Dick Nichols reports on the Seventh International Ecosocialist Gathering, which took place in Brussels.
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United States President Donald Trump created a US$1.776 billion government slush fund to funnel public money to allies and supporters he claims were “harmed” by the Joe Biden administration, reports Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.
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Socialist Alliance is contesting the November Victorian elections in the Northern Metropolitan region for the Legislative Council and in the lower house seats of Broadmeadows and Pascoe Vale. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.
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Protests against Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz’s neoliberal government continue to intensify, reports Pablo Meriguet.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns continues to defend his NSW Labor government’s anti-protest laws, despite the NSW Court of Appeal striking them down as unconstitutional. Pip Hinman reports.
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Foreign minister Penny Wong joined the international condemnation of Israel’s national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over a video of him abusing Global Sumud Flotilla activists, but still refuses to cut ties with Israel. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Hungarian far-right president Victor Orbán’s fall represents a stinging ideological defeat for global neofascist and far-right movements and parties, argues Kevin B Anderson.
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Jonathan Strauss and Clive Tillman attended the First International Anti-Fascist Conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which brought together 4000 activists from more than 40 countries.
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While the world’s attention is focused on the United States-Israeli aggression in Iran and Donald Trump’s genocidal proclamations, Israel is perpetrating genocide in Lebanon. Marjorie Cohn reports.
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Bill Nevins reviews punk-rock band Dropkick Murphys recent show in Denver, Colorado, where the band reprised the classic Irish resistance ballad, “Men Behind the Wire", referencing the ICE raids in Minneapolis and the ravages of US President Donald Trump’s onslaught against migrants and people of colour.
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Hours after the ceasefire between Iran and the United States, Israel launched coordinated attacks against Lebanon, killing at least 87 people and wounding more than 700. Stephen Prager reports.
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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.