The election of Democratic Socialist of America member Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City is a great victory for socialists all around the world, because it was a popular rejection of Trumpism, argues Peter Boyle.
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Eleven days before he was sacked, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam asked “whether any duly elected reformist government will be allowed to govern in the future?” Bevan Ramsden looks at the context of the dismissal.
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Broader alliances still need to be built in solidarity with Palestine, as well as against all racist attacks, which means that movements should avoid tactics that could politically isolate progressive struggles from the people still deciding where to throw their support, argues Peter Boyle.
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Local councils attitude to the greater presence of nuclear-powered submarines on their doorstep, and to AUKUS more generally, influenced the Western Australian local government elections. Sam Wainwright reports.
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Just days before a far-right rally in London, Green Left’s Susan Price spoke to Derek Wall, a former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, about developments on the left, specifically the recent Greens leadership election and the “Your Party” initiative by former Labour Party figures Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.
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Despite the left holding the largest bloc of seats in France’s national assembly, President Emmanuel Macron has again undemocratically appointed one of his allies as prime minister, sparking an explosive grassroots reaction, reports John Mullen.
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A disintegrated left establishment, worsening economic crisis and resurgent right wing marked the first round of Bolivia’s elections, which spelt the end of the Movement Towards Socialism’s 20 years in power, reports Ben Radford.
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Rojava revolutionary leading figure Salih Muslim told Green Left’s Peter Boyle that Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Syrian Transitional Government, under pressure from Turkey, was retreating from a previously agreed process to unify the country.
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Tasmanians saw through the major parties’ spin and neither achieved a majority. Solomon Doyle argues it is clear people want systemic solutions to the worsening housing, healthcare and ecological destruction crises.
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In less than a week, more than 500,000 people have joined in the formation of a new left party after it was announced by former Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. Jonathan Strauss reports.
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The housing crisis, poverty and the highly unpopular stadium have driven people away from the major parties towards independents and Greens, writes Solomon Doyle.
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Queensland Socialist Alliance Queensland, buoyed by a successful federal election campaign is registering the party for state elections. Alex Bainbridge reports.