Thirty-seven social and environmental organisations, together with the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, are calling on NSW Labor to repeal the undemocratic protest laws. Aneesa Bhamjee reports.
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Renowned Russian sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky was jailed on February 13 for five years on trumped-up charges of "justifying terrorism". In reality, his only crime has been to speak out against Russia's war in Ukraine. Renfrey Clarke has translated Kagarlitsky's first public letter sent from prison to his daughter, Ksenia.
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Labor's draconian bill, which would allow the immigration minister to send asylum seekers back to countries where they could be killed, is one of the worst decisions it has made since being elected, argues Sue Bull.
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Protesters demanded Labor close the notorious Unit 18 of Western Australia’s Banksia Hill Detention Centre the day before the inquest into Cleveland Dodd’s death. Alex Salmon reports.
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Stop AUKUS WA organised a peaceful protest outside the West Australian Defence Forum. Riley Breen and Blair Vidak report.
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NSW Labor’s plans to address the housing crisis don't include proven measures, such as more public housing, rent controls and removing property investor tax concessions. Andrew Chuter reports.
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Supporters of Julian Assange continue to highlight his imprisonment and possible extradition to the United States at weekly protests in the CBD. Stephen Langford reports.
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Hidden amid the AUKMIN chatter about the “complex international order” was Australia’s promise of billions to help Britain’s flailing nuclear reactor production line. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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The British High Court did not make a clear decision on whether it would reject Julian Assange's appeal. Instead, it decided to grant the United States government the possibility to make amends. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Socialist Party of Malaysia (Parti Sosialis Malaysia, PSM) Deputy President S Arutchelvan (Arul) recently spoke with Green Left's Peter Boyle about a new hope for reviving left unity in the country.
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Following the horrific terrorist attack carried out at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall on March 22, Russian leftists are warning that the government’s response is “more frightening than the terrorist attack itself”, reports Federico Fuentes.
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Whistleblower David McBride believes the Four Corners story was a “planned hit job” and that the journalists downplayed the real issue — the need to stop war crimes. Alex Bainbridge reports.