work in support of the Timorese people’s right to self-determination.
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The Socialism 2025 Conference, held in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, brought together socialists and activists from across the Asia-Pacific, reports Markela Panegyres.
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Peter Boyle speaks to Rudi Hartono, managing editor of the Indonesian progressive publication Merdika.id about the impact of the country's new criminal laws, which maintain provisions introduced under Dutch colonial rule.
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The trilateral meeting held in Port Moresby on December 3 between the Indonesian, Australian and Papua New Guinean defence ministers took place in the shadow of Indonesia's brutal occupation of West Papua, writes Ali Mirin.
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This joint statement against the United States’ military escalation in the Caribbean and aggression against Venezuela was initiated by the Socialist Party of Malaysia and the Party of the Labouring Masses, Philippines.