The Ecosocialism 2026 conference, in Magan-djin/Brisbane, brought together ecosocialist, anti-colonial, feminist and anti-racist activists for an empowering exchange of ideas and experiences. Peter Boyle reports.
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Legal experts and activists warn that Britain’s proscription of direct action group Palestine Action inspired and enabled the United States’ decision to sanction the organisation, reports Ana Vračar.
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Suzanne James caught up with Melbourne singer-songwriter Les Thomas, who is back in Australia after a highly successful British tour that took his music from London clubs and Oxford’s Blackwell’s bookshop to the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in Dorset.
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In the second part of our interview, Ella Teevan, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee, talks with Green Left’s Isaac Nellist about the importance of challenging President Donald Trump’s war drive, imperialist interventions and far-right agenda, and whether ecosocialist ideas are gaining traction in the United States.
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Here Where We Live is Our Country is a long-awaited contribution to the sparse field of knowledge about the Jewish Labor Bund, a group that played a key role in late 19th and early 20th century Marxist history. Cas Smith reviews.
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The resignation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s education minister is the Asian Gen Z movements’ latest blow against government corruption and repressive far-right politics. Jonathan Strauss writes that Ecosocialism 2026 will discuss this and many other global struggles, allowing attendees to get a deeper grasp of these movements’ dynamics.
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Isaac Nellist spoke with An Cú from the Welsh Underground Network — a Marxist group that campaigns for a Socialist Welsh Republic through community action — about the significance of the May 7 elections for the 96-seat Senedd Cymru (Welsh parliament), the rise of the far right and the developing Welsh nationalist movement.
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Isaac Nellist spoke to An Cú from the Welsh Underground Network about its community action approach to campaigning for an independent, socialist Wales.
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In response to the rise of the far-right, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling coalition plans to unleash more neoliberal attacks on workers. Meanwhile, tens of thousands protested outside the far-right Alternative for Germany's national congress on July 4, facing police violence, reports Mary Merkenich.
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Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader of the National Rally in France, is a favourite to win next year’s presidential election, despite being convicted of embezzlement. But the ban on her standing in elections, imposed by a lower court, has been lifted, explains John Mullen.
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Sarah Glynn asked Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party MP Berdan Öztürk — who was in Strasbourg for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe — about the “Peace Process” between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
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Environmental activists have applauded a decision by the Greenlandic government to reject an extension to a controversial exploration license held by Western Australia-based mining company Energy Transition Minerals, reports Peter Boyle.