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Ben Roberts-Smith

Ben Roberts-Smith was meant to be a poster boy of the regiment that served in Afghanistan. But the recent defamation case cracked the image of a plaster saint, writes Binoy Kampmark.

HDP-YSP joint media conference

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s win in the May 28 second round of the Turkish presidential elections has sent a wave of concern and dread through democratic circles and the large Kurdish minority, reports Peter Boyle.

US espionage

Secret United States government documents leaked onto social media platform Discord reveal how the US and its military is striving to reestablish hegemony — targeting adversaries and pressuring allies, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

2023 Turkish election

The Turkish general election on May 14 had mixed results, reports Peter Boyle. A run off for the presidential poll will take place on May 28, amid of electoral irregularities, while the far-right AKP failed to win a majority in the Assembly.

Iran protests

Mohammad Sadeghpour examines the balance of power between the people and Iran's theocratic regime and the tactics being used to attempt to divert the historic people's uprising.

John Pilger

John Pilger recalls the "electric" opposition of writers and journalists to the coming war in the 1930s and investigates why there is "a silence filled by a consensus of propaganda" today as the two greatest powers draw closer to conflict.

Khader Adnan died after 86 days of refusing food in protest of his detention by Israel, writes Tamara Nassar. He is the first Palestinian to die during a hunger strike in almost 40 years.

Boycott film

Many US states have passed laws penalising companies that use boycotts to pressure Israel on its human rights record, writes Selma Dabbagh. Julia Bacha’s 2021 documentary Boycott tells the story of these efforts to stifle dissent.

Green Left News podcast Ep 7

Episode 7: Green Left journalists Ben Radford and Isaac Nellist take you through the latest news from Australia and around the world.

Palestine labour solidarity

Palestinian trade unions are urging the international labour movement to take action in support of the Palestinian-led movement against Israeli occupation, colonisation and apartheid, reports Kerry Smith.

Palestine

Israel's politicians have always managed to unify around "security", writes Ramzy Baroud. But the cracks are widening.

British Empire

Richard Gott's 2011 book focuses on the revolutionaries and rebels who stood up to the British Empire. Alex Salmon reviews.

The Green Left Party (Yeşil Sol Parti) campaign for the May 14 Turkish general election was launched in western Sydney on April 22.

Protesters marched against the recent violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque. Peter Boyle reports.

Yemen

The eight year long Saudi war on Yemen looks, at long last, within reach of a resolution, reports Rupen Savoulian.

Israeli forces raid al Aqsa Mosque

Israeli police invaded Al Aqsa Mosque for the second day in a row, shooting tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinian worshippers inside, reports Susan Price.

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