In the geopolitical games taking place in the Indo Pacific, West Papua's history and fate has been relegated to insignificance, writes Ali Mirin.
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The 25th anniversary of the successful vote for independence by Timor-Leste was marked on August 30. Leo Earle took these photos for Green Left.
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Message from Papuan activist Jeffrey, read to the August 30 School Strike for West Papua in Magan-djin/Brisbane.
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More than 100 people marched for West Papua's freedom as part of a School Strike 4 Climate student strike . Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Since August 22, cities across Indonesia have been rocked by student-led protests against a proposed regional electoral law. Peter Boyle spoke to Rudi Hartono, the managing editor of a new progressive publication Merdika.id, who joined the protesters in Jakarta.
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Peter Boyle speaks to Singaporean grassroots activist Adi R, about the launch of the People’s Manifesto project, which aims to centre the issues facing ordinary people in the lead up to the country's election, expected this year.
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Isaac Nellist spoke with Indian student activist Ipil Monica Baski about the protests breaking out across the country in response to the rape and murder of a student doctor in Kolkata.
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In a time of genocide and more wars on the horizon, you should come along to disrupt the weapons industry convention at the Melbourne Convention Centre between September 8–14, writes Elizabeth Bantas.
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Mukta Barai is President of the Socialist Students Front, the student wing of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh, and played a leading role in the recent protests. She spoke with Susan Price and Jacob Andrewartha about the political situation in Bangladesh and the challenges for the democratic movement.
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Labor has launched its push to become a renewable energy “superpower”. But, as Peter Boyle argues, any imagining of a green future needs to break imperial and colonialist power relations with the Global South.
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Mat Ward's latest album, Take the Rad Pill, fuses future bass, drum and bass, punk, electronic dance music and politics for a different sound, writes Susan Price.
