After World War I, soldiers returned to an Australia deeply divided by class, religion, social and political issues. Alex Salmon reviews a new book uncovering more of the hidden history of social upheaval.
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Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) deputy secretary-general Gandipan Nantha Gopalan, tells Green Left’s Peter Boyle that given Malaysia's unprecedented Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centre investment boom, the government should publicly release the full balance sheet on jobs, economic development and environmental impacts.
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Ishita Chakrabarty calls for solidarity to challenge racism and bigotry, speaking at a Unite Against Racism rally in Glebe.
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In response to the escalating wildfire crisis in Indonesia since July, which has covered much of Southeast Asia in a protracted and hazardous smoke haze, activists are calling for companies behind the crisis to be named and shamed, reports Peter Boyle.
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Protesters took to the streets across Australia to protest the Australian government’s controversial embrace of AUKUS and its support for Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Kerry Smith reports.
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These are videos and podcasts from Ecosocialism 2026.
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Ayesha Ahmad, a Pakistani socialist-feminist activist, researcher, educator and labour rights practitioner with the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party, was one of the guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2026 conference in Magan-djin/Brisbane. She spoke to Green Left’s Peter Boyle about the impact of the mounting global ecological crisis on politics in Pakistan.
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Chris Slee reviews Vannessa Hearman’s new book, The Good Sea: The Journey of the ‘Tasi Diak’ and the Politics of Refugee Protection in Australia, which tracks Australia’s treatment of refugees and the development of the solidarity movement with Timor-Leste.
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Indonesia is facing another wildfire catastrophe, reports Chris Lang.
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Anti-death penalty activists Jolovan Wham and Elijah Tay have been charged with 19 offences under Singapore’s Public Order Act and Penal Code over organising vigils and Palestine solidarity actions. Susan Price reports.
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See Yong Feng was one of the guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2026 conference in Magan-djin/Brisbane. He illustrated in his presentation, “Degrowth and Ecosocialism”, how it would be possible for all people — in the Global South and Global North — to have a good life without crossing planetary boundaries.
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The 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting in Koror, Palau, placed West Papua back at the centre of Pacific diplomacy, writes Ali Mirin.