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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While millions of people are falling into poverty due to skyrocketing rents and house prices, Labor should stop spending billions of our money on AUKUS, argues Isaac Nellist.
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Direct action organiser and activist Lilli Barto delivered this poem to a protest, organised by the Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition, outside the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition.
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Binoy Kampmark looks behind United States President Donald Trump’s controversial announcement on resuming nuclear testing, including the internal push for the US to modernise its nuclear arsenal.
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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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Anti-genocide and anti-AUKUS protesters rallied outside the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition to tell Labor it has no excuse for supporting companies complicit in genocide. Pip Hinman reports.
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Anti-Zionist Jewish journalist Yaakov Aharon told a protest against the Indo Pacific weapons expo that Bisalloy Steel is a crucial part of the supply chain for Israel’s armoured vehicle fleet.
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Peter Greste used a public forum to call for more whistleblower protections in public interest laws. Coral Wynter reports.
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Indonesian security forces killed 15 West Papuans during a military operation in the Intan Jaya Regency. Meanwhile, Indonesia and the European Union have just finalised an economic agreement that gives a green light to the exploitation of West Papua’s natural resources, reports Susan Price.
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Three activists from Singapore’s Letters for Palestine campaign — Mossammad Sobikun Nahar (Sobi), Siti Amirah Mohamed Asrori (Camira) and Annamalai Kokila Parvathi (Koki) — were acquitted on October 21 of violating the nefarious 2009 Public Order Act (POA), reports Alex Salmon.
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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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Protesters called on Labor to condemn the United States’ attacks on Venezuela, Colombia and other Latin American countries. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.