While mass rallies and marches are often the go-to approach for activists, there has always been scope for creative activity to play a part in shaping how wider society thinks about an issue, writes Cas Smith.
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Nine-year-old Mira Hamad, living in Gaza, witnessed a bomb destroy her next-door neighbour. She now lives with the trauma. Jude Alexander spoke to her, her father and NSW Greens Senator David Shoebridge about the bomb and Australia’s connection to Israel’s computerised slaughter.
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Protests across West Papua on August 15 marked 64 years since a United States-brokered deal between the Netherlands and Indonesia robbed West Papuans of their right to self determination, reports Susan Price.
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More than 150 people joined a community-initiated anti-racism rally in Dandenong, where speakers with lived experience addressed the dangerous policy failures of both major parties. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Colombia’s newly inaugurated president, Abelardo De la Espriella, began his term by facing the country’s worst earthquake in decades, signing controversial diplomatic agreements, and launching his “zero peace” plan against armed groups, reports BreakThrough News.
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United States President Donald Trump’s government overturned the temporary protected status (TPS) of 350,000 Haitians living in the US, following a June 25 Supreme Court decision to greenlight the administration's actions. Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard explain the history behind this move.
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Brazilian political economist and ecosocialist Sabrina Fernandes will be a keynote speaker at Ecosocialism 2026, in Magan-djin/Brisbane over September 11–13. Ahead of her visit to Australia, Fernandes spoke with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes about the importance of ecosocialist ideas in the fight for a better world.
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An event and exhibition aiming to draw concrete lessons from the struggle against Indonesia’s New Order military regime, highlighting the contributions of left and pro-democracy movements, will take place in Jakarta this month. Peter Boyle speaks to Esty Pratiwi Lubarman, one of the event’s organisers.
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Despite the Gaza Holocaust continuing, the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is being conducted according to the Zionist playbook. It is depressing to watch, but as Jepke Goudsmit writes, there are moments to savour.
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The long-anticipated framework law for the dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party was brought before Turkish parliament. But it raises more questions than answers, argues Sarah Glynn.
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Universities are using the Universities Australia definition of antisemitism, which conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism, to crack down on students who protest the genocide in Gaza. Sarah Bloom reports.
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Bob’s life principles were based on solidarity, opposition to oppression and exploitation and support for working-class struggles, recalls Sue Bolton.