The working-class party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna — part of the National People’s Power coalition — gained an outright majority in the country’s 225-seat parliament, reports Janaka Biyanwila.
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A controversial and divisive bill that aims to undermine the rights of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Māori people had its first reading and brought parliament to a halt, reports Zara Lomas.
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Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has described rich countries’ plans to expand fossil fuels as a “death sentence” for his country. Zara Lomas looks at Pacific Island states’ push for a international treaty to phase out fossil fuels.
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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the election of Donald Trump in the 2024 United States election and the repression and censorship of activists in Singapore.
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Aishik Saha, a left activist and researcher on labour and the digital economy, discusses the Indian political situation under its Hindu nationalist PM Narenda Modi with Peter Boyle.
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Singaporean anti-death penalty activist Kokila Annamalai challenged government censorship by defying a directive under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Samoan residents are calling for compensation from the government of Aotearoa New Zealand, following the sinking of a NZ Navy vessel in their waters last month, reports Zara Lomas.
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The fate of the survivors of the United States atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was hidden for years, but in 1956 local survivor associations, along with victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific, formed Nihon Hidankyo. The organisation received this year's Nobel Peace Prize, reports Peter Boyle.
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Australia, Britain and Canada are responsible for 60% of Commonwealth emissions, while representing just 6% of Commonwealth countries’ populations. Pip Hinman reports.
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Ōtautahi Christchurch city council voted on October 23 to cease doing business with companies building and maintaining illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), reports Zara Lomas, making it the first in the country to do so.
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When Indonesia’s new president Prabowo Subianto announced his cabinet, a number of former activists and leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PRD) were among its 109 members. Green Left’s Peter Boyle spoke to Rudi Hartono, former editor of the PRD’s publication Berdikari, about this development.
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Pressure is building on Aotearoa New Zealand’s government to create a humanitarian visa pathway for Palestinians fleeing the genocide in Gaza, reports Zara Lomas.