Santiago Mayor interviews Reinaldo Iturriza, a Venezuelan sociologist, writer and political activist, about the state of Chavismo following the United States’s attacks on Venezuela.
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Jim McIlroy reviews Search for Security: AUKUS and the new militarism, which provides a comprehensive account, from a variety of perspectives, of the vital debate over the AUKUS disaster looming for Australia and the Asian region.
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The Israeli Knesset passed a law that expands the use of the death penalty for offences it deems to be of a terrorist nature. Binoy Kampmark reports it is the start of a series of measures signalling Israel’s intention to further limit Palestinian resistance.
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Human rights groups have denounced the United States and Ecuadorian governments’ joint military operations in Ecuador, which are being conducted under the guise of combating “organised crime”, Ben Radford reports.
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The Queensland Supreme Court has found that the Moreton Bay Regional Council violated people’s human rights when it displaced them from public land and disposed of their tents and property. Justin Beevers reports.
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Thousands demanded an end to native forest logging and mining across the country in late March and in Western Australia, rallies also called for Alcoa to end mining in native forests. Harper McKinney reports.
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Wendy Thompson argues that LGBTIQ people need appropriate, accessible and competent services instead of police deployed for protests, mental health calls and hate crimes.
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Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard report that more than eight million people marched and rallied in 3300 cities and towns across the United States, in the biggest “No Kings” day of protest to date.
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Andrew Chuter, a public and active transport campaigner, has warned that Labor’s decision to temporarily halve the fuel excise may worsen the impact of the Iran war fuel crisis. Peter Boyle reports.
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A public forum at the Resistance Centre discussed how to build opposition to the United States-Israel led war on Iran and support self-determination for its people. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Josef Benedict is a researcher covering the Asia Pacific region for the CIVICUS Monitor, a publication of the CIVICUS global civil society alliance that is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. He spoke to Green Left’s Peter Boyle on March 3.
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Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke with Venezuelan leftist Luis Fernando Marquez, a National Agrarian Alliance founding organiser and Alliance for Sovereignty and Democracy activist, about his views on events since the January 3 United States military incursion.