Australia has previously blindly followed the United States into the war on terror and, as Cathy Eatock writes, now the Anthony Albanese government has, astoundingly, followed Scott Morrison into AUKUS, without a public discussion.
-
-
Journalist Mary Kostakidis, after the Zionist Federation of Australia dropped its case in the Federal Court against her, said it is a “humiliating withdrawal by them” because they did not stop her criticising Israel’s genocidal policies. Paul Gregoire reports.
-
Protesters took to the streets across Australia to protest the Australian government’s controversial embrace of AUKUS and its support for Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Kerry Smith reports.
-
AUKUS is about so much more than submarines. Abigail Boyd argues that its more sinister part is AUKUS Pillar II, which is about warfighting using artificial intelligence, hypersonics and counter-hypersonics and electronic warfare.
-
Ayesha Ahmad, a Pakistani socialist-feminist activist, researcher, educator and labour rights practitioner with the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party, was one of the guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2026 conference in Magan-djin/Brisbane. She spoke to Green Left’s Peter Boyle about the impact of the mounting global ecological crisis on politics in Pakistan.
-
Chris Slee reviews Vannessa Hearman’s new book, The Good Sea: The Journey of the ‘Tasi Diak’ and the Politics of Refugee Protection in Australia, which tracks Australia’s treatment of refugees and the development of the solidarity movement with Timor-Leste.
-
Governments and global institutions around the world — including some of Israel’s closest allies — have released statements in opposition to the Israeli government’s issuing of a tender for the colonial E1 project, located in the eastern outskirts of occupied Jerusalem city, reports The Electronic Intifada’s Zena Al Tahhan.
-
Speakers at the Palestine Action Group-called protest demanded that the Anthony Albanese government sanction Israel and end the two-way arms trade. Brian Mahony reports.
-
Socialist Alliance has announced three active trade union candidates in its bid for a seat in the Legislative Council at the Victorian elections. Jackie Kriz reports.
-
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.
-
Green Left’s Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud caught up with award-winning Palestinian writer director Ala’a Al Qaisi about her play, The Return, which has been touring Sydney, Melbourne and regional Victoria from September 1–22.
-
See Yong Feng was one of the guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2026 conference in Magan-djin/Brisbane. He illustrated in his presentation, “Degrowth and Ecosocialism”, how it would be possible for all people — in the Global South and Global North — to have a good life without crossing planetary boundaries.