The dissolution of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria is a chance to reflect on the significance of the multiethnic, democratic confederalist project in Rojava and the future of Kurdish rights in Syria, writes Sarah Glynn.
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Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong’s hand-wringing over the death of Zomi Frankcom is gobsmacking in its selective outrage about Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Pip Hinman and Sam Wainwright argue it is calculated to take the focus away from its steady alliance with the apartheid state.
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Justice Desmond Fagan’s decision in State of New South Wales v Farhat wrecks the architecture designed by Jillian Segal, adopted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and enforced across Australia, writes Andrew Brown.
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The Israel Defense Forces has said it will not open a criminal investigation or take additional measures against those involved in killing seven aid workers in Gaza in 2024. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Zionist barrister Natasha Hausdorff will be a keynote speaker at the Jewish National Fund’s tour across Australia in September. Rosie Foster reports on her views, which whitewash Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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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 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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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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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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Bob’s life principles were based on solidarity, opposition to oppression and exploitation and support for working-class struggles, recalls Sue Bolton.
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An international call for solidarity has been issued by progressive organisations as the people of Pakistan-administered Jammu Kashmir face one of the bloodiest episodes of state repression in recent history.
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The resignation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s education minister is the Asian Gen Z movements’ latest blow against government corruption and repressive far-right politics. Jonathan Strauss writes that Ecosocialism 2026 will discuss this and many other global struggles, allowing attendees to get a deeper grasp of these movements’ dynamics.