Left organisations in Malaysia, the Philippines, India and Australia have responded to Israel’s illegal “pre-emptive” strikes on Iran and the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan by the United States, reports Susan Price.
Asia & the Pacific
Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung defeated the ruling right-wing People Power Party in South Korea’s presidential elections. However, the DP’s failure to win an absolute majority leaves the new government in a troublesome position, writes Youngsu Won.
Peter Boyle speaks to Indonesian socialist Ignatius Mahendra Kusumawardhana about the disturbing return to the former Suharto dictatorship era’s notorious “dual function” policy for the military.
The prime minister’s grovelling to United States President Donald Trump over Gaza and AUKUS has landed Australia in the odious and unenviable position of estrangement, distrust and contempt from its closest neighbours, writes Peter Henning.
United States President Donald Trump’s decision to order a snap review of AUKUS has spurred opposition to AUKUS here, including from less likely quarters. Kerry Smith reports.
The Shehbaz Sharif government’s disastrous neoliberal policies have led to a sharp decline in Pakistan’s agricultural production, Farooq Tariq reports.
Labor should cancel AUKUS, regardless of US President Donald Trump’s review of the military pact, argues Pip Hinman.
In the second part of our interview, Isaac Nellist speaks with Pakistani socialist Ammar Ali Jan about the current ceasefire deal between Pakistan and India, self-determination for Kashmir and steps towards peace in the region.
Transnational companies, finding an ally in United States President Donald Trump and his extractivist agenda, are pushing to mine the seafloor for valuable minerals, despite widespread concerns about the potential ecological and climate impacts, reports Ben Radford.
Sri Lanka’s ruling National People’s Power coalition won 265 out of 336 local governing bodies in local government elections, reaffirming its popular support. But the transition to democracy is fraught with contradictions, writes Janaka Biyanwila.
Green Left’s Isaac Nellist spoke to Ammar Ali Jan, Pakistan socialist and general secretary of the Haqooq-e-Khalq (Peoples’ Rights) Party, about the tensions between India and Pakistan, which broke out into war after India launched missile strikes.
Protests have been held across Aotearoa New Zealand against the right-wing coalition government, after it forced through a bill amending the country’s Equal Pay Act. Zara Lomas reports.
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