The new progressive Community First ticket contesting Cairns Regional Council local government elections and for mayor is campaigning for local democracy and transparency. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky has been sentenced to five years’ jail on appeal, a harsh sentence his supporters say is due to his opposition to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, writes Federico Fuentes.
Pakistan’s February 8 general elections resulted in a split vote, with no party securing a clear national majority, writes Farooq Tariq, offering little hope for positive change, as the incoming government is poised to fast-track neoliberal policies, privatise state institutions and deepen class exploitation.
New South Wales Premier is reportedly watering down a bill to ban gay conversion therapy after pressure from the new NSW Faith Affairs Council. Paul Gregoire reports.
Green Left News Podcast Ep 31: The war on wages, Assange's final appeal & French farmers take action
Green Left journalist Isaac Nellist goes through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.
A new bill to amend the Local Government Act has been described as a a “cunning sleight of hand” and criticised for giving the minister even more power over councils' decision-making. Pip Hinman reports.
In an exclusive interview with Green Left's Peter Boyle, Saleh Muslim, the co-chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) the leading party in Rojava's revolution in North-East Syria, warned that the current escalation of military conflict in the Middle East could be the beginning of “the third world war”.
Essential Research found support for a democratic economic system and for proportional representation, which would make the electoral system fairer for minor parties. Daniel Mundës reports.
Zane Alcorn reviews Kings of the New Age, the debut futuristic novel by Muloobinba/Newcastle-based author and musician Nathan Bell, set in his home town.
Claudio Katz discusses right-wing President Javier Milei’s strategy, the emerging resistance against it and likely scenarios going forward.
Green Left’s Federico Fuentes sat down with Mariana Riscali, a leader of the Socialist Left Movement tendency inside Brazil’s radical left Socialism and Freedom Party.
Prudence alone demands we pause AUKUS, as the terms of its final provisions allow signatories to do. Ken Blackman reports.
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